Visiting Williamsburg/Jamestown in March, what should I know?

We did Jamestown and Yorktown a few years back. both had 2 sites, one the original and one with modern reconstructions. In both cases the latter was more interesting though the original site of Jamestown was worth seeing, it has a great climbing tree 🙂 I don’t remember them being expensive.

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We just visited Williamsburg in a few months ago!  It was during the government shutdown, so we couldn’t get into Yorktown or Jamestown, but Williamsburg was great!  We are HSLDA members, so we got a significant discount with our educator’s cards.  They consider it to be a teacher ID card, but will not accept a Declaration of Intent to homeschool in it’s place.  We did the multi day ticket and it helped to break it up and enjoy it in bits.  Now, if you are near the Shenandoah valley, I recommend the Frontier Culture Center.  It was more fun to my kids than Williamsburg…and it was much cheaper!  The website is http://www.frontiermuseum.org

We were just there in September during the homeschool days. Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown all had VERY discounted prices so it was a great time to go. Ithink they do the homeschoold days 2x a year so I would check that first on the Williamsburg site. We paid $18 dollar for an adult 3 day pass and $9 for a kids. We stayed at the Powhatan resort as well and enjoyed it. 

I would suggest breaking Williamsburg up into 2 days if possible depending on the age of your kids. Some of the special events they offer are pretty neat. We went to Mamma Said, Pappa Said at the courthouse (a storytelling event) and my kids both loved it. They are 10. 

Jamestown and Yorktown both have two separate parks as someone else noted. We liked both and learned a great deal at both sites. Not sure which is less expensive. The original Jamestown site is worth seeing though. We did a tour with one of the archaelogist which was fantastic. He was a wealth of information!

Enjoy your trip!!!

AWings2fly: Yes, we got the discount on tickets.   I think the discount is because of HSLDA so I am not sure if the hs co-op card would work…but it’s sure worth a try!

You know what I found out after we went?  You can walk around Williamsburg and not pay a dime!  Had no idea!  You can’t go in all of the buildings, but at least you can walk around, talk with people, and you can go in some of the buildings – and look through windows.    I think the person I talked to (who has been there numerous times and lives only a state away) said they change the buildings every day, so if you go 2 days in a row, who knows?

We unfortunately were there during the shutdown, as well, so no Jamestown for us.  I was SO disappointed, as was my oldest, who had just learned about Jamestown last year.  <sigh>  We were only there for a day during the course of a roadtrip, and of course it was rainy, too.