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Holiday Travel Tips with Children
If you are traveling by plane with children this holiday season I bet you are hoping they will behave and not throw any tantrums in the airport and will be the perfect angels you know they are. Here are some tips to help make traveling easier, happier and less stressful. Some of them are from The Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
•Allow extra time to get through security when traveling with young children, especially during the busy holiday season.
•Check with your airline for their recommendation for check-in times for your departure airport.
•Talk to your child and tell them what they can expect during the screening process. Let them know it is against the law to make threats Read the rest of this entry »
In an Instant- Book Excerpt: Lee
Orlando, Florida, January 28, 2006
There is a ride at Disney World called the Tower of Terror, and on the weekend of January 28, 2006, my four children, even the twin five- year-olds, begged me to go on that ride over and over again.
Housed in a re-created aging Hollywood hotel, the ride begins where you climb into a creaky elevator that snakes its way through the creepy premises. An electrical storm kicks up, and right on cue something goes wrong with the power. The elevator in the eerie hotel suddenly drops. The descent is so rapid, so sudden, that it almost sucks your diaphragm up into your throat, and right before the drop there is a moment Read the rest of this entry »
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