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  • To Sea World’s new Aquatica and other water parks this summer
    Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Families & Groups | Parks & Outdoors | Weekly Column

    To Sea World’s new Aquatica and other water parks this summer

    ByEileen Ogintz June 15, 2008July 14, 2021

    There are 36 water slides, six rivers and lagoons, white sandy beaches and two terrific kids’ water play areas. Let’s not forget the animals — Commerson’s Dolphins (take the “Dolphin Plunge” down 250 feet of clear tubes, through their habitat), Macaws, and colorful African Cichlids, which, for the uninitiated, are colorful fish found in freshwater lakes and rivers in Africa, Central and South America, among other far-flung places.)

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  • PACKING SMART FOR FLIGHTS THIS SUMMER
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    PACKING SMART FOR FLIGHTS THIS SUMMER

    ByEileen Ogintz June 8, 2008June 28, 2023

    Starting June 15 – just when we’re taking off on long-planned vacations — American Airlines will charge us $15 each way for the first checked bag and $25 each way for the second checked bag on American Airlines, assuming you are flying domestically on a discounted ticket and are not a top-level frequent flier. (Southwest will still allow you to check two bags free.)

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  • RECESSION-PROOFING YOUR SUMMER VACATION
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    RECESSION-PROOFING YOUR SUMMER VACATION

    ByEileen Ogintz June 1, 2008July 2, 2023

    Just as we’re all planning summer getaways, gas prices go through the roof, the dollar is so weak against the British pound and the Euro that trips to Great Britain and Europe seem out of reach, and the pundits suggest the economy is going to get worse. And, as if to make us even more frustrated, this month airlines will begin charging you for checking a second bag.

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    Traveling frugally… but still traveling

    ByEileen Ogintz June 1, 2008June 28, 2023

    I’m in Italy with my daughter Reggie who just graduated from college. The trip is her graduation present. I know we’re crazy to head to Europe when everything costs twice as much. But Reggie only graduates from college once and she’s never been to Italy.

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  • TO UNIVERSAL ORLANDO
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    TO UNIVERSAL ORLANDO

    ByEileen Ogintz May 25, 2008July 14, 2021

    Welcome to Krustyland! Where we join the Simpsons — yes those Springfield Simpsons of TV and movie fame — in Krusty the Clown’s crazy cartoon world, a theme park within a theme park. Talk about make-believe — and incredible technology – as we’re swept along, flying, bumping and crashing through the attractions, just opened at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando.

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    I was an over-packer… not anymore!

    ByEileen Ogintz May 24, 2008June 28, 2023

    I admit it. I turn into a witch the night before a trip. I’m so worried about forgetting something that I make everyone in the family crazy. And I over pack like crazy. But not anymore. Not with airlines starting to charge for checking even one bag!

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  • On a (relatively) stress-free vacation: Disney Wonder
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    On a (relatively) stress-free vacation: Disney Wonder

    ByEileen Ogintz May 18, 2008July 7, 2021

    It’s well past the kids’ bedtime, but no one is nagging the preschoolers and kindergartners to brush their teeth and go to sleep. Instead, they’re dressed to the nines (the girls anyway in full princess regalia) before heading to a poolside pirate party

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  • Disney’s private island and our last night on the cruise
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    Disney’s private island and our last night on the cruise

    ByEileen Ogintz May 13, 2008October 4, 2023

    The sky is blue, the water clear turquoise. We step off the Disney Wonder onto kids vacation heaven — a great big beach, a play structure anchored in the water. Machines dispensing all the ice cream and pop parents will let the kids have (as well as fresh fruit).

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  • Some beach time, some spa time
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    Some beach time, some spa time

    ByEileen Ogintz May 12, 2008July 10, 2021

    While the ship is in Nassau, we take the chance to check out the newly renovated Sheraton Cable Beach Resort. It’s great for kids — a beautiful beach, three pools and rooms that open onto the pool.

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  • BEYOND THE BEACH IN BELIZE
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    BEYOND THE BEACH IN BELIZE

    ByEileen Ogintz May 11, 2008July 7, 2021

    Mick Fleming arrived in dugout canoe; Lucy Fleming on horseback a day later. There were no roads to the overgrown farm in the Cayo district of Belize that the young couple hoped to run. Their land was a jungle – literally. “But there was something about the place,” Fleming, who was raised in England, recalls more than 30 years later.

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