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A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE AT DISNEYLAND
Byuser July 4, 2009July 9, 2021

The kids, three-D glasses on, are laughing at the Muppets very funny antics and all of the 3-D Special effects at the Muppet Show at Disney’s California Adventure. But these two kids aren’t four. They’re 18 — newly minted high school graduates. Yet they are having as much fun at California Adventure and later at the iconic Disneyland (which opened in 1955) as any kid.

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Meeting Up with Shaun White at Skateboard Camp in the Cayman Islands
Byuser June 28, 2009June 28, 2023

The 22-year-old champion skateboarder and snowboarder has come down to Grand Cayman, his parents and sister in tow, to inaugurate Skate Cayman

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Taking the kids camping
Byuser June 21, 2009September 11, 2025

Often families say the things that went wrong on trips are as memorable as what went right and that’s certainly true when you are camping and so completely out of your comfort zone

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Learning New Tricks at Caribbean Resorts
Byuser June 14, 2009June 28, 2023

This summer, whether you want to learn to dive with your tween or snorkel with your kindergartner, teach your grade-schooler to sail or fly on a trapeze, you’ll find plenty of opportunities at Caribbean resorts — at prices that are surprisingly affordable.

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A SNORKLERS AND STINGRAY-LOVERS PARADISE
Byuser June 14, 2009July 7, 2021

DAY FOUR (June 14, 2009) — Ready to kiss a Stingray? Eight year old Timmy and 13 year old Miles Singer are game but 12…

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SKATEBOARDING WITH A CHAMPION
Byuser June 13, 2009June 28, 2023

Douglas Cameron, the Canadian who manages the park and oversees the camp — just in its second year — says it’s as much for local kids as visitors. It has 64,000 square feet of ledges, boxes, v-hips, banks and stairs and half pipes, which to the uninitiated look like a lot of hills built into the cement.

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CHECKING OUT THE BEACHES AND THE RESCUED IGUANAS
Byuser June 13, 2009July 17, 2021

DAY THREE (June 13, 2009) — Finally, a Caribbean beach that’s everything a Caribbean beach should be — quaint, with hammocks strung in the palm…

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TO THE CAYMAN ISLANDS WITH TWO SKATEBOARDERS
Byuser June 12, 2009July 17, 2021

The skate park is amazing — all kinds of dips, jumps — the boys got there around one and didn’t quit until it got dark just after 7 pm. (More about the camp tomorrow).

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Kansas City here we come
Byuser June 7, 2009June 28, 2023

This summer, when we’re all watching our vacation budgets so carefully, let’s remember there is a lot to see and do wherever you live — and those cities — large and small — want and need your business as much as far flung destinations.

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To ski country in summer
Byuser May 31, 2009June 28, 2023

Yes, ski resorts in summer. They might just be the best vacation value going in this summer of great vacation values. Ski instructors around the country whisper that they came to the mountains for the snow but stayed because of the glorious mountain summers.

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TO PRAGUE
Byuser May 24, 2009June 28, 2023

Another day, another castle. But no one’s complaining. Not in Prague, which many now call The Paris of the East. It’s crowded with tourists on this brilliant summer day.

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Checking out 21st-century resort kids’ programs
Byuser May 17, 2009June 28, 2023

Hyatt heralded the movement toward kid-friendly resorts 22 years ago when it started the Camp Hyatt program here… Today you’ll find innovative programs at resorts across the country and beyond

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LET’S CELEBRATE!
Byuser May 10, 2009June 28, 2023

Birthday, anniversary, wedding, good report card, Mother’s Day, being back home safe after a military deployment … whatever you want to celebrate on your next vacation, you’ll not only get feted like a VIP but also save some significant bucks

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Staying healthy right now away from home
Byuser May 3, 2009June 28, 2023

The swine flu news is making us nervous — very nervous — just when millions of us are planning our much-needed summer vacations. But that doesn’t mean we should grab the kids and huddle under the covers.

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On the old-fashioned train to the Grand Canyon
Byuser April 26, 2009June 28, 2023

It’s that rare vacation moment when everyone is happy at the same time. And all it took was an old-fashioned train in a remote Arizona town and a singing cowboy leading the kids in a spirited rendition of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm.”

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Becoming Junior Rangers in the National Parks
Byuser April 19, 2009June 28, 2023

Everyone who sees the kids with the badges prominently displayed on their shirts are effusive in their praise, which makes the kids all the more pleased with themselves.

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To Innsbruck and beyond
Byuser April 11, 2009June 28, 2023

Who says kids will be bored in Europe? Not in Austria. There’s plenty of culture and history — kids can dress up as royals, in fact, at the Schonbrunn Palace

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LAST DAY IN ARIZONA — Meet Lance, Bailey and Sonora
Byuser April 11, 2009July 16, 2021

DAY SIX (April 4, 2009) — Lance is a Hawk, Bailey a turkey vulture and Sonora a two year-old Bald Eagle. The kids’ eyes are…

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HARD AT WORK ON VACATION AT CAMP HYATT
Byuser April 10, 2009June 28, 2023

DAY FIVE (At the Hyatt Scottsdale) — The kids are hard at work — on vacation. They are crafting elaborate sand creations at the small…

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SWEARING IN THE NEW JUNIOR RANGERS
Byuser April 9, 2009July 16, 2021

“This is Grand Canyon National Park, not Jurassic park,” she says, holding up a plastic dinosaur. “This is the closest you’ll get to a dinosaur!”
We’re about to go on a ranger — led fossil hunt and there are thousands of fossils to be found, she tells the crowd that includes at least two dozen kids. But there are no dinosaur bones here — these fossils are a lot older!

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