The Summer Season Has Begun!

We survived Memorial Day weekend and those of you that were able to take advantage of this holiday weekend and stay at one of the resortswere able to enjoy the beautiful weather we had!  With the summer season officially underway, InnSeason Resorts has so much to offer at each of our resort locations! 

We had our first succesful Sunset Cruise yesterday.  The weather couldn’t have been better yesterday for the cruise around Buzzards Bay!  Our own Front Desk Agent from HarborWalk, Brenda, went out with some of our members.  She said the service offered by the captain and crew of the R & R was second to none!  She also said it was a great way to experience Cape Cod.

If you have a stay coming up on Cape Cod and you’ll be staying over on a Monday night, book a seat on this great cruise!  You can use your points or pay cash for the tickets – it’s your choice!

Call Owner Services at 888-333-1535 today to book your seat for this great summer activity that the whole family will love!

Breathtaking Sunset Views

 

We are happy to announce that once again, we will be offering sunset cruises with R&R Charters. 

 

These are a great opportunity to see the Cape from a whole new perspective!  The cruise usually takes you in and around the Elizabeth Islands in Buzzard’s Bay while you enjoy a beautiful sunset.

 

Cruises are offered every Monday starting on May 25th and will cost 14,000 points for two adult tickets (children tickets are 5,000 points per ticket). Advanced reservations are suggested as there are only so many seats.  Cruises depart from the pier directly across the street from HarborWalk.

 

Call Owner Services if you are interested in booking a special spot for a beautiful sunset.

Specialty Week Ends Continue

The first few InnSeason Vacation Club Specialty week ends have met with great success. We have three more coming up. The details are below.

Brew Pub Week End at the Falls of Ogunquit is just around the corner. On February 28 you can tour and taste the delicacies of the Federal Jacks Brew Pub. We’ll take the resort van just in case some enjoy the tastings too much!

Cape Cod Cooking Class is being held at Captains Quarters Resort in Falmouth on March 7. Come and learn how to cook and open quahogs as well as other Cape Cod specialties from Chef David. It promises to be an enjoyable and educational evening.

We also are looking forward to InnSeason Day at Loon Mountain on March 22. While still in the planning stages we are planning on goofy races, a scavenger hunt as well as a cook out. It should be a fun for all.

The two resort events have a limited capacity, so please call 888-333-1535 soon if you are interested. We’ll send out more information regarding the Loon day later this month.

Remember my slogan, They are your Points, Go use them!

Specialty Week End in Ogunquit

The InnSeason Vacation Club is pleased and proud to announce the first, of many, educational get aways. We’ve broken our own rules and are offering one night packages in Maine, Massachusetts and Hampshire.

For one of our first, we’ve partnered with Stonewall Kitchen, in York, to offer a week end of cooking classes in their teaching kitchen. On the week end of January 17 and 18, members may book one or more nights (Friday, Saturday or Sunday) and attend two cooking classes (lunch on Saturday and Brunch on Sunday). The package includes the two classes for two people, a dinner certificate worth $50 and one night’s lodging at InnSeason Falls at Ogunquit.  The retail value of the package is $320.00! Club members can reserve it for only 32,000 points.  Each additional night is value priced at just 5000 points.

To book this great package or to learn more please call us 888-333-1535 or email reservations@innseason.com . This should be a great event. Sign up now and watch your email for other packages.

All Aboard the Polar Express!

This past weekend I stayed at South Mountain with my family for the Polar Express.  I think I might have been a little more excited than my  daughter who is 4 and my son who is 12.  I had planned the weekend as a surprise, so one week before our trip I presented them with invitations and brand new pajama’s.  Of course we had to watch the movie right then and there, for the 4th time in 3 weeks! 

We had tickets for the 7pm train on Friday night, luckily we had no trouble getting to South Mountain, as the ice storm had passed.  We arrived and checked in and ordered take out from Pigs Ear BBQ in the Village Shops, it was great, we had so much food we had leftovers for the next day.  Then it was time to go, thankfully, because my daughter had asked us about 50 times in the hour and half since we arrived if it was time to go to the Polar Express!

We drove over to The Hobo Railroad and got into the line, it was cold and crowded and everyone was excited.  The line formed inside of the gift shop, good thinking on their part, and it was filled with Polar Express toys and books and stuffed animals, and the kids wanted one of everything!  Finally the line started to move and we were on our way to the North Pole.  When we got up to actually board the train there was a man yelling “all aboard! Who is going to the North Pole?”, the kids were jumping up and down, yelling “me, me!” it was great.  We got on board and took our seats and got our hot chocolate and we were on our way, as we crossed over Rt 112 I looked out the window and it was snowing, it was perfect!

As we got closer to the North Pole the conductors started singing Christmas carols and everyone joined in.  We all received a Polar Express Chocolate,  and then along the tracks, elves were lined up with lanterns waving to us.  It was AWESOME! 

We exited the train and walked a short distance to the North Pole Theater, there was the North Pole Post Office for letters to Santa and we could even see the Northern Lights.  We filed into the theater and took our seats and all of the elves lined up on stage.  The boy from the book, who is now a grown man, came out in his pajamas and read the story to us, there were images from the book on the screen behind him. 

After the story, it was time to see Santa, when he came out the kids screamed and yelled and he walked around and talked to each and every one of them.  It was amazing, he even asked one of the adults if he remembered the Erector Set he gave him when he was a child.  He then selected a child from the audience to receive the first gift of Christmas-a Bell from his sleigh.

We filed out of the Theater and got back on the train, as we pulled out of the North Pole Santa was there waving to us.  The conductors then passed out bells from Santa sleigh to everyone on board.  On the ride back to Lincoln all you could hear were bells.

It was a GREAT time for all, watching the kids was the best part for me, it was magical and something we will remember forever.

New Adventure Club Weeks!

Here are the latest Adventure Club weeks available for you! Call now before they disappear!

Atlantic Terrace Resort, Daytona Beach, FL: February 6-13, 2009 – 2BR unit, sleeps 6. 110,000 points

NASCAR enthusiasts – there are three pre-Daytona 500 events happening at the Speedway during this week: the Daytona 500 Pole Qualifier, The Gatorade Duel at Daytona, and the Daytona 250!

Sea Mist Resort, Mashpee, MA: May 29-June 5, 2009 – 2BR unit, sleeps 6. 135,000 points

Sea Mist Resort, Mashpee, MA: April 3-10, 2009 – 2BR unit, sleeps 6. 65,000 points.

Two great times to visit Cape Cod – just before April School Vacation, and the week following Memorial Day! The weather is beautiful and the Cape relaxing and rejuvenating. The summer crowds will not have arrived. You can shop, see the sights, maybe even use some Playtime Points to get a spa treatment!

Stonewall Kitchen Added to Playtime Points

The Stonewall Kitchen Store in York, Maine, offers all sorts of culinary delights. Customers enjoy choosing from a plethora of handmade jams and jellies (my favorite is Wild Maine Blueberry), appetizer spreads and specialty cooking items. The store is just minutes from the Falls at Ogunquit on Rte 1 and includes retail items, a deli counter with wonderful soups, sandwiches and deserts and a new cooking school. The InnSeason Vacation Club is pleased to announce that we now are able to offer Playtime Points certificates redeemable either for products in the retail store, or toward a cooking class at the Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School.

 

Please visit http://www.stonewallkitchen.com/ for information about the Stonewall Kitchen’s wonderful products, and http://www.stonewallkitchen.com/swk_store_york.aspx for information regarding the location in York, ME.

Certificates are available in the following denominations:

            $50.00              9,000 points

            $75.00              13,500 points

           $100.00             18,000 points

For a limited time, just by presenting a Playtime Points certificate when registering for a cooking class, the guest will automatically receive $15.00 off the price of the class! For example, if someone is looking to sign up for a $65.00 class, the guest would need to only present a $50.00 certificate.

Please see http://www.stonewallkitchen.com//school/swk_index.asp?WT.mc_id=cookingschool for more information on the school itself and to see the class schedule and pricing for each class.

Event Tickets Available With Playtime Points

Fall is almost upon us, Summer is almost gone and we’re awaiting the remnants of hurricane Hanna to visit the area. Where did summer go? And HOORAY, the kids are back in school!

I hope everyone had the best summer possible. With the high gas prices and torrential rains the Cape  and our other resorts still did well. It seems everyone stayed close to home this year. I know my SUV stayed on Cape as much as possible.

We’ve offered some great items this year for Points. We’ve offered some pre-season Patriots tickets, with mixed results. We’ve offered some Red Sox tickets that were sell outs. We’ve offered golf, water park, amusement park and zoo tickets for points. Soon we’ll be offering Mystic Aquarium tickets for Points, too. We offered Maine river rafting with no takers.

This winter we’ll be offerring lift tickets in Maine (www.sundayriver.com) , NH (www.loonmtn.com; www.cannonmtn.com), and MA (www.wachussett.com) . Polar Express Tickets (www.polarexpress.org)  will be available for the first three week ends in December. We’ll be offering snowmobile rentals in Maine and New Hampshire as well as Spa getaways in Maine, New Hampshire and Cape Cod. We’ll also have Bruins and Celtic tickets available for points. If you haven’t signed up for the Last Minute Specials, please do as we use that list to inform members of, you guessed it, last minute specials. We usually get the sports tickets on a last minute basis so if you can get to a game with just one or two days notice, be sure to get on the list. To sign up for the list just send us an email at vacationclub@innseason.com .

Please remember that in 2009 you’ll no longer be able to use Accrued Points for Playtime Points puchases, so be sure to use them up this year. We’ve eliminated the use of the Accrued Points as it creates an imbalance in the system which ultimately could make less inventory available for member use at the resorts.

As always, if you have something that you would like to see on the list, let us know.

Whale Watch Cruises Now Available

  Highlight your Cape Cod vacation with an unforgettable cruise aboard the Mid-Cape’s only Whale Watch. Our high speed state-of-the-art vessel sails daily—May through October—from picturesque Barnstable Harbor.

Since 1981, Hyannis Whale Watcher Cruises of Cape Cod has been offering whale watch adventures as a platform for conservation and education to people of all ages from around the world. Throughout your whale watching adventure, our expert naturalists will share an intriguing look into the “wonderful world of whales”. They will also provide commentary on the local ecology and history of this unique area.

Tickets are available for 7000 points each with two ticket minimum. Please call us at 888.333.1535 to arrange the purchase of these tickets. The bay is full of whales. In a recent class trip, my granddaughter saw 14 different identifiable whales with dozens more in the area.  To learn more about the time and location of the cruises, please go to http://www.whales.net

Calling all River Rats!

     That’s right, River Rats. River Rats are those people that have tried river rafting and cannot get enough of the thrills and chills and fun of rafting.

The InnSeason Vacation Club has just finalized an agreement with the Windfall Outdoor Center in Jackman Maine. The agreement not only allows the two companies to cross promote and create packages, it also allows Vacation Club members to raft on their points. Well, not literally on their points, but to pay for rafting, kayaking or rock climbing trips with their InnSeason points. This is another great addition to the Playtime Points program. Not only does InnSeason’s provide great accommodations all around New England, we also provide you with great ways to use your points while on vacation! Members should quickly book their vacations at Mountainview Resort and their raft trips. The best times always fill up fast.

To learn more about rafting the Kennebec river go to www.windfallrafting.com . To learn more about using Innseason’s Playtime Points program go to http://www.innseason.com/isr/owners_playtime.aspx .