Fax: 269-953-1082 Phone: 231-838-1925 Bennett Travel www.bennett-travel.com jeff@bennett-travel.com OTSEGO HIGH SCHOOL BAND Mitch Piersma Director *Proposed ITINERARY* Prepared 10/12/18 HAWAII HONOLULU, HI December 4-9, 2020 (6 days/4 nights/2 motor coaches) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020 Travel Day 2:30 AM Group will meet at OTSEGO HIGH SCHOOL. Meet your full time TOUR DIRECTOR(S), who will travel with you from beginning of trip until you return. Jeff s Phone: Motor Coach will arrive to transfer you to O HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT in CHICAGO, IL School Address: Otsego High School, 550 Washington St, Otsego, MI Motor Coach Company: Compass Coach, Cedar Springs, MI Phone: 616-696-0022 *IMPORTANT: Please wear your Bennett Travel lanyard at all times for identification purposes* *IMPORTANT: You will need proper identification such as a driver s license or passport. If you do not have a driver s license yet, you may use your student ID* 3:15 AM ETD for O HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EST Note to drivers: US-131 to I-94W to I-294N (left fork) to I-190W to O Hare/River Rd., but take right fork to O Hare. Drive to DEPARTURES-TERMINIAL 1, DOOR E group unload quick & proceed to MODULE 2 to CHECK IN (instruments and luggage will be unloaded here) Note to Drivers Directions: US-131 S to I-94 W to I-294 Tollway N (take left fork towards Wisconsin) to I-194 W to O Hare/River Rd but take the Right fork to O Hare to TERMINAL 1 to the last door which is E Door 6:15 AM ETA at O HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Through E Door to Module 2 CST Note: We will check luggage and instruments small instruments may travel in your carry on. Checked Instruments pad your case for air travel. Do not lock cases or they will not be loaded on the plane
WEIGHT LIMITS: Luggage 50 lbs. Please weigh your luggage, if over, you will need to pay $25-50 for overweight at counter. You are allowed one suitcase and one carry on and your instrument. Flutes, Clarinets, Oboes will carry instrument on plane. All others will check their instruments at CHECK IN. TICKETS: BENNETT TRAVEL will have your tickets/confirmation numbers and they will be at the counter when we check in this info is current as of 11/13/17. 9:15 AM ETD for HAWAII this is a non-stop flight (9 hours) UNITED FLIGHT #UA 219 Note: United no longer provides free meals you will need to use a credit card or pre-paid credit card. 2:15 PM ETA at HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAST Meet your Local Tour Escort at baggage claim Transfer via private motor coach to the hotel in Waikiki Check in and spend the night relaxing on Waikiki Beach ($10 CASH BACK for DINNER) Hotel: Ohana Waikiki East Hotel by Outrigger Address: 150 Kalulani Ave., Honolulu, HI Phone: 808-922-5353 (curfew to be announced) [Security will be provided for your group each night]
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020 8:00 AM FULL BUFFET BREAKFAST at LOCO HOUSE (provided) Address: Waikiki Sand Ville Hotel, 2375 Ala Wai Blvd, Honolulu Phone: 808-922-4744 Note: Morning optional rehearsal in Kapiolani Park (Waikiki) 9:30 AM ETD for your ISLAND TOUR of OAHU to see the following sights & scenery Diamond Head Pali Lookout Dole Pineapple Plantation Turtle Beach North Shore Oahu Waimea Bay Banzai Pipeline Sunset Beach LDS Temle Laie 12:30 PM ETA at the POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER, be sure not to miss the following: Imax Theater; Canoe Tour Pageant of Long Canoes at 2:30 PM Maori Village of New Zealand Tongan Village Samoan Village Tahitian Village Hawaiian Village 5:00 PM DINNER at the PCC (provided) 7:30 PM Enjoy the spectacular evening show: Ha, The Breath of Life at the Pacific Pavilion Reserved seating 9:15 PM ETD for HOTEL
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020 5:45 AM MEET IN LOBBY OF HOTEL - BREAKFAST TO-GO (provided) Note: You will need your instruments for your performance today Load instruments into equipment truck 6:15 AM ETD for PEARL HARBOR at PACIFIC HISTORIC PARKS [Please note that timing at Pearl harbor is tentative and subject to change according to traffic to Pearl harbor and between the USS Arizona and the USS Missouri] 7:30 AM View Documentary film and board Navy Launch to USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL 10:00 AM Board buses to Ford Island and get ready for your Tribute Performance at USS MISSOURI at 12:30 PM 12:30 PM TRIBUTE PERFORMANCE begins (20 minutes allowed) 1:00 PM Load equipment truck, continue visiting USS MISSOURI 1:30 PM ETD for WAIKIKI (this is where your hotel is located) 2:00 PM LUNCH & AFTERNOON on WAIKIKI BEACH 5:30 PM DINNER wherever you wish to go ($20 CASH BACK for DINNER) 7:00 PM Evening to explore the ROYAL HAWAIIAN SHOPPING CENTER 9:00 PM ETD for HOTEL
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020 8:00 AM FULL BUFFET BREAKFAST at LOCO HOUSE (provided) Enjoy free time in Waikiki, for optional activities such as: shopping, snorkeling, hike Diamondhead, surfing, boogie boarding, zoo or aquarium all these activities are at your own expense 3:00 PM ETD for FORT DERUSSY and get instruments ready 4:00 PM REHEARSAL with the MARINE CORPS FORCES PACIFIC BAND 5:00 PM OPENING CEREMONIES Afterwards: Depart for staging area - marked with OTSEGO HS on lawn sign 6:00 PM PARADE BEGINS 7:00 PM Receive DINNER MEAL TICKETS served at KAPIOLANI PARK and enjoy some entertainment by the MARINE FORCES PACIFIC BAND (load equipment truck) 9:00 PM ETD for HOTEL via busses or walk
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020 Travel Day 7:30 AM FULL BUFFET BREAKFAST at LOCO HOUSE (provided) 11:00 AM CHECK OUT of the OHANA EAST HOTEL Hospitality rooms available to freshen up before departure from HOTEL Enjoy free time in Waikiki, for optional activities such as: shopping, snorkeling, hike Diamondhead, surfing, boogie boarding, zoo or aquarium all these activities are at your own expense ($10 CASH BACK for FOOD en ROUTE home 1:00 PM ETD for HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [Note: We will check luggage and instruments small instruments may travel in carry on] *IMPORTANT: Please wear your Bennett Travel lanyard at all times for identification purposes* *IMPORTANT: You will need proper identification such as a drivers license. If you do not have a drivers license yet, you may use your student ID* 4:55 PM ETD for O HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT this is a non-stop flight HAST UNITED FLIGHT #UA 218 (9 hours) Note: United no longer provides free meals you will need to use a credit card or pre-paid credit card. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020 Travel Day 5:00 AM ETA at O HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CST 6:30 AM ETD for OTSEGO HIGH SCHOOL 11:30 AM ETA at OTSEGO HIGH SCHOOL EST