MORE TO DISCOVER ASHORE

Leave the ship. Keep the wonder.

Ancient geometry in Rolla. An artist’s village near Carthage. A salt world beneath Kansas. Ten carefully arranged experiences, from embarkation morning to your final day ashore.

THE INAUGURAL COLLECTION

Ten ways to go a little deeper.

Prices per guest · Transfers included

The underground salt galleries at Strataca with a small LEGO Christmas display at the shore hospitality stand

Underground discovery

HUTCHINSON, KANSAS

Strataca: beneath the Kansas prairie

Begin your voyage with a descent 650 feet beneath the Kansas prairie into the salt galleries at Strataca.

4 hoursAges 4+ · Enclosed underground spaces

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Tallgrass prairie beside an elegant shore hospitality stand with a LEGO Christmas village and Tony Soprano minifigure

Nature

COTTONWOOD FALLS, KANSAS

The Flint Hills, at your own pace

Follow the contours of the tallgrass prairie with a local naturalist, then return to Cottonwood Falls for coffee and a slice of pie.

4 hoursEasy walking

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Grand Continental docked on dry land beside a tiny Missouri downtown, her eighteen decks towering over brick shops, a courthouse and cars beside a deep docking cut, with Christmas garlands and LEGO sculptures of Tony and Carmela Soprano on the upper decks

Culture

CARTHAGE, MISSOURI

A very Carthage Christmas

A festive afternoon of Victorian architecture, the historic town square, and a leisurely holiday lunch.

5 hoursEasy walking

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Historic buildings at Lowell Davis’s Red Oak II village with a small LEGO Christmas display in the foreground

American curiosities

NEAR CARTHAGE, MISSOURI

Red Oak II: an artist’s village

Discover Lowell Davis’s village of rescued buildings, vintage roadside details, and unexpected sculpture just outside Carthage.

2.5 hoursGravel paths · Easy walking

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The immense Big Brutus electric shovel at West Mineral with a small LEGO Christmas display at the shore hospitality stand

Engineering & scale

WEST MINERAL, KANSAS · FROM CARTHAGE

Big Brutus & the age of giants

Cross into southeast Kansas to stand beside Big Brutus, the immense electric mining shovel preserved at West Mineral.

5 hoursUneven ground · Optional stairs

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The Precious Moments Chapel grounds near Carthage with a small LEGO Christmas display in the foreground

Art & collections

CARTHAGE, MISSOURI

Precious Moments Chapel & gardens

Visit Sam Butcher’s chapel, where the familiar Precious Moments characters appear in a remarkable collection of devotional art.

3 hoursEasy walking · Quiet indoor spaces

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The canine propulsion team and handler beside a Christmas-decorated hospitality stand with a LEGO Paulie Gualtieri sculpture

Behind the scenes

ON SHORE · PROPULSION PAVILION

Behind the harness

Meet the dogs and their handlers, tour the resting facilities, and learn how an entire ship moves at the team’s pace.

90 minutesAccessible

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An aerial view of Grand Continental crossing a forest river at a right angle, spanning both banks with churned water, broken vegetation and an earth furrow continuing on either side, with Christmas garlands and LEGO sculptures of Tony Soprano and Silvio Dante on the upper decks

Nature

EMINENCE, MISSOURI

Alley Spring & the Ozark heartland

Discover clear spring water, forest paths, and the celebrated red mill in the heart of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

4.5 hoursModerate walking

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Missouri S&T’s granite Stonehenge replica in Rolla with a small LEGO Christmas display at the shore hospitality stand

Remarkable replicas

ROLLA, MISSOURI · AFTER DISEMBARKATION

Stonehenge & the science of stone

Complete your passage with Missouri S&T’s half-scale Stonehenge: ancient geometry, precisely recast in granite in the heart of Rolla.

2 hoursEasy walking · Outdoor campus paths

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The towering Route 66 Rocker at Fanning, Missouri, with a small LEGO Christmas display in the foreground

Roadside landmarks

FANNING, MISSOURI · FROM ROLLA

The Route 66 Rocker

Travel along the Mother Road to Fanning’s 42-foot steel rocking chair, an American roadside landmark built on a rather generous scale.

3.5 hoursEasy walking · Ground-level viewing

From $99per guestExplore

Every detail, taken care of.

Shore excursions are available with Interior Retreat, Continental Balcony, and Grand Horizon Suite accommodation. Vertical Cruising guests remain below decks; public venues and shore excursions are not included or permitted. Choose from port-day experiences, a pre-embarkation visit to Strataca, or two post-cruise tours from Rolla. Your tour includes the transfers and activities listed. Before- and after-cruise experiences include luggage service; check the meeting times when arranging your onward travel. Winter weather can affect outdoor programs.

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