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February 14, 2017 By Ricci 14 Comments

Graceland

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First of all, Happy Valentine’s Day!!

As part of my birthday trip to Memphis my girls and I went to Graceland! As I mentioned yesterday it was something I had always wanted to do and I am glad I finally got the chance to go!!

We took the Platinum Tour and that included tours of the mansion, the automobile museum, and the planes tour. The mansion tour was a self guided tour with an interactive iPad that was voiced by john Stamos. I would literally go back just to have John Stamos in my ears all day again! HA!

The first tour we took was the mansion tour. It was simply amazing and perfectly preserved and sort of just how I always imagined it. I loved hearing all of the mansion’s history via John Stamos and personal stories from other people. The personal stories from Lisa Marie were some of my favorite!

It was also very windy the day we were there…HA!

The first room we saw upon entrance into the mansion was the Living/Music room. It had a huge, custom made couch on one side and a piano in the music part. I loved the peacock stained glass and all of the drapes. That room reminded me of my Grandmother’s house.

The next room we saw was the Dining Room. Again, I absolutely loved the drapes and those built-ins? I would kill for some built-ins like that. The mansion had so much character and they just don’t make homes like that anymore. Also- that chandelier? Dead.

The last room I am able to show you is the Jungle Room. The Jungle Room is off the kitchen and was sort of a hang out room. The floors and ceiling were covered in green shag carpet and the room was actually used to record in at one point. I loved the water feature and the whole thing just gave off an amazing vibe.

Other rooms we saw on the mansion that I couldn’t take pics of were Elvis’s parents bedroom, the kitchen and the media room. All of those rooms were amazing but you have to see them for yourself!! We also got to check out the barn which served as an office, the pastures, the trophy building and the racquetball building.

We also got to visit the Meditation Garden. Confession: I did not not know that Elvis was buried at Graceland and I feel really bad about that. I feel like visiting his grave was the equivalent of visiting JFK’s grave at Arlington.

The Meditation Garden is free to visit during certain hours of the morning and is included in every mansion tour.

After our mansion tour we had lunch at Rockabilly’s Burger Shop and Jenn even got Elvis’s favorite, Fried Peanut Butter and Banana! It looked AMAZE!!

We toured Elvis’s planes next. Those were self guided tours, one on the Lisa Marie and one on his jet. The Lisa Marie was HUGE and even had a bedroom and dressing room. Just like the mansion it was also perfectly preserved and was everything I thought a private plane would be. The jet was super tiny and made me nervous just looking at it. HA!

After the planes tour we check out Elvis’s cars! The car museum was awesome and had over 20 of Elvis’s most famous cars including the Pink Cadillac!!! See also- I would kill for a pink Cadillac one day. HA!

Overall I seriously loved Graceland. I love history and learning more about The King was awesome and led to several Google searches while we were there. The food was great and the weather was perfect, I could not have asked for a better way to spend a large portion of my birthday weekend. We even took home a hilarious souvenir!!

Thank you Graceland for the complimentary tickets, my friends and I greatly appreciate it!!

Have you been to Graceland??
What is your favorite Elvis song??

Filed Under: Entertainment, Travel Tagged With: Elvis, Elvis Presley, Graceland, Memphis TN, travel

Hi! I'm Ricci and let me be the first to welcome you to Ricci Alexis, my lifestyle and beauty blog! I am a 36 year old single lady and am currently living in central Arkansas. My current obsessions include my dog Sophie, McDonald's frappes, the smell of DryBar hair products, the Royal Family, anything leopard print and celebrity gossip. Read More…

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  1. Heather says

    February 14, 2017 at 3:32 pm

    I love that it was voiced by John Stamos! Totally makes sense since his character on Full House loved Elvis. I would love to take this tour! So much musical history to be discovered!

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  2. Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says

    February 14, 2017 at 4:13 pm

    I love Graceland. We’ve been there a couple of times, and it’s so amazing to see the grounds were Elvis lived.

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  3. Jeanette says

    February 14, 2017 at 4:19 pm

    This is defiantly one place that I really want to go to! I mean he was the King after all! Looks like you all had a great time! Hopefully I will get there soon!

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  4. Debra @ Traveling Well for Less says

    February 14, 2017 at 4:21 pm

    Graceland is an amazing experience. It’s almost biblical to be able to walk along the same paths that Elvis and his family walked.

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  5. Vera Sweeney says

    February 14, 2017 at 4:29 pm

    I’ve never been to Graceland, but I’d love to go. I think it would be amazing to see where the Kind of Rock and Roll actually lived.

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  6. My Teen Guide says

    February 14, 2017 at 10:06 pm

    I’ve never been in Grace land, it looks like a unique place and a perfect. I’ll make sure to bring my family there soon.

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  7. Claudia Krusch says

    February 14, 2017 at 10:36 pm

    I have always wanted to got o Graceland. These are fantastic photos. I am hoping to get there in the next year or two.

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  8. Melissa Dixon says

    February 15, 2017 at 11:00 am

    I love the idea of touring grand homes with history like this one. I would love to do a tour of Lucille Balls’ home, that woule be something! I would love to see Elvis’s home as well, it looks so cool in these photos!

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  9. Dee says

    February 15, 2017 at 12:32 pm

    I have never been to Graceland, but it seems like a really cool experience and something that I know my stepfather would love to do, since he was a fan of Elvis.

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  10. Emma Spellman says

    February 16, 2017 at 1:28 am

    I want to go so bad. I used to live in Nashville and I kick myself all the time for not taking the drive. It looks like you had a cool experience and I can’t wait to go someday.

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  11. Dogvills says

    February 16, 2017 at 4:01 am

    I’ve never been to Graceland. My dad is a great fan. I would love to bring him there.

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  12. Shannon Gurnee says

    February 16, 2017 at 3:16 pm

    That’s so awesome! I’ve never been there before, but love all of the pictures you shared! Sounds like a great trip!

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  13. Kendall Rayburn says

    February 16, 2017 at 4:59 pm

    So cool! I didn’t know Elvis was buried at Graceland either. The home is so gorgeous – especially that entryway! Thank you for sharing pics!

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  14. Marielle Altenor says

    February 17, 2017 at 10:51 pm

    I’ve never seen pictures of the inside of Graceland before. Which is weird because Graceland is a very popular place to visit. It’s on my bucket list of places I want to see.

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Ricci is a 39 year old digital content creator from central Arkansas. She is passionate about skincare, travel, reading, and being an advocate for women's health issues. She is dog mom to Sophie, cat mom to Rooster and Poppy and an aunt to 10 amazing kiddos. riccialexis83@gmail.com

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