Northeast Wintertime Family Resorts

With Thanksgiving under our belts, and the December holidays and vacation upon us, here’s a list of 3 top Northeast resorts that have something for the entire family:

• Camelback Lodge and Aquatopia Indoor Waterpark, Tannersville, Pennsylvania.  In the heart of the Pocono Mountains, this resort offers an indoor water park and an adventure center (www.camelbackresort.com).  Check out their packages for free lift and snow tubing tickets during your winter stay. For the New Year there are two parties included for guests staying at the lodge: 8pm-10pm the Aquatopia party features a live DJ, face painting, glitter tattoos, games, crafts and more fun for the whole family:  8:30pm-12:30am don’t miss the Ballroom Party where you can dress up or down and dance the night away with their live band.  Big screens will show live feeds of Times Square. From 10:30pm-12:30am bring the whole family for the Lobby Party.  Magicians and strolling entertainment for the kids.

• Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York.  The drive up to this historic Victorian castle resort makes you feel as if you’re in Europe (www.mohonk.com). With its old-world charm with a wrap-around porch overlooking a lake, amenities also include afternoon tea and cookies served on China. You can take a canoe, rowboat or paddle boat out onto the lake weather permitting. Hike well-marked trails or take guided nature walks, go horseback riding, indoor swimming, carriage rides, rock climbing, ice skating, snowshoeing, and Mohonk’s famous rock scrambles.  Visit the spa’s indoor pool, Jacuzzi, fitness room, outdoor mineral pool. There’s an award-winning Kids’ Club for children while parents relax at the spa. 
  
• Smugglers’ Notch Family Resort, Cambridge, Vermont.  Voted by Ski Magazine as the #1 Kid-Friendly Resort in the Eastern U.S. and Canada, there are special packages available all winter long (www.smuggs.com).  Join them for your December holiday getaway between December 9-23, 2016 and get FREE all day ski or snowboard camps!  Special Holiday Magic activities include Candy Cane Scrambles bonfires with Santa, Reindeer Games, fireworks, and more!  Save 15% when you vacation with two or more additional families. Visit the outlet stores in Essex Junction (Essex Factory Outlets) and the Manchester Designer Outlets in Manchester Center if shopping is your idea for fun and browsing.   Couples can visit Smugglers’ Notch Distillery in Jeffersonville or the Boyden Valley Winery in town. Plenty of outdoor activities abound in nearby Stowe such as Bingham Falls or Sterling Falls Gorge (www.TripAdvisor.com). 

Pack up the whole family for a Northeast winter getaway!  Happy Winter!