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Parents who are struggling to get their kids to sleep after they’re told to may have a new solution.Have Mickey Mouse tell them.Disney is now offering a special through Aug. 31 that will enable parents to call a free bedtime hotline and have Disney’s...

They’re here! For the first time, Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights will have a maze inspired by the ’80s horror classic Poltergeist at the hugely popular scare fest opening on select nights at Universal Studios Sept. 14-Nov. 3. Directed by Tobe Ho...

It’s the final day of this seven-night cruise and I am sitting in my moderately messy balcony stateroom aboard the Celebrity Summit finishing the last bites of a room service cheeseburger, bags as yet unpacked for tomorrow morning’s disem...

TAMPA – You might not want to think about Halloween in August, but you can save money if you do. You can buy $29.99 Howl-O-Scream tickets before Busch Gardens ends the sale at midnight Tuesday. Meanwhile, Universal has an online ticket deal that can ...

NEW ORLEANSIf you’ve heard about New Orleans’ famous cemeteries with their above-ground tombs, chances are you’ve heard about the gravesite of the so-called voodoo queen. Her name was Marie Laveau and she is buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. But vi...

Busch Gardens’ new Oktoberfest-themed festival called Bier Fest will run weekends Aug. 25 through Sept. 16, including Labor Day.Similar in style to the park’s spring Food and Wine Festival, the Bier Fest will feature culinary cabins set up around the...

If you are ready to rid of items you’ve had around your house since the Jurassic period, you can get free tickets for children to Dinosaur World by donating to Goodwill Industries beginning Aug. 1. Goodwill shoppers who round up their purchases to th...

"Why Ecuador?" I was asked that at least a dozen times when I told folks I had booked a short trip to the South American country. At the time, the answer was that my husband, who has an Indian passport, didn’t need a visa to visit Ecuador and...

Visitors to Universal Studios in Orlando on Monday night got to witness the premiere of the new high-tech, dancing-fountain, cinematic show to end the day in the park in what the show’s creator called "a kiss goodnight." It’s full of ima...

KEY WESTIn the gift shop of the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, there’s a book for sale: Write Like Hemingway: Writing Lessons You Can Learn From the Master.Indeed, many literary masters have called the Conch Republic home, including pl...