Why Travel to New Orleans for Mardi Gras?

Feb. 10, 2009 - PRLog -- Looking for a more economical way to celebrate Mardi Gras this year? The historic Thayer Hotel offers the perfect solution with its Mardi Gras Murder Mystery Dinner Theater on Saturday, February 21 at 7 p.m.

There’s no need to travel to New Orleans when you can experience all the mystery and pizzazz of Mardi Gras right here in the Hudson Valley.  You play the sleuth and discover who’s lurking in the corridors of the French Quarter in this intriguing murder mystery.
For just $200 per couple, or $100 per person, enjoy a cocktail hour, delicious dinner in the Thayer’s gothic-style dining room, and an incredibly fun and exciting interactive dinner theater performance.

Add an overnight stay for just $339 per couple with breakfast buffet or $379 per couple with Sunday Champagne Brunch.

For more information or reservations for the Thayer’s Mardi Gras Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, please call (800) 247-5047, locally at (845) 446-4731 or check their website at www.thethayerhotel.com

Built in 1926, the Thayer Hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the only full-service hotel on the Hudson River from the George Washington Bridge to Albany, New York.  Originally constructed to accommodate U.S. Military Academy personnel and their guests, the Thayer Hotel was a successor of the original West Point Hotel.  The Hotel is named for Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, Superintendent of the Academy from 1817 to 1833.

Over the years, it has hosted a long line of dignitaries and celebrities including General Tommy Franks, General Douglas MacArthur, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy, Her Royal Highness Princess Alsha Bint-Huessen of Jordan, singer Luciano Pavarotti, actors George C. Scott, James Earl Jones and Gregory Peck, the Philadelphia Flyers, and many others.