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  • When rain upends your plans on a cruise ship
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    When rain upends your plans on a cruise ship

    ByEileen Ogintz January 16, 2020July 7, 2021

    Weather can derail the best-laid plans. We almost didn’t make it to San Diego and the Oosterdam before she sailed, in fact, because of canceled flights

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  • Camp for Special Needs Kids at Beaches Ocho Rios, Jamaica
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    Camp for Special Needs Kids at Beaches Ocho Rios, Jamaica

    ByEileen Ogintz January 15, 2020July 10, 2021

    Beaches Resorts became the first resort company in the world to attain advanced certified autism center

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  • The Top Five Trampoline Parks in the United States
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    The Top Five Trampoline Parks in the United States

    ByEileen Ogintz January 14, 2020March 29, 2022

    To help you find the best location to visit with your family, we have identified the top five trampoline parks and franchises in the United States.

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  • In Jamaica, the story of Martha Brae and the Rio Mateberion
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    In Jamaica, the story of Martha Brae and the Rio Mateberion

    ByEileen Ogintz January 13, 2020July 12, 2021

    During the plantation and slavery era, the river was used to connect the sugar plantations in Trelawny to the port town of Falmouth–long bamboo rafts were used to float the sugar and other crops to the harbor and ocean-going vessels bound for Europe

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  • On an annual old girlfriends’ getaway – to a fab villa in Jamaica with our own butler and chef
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    On an annual old girlfriends’ getaway – to a fab villa in Jamaica with our own butler and chef

    ByEileen Ogintz January 12, 2020July 16, 2021

    Welcome to Sundown Villa in Discovery Bay, Jamaica right on the ocean. This five-bedroom house adjacent to another two-story four bedroom house, is owned by Gordon “Butch” Stewart, the founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts International.

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  • To a galaxy far, far away
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    To a galaxy far, far away

    ByEileen Ogintz January 9, 2020June 28, 2023

    Kevin Gerber isn’t even a “Star Wars” fan, but he had happily just spent $100 to build a droid with his 5-year-old son at Disney World’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’s Droid Depot

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  • Family fun central in winter at YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park CO
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    Family fun central in winter at YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park CO

    ByEileen Ogintz January 6, 2020July 5, 2021

    Named “Best Family Resort in America” by USA Today’s Reader’s Choice Awards, YMCA of the Rockies is Family Reunion Central

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  • The good eats on Holland America’s Oosterdam
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    The good eats on Holland America’s Oosterdam

    ByEileen Ogintz January 3, 2020July 7, 2021

    If you’ve been aboard a cruise ship lately, you have probably noticed that fitness centers are getting larger while midnight buffets are disappearing

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  • Rain happens: Making the most of it on a cruise ship
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    Rain happens: Making the most of it on a cruise ship

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2020July 7, 2021

    Shore excursions typically go rain or shine — and it’s raining. Pouring actually. We had thought we would go explore before our Sunset Sail but it didn’t look like there would be much of a sunset

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  • On a winter adventure that won’t bust the budget
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    On a winter adventure that won’t bust the budget

    ByEileen Ogintz January 2, 2020June 29, 2023

    With our partners at Family Travel Forum, we have put together 20 Winter Adventures for 2020, whether you want some fun in the snow, in the sun or to in a new city together, regardless of age, physical ability level or budget.

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