Themed Vacations for Kids

Vacations for Kids with a Theme. Are you looking for "something different" for your next family vacation?

If sitting on a beach or visiting amusement parks are not part of your next family holiday, we have gathered a some ideas to consider.

What about a trip themed completely on your favorite family movie? Or your family's favorite music?

Or do your kids like to be scared? Take them on a Ghost Tour...

What about a Learning vacation (don't worry they will still have fun - it is fun and educational!) or a make a difference with a Volunteer Vacation?

Take out your creativity cap, call a family meeting and come up with a themed vacation!

Vacations for Kids - Movie Tours

We are big movie buffs. In fact on our first trip together, Warren and I decided to go to New York - because of the movie "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" - and to Washington DC after we watched "Murder at 1600" with Wesley Snipes.

We stayed at the Plaza, and through a series of events (and upgrades due to hotel mistakes) we ended up staying in the same type of suite that main character Kevin stayed in. Of course we had to order the "Home Alone Sundae" from the room service menu just like he did.

When we took our family vacation to Australia, we realized that Warren's favorite movie - "The Matrix" series - was filmed in Sydney! I found Sydney Movie Tours and asked if she could do a walking tour based mainly on Matrix. We watched the movie again before the tour (Montana had not seen it yet) so it was fresh in our minds.

It was SO much fun. Check out our Travel Journal Entry here.

We also took pictures and video - see it here.

Is your family Harry Potter fans? What about a Harry Potter Tour through England?

Twilight Fans? - What about a tour of Forks Washington?

What great vacations for kids then to take them to their favorite "fictional" places!

All over the world tour companies in cities are creating movie or TV tours. California or course has movie set tours like the Warner Bros studio tour or the Universal Studio Tour.

We did the Warner Bros Studio Tour in November of 2009 and loved it! We really felt it was worth the time and money. We got to see the Friends set, the Ellen Show set and really got to see how they produce movies and television. See the flickr photos:

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Music Themed Vacations for Kids

Does your family enjoy music? Big country music fans? What about Motown? Rock and Roll? Broadway?

Nashville - Do a Music Tour, or a tour of Country Music Star Homes, check out the music attractions and the Grand Ole Opry - Maybe check out the Nash-Trash Tour

Detroit - Visit the Motown Historical Museum, combined with a concert of one of your favorite Motown singers in Detroit or Windsor, Ontario

Dollywood - What about a trip to Dolly Partons Theme Park?

Cleveland - Take a weekend and visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

New York - Big Broadway fans - stay in Times Square and catch a couple of shows.

New Orleans - See live Jazz music, tour the French Quarter

Liverpool - Tour where the Beatles started

Classical Europe - Tour to the home towns of all of Classical Music's Greatest - schedule your trip during a music festival.

You get the idea. Take your favorite music and create a holiday around it.

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Vacations for Kids - Ghost Tours

Most cities offer Ghost Tours. Especially cities with historical cities.

I have done Ghost tours in London, England , Salem, Massachusetts, and Port Arthur in Tasmania, Australia. It doesn't matter where you are, if your kids like the spooky and scary part of life - ahem I mean death - then create a vacation where you tour ghostly areas.

Haunted America Tours have the top 10 haunted tours in the USA

Some ideas: