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Parkersburg High School Big Red Marching Band

DISNEYWORLD TRIP 2009 INFORMATION

The band has received final confirmation from the high school and board of education on available travel dates, and we have now confirmed trip dates and pricing from our agents. We have selected C&G Tours Inc., of Irwin, PA, as our agent, for pricing, availability, and service to us at Disneyworld.

The trip is now scheduled for February 26th through March 3rd. It is available for ALL PHS Big Red Band students, marching and concert. Concert students will be asked to march a parade with the band while at Disneyworld.

Tentatively, we will leave the high school on the evening of February 26th. We will stay off-campus near Disneyworld in Florida from February 27th, through March 2nd (checkout). We will drive back to Parkersburg, returning around midday on March 3rd, and the students will return to class on March 4th.

The cost of the trip will be $605 per student, based on 47 passenger buses. If we are able to take 55 passenger buses instead, and fill them, the price will drop to $595. Our costs will include a meal on the way down, and back; bus transportation; 3 nights lodging; a daytrip to Daytona Beach; a pizza party one evening; 3 day pass to Disneyworld theme parks (water parks are NOT included); three (3) buffet breakfasts at the hotel; six (6) meal passes for use in the theme parks. All taxes and gratuities are included. Also, C&G will provide us with a tour guide professional while we are in Florida, and with additional security personnel at the hotel.

We plan to take Officer Brown (PHS/Parkersburg Police officer) with us as our primary security officer, as well.

Chaperones will be required to pay their own way. It may be possible to participate in fundraisers to defer the cost for them. The cost for chaperones will be the same as for students. Adults wishing to chaperone MUST contact Mr. White by September 29th, in order to better understand how many/what size buses we will require. Remember, adults, this will be a working vacation for you.

An initial payment of $200 per student/chaperone will be required IN HAND to Mr. White not later than October 22nd. Please check with him to see how much money your student has in his/her account before then. It may be necessary for you to put money into that account in order for us to set the travel roster. The boosters do not have the money to pay for students who have not put money in their account to cover their payments, whether by using fundraisers OR by putting in private money. Other payment dates are: $200 on December 3rd, and the final payment of $205 on January 7th. Once a payment is made, that money has been committed, and cannot be refunded.

We are working toward bigger trips in the spring of 2010 and 2011 already. Please help make this trip successful, so that future trips will be much easier to prepare for and operate.

(Updated September 4, 2008)