How to find out if your flight is proceeding:
Each passenger MUST follow the steps below to receive the flight information from 18.00 the night prior to their flight. At this time, the details below will be confirmed:
If the flight is proceeding or not based on weather conditions
Hotel pickup times (If applicable)
Exact meeting time
Download the guest experience APP by searching Global Ballooning Australia, enter the Flight Code to receive flight update notifications via their mobile.
Details provided on the supplier flight confirmation.
OR
Check the Melbourne Check-In Page (English & Chinese). Read the update. Click here
OR
Call 0488 686 555 to listen to a voicemail.
Pre-Flight Info
On arrival at the meeting point passengers will be required to:
Notify our team of their arrival
Complete a waiver and medical information form
Board our buses and transfer to the launch site where they may help with the launch, or stand back and take pictures
Join a short safety and instruction briefing at the launch site
After we complete our pre-flight routine, we will float up and away for a spectacular one-hour hot air balloon flight.
Please note the exact time and flight direction will vary depending on weather conditions. The flight will either be over the city or around the surrounds of the city. We cannot guarantee a flight directly over the city due to the change of wind direction.
Post-Flight
After we land, passengers can assist our staff to pack up the balloon before boarding our buses and returning to the initial meeting place (this is not compulsory, so passengers should tell staff if they do not wish to help).
After the balloon is packed away, we head back to Pullman on the Park hotel for a sparkling buffet breakfast (optional).
The Melbourne transfer service is one-way only, so guests will need to make their own way back to their hotel from the Pullman Hotel. There are train, tram and taxi services available at the front of the Pullman on the Park. Alternatively, it is a 20 min walk back to the centre of the CBD.
Winery Tour
Includes:
After the balloon flight, GBA will provide a transfer to meet the wine tour at St Paul's Cathedral
Full day wine tour to 4 premium Yarra Valley wineries
All tastings and lunch
Transfers between the wineries
Designated, informative wine tour guide
Return transfer to Melbourne City drop-off points (no later than 18.00)
NOTE: If your balloon flight is cancelled due to inclement weather, your winery tour will PROCEED as scheduled.
On the morning of the wine tour you MUST ring the Australian Winery Tour Co. (AWTC) office on 1800 996 414 from 08.00 to confirm which pick up point you will be using. You will have to make your own way to 1 of the 4 x AWTC pick up points in Melbourne (as below), or to the Yarra Valley meeting point at Punt Road Wines: 10 St Hubert’s Road, Coldstream. Passengers are required to make own arrangements to meet the service at Punt Road Wines in the event of balloon flight cancellation. AWTC are unable to provide door to door hotel pickup or drop off within the Yarra Valley or Melbourne CBD. You will be picked up & dropped off at a central location within Melbourne CBD before/after the winery tour ends.
09.20 Seven Eleven - Corner Flinders St & Spencer St, City (wait at front)
09.30 St Paul’s Cathedral - Corner Flinders St & Swanston St, City (wait at front)
09.35 Her Majesty's Theatre - Corner cnr Lt Bourke and Exhibition St, City (wait at front)
09.40 97 Franklin St, City (wait at front)
For a full itinerary - please click here
BLUE MAN THEATER AT LUXOR HOTEL AND CASINO
Blue Man Group is comedy, theater, rock concert and dance party all rolled into one. You’ll be closer to the action than ever before at the specially designed Blue Man Theater at Luxor Hotel and Casino. It’s an outrageous multi-sensory experience you’ll never forget. New music, new design, new technology and a new finale to bring the entire audience together for a euphoric celebration of life in full color.
Seating Chart: Luxor
What is the poncho section?
The poncho section is the first four or five rows closest to the stage. Patrons in this area are given ponchos to wear, because sometimes materials splash the audience. These substances are washable, but we suggest that you do not wear anything that needs dry cleaning.
Rating: recommended for ages 5 and up.
Children under the age of 5 will not be admitted.
Run time: 1 hour and 45 minutes without intermission.
Menu "Decouverte"*
Starters Assortment:
Fried scallops, artichoke cream, lemon crumble
Salt and pepper butterfly prawns, candied vegetables with cumin
Duck foie gras, lightly tangy apple éclair
Verrine of lentils and crispy vegetables with raw and cooked tomatoes
**
Main course at choice:
Chicken supreme, creamy risotto with green asparagus, thyme sauce
Hake pie with lemon cream, crushed potatoes with seaweed
Slab of beef, potato patty, oyster mushrooms and yellow carrots (+)
**
Desserts Assortment:
Chocolate cream, caramelised biscuit crunch and fresh banana
Salted butter caramel macaroon and seasonal fruit
Mini shortbread with orange meringue cream
Verrine of chestnut cream and vanilla mousse with hazelnut flakes
**
Vegetarian Menu:
Pumpkin soup, baby salad greens with pine nuts and marinated artichokes
**
Fried seasonal vegetables, risotto with green asparagus, oyster mushrooms
**
Coconut rice pudding, seasonal fruits, black and white chocolate mikado
Child Menu:
Loro Park
Come to Tenerife and visit the magnificent enclave of Loro Parque, an authentic realm of wild animals.
Loro Parque is the No. 1 Zoo in the world according to the most famous review site. The whole family will love a day out at Loro Parque. Watch the dolphins, orca whales and penguins make a splash, and enjoy Lion's Kingdom, a large area where three (one male and two females) lions of the endangered Angola subspecies lives.
Loro Parque houses the largest parrot collection in the world and a wide variety of terrestrial and marine mammals that leave you stunned.
Conditions:
Children under 6 years old have free entry.
Valid Photo ID is required for entry with each booking - You will be refused entry if your ID does not match the stated visitor name.
Sitio Litre Orchid Garden
In 1852, the estate was bought by astronomer Charles Piazzi Smith. His descendants held on to the property till 1996, when businessman John Lucas purchased it and opened it to the public. As a result, Sitio Litre is the oldest continuously owned British property in Spain – 240 years and counting.
Victorian botanist Marianne North, whose paintings are displayed in the house, said of Sitio Litre, ‘I never smelt roses as sweet as those in Mr Smith’s garden.’ And Agatha Christie was so taken by her stay that she was inspired to set a short story, The Man From The Sea, in Puerto de la Cruz.
Aspectos destacados
Descubra Europa en un día en MiniEurope.
Experimente un tour animado con efectos visuales y sonoros de 350 miniaturas, incluyendo las campanas del Big Ben, las góndolas frente el Palacio Ducal, el Grand Palace en Bruselas y la Acrópolis.
Todos los monumentos han sido recreados hasta el más mínimo detalle en una escala 1/25. Desde la Torre Eiffel (13m de altura) hasta el Big Ben (4m de altura), esta es la oportunidad de ver los edificios más conocidos de cerca.
Se sorprenderá con la erupción del Vesubio o con la caída del muro de Berlín, diversión tanto para jóvenes como para mayores.
Exhibición de la Unión Europea: Conozca mejor la Unión Europea con esta experiencia interactiva.
Incluye
Entrada de 1 Día a MiniEurope
GuíaCatálogo de Mini-Europe (64 páginas en color) incluida en el precio de adultos.
NO incluye
Recogida en el hotel
Bebidas y comida
Entradas para grupos de 20 personas.
Por favor contáctenos si su grupo tiene un número mixto de adultos/niños /adultos mayores.
Para grupos escolares: 1 gratis por cada 15 estudiantes que pagan.