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    The Kids Guides, city-by-city, week by week: Orlando

    ByEileen Ogintz December 25, 2014July 5, 2021

    Featured on ABCNews.com: The Kids Guide to Boston

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    The Kids Guides, city-by-city, week by week: Orlando

    ByEileen Ogintz December 25, 2014July 5, 2021

    Featured on ABCNews.com: The Kids Guide to Boston

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    Eileen quoted in NY Times Travel article

    ByEileen Ogintz December 23, 2014July 16, 2021

    Eileen is quoted in New York Times Travel article: “Pint-Size Activities With an Adult Twist”

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  • Soaking up the family holiday spirit at a theme park
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    Soaking up the family holiday spirit at a theme park

    ByEileen Ogintz December 18, 2014July 15, 2021

    Across the country, theme parks are adding new and bigger holiday attractions every year, enticing more and more families to come through the gates, glad to forsake holiday shopping and cooking for a few hours, even though it can be a costly afternoon or evening.

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  • Not just any sandy beach, Jumby Ban is a private island family paradise
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    Not just any sandy beach, Jumby Ban is a private island family paradise

    ByEileen Ogintz December 18, 2014July 10, 2021

    Karin Allyn is celebrating a birthday on a beautiful stretch of white sand beach under a thatched umbrella with her children and grandchildren. But not just any beach—she’s at Jumby Bay

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  • Fish fit for a king, or a snorkeler, at Jumby Bay, Antigua
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    Fish fit for a king, or a snorkeler, at Jumby Bay, Antigua

    ByEileen Ogintz December 17, 2014July 10, 2021

    We’re at Jumby Bay on its own island just off the coast of Antigua–an all inclusive where the food isn’t like any other all inclusive I’ve seen—of course this is one of the most exclusive resorts in the Caribbean.

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  • A friends getaway to Jumby Bay, Antigua; an upscale all-inclusive resort
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    A friends getaway to Jumby Bay, Antigua; an upscale all-inclusive resort

    ByEileen Ogintz December 16, 2014July 10, 2021

    Here on a pre-holiday annual getaway with my three oldest friends, I’m glad to be ensconced in this villa within the upscale all inclusive

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  • Aboard the USS Iowa searching for a charming mutt named Vicky
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    Aboard the USS Iowa searching for a charming mutt named Vicky

    ByAndy Yemma December 12, 2014November 10, 2025

    The USS Iowa, now a museum in Los Angeles Harbor, has a storied history but the story of its mascot, a little mutt named Vicky, charms visitors of all ages.

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  • At Disneyland without the kids?  Like yeah!
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    At Disneyland without the kids? Like yeah!

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2014July 8, 2021

    It might seem counterintuitive, but this past trip to Disneyland, we opted for grownups-only visit to the home of everyone’s favorite Mouse to take in all the holiday decorations.

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  • Mixing American history with holiday fun in Valley Forge and Philadelphia
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    Mixing American history with holiday fun in Valley Forge and Philadelphia

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2014July 6, 2021

    Every Dec. 19, an annual event commemorates the arrival of the rag-tag Continental Army to Valley Forge PA, and its determination to persevere against hardship to become the first American Army.

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