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  • Taking the Kids to a galaxy far, far away … with Disney
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    Taking the Kids to a galaxy far, far away … with Disney

    ByEileen Ogintz December 10, 2015July 14, 2021

    I’m speechless. You would be too with a menacing Darth Vader haranguing you behind his black helmet and costume. But then I laugh and we pose for a picture. This is Disneyland, after all, at its immersive best.

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  • A Journalist and a Fan finds the LA Clippers are a Nation
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    A Journalist and a Fan finds the LA Clippers are a Nation

    ByEileen Ogintz December 9, 2015July 8, 2021

    What was a room I have only seen on television was a standard NBA Press Conference room. It was open seating, so I sat in a comfortable second row to await for LA Clippers Head Coach Doc Rivers. Journalists were not shy asking about the tough questions.

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  • The Season of Force Awakens at Disneyland
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    The Season of Force Awakens at Disneyland

    ByEileen Ogintz December 3, 2015July 8, 2021

    I walked into the entrance of Star Tours–The Adventures Continue. That was the first ride of the day, yet I wondered, “What galactic troubles can I get into next…?”

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  • Finding gifts for your favorite travelers this holiday season
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    Finding gifts for your favorite travelers this holiday season

    ByEileen Ogintz December 3, 2015July 14, 2021

    This year, I hope everyone gets something they can use on their next trip, wherever they want to go, even if they are simply heading to a nearby city.

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  • Where holiday lights build family traditions
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    Where holiday lights build family traditions

    ByEileen Ogintz November 26, 2015July 2, 2023

    For many families, sharing holiday displays, whether at a theme park, a hotel or a nearby neighborhood is an annual tradition that gets everyone away from pre-holiday chores and stress. It’s just these days, you’ll find Santa, elves and millions of lights at the ready long before the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone.

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  • Volunteering on Vacation: Memorable Adventures from Family Trips
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    Volunteering on Vacation: Memorable Adventures from Family Trips

    ByEileen Ogintz November 19, 2015July 17, 2021

    When the two Whitaker teens talk about their holiday trip to Tanzania two Christmases ago, it’s not the animals they saw on safari that proved the most memorable, as amazing as the elephants and giraffes were. It’s how they helped a small unofficial orphanage.

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  • The Disneyland Hotel celebrates 60 years of putting families first
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    The Disneyland Hotel celebrates 60 years of putting families first

    ByEileen Ogintz November 17, 2015July 14, 2021

    At a time when hotels catered to businessmen, not families, Walt Disney thought there should be a place where families could continue the fun they had in Disneyland. On the same day.

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  • The Force Awakens ahead of the movie at Disneyland
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    The Force Awakens ahead of the movie at Disneyland

    ByEileen Ogintz November 16, 2015July 6, 2021

    The Force Awakens at Disneyland today, just in time for the holidays –and of course the much-awaited Star Wars movie debuting Dec 18.

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  • To Montana, which offers outdoor fun all year
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    To Montana, which offers outdoor fun all year

    ByEileen Ogintz November 12, 2015May 13, 2024

    I love Yellowstone in winter — no crowds, lots of animals and the chance to see Old Faithful and other thermal features without any crowds. (Did you know Yellowstone has more thermal features than anywhere in the world — 10,000 bubbling mud pots, hot springs and geysers?) Honestly, we felt like we had the whole place to ourselves.

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  • Aboard the New Anthem of the Seas
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    Aboard the New Anthem of the Seas

    ByEileen Ogintz November 10, 2015July 7, 2021

    Kids of all ages give high marks to Royal Caribbean’s second Quantum Class ship Anthem of the Seas which will be home-ported year round in Cape Liberty, NJ.

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