Available Sunday, October 27 – Depart Monday, October 28, 2024
Description
Something different, something time-honored: You’re invited to join in the unique experience as we close Grand Hotel’s doors for the winter months.
This package includes a casual dinner buffet on Sunday evening and a continental breakfast Monday morning. Enjoy an informal atmosphere as we clean out our pantries and wine cellar. Bob Tagatz, Resident Historian, will host a presentation explaining the process we go through to close the hotel, as well as fun facts and interesting information from the 2023 season. Monday morning we continue the tradition of ringing the bell to signify the end of our season, bringing in the rockers, and honor exemplary service with our Grand Legend Celebration. Take home a piece of Grand Hotel with a geranium from the Front Porch.
We look forward to you joining our staff in this annual end-of-the-year event that has become a tradition for so many.
Package Includes:
Grand Hotel Accommodations
Sunday afternoon Close the Grand presentation
Ceremonial Bring in the Rockers from The World’s Longest Front Porch
Chef’s choice casual buffet dinner Sunday evening
Continental breakfast Monday morning
Closing Bell Ringing
Take home a geranium from the Front Porch
Grand Legend Celebration
10:00 AM check-out time
The Close the Grand offer is also available by calling Grand Hotel Reservations at 1-800-334-7263.
*Subject to Michigan 6% sales tax, 3% Mackinac Island assessment, and a $15.00 per person, per stay, baggage-handling charge. Regular children’s rates apply. Extra charges apply for additional adults over double occupancy rates. Dates are subject to availability. A 30-day cancellation policy applies.
For the fun and fancy of it, meet us on the dance floor for our annual Ballroom Dance Weekend. There’s no better place to enjoy the sophistication of ballroom dancing than Grand Hotel, where nightly dancing and dressing up for dinner has been a tradition for generations — and this is the perfect package to help refine your moves or learn some new steps!
Package Includes:
Grand Hotel accommodations
Breakfast and dinner daily
Dancing to The Grand Hotel Orchestra Friday and Saturday night
Dance lessons on Saturday morning and afternoon
Saturday evening reception
All entertainment and dance instruction
Special discount on ferry tickets
Dancers can experience a diverse range of ballroom dance styles, including the waltz, rumba, and swing. Professional dance instructors, Jose and Irma Cayao, teach the beginner courses and John and Judy Tomlian teach the intermediate/advanced courses. Dance the night away to The Grand Hotel Orchestra led by Dr. Alex Graham, along with special guests Paul Keller and vocalist Sarah D’Angelo.
The Ballroom Dance Weekend package can also be booked by calling Grand Hotel Reservations at 1-800-334-7263.
For more than a century, Mackinac Island’s fudge has been an institution that’s become famous worldwide. Fudge devotees are known as “fudgies” – a term that is also synonymous with Northern Michigan tourists. Most people don’t need an excuse to indulge in a piece or two of creamy, decadent fudge.
But, for those who do, the Mackinac Island Fudge Festival which takes place each August, offers Island dwellers and tourists a terrific reason to celebrate fudge – made fresh each day at Mackinac’s multitude of fudge shops.
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We have new activities planned for this year’s festival including a Fudge Quest, chance to be a fudge maker for the day, and fudge-olympics!
Calling all Fudgies!!!