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So I'm planning "the" senior trip and I need some help...?


Okay here's the deal
We are going to Atlanta and we are staying Mon-Saturday during may-june ish ...
We want to go to the Coca~Cola Factory,Zoo Atlanta,Yellow River Game Ranch and Kangaroo Conservation,The Aquarium,Olympic Park,Stone Mountain Park,Underground Atlanta,High Art Museum and Symphonic Orchestra Preformance.

My question is do we have enough time to comfortable do everything and did we leave any "must do's" out ?

Is it possible to do several of the activities on the same day ?

Where should we eat ? What about hotel choices ? Shopping ?

So.. If your not going to be helpful don't bother ?
I'm not trying to be ungrateful but I don't find the coca-cola factory lame and I'm sure this never occurred to you because I'm pretty sure you never graduated high school but life isn't like MTV and most 17-18 year olds idea of a "fun time" isn't getting wasted in a foreign country.
I want to know about A T L A N T A not where YOU think I should go. Thank You =]

You could probably do the World of Coca-Cola, Underground Atlanta (next to world of coke) (there are some restaurants there, above & below) & Zoo Atlanta (check out the Cyclorama that is just outside the zoo atlanta entrance gate) in the same day.

You can do the Aquarium & Olympic Park in one day, you could probably take a tour at the CNN center too, because they are all next to each other. Try Luckie's Food Lounge that day, it is walking distance from the Aquarium.

Stone Mountain is day trip, because it is about 16 miles from Atlanta. I'm not sure what restaurants are good there.

I've wanted to go to the Kangaroo Conservatory, but haven't yet, that is also a long drive, i'm not sure about the mileage but probably about an hour north of Atlanta. I know there is the North Georgia Premium Outlets up that way. You can probably squeeze that in if you have time.

The High Museum is in midtown, you can probably spend a 1/2 day there, you'll probably be able to squeeze something like the Margaret Mitchell House, tour Turner Field, or some other stuff down that way. The Symphony stuff should be in the evening, but you'll have to look up their performance schedule. You can also check out what performance type stuff is going on at Fox Theatre or at the Cobb Energy Centre.

I would suggest looking up Atlantic Station. It is the new place to go, has lots of shops, movie theaters and restaurants (Fox Sports Grill, Rosa Mexicana, etc.) If you have time, try to go to the Varsity, it is an Atlanta staple, not healthy food or anything, but its a must try when in Atlanta!

You will never have enough time and everyone will complain about something. Sounds fun. Go and enjoy yourself, enjoy your youth and don't let the complainers get to you.

LoL what?? No offense but senior trips should be somewhere out of the country....where the drinking age is if you can see over the bar....lol. The CocaCola factory f*** that lol. Kangaroo Conservation lmao Im sorry but that is sooo lame...not helpful I know, but it had to be said!!!!

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You could squeeze in all those locales but if I a choice of the places I HAD to go to I'd pick the Aquarium, High Museum, Stone Mountain Park and Zoo Atlanta. Olympic Park is right down the street from the Aquarium and the Coke Museum is next door, too. You could knock all those out quick, in one day if you wanted. The Coke Museum website offers hotel packages so you should check those out. But I'm sure you'd get better deals through Hotels.com, Priceline and sites like that.
I've never been to an ASO show but it'd be very entertaining I'm sure. Underground isn't very exciting to be honest.

A Braves game is very fun, affordable and you can get a group discount or just buy tickets last minute if you wanted.

As for food, it all depends on what you like. Downtown and Midtown has everything you could want in all sorts of price ranges. Check out atlanta.citysearch.com and you can get a rundown of restaurants in the area.

If there's anything else you want an opinion on feel free to message me.
all the best!

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