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  • Too hot for you in Pompeii? Try Times Square
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    Too hot for you in Pompeii? Try Times Square

    ByEileen Ogintz March 7, 2011June 28, 2023

    f you can’t make it to Italy, you now have an alternative: Discovery Times Square has just premiered “Pompeii The Exhibit – Life and Death in the Shadow of Vesuvius” with Over 250 artifacts – includes some never-before-seen objects and the largest collection of body casts ever on display including a dramatic skeleton collection.

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  • Spa treatments on the slopes? You bet!
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    Spa treatments on the slopes? You bet!

    ByEileen Ogintz March 4, 2011June 28, 2023

    Skiing these days isn’t only about skiing with an ever growing array of spa services, including some for teens and younger children. Take your pick of massages, scrubs, wraps and more. This trip may be a record for me — three Spas in a week.

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  • Ski Resorts aren’t just for skiing or snowboarding anymore
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    Ski Resorts aren’t just for skiing or snowboarding anymore

    ByEileen Ogintz March 3, 2011June 28, 2023

    I sent my crew — my daughter Mel and six of her college friends to check out Adventure Ridge — a veritable winter play ground at 10,350 feet atop the Eagle Bahn Gondola at Vail. There’s tubing. You can slide down the hill sitting on your big tube (couch potato style) or lay across it (Superman style). Couch Potato is scarier they declare.

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  • The huge Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas has everything
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    The huge Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas has everything

    ByEileen Ogintz March 3, 2011June 28, 2023

    The $11 million nightclub has everything — the latest technology, a DJ every night, young stars who stop by for meet and greets, specialty drinks, a cafe. Like the latest megaships, gargantuan Atlantis on Paradise Island, just 180 miles from Florida, with nearly 3,500 rooms and 8,000 employees — the largest employer in the Bahamas besides the government — wants to be all things to all vacationers, including those not old enough to vote

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  • Family Travel: Destinations for Inspiration
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    Family Travel: Destinations for Inspiration

    ByEileen Ogintz March 3, 2011June 28, 2023

    Taking the Kids appears in Four Seasons Magazine with Eileen Ogintz’s top picks for family travel destinations for inspiration.

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  • Taking the Kids on Spring Break in USA Today Travel
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    Taking the Kids on Spring Break in USA Today Travel

    ByEileen Ogintz March 3, 2011June 28, 2023

    Taking the Kids shared with USA TODAY’s Monica Hortobagyi 10 places for a family spring break.

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  • A time-out after an injury while skiing the Colorado mountains
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    A time-out after an injury while skiing the Colorado mountains

    ByEileen Ogintz March 2, 2011June 28, 2023

    I didn’t worry about my gang ensconced in the condo while I was at the ER — not with the big flat screen TV , with killer views of the mountain where the staff can’t do enough for you. This place isn’t ski in ski out. Instead, the staff keeps your skis and boots (they bring out your skis from storage, put them on the shuttle for you take you over to Lionshead Village and then carry your skis over to the slope.

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  • EIGHT DAYS, FOUR COLORADO SKI AREAS
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    EIGHT DAYS, FOUR COLORADO SKI AREAS

    ByEileen Ogintz March 1, 2011June 28, 2023

    We’re ensconced in a spacious two-bedroom, steps from the chairlift that doesn’t seem crowded even though my daughter Mel brought along six of her college friends. I love that the place is small — just 88 units ranging from studios to four bedrooms. I love that so many of the amenities are complimentary—from valet parking to WiFi to a bowling alley (that’s right a two-lane bowling alley)

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  • Dancing with Dolphins, kissing Sea Lions in the Bahamas
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    Dancing with Dolphins, kissing Sea Lions in the Bahamas

    ByEileen Ogintz February 24, 2011June 28, 2023

    I’m at Dolphin Cay at Atlantis in the Bahamas where 36 dolphins (8 rescued after Hurricane Katrina), enable visitors to participate in one of the largest dolphin interactive programs in the world. Typically 800-900 guests participate a day, says Teri Corbett, vice president of Marine mammal operations, which also include sea lions and the five baby dolphins just born in the past month.

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  • Sometimes you need a break from the kids — options
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    Sometimes you need a break from the kids — options

    ByEileen Ogintz February 24, 2011June 28, 2023

    So what if you missed the mark this past Valentine’s Day? Take your honey on a decidedly adult getaway to a place like Sandals Emerald Bay on the outer Bahamian island of Great Exuma (about an hour’s flight from Miami on a 50-passenger jet). This is a place where grown-ups come to play – no one under 18 admitted.

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