Tour
Itinerary - Train
Tour Options
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Departs
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Thursday 30th December 2004 (morning)
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From
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Eastbourne Terrace, Paddington.
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Price
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From £309 |
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Highlights
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For only a few pounds more you
can join us on our escorted train
tour to Edinburgh departing Kings
Cross in the afternoon on the 30th,
returning to London on the 2nd.
We used scheduled high-speed GNER
services to whisk you to central
Edinburgh in just over 4 hours,
where it is a short walk from Waverly
station to your accommodation.
You have a complete choice of all
our hotels and once in Edinburgh
join all the tours, parties and
excursions.
You may want to choose a train time
to suit you. Depending upon availability,
we can reserve your seats on a number
of different services. For train
tour option, please add £40
onto the coach tour price.
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Day 1 Thursday
30th December 2004
Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
Morning
departure from Kings Cross station on
high speed GNER service to Edinburgh.
Train journey time approximately 4 and
half hours. Arrive in central Edinburgh
mid afternoon, giving time to walk to
your hotel and then have some free time
to do some sight seeing - or maybe head
straight to the local pub! Our coaches
from London arrive around 6.30pm today.
Note: exact train times have not yet been
released by GNER.
This evening the real party begins. After
we check into the Hotel, we will meet
in the hotel bar briefly then head straight
to Edinburgh's top night venue: the Espionage,
for our exclusive pre-Hogmanay party.
The Espionage is huge and a great venue
to warm up for the big one. Set over 5
levels, the entire venue is reserved for
PP passengers until later in the evening.
No worries about early closing as we are
in Scotland now and you can party here
through to 5am!!!
DAY 2 31 December
2004
New Years Eve: the big BIG one!!!
The BIG one! Our marathon party day starts
early - no time for headaches from last
night ... and ends a year later! Virtually
straight after breakfast it is time to
bring the millennium in "Down Under
time" at our famous special Kiwi/Oz
New Year celebrations. All our passengers
get together for our party, held at Edinburgh's
Corn Exchange. We begin by celebrating
the Kiwi New Year at 11:00am (midnight
back in NZ) and at 1:00pm it’s the
Aussies turn to crack the bubbly. We then
have the afternoon to party on while celebrating
the various New Years across the Aussie
continent. We finish with the WA New Year
as we drive into the city centre. At dusk
it is your turn to party with the locals
in town. We drop you back in the heart
of Edinburgh where Princes St will have
been blocked off for the biggest street
party in Europe - join the tens of thousands
bringing in the Scottish New Year with
fireworks over the old castle - an amazing
sight and atmosphere.
We supply all our passengers with entry
passes.
DAY 3 1st January
2004
Countryside Excursion and PP New Years
Day party
We start the day with a late breakfast
before offering you the opportunity to
clear your heads a little with an excursion
to the Scottish country side through "Braveheart
Country" to Stirling Castle via the
famous Forth Bridge. Note entry to the
castle is optional and the admission fee
is not included.
We will have you back in Edinburgh in
plenty of time to start 2004 in just the
same fashion as we finished 2003 –
with another great party. Our exclusive
New Years Day bash is being held in Edinburgh’s
best party pub – Frankenstein’s.
Another fantastic venue. The music, drinks
and good times will flow from early evening
until again the wee hours of the morning
– if you can last that long!!
DAY 4 2nd January
2004
Train to London
Late morning train from Edinburgh to Kings
Cross. Exact times to be confirmed.
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