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  • Families up close with African animals – in Sonoma County CA
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    Families up close with African animals – in Sonoma County CA

    ByEileen Ogintz July 28, 2014July 15, 2021

    Who knew there is the chance to see so many rare endangered African animals right in the middle of Sonoma County, just 75 miles north of San Francisco

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  • Discovering the family and foodie side of Sonoma County CA
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    Discovering the family and foodie side of Sonoma County CA

    ByEileen Ogintz July 25, 2014July 15, 2021

    Sonoma County CA – Twenty coastal beaches… soaring Coas Redwoods… 11 state parks, 27 historical landmarks… 120 farms open to the public and 12 farmers markets… 400 wineries and more than 500 restaurants committed to bringing you food grown locally.

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  • Families love meeting future baseball stars on Cape Cod
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    Families love meeting future baseball stars on Cape Cod

    ByEileen Ogintz July 24, 2014June 29, 2023

    We’re sitting on the grass with several hundred parents and kids on a balmy summer night in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod watching the Falmouth Commodores play the Orleans Firebirds.

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  • A Two-Nation Vacation to Roosevelt’s Campobello and Downeast Maine
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    A Two-Nation Vacation to Roosevelt’s Campobello and Downeast Maine

    ByEileen Ogintz July 22, 2014July 15, 2021

    Campobello is an island off the Maine coast, located in New Brunswick, Canada. Unless you’re a U.S. history buff, you might not know that our longest serving President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, spent countless summers vacationing on this Canadian island.

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  • Summer Family Fun in Colorado: The Telluride Bluegrass Festival
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    Summer Family Fun in Colorado: The Telluride Bluegrass Festival

    ByEileen Ogintz July 21, 2014July 15, 2021

    Telluride, Colorado holds a festival almost every weekend throughout the summer. From the film festival, to the mushroom festival, and its renowned fall Blues and Brews festival, I’ve heard it said before…”Telluride pretty much holds a festival for everything.” But the most famous event the town offers is the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

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  • Learning about oceanography in Woods Hole, MA
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    Learning about oceanography in Woods Hole, MA

    ByAndy Yemma July 18, 2014November 10, 2025

    WOODS HOLE, MA – Do you recognize the name of this small port on Cape Cod? It has something to do with the Titanic, right?

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  • Families get up close and with the animals at Busch Gardens in Tampa
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    Families get up close and with the animals at Busch Gardens in Tampa

    ByEileen Ogintz July 17, 2014July 15, 2021

    Welcome to the state-of-the-art Animal Care Center at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida — a unique 16,000-square-foot facility opened a little more than two years ago where visitors can watch how the park’s veterinarians take care of the animals that live here

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  • At the Farm Institute on Martha’s Vineyard with the kids
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    At the Farm Institute on Martha’s Vineyard with the kids

    ByEileen Ogintz July 17, 2014July 7, 2021

    Kids learning about food at the Farm Institute on Martha’s Vineyard, MA. These 180 acres at the edge of Edgartown has been farmed since the first Europeans arrived in the 17th Century and before that by the local Wampanoag.

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  • Exploring historic and family-friendly Martha’s Vineyard, MA
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    Exploring historic and family-friendly Martha’s Vineyard, MA

    ByEileen Ogintz July 16, 2014July 12, 2021

    Does a summer night get any better? Not on Martha’s Vineyard at the historic Harbor View Hotel in Edgartown that dates back 123 years. We loved sitting on the rocking chairs on the porch

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  • PLAY BALL!  At the very family-friendly Cape Cod League
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    PLAY BALL! At the very family-friendly Cape Cod League

    ByEileen Ogintz July 15, 2014July 8, 2021

    Tonight they’ve gathered for another Cape tradition—the Cape Cod Baseball League—10 teams comprised of 350 elite college players from around the country who live with 200 local families for the summer season.

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  • Old old-fashioned summer vacation on Cape Cod, MA
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    Old old-fashioned summer vacation on Cape Cod, MA

    ByEileen Ogintz July 14, 2014June 29, 2023

    Cape Cod—more than 550 miles of spectacular coastline in Massachusetts with beaches (the Cape Cod National Seashore), historic light houses, clam shacks, bike trails and summer vacations like they used to be.

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  • More than beaches – Maine’s museums and zoos
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    More than beaches – Maine’s museums and zoos

    ByEileen Ogintz July 11, 2014July 12, 2021

    Taking the Kids Correspondent Andrea Timpano chronicles three days in the beach towns of Maine. Day 3- Ogunquit and York

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  • In the Maine Beach towns – Ogunquit and lobsters
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    In the Maine Beach towns – Ogunquit and lobsters

    ByEileen Ogintz July 10, 2014July 12, 2021

    Taking the Kids Correspondent Andrea Timpano chronicles three days in the beach towns of Maine. Day 2- OGUNQUIT

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  • Three days on the Maine beaches: first stop Old Orchard Beach
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    Three days on the Maine beaches: first stop Old Orchard Beach

    ByEileen Ogintz July 9, 2014July 12, 2021

    Taking the Kids Correspondent Andrea Timpano chronicles three days in the beach towns of Maine. First stop Old Orchard Beach.

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  • Old Saybrook CT: like Cape Cod but without the traffic
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    Old Saybrook CT: like Cape Cod but without the traffic

    ByEileen Ogintz July 7, 2014July 8, 2021

    A short trip to Old Saybrook CT, which dates to 1635 when it was first settled by a company of English puritans. Yale University was founded here.

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  • Flying home upgraded – when travel is a pleasure
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    Flying home upgraded – when travel is a pleasure

    ByEileen Ogintz July 5, 2014July 7, 2021

    It’s our lucky day! We’ve gotten upgraded to Club World on British Airways. We’re not sure how it happened but we’re not complaining.

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  • Speed museum-seeing in Oslo with the OsloPASS
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    Speed museum-seeing in Oslo with the OsloPASS

    ByEileen Ogintz July 4, 2014July 17, 2021

    We were in Oslo at the end of an Adventures by Disney trip to Norway, and thanks to the Oslo Pass that provides admission to more than 30 museums and free public transport (including the ferry to the Viking Museum), we were able to hit four museums in about six available hours.

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  • At the Hotel Union (and spa) in Geiranger, Norway
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    At the Hotel Union (and spa) in Geiranger, Norway

    ByEileen Ogintz July 3, 2014July 17, 2021

    I like that they love kids—there is a great indoor splash play area with a view of the fjords. Parents can relax while the kids play.

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  • Generations gather at the ballfields in Cooperstown all summer long
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    Generations gather at the ballfields in Cooperstown all summer long

    ByEileen Ogintz July 3, 2014June 29, 2023

    With the families and generations at Cooperstown Dreams Park, which draws 104 Little League baseball teams each week to its 22 pristine fields spread out over 150 acres.

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  • A rainy hike up to a Norwegian fjord country farm
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    A rainy hike up to a Norwegian fjord country farm

    ByEileen Ogintz July 2, 2014July 17, 2021

    We’re at Westeras Farm, which has been in the Westeraas family since the 17th Century, with the Adventures by Disney group touring Norway

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  • Day five in Norway — trout fishing and glacier gazing
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    Day five in Norway — trout fishing and glacier gazing

    ByEileen Ogintz July 1, 2014July 16, 2021

    Fresh trout for lunch? Of course you have to catch them first. And drive two and a half hours on roads with hairpin turns, the fog so thick at times you can barely see in front of you. Good thing I’m not driving!

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  • Riding the roads in Norway’s Western Fjord region
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    Riding the roads in Norway’s Western Fjord region

    ByEileen Ogintz June 30, 2014July 17, 2021

    A day on road with a new Adventures by Disney tour, passing a lot of the sites that inspired the hit movie Frozen —the fjords, the glaciers, the small villages and of course Norway’s famous Stave Churches

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  • In Norway — Not your ordinary Splash Mountains
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    In Norway — Not your ordinary Splash Mountains

    ByEileen Ogintz June 29, 2014July 7, 2021

    No we’re not at Disneyland or Disney World. We’re actually in Norway exploring the famous West Norwegian Fjords with Adventures by Disney and I’ve counted at least 18 waterfalls

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  • Day 2 in Norway – rafting and exploring the Western Fjord region
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    Day 2 in Norway – rafting and exploring the Western Fjord region

    ByEileen Ogintz June 28, 2014July 17, 2021

    We are on the second day of an Adventures by Disney new itinerary designed to show guests not only the glorious fjords and small farming villages of Norway but to explain the inspiration behind the hit film Frozen.

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  • A weeklong tour of Norway’s “Frozen” country with Adventures by Disney
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    A weeklong tour of Norway’s “Frozen” country with Adventures by Disney

    ByEileen Ogintz June 27, 2014July 17, 2021

    I couldn’t have asked for better after arriving in Bergen, Norway this morning to join a new Adventures by Disney tour of this beautiful but sparsely populated country.

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  • Six new places for families to experience a special July 4th
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    Six new places for families to experience a special July 4th

    ByEileen Ogintz June 26, 2014July 10, 2021

    Maybe you will march in a local parade or watch the kids march, host a barbecue or gather the gang to see the fireworks. Here are six unique ways to celebrate July 4.

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  • Atlantis resort exceeds teen’s expectations
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    Atlantis resort exceeds teen’s expectations

    ByEileen Ogintz June 25, 2014October 4, 2023

    Traveling all over the world with my family throughout my 17 years, I had never been to a resort quite like Atlantis.

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  • Families learn about wild animal care at Busch Gardens in Tampa FL
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    Families learn about wild animal care at Busch Gardens in Tampa FL

    ByEileen Ogintz June 24, 2014July 9, 2021

    We’re at Busch Gardens state of the art Animal Care Center where guests can watch the park’s vets do surgeries (like repairing a Bald Eagle’s broken wing), wellness exams and more as the park’s vet team works to keep 1200 animals healthy.

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  • Kids learn to do grownup work at Tampa attractions
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    Kids learn to do grownup work at Tampa attractions

    ByEileen Ogintz June 23, 2014July 17, 2021

    I love it when museums and zoos encourage kids to learn about their own communities—or the communities they are visiting.

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  • How families can get great deals in the Caribbean in summer
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    How families can get great deals in the Caribbean in summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 19, 2014July 10, 2021

    Many consider summer in the Caribbean family season because rates are significantly lower and there are so many value-added amenities.

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