Ok, I did read all the posts so as not to duplicate. As I see most families posting here had older children, I am trying to foray into the ABD OR Tauck Bridges first trip western USA itineraries. Either Wyoming (ABD) or Wyoming/South Dakota (TB) OR the Arizona/Utah ones. This summer, my kids are: ds8 and ds5.5. It very well may be next summer, though. I am anxious to try something cowboy or American Indian because, well, I have boys and their eyes light up at the mention of that topic.
Here are my concerns: the bus transportation. My hubby and I (pre-kids) took an Ambassadair guided tour to New England for what will forever be known as that "horrible leaf peeping trip". ABD does not travel far in 7 days, TB goes Wyoming to Mt. Rushmore in 8 days. I get the feeling from the posts that ABD does busses WELL. How about TB? I saw one post from FAMILYGOBOSTON that they had friends that had done the TB Wyoming trip and would do ABD in the future. Why? We would see Mt. Rushmore, but be on a bus longer and the trip looks like about 12k vs 14k for ABD.
I really don't want to screw this up because I have my eyes on Europe and possibly Australia in a few years.
Just info about us, we do like the pampering part and would likely be disappointed if TB did not do similar to ABD. We typically do
DCL in concierge and about half the time, at WDW too. I've just gotten tired of WDW and want to see the world now. (We still love DCL)