Iditarod Race Start Package
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If seeing the Iditarod Race is on your list of things you want to do in
this lifetime, the Millennium Alaskan Hotel has the package for you. They are offering a "Head
Start" package which includes two nights accommodations, two tickets to the Iditarod fund-raising dinner,
transportation to and from the Iditarod starting line in Anchorage on March 4, 2006 and access to the Iditarod race
activities at the hotel such as the Musher’s Champagne Toast. The package also includes complimentary breakfast
in-room or in the hotel’s Flying Machine Restaurant, use of the hotel’s health club with sauna, steam room
and hot tub and shuttle service to the 5th Avenue Mall. The package is priced at $499 and is available for booking for
the dates of March 1 – March 6, 2006. Activities for the Iditarod such as the Musher’s Champagne Toast
(afternoon of March 2nd) and the Iditarod Fundraising Dinner (night of March 3rd) begin during that time period.
Additional nights at the hotel are available at $139 per room, per night.[via Travmedia]