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Family Activities

Bringing your family with you to HM12? Make sure everyone enjoys their stay in San Diego with a number of family activities ranging from a city wide tour of San Diego to the USS Midway Museum. Book your tours directly with the San Diego Gray Line at www.sandiegograyline.com.

San Diego City Tour

Tour Length approx. 4 hours

Enjoy San Diego with a city tour that visits it all. Journey through downtown’s vibrant Gaslamp Quarter with its old-world buildings that were once home to Wyatt Earp. Travel with us along the Embarcadero’s harbor, taking in the wonderful views of the longest-serving aircraft carrier in U.S. Navy history, the USS Midway. Visiting Coronado Island offers a thrill for lovers of heights as we cross the Coronado Bridge. Beautiful beaches and charming streets are second to Coronado’s unique National Historic Landmark, the Hotel Del Coronado. The tour continues through Balboa Park, once home to the first World’s Fair, now a place for many beautiful and unique museums. Another can’t miss portion of the tour, La Jolla, consistently amazes travelers with its laid-back beach life and boutique shopping. Today, it is known as the Jewel of the Pacific. This tour would certainly not be complete without a relaxing experience in colorful Old Town, sometimes called the “Jamestown of the Pacific.”

Gray Line provides complimentary pick up and returns from most hotels in and around San Diego.
Start time: 8:00 a.m. (approx.)
Return time: 12:00 p.m. (approx.)
Visit www.sandiegograyline.com for more info

Combo Tours: The following tours are add-ons to the City Tour. Due to time limitations, guests may only select one add-on.

Sea Port Village

Daily Departure: 1 hour extra time
Tour Length approx. 5 hours

You'll find 14 acres and about 75 shops and galleries, restaurants-and sidewalk eateries at Seaport Village in San Diego.
Primarily targeted toward visitors, locals also enjoy the restaurants and view, especially with out-of-town company.

Gray Line provides complimentary pick up and returns from most hotels in and around San Diego.
Start time: 8:15 a.m. (approx.)
Return time: 1:30 p.m. (approx.)

Harbor Excursion

Daily Departure: 1 hour extra time
Tour Length approx. 5 hours

After your city tour, enjoy a one-hour harbor cruise to view San Diego’s magnificent harbor and skyline. Experience the best sightseeing on the water, viewing the North Island Naval Air Station, Harbor and Shelter Islands, the Naval Sub Base-and the Cabrillo National Monument. Our harbor adventure is a 13-mile tour of the North or South Bay, which includes more than 50 points of interest.

Gray Line provides complimentary pick up and returns from most hotels in and around San Diego.
Start time: 8:15 a.m. (approx.)
Return time: 2:00 p.m. (approx.)
Tour includes: Round-trip transportation plus Harbor Cruise Admission

USS Midway Museum

Daily Departure: 3 hours extra time
Tour Length approx. 7 hours

The San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum showcases the unique history of the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier that routinely set new standards of naval aviation. No other carrier holds such a proud tradition of diligence, vigilance-and mission completion.

Gray Line provides complimentary pick up and returns from most hotels in and around San Diego.
Start time: 8:15 a.m. (approx.)
Return time: 4:00 p.m. (approx.)
Tour includes: Round-trip transportation plus USS Midway Museum Admission

SAN DIEGO ZOO–Plus Transportation

Daily Departures
Tour Length approx. 6 hours
Includes admission, transportation, a narrated bus tour, aerial tram and shows

Span the globe in one afternoon, viewing rare and intriguing wildlife from nearly every region of the world at the San Diego Zoo. Known for its large, naturalistic enclosures, the zoo immerses guests in lush, tropical settings. Experience the zoo’s newest forested habitat: Monkey Trails and Forest Tales. This lush, multi-dimensional recreation of Asian and African forests flourishes with some of nature’s most imperiled wildlife including numerous primates, the elusive clouded leopard and extremely rare pygmy hippopotamuses.

Gray Line provides complimentary pick up and returns from most hotels in and around San Diego.
Start time: Varies according to the traveler’s hotel
Return time from the zoo: 4:00 p.m. (approx.)
Tour includes: Round-trip transportation plus Zoo Admission

SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO–Plus Transportation

Daily Departures
Tour Length approx. full day
Includes admission, transportation and shows

Venture beyond the ocean’s door at SeaWorld® San Diego. Get so close you can touch a dolphin’s fin, get up close to a penguin, stare down a shark, and connect with the sea’s creatures in their world. Come see what everyone’s talking about and experience Believe—the visually stunning Shamu® show.

Encounter polar bears at Wild Arctic® and brave the daring drop on the Journey to Atlantis® water coaster. Everywhere you look, the energy and wonder of the world’s water surround you in the sights and sounds of SeaWorld®.

Blue Horizons
Dolphins fly, birds dive, and spirits leap in Blue Horizons—a visionary, brand-new show from SeaWorld San Diego. Soaring birds, playful dolphins, dramatic pilot whales, thrilling high divers, and daring aerialists fuse the vibrant energy of these two worlds into a mesmerizing display of dance, flight, color, and entertainment. All this, plus an uplifting score and stunning set make this one of Southern California's not-to-be-missed theatrical attractions. SeaWorld's Blue Horizons is the fascinating place where sea meets sky...meets spectacular.

Start time: Varies according to the traveler’s hotel
Return time from the park: 5:00 p.m. (approx.)
Tour includes: Round-trip transportation plus SeaWorld Admission


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