I have been thinking about our family travel plans for next summer. Next summer may be our last time to travel as a whole family of 5 since one will be heading off into the world and then we are moving back East. I stumbled onto the idea of building a trip around a theme.
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Impressions of Frontier Airlines
Recently my family headed for Cincinnati Ohio to surprise my in-laws for their 50th Wedding anniversary. Since it was too far to drive for the short trip, we decided to fly. Since this would be my youngest child’s first flight and coupled with his autism we decided to drive to Houston from San Antonio and
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Orcas, Sharks and Steel Eels…Oh My! Sea World San Antonio
High on my families list of things to do after we arrived in the San Antonio area was a trip to Sea World. My children love the animals and for the older two hit the thrill rides. Sea World really is a place where there is something for our entire family. Even though we went
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The Little Museum That Could, The Texas Transportation Museum.
Opened in 1964 to help preserve artifacts and information about the varied elements of San Antonio’s fascinating transportation history. In 1967 the museum moved to is present location on 40 acres in McAllister Park, just north of the International Airport on Wetmore Road. The museum’s mission statement is “Texas Transportation Museum is a volunteer lead
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San Antonio Missions – The United States newest UNESCO World Heritage site
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and by sure luck the day before our visit the park became the newest USESCO world Heritage site in the United States. The group of former missions includes not just active churches, but also farmlands, living quarters, granaries,
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Six Flags Fiesta Texas – San Antonio, Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas has been open since 1992. It is a traditional Six Flags park with an attached water park. The park has 15 attractions listed as “Thrill Rides” excluding the water park. All of the thrill rides are well done. Some like Pandemonium are showing their age, not that they are not fun
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Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival Presented by Chase®
I know many people that say EPCOT can be boring and very little every changes in the World Showcase. I think this could not be further from the truth. The landscape and gardens change with the seasons and World Showcase host one of the best events of the Disney year, the Epcot® International Food &
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Be Our Guest A Dinning Fantasy of Beauty and the Beast
We all remember the song from the movie sung by dancing dishes and candle sticks…… Be our guest! Be our guest! Put our service to the test Tie your napkin ’round your neck, cherie And we’ll provide the rest Soup du jour Hot hors d’oeuvres Why, we only live to serve Try the grey stuff
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Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (E.P.C.O.T) was a concept developed by Walt Disney near the end of his lifetime that went as far as elaborate visions and plans and the purchase of property near Orlando, Florida that eventually became the Walt Disney World resort, including Epcot (formerly known as EPCOT Center), a related concept
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The Park that Started it All – The Magic Kingdom
The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Walt Disney created a place where he children and their parents could have fun together and everyone enjoy themselves. I wonder what Walt would think of it today? I have read many about Walt and his style of leadership and I think there
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