Comment One late evening in August, I pulled up Frontier’s website and felt the same surge of excitement and trepidation I experience playing video poker. I had a lot at stake on this game: the $599 I paid for the airline’s GoWild! pass plus my bona fides as a budget traveler. Fittingly, the first …
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Why Disney World Got Rid of The Great Movie Ride
Sometimes it feels like the only thing we can count on is change itself. The boarding area for The Great Movie Ride, which opened with the rest of the Disney/MGM Studios in 1989. [The Walt Disney Company]Progress never slows down when it comes to the many attractions at Disney World that we’ve seen come …
NYC woman meets ‘annoying’ husband, falls in love on flight
It was love at first flight — even though she couldn’t stand him at first sight. Love was unexpectedly in the air for a New York woman who was randomly seated next to the “most annoying” person on a cross-country flight from the Big Apple to Los Angeles. And although she didn’t think they …
The largest and most unique resort in Arizona will have a theme park, concert venue and more
Rising like a phoenix in the Arizona desert, a new resort is taking shape in Glendale, Arizona. Set on 60 acres and just 1,000 feet from the Arizona Cardinals football stadium, Vai Resort promises to be the most unique resort in Arizona when it debuts in 2024. TPG recently visited the site of the …
The most epic cruise ever? What it’s like traveling to the North Pole on a luxury icebreaker
Our luxurious French expedition ship, Le Commandant Charcot, shudders as it plows through a thick slab of snow-covered ice. Down below, under the mighty vessel’s specially sloped bow, a 6-feet-thick sheet of “glace,” as our French captain likes to call it, is cracking and sliding to the side, creating an opening that lets us …
What’s It Like Crossing The International Date Line On A Flight?
Summary Traveling across the International Date Line can result in “gaining” or “losing” a whole day. Airlines adhere to local times when scheduling, but it’s important to take careful note of the shown arrival time. Morning arrivals typically facilitate an easier adjustment process than evening arrivals. If you travel far enough eastward or westward, …
A fishing vessel in Greenland will try to free a cruise ship that ran aground with 206 people
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fishing vessel owned by Greenland’s government will attempt to use a high tide to pull free a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship carrying 206 people that ran aground in the world’s northernmost national park, authorities said. Capt. Flemming Madsen of the Danish Joint Arctic Command told The Associated Press that …
Cairo: The capital of capitals evolving in the shadow of ancient mysteries
CNN — There are cities, there are capitals and then there is Cairo. Chaotic, enchanting and magnificent, the Egyptian capital is awe inspiring and home to a raw energy that’s all its own. A city of a thousand minarets, it has more history, more myths and more oomph than just about anywhere else on …
Breeze Airways triples down on Florida, adds Plattsburgh, teases international destinations
Breeze Airways is doubling down on what it knows works best. And then some. The upstart budget airline will triple its service to Florida this winter compared to last year, expecting to operate a total of 1,402 flights to and from Florida, linking 51 city pairs. The airline also plans to add service from …
SpaceX Starlink partners with SES for combined cruise market service
Starlink satellite antennas installed on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. Royal Caribbean Group PARIS – European satellite operator SES is teaming up with SpaceX’s Starlink to offer a combined service to cruise operators, the companies announced on Wednesday. SES will manage the joint offering, called “SES Cruise mPOWERED + Starlink,” as a service …