Breakfast: Get to know the central route through town, Main Street, and enjoy Honey B’s Eatery for scratch-made bowls and hashes (and delicious Lavender Pancakes).

Or, start your day at Z Chef’s Café (in the lower-level Marketplace of Zehnder’s Restaurant) or Bavarian Inn Castle Shops (in the lower level of Bavarian Inn Restaurant). Let the kids pick something from the heaven-scented bakery options, and enjoy while you browse elaborate gift shops!

Pick Your Pleasure: Experience Frankenmuth in unforgettable fashion on a Fantasy Carriage Company or Frankenmuth Carriage Company horse-drawn carriage ride! Or, climb aboard the nostalgic red trolley of Golden Ticket Trolley Tours and take a Family Ride through town, complete with a kid-friendly playlist!

Stroll the shops along Main Street and sample chocolate-flavored cheese (or 270 other varieties) at Frankenmuth Cheese Haus. Stop into fudge & taffy kitchens galore — like Zak & Mac's Chocolate Haus, Frankenmuth Fudge Kitchen, and Frankenmuth Taffy Kitchen — so the kids can see sweet treats handcrafted right before their eyes!

Next, zoom to Frankenmuth Aerial Park and get your family’s blood pumping, zipline through the air, and take on multiple ropes courses together! This wooded park is all smiles and high-fives for families, and active fun for ages seven on up.

Lunch: Head to Frankenmuth River Place Shops for lunch, and experience a German-themed village made up of more than 40 shops and attractions. Eat homemade at Pasty Haus and treat the kids to a unique Snow Ice treat. Or, choose between sweet & savory crepes at La Crepe du Jour (knowing the kids will want the Cookie Dough flavor)!

Try the Bavarian Blacksmith Experience to forge a one-of-a-kind family keepsake, explore the Ultimate Mirror Maze and River Place Game Room, and indulge at SugarHigh Bakery or SugarRush Sweets & Treats.

Dinner: Waterparkin’ it up? Grab dinner on-site, too. Head to the Ratskeller inside Bavarian Inn Lodge (bathing suits, bare feet, and all), or the Elf Hollow Café or Mushroom Grille inside Zehnder’s Splash Village, so the kids can spend every last second living their waterpark dreams!

Fresh off the Cass River and ready for good eats? Get to Slo’ Bones BBQ Smokehaus for finger-lickin’ barbecue, try Tiffany’s Food & Spirits (and their Sicilian-style pizza), or bring the crew to Frankenmuth Brewery for some serious comfort food (and ice-cold Frankie's Root Bier for the kids)!

Brunch: Ease into your last day with a Sunday brunch buffet — in the lower level of Zehnder's Restaurant at Z Chef’s Café, or poolside in the indoor courtyard at Oma’s Restaurant inside Bavarian Inn Lodge.

Before You Go: You simply can’t leave Frankenmuth without visiting Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland! Overflowing with more than 50,000 trims and gifts, this store is the size of one-and-a-half football fields — and the kids will love picking their own personalized ornaments to remember the family trip to Frankenmuth by.

Lunch: Still full from brunch, but want a quick bite before heading home? Find a food truck! Bavarian Inn Cluck Truck and The Cheese Trap both serve up Frankenmuth flavors on-the-fly (and might just be your kids’ favorite meal of the trip). Take your street eats down by the river in Heritage Park to cap off your family vacation in Frankenmuth with a picnic!

On Your Way Out of Town: Make time to tour Grandpa Tiny's Heritage Farm, a working historical farm where you can meet all kinds of amazing farm animals! Pet Rosie the donkey, help feed the chickens, take a hayride through the farm, and say hi to Rammy the sheep and Simon the rooster!