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The Silver Star Mountain Resort is a fantastic ski resort located in Vernon, BC, Canada.  They have received awards for having the best groomed ski runs in the country, being among the best family resorts, and the “Best Small Resort in North America”.  Their season runs from late November through mid-April.  They also provide mountain [...]

If you’ve got $7500 lying around and not quite sure what to do with it, try a unique whiskey-making tour.  Neiman Marcus is providing a two-person tour hosted by Master Distiller Kevin Smith.  You’ll get to see every step of the process of making Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey along with a tour of [...]

Now here is an unusual amusement park.  The Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari is both an amusement park and water park all in one.  The park is located in Santa Claus, Indiana and, as you would expect, they celebrate Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the 4th of July.  They have tons of roller coasters, water rides, [...]

Here’s another good Halloween attraction, located in the San Francisco Bay area.  This is a haunted house covering about 5 acres with a pirate ship theme set in the 15th century.  They make use of robotics, animation, special effects, and interaction to create a very scary experience.  They actually recommend that no one under 13 [...]

Ok all you snow virgins!  If you’ve lived somewhere warm all of your life and have never seen snow (and want to), then you should sign up for this contest.  The Colorado Tourism Office is sponsoring a contest, called  “Colorado Snow at First Sight“, where three winners will receive an all expenses-paid, three-month trip to [...]

In honor of the upcoming holiday, I thought it would be nice to present you with a travel option to creep you out.  The city of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, has an attraction called “Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride“.  Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, the Bates Motel is the famous motel at which Alfred [...]

The Six Flags White Water water park is located near Atlanta, Georgia and was first opened in 1999 (originally called White Water Atlanta).  This park made Travel Channel’s top 10 water park list recently.
Let’s start with the thrill rides.  They have one called “Dragon’s Tail” which has a 250-foot triple drop.  Another one is called [...]

Do you like cruises?  Are you fascinated with the story of the Titanic?  Then I found the perfect vacation for you.  Borton Overseas is offering a Titanic Memorial Cruise in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.  Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is the company who owns the ship (chartered by British firm Miles [...]

Looking for a place to take your kids on vacation?  Try Nickelodeon Family Suites in Orlando, Florida.  It is the only Nick Hotel in the world and it was just renamed this year and was formerly associated with the Holiday Inn.  The entire facility is centered around kids.  It has themed-rooms, two pools areas that [...]

This is quite the indoor water park!  Located in Wisconsin, it is the largest indoor water park in the nation, in terms of square footage (250,000 square feet).  Wisconsin, itself, has more indoor water parks than any other state (the first indoor water park in the nation started here).  This particular water park is called [...]