Travel with a purpose this holiday season! Join the fun and help decorate the only Christian float in the Rose Parade!
2024 Rose Parade title, "Celebrating a World of Music, The Universal Language". Join us and help to support and make possible the only Christian float in the parade! Enjoy a full day of float decorating and learning how the many beautiful and meaningful floats are designed, constructed and decorated.
2024 marks Lutheran Hour Ministries 73rd anniversary of presenting a float and witnessing the gospel message at the Rose Parade on January 1, 2024.
This year’s LHM parade float is titled, “Make A Joyful Noise Unto The Lord”
While on tour learn more about the fascinating historical and cultural side of Southern California- from the early 1800's Mission San Juan Capistrano to the 1900's nostalgia of the golden era of Hollywood to today at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Experience the legacy of Ronald Reagan, board his Air Force One, visit the Oval Office and learn more about the life of a president. Our group will spend a full day decorating the many meaningful floats including the only Christian-themed float in the parade, we will ring in the New Year with a champagne toast and a festive New Year's Eve dinner celebration and then on January 1st share an unforgettable day as we cheer from our reserved grandstand seats and watch the Lutheran Hour Ministries float in the Rose Parade. Following the Rose Parade, we will view the floats again up close at 2024 Float Fest; where you will walk within feet of the floral and animated masterpieces parked along 2 miles of city streets.
Also available, Rose Parade and 3- Days of Float Decorating Package; December 28, 2023- January 02, 2024 LEARN MORE
Itinerary
DEC 28
ARRIVE IN CALIFORNIA (D)
Upon arrival to Southern California you will collect your luggage and transfer to the hotel.
Welcome to sunny California “The Golden State”. This afternoon, stop by and visit our LutherTours Hospitality desk located in the lobby of your hotel. This evening our group will meet for our “welcome to California” dinner. And tomorrow spend the day helping to decorate the many meaningful floats in the Rose Parade including the LHM parade float titled, “Make A Joyful Noise Unto The Lord”.
DEC 29
HANDS-ON FLOAT DECORATION- “Make A Joyful Noise Unto The Lord” (B, L)
This morning we depart for Pasadena and a day of “pushing petals” and assisting in the exciting final stages of preparing the floats for the Rose Parade. This is the 73rd year that the Southern California District of the Lutheran Laymen’s League has been invited to enter a float. Our group has the privilege of helping to prepare and decorate many meaningful floats and our support helps to pay for the costs of the Lutheran Hour Ministries float, the only Christian float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade! We depart the pavilion and the spectacular floats- knowing that we had a part in proclaiming Christ and glorifying God to an estimated 450 million people worldwide who will be viewing the event on New Years Day January 1st.
DEC 30
RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY/ BEVERLY HILLS HOLLYWOOD (B)
This morning our group is joined by our local tour guide who will share with us the fascinating history of Southern California on a fun-filled day of sightseeing. We begin at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Experience the legacy of Ronald Reagan, board his Air Force One, visit the Oval Office and learn more about the life of a president. After time for lunch on your own, we continue on to Los Angeles for a narrated driving tour through Beverly Hills, Hollywood’s Walk of Fame- home to the historic handprints of iconic celebrities and the famous theater known for the “Oscars”.
DEC 31
WORSHIP SERVICE, MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO/ NEW YEAR”S EVE DINNER CELEBRATION (B, D)
We begin our day and the New Year with worship service at the nearby church. Today our local tour guide will lead us on a tour of the Mission San Juan Capistrano. Afterwards, our tour guide will lead a walking tour of the historic city of San Juan Capistrano- a captivating blend of California history, rural beauty, and small-town character. You will have some time at leiusure for a relaxing lunch at one of the cafe’s or restaurants in this new must-visit “foodie” destination. We return to our hotel with time to freshen up before we meet to ring in the New Year with a New Year’s Eve dinner celebration.
JAN 01
135th ROSE PARADE: “Celebrating a World of Music” (B, L)
The event we came to see is about to begin. Our seats have been reserved along Colorado Boulevard. What an opportunity to see first-hand the animation, the imagination and grandeur, along with the precision and music of the marching bands and the equestrian groups and drum majors strutting. And as the beautifully decorated Lutheran Hour float passes by we’ll jump to our feet and applaud, knowing that we have, in our own way, helped make it happen. After the parade we will view the floats up close at the 2024 FLOAT FEST, you will walk within feet of the floral and animated masterpieces parked along 2 miles of city streets. Lunch is provided before we return to the hotel.
JAN 02
DEPARTURE DAY
What a way to begin the New Year! Today, we bid farewell to our friends old and new and take home the lasting memories of our week of “once in a lifetime” experiences and Christian fellowship.
Tour Package Includes
5-Nights Deluxe Hotel- DoubleTree by Hilton in Claremont (closest airport is Ontario Airport.)
Motor coach Transportation throughout tour
Breakfast Daily, 2- Lunch, 2-Dinner
Gratuities for included meals
Exclusive “hands-on” float preparations and decorating with the Petal Pushers
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Hollywood & Southern California sightseeing
Rose Parade Preferred Grandstand Seating
Souvenir Parade Program
Complimentary Petal Pushers Sweatshirt
New Year’s Eve Dinner
New Year's Day Post Parade Float viewing at “Float Fest”
All admissions for sightseeing and visits
All Local City and Hotel Tax
Tour Prices are per person
$1890 Double (2 per room), Triple (3 per room), Quad (4 per room) Occupancy
$2390 Single Occupancy
Extend Your Stay / Pre and Post Tour
$175 Hotel Accommodation and Tax
Payments
$350 per person
Balance due by October 13, 2023
Tour Does Not Include
Air transportation, airport to hotel transfers, gratuities for local guide and coach driver, meals not listed above, or trip cancellation insurance.
LutherTours is a proud contributor to the LHM float committee.
Please review the Terms and Conditions of Travel which includes the trip cancellation and change policy, to view click here or call 1.844.777.1517 to request a copy. LT and its partners reserve the right to alter the itinerary and included features if necessary, due to circumstances beyond our control.
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