From high flying roller coasters and refreshing roaring rapids to great family shows and massive Clydesdale horses, there’s something for everyone waiting at Busch Gardens.

If you really want to enjoy some cool fun before the end of summer, there’s also time to get back to Water Country USA before the mid-Atlantic’s largest water park closes for the season on Sept. 6, 2010.

These two great theme parks are only part of the fun near Williamsburg. You’ll also want to check out the world’s largest living history museum by visiting the Colonial Williamsburg colonial area. From the earliest days of America to the modern wonders of today’s theme park technology, it’s all waiting for you in Williamsburg.

Discover more to do in Williamsburg, VA today or year round by visiting www.historicwilliamsburgusa.com or www.westgatereservations.com.

Grab your swimsuit, sunglasses and sunblock. Williamsburg’s popular Water Country USA opens for the weekend on May 22-23, 2010.  The water park then opens for daily operation on May 28.

The mid-Atlantic’s largest water park, Water Country USA offers a variety of adventures new and old this summer. One new show is Aqubatics, a jaw-dropping dive show that premieres June 12. The program includes a combination of acrobatics, tumbling, trampolines and trapeze tricks, not to mention a dramatic 75-foot high dive finale!

The park’s Wipeout Weekends feature beach parties with great food and live local music every Friday and Saturday between July 9 and August 7.

For more information on Water Country USA and other Williamsburg area theme parks and attractions, visit www.HistoricWilliamsburgUSA.com. Or go to www.WestgateReservations for discount Williamsburg area hotel and resort accommodations and vacation packages.

Yet it’s the re-enactments and Colonial tradesmen that provide a real glimpse at what life was like when the idea of America was born.

A special re-enactment - Revolutionary City® - tells the story of the transformation of Americans. Subjects include everything from a distant monarch to citizens of a self-governing nation. Woven throughout is the story of African Americans and their ongoing struggles for freedom and independence.

This year’s reenactment features some new scenes, as well, including one that dramatizes the reaction of Williamsburg residents to the imposition of the Stamp Tax.

Every day, from 3 to 5 pm, weather permitting, the east end of the Colonial Williamsburg Historic District is turned into a special street theater where the events of the Revolution play out. Visitors will be invited to join in as the stories of everyday life in 18^th century Williamsburg are brought to life.

On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, “The Collapse of Royal Government,” chronicles the years from 1765 to 1776 during which Great Britain’s King George III and Parliament attempt to tighten controls over their unruly colonies in North America but only succeed in driving them into rebellion.

“Citizens at War,” on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, details the trials and tribulations that Virginians faced from July 1776 to October 1781 as the War for Independence changes their lives and the world they have always known.

“Building a Nation” on Mondays explores the lives of residents and prominent visitors to Williamsburg and their contributions to the founding of the new nation.

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Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area offers a unique opportunity to step back more than 220 years to the eve of the American Revolution. As the nation’s largest living history museum, Williamsburg’s 301 acres includes 500 buildings, homes, stores and taverns all reconstructed and restored to their 18^th century appearance. Yet it’s the people of Williamsburg who truly bring the incredible history to life for all to enjoy.

You’ll find tradesmen practicing 30 historic trades and domestic crafts; historical interpreters ready to answer your questions; character actors portraying critical events in our nation’s development; and 90 acres of gardens. It’s all part of Colonial Williamsburg.

From tours of the historic buildings and battlefields to the live action drama, Revolutionary City^TM, Williamsburg provides an amazing opportunity to explore America’s rich history in a fun and interactive way. There’s also the rest of the area’s historic triangle, including Historic Jamestowne, where John Smith and company established the first permanent English colony in the New World, and Historic Yorktown where the Revolutionary War’s more decisive battle was fought.

If the history starts getting old for the younger crowd, Williamsburg is also home to big thrills and modern day fun. You can ride world-class roller coasters at nearby Busch Gardens Williamsburg. The European themed park offers up 350 acres of fun-filled rides, attractions, animal shows and live entertainment. Or for those hot summer days, you can take the whole family to cool off at Water Country USA, the mid-Atlantic’s largest water park.

With so much history and present day thrills and excitement, it’s no wonder Williamsburg remains one of America’s favorite destinations. You can find out more about discount Williamsburg family vacation packages at www.HistoricWilliamsburgUSA.com. Or go to www.WestgateReservations to see how you can save on Williamsburg hotel and resort accommodations including beautiful Westgate Historic Williamsburg Resort.

The thriving 18^th century town of Williamsburg was the largest and most populated of Britain’s original 13 colonies. Yet it was also a place where colonial unrest for equality, freedom and independence eventually grew into a revolution that changed the face of the world.

Today Williamsburg looks much as it did during those early colonial times. And you can experience those early days by visiting what has become America’s largest living history museum. 

Williamsburg is a place where you will be enveloped by the sights, sounds and stories of Colonial times. The old Historic area offers more than 500 original and reconstructed public buildings, 40 exhibit buildings, plus myriad private homes, quaint inns and taverns, shops and 90 acres of beautiful public parks and gardens. 

History aside, Williamsburg is also home to modern day wonders, including Busch Gardens, regularly voted the world’s “most beautiful theme park.”  You’ll also find a fun-filled water park, amazing shopping, dining for all tastes and budgets, championship golf and plenty of other attractions and entertainment spots.

To learn more about Williamsburg’s history and find discount Williamsburg vacation packages, go to www.historicwilliamsburgusa.com.

Now you can fly away with Europe in the Air, an innovative high-tech simulator ride that rockets you past the continent’s most famous sights-from Stonehenge to the Eiffel Tower, over the Alps and on to the Roman Coliseum. After that adventure, you can dive into a brand new live show set  in Ireland where you can join in a fun-filled celebration of Irish dance, music, songs and storytelling.

The two new attractions provide a special glimpse of Europe and the ancient culture of Ireland. Of course, you’ll also continue to enjoy the many other thrill rides, attractions, shows and special events at Busch Gardens theme park.

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Of course, history also lives year-round and there’s no better place to learn about the beginnings of America than in Williamsburg where you’ll find authentic representations of colonial times throughout a wide variety of exhibits and live performances.

Colonial Williamsburg’s historic area offers a glimpse at life in the 18^th century. From exhibits, historical buildings and museums to historical re-creations of actual events, history is sure to come to life for the entire family.

Nearby Jamestown Settlement provides an equally intriguing historical perspective including replicas of the three ships that sailed to Virginia from England in 1607.

Also nearby, you’ll find the Yorktown Victory Center, another living history museum that features interactive exhibits ranging from continental army encampments and wound treatment centers to food preparation exhibits.

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While today’s children are overloaded with high tech gizmos and electronic gadgets to play with, you now have a unique opportunity to see how children have been entertained over the past 300 years.

A Child’s Eye View is a special exhibit at DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum in Colonial Williamsburg, VA featuring toys from the past three centuries. The exhibit is on display now through Jan. 3, 2010.

Throughout the years, many toys have been made to represent the adult world in miniature. Dollhouses, trains, animals, vehicles and play sets give children the opportunity to imagine and arrange their own version of the grown-up world.

Visitors to the exhibition will see dollhouses that range from a four-room Philadelphia early nineteenth-century row house to a 12-foot long, multi-room house from around 1900.

There is also a special selection from a toy train collection as well as a wide variety of dolls, building blocks and toy animals.

For additional information about Colonial Williamsburg attractions and events as well as discount Colonial Williamsburg vacation packages, please visit www.HistoricWilliamsburgUSA.com today.

In the 18th century, Williamsburg was the largest and most populated area of Britain’s original 13 colonies…and the place were colonial unrest for equality, freedom and independence grew into a revolution that changed the entire world.

Today Williamsburg looks much as it did in those colonial times and the colonial area is now America’s largest living history museum. It’s a place where you can be enchanted by the sights, sounds and stories of yesteryear, yet delighted by modern day conveniences and thrilled by world class theme parks and attractions.

Combining with nearby Jamestown and Yorktown to form the “Historic Triangle,” Colonial Williamsburg features more than 500 original and reconstructed public buildings, 40 exhibit buildings, private homes, quaint inns as well as quaint taverns and shops and 90 acres of public parks and gardens. Any time of year, you can stroll casually through town along the same paths once walked by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and James Madison.

Experience historic trade shops where artisans like a blacksmith, shoemaker, gunsmith, printer and cabinet-maker will show you first-hand what life was like 200 years ago. Or sit back and reflect on one of the straight-backed benches at the reconstructed Capitol, where Patrick Henry’s defiant speeches and debates helped lead to the American Revolution.

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