Travel Headlines - USA Today

• newHead of new cruise line: We won't nickel-and-dime

  

  The newly announced Viking Ocean Cruises will debut in May 2015.
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• newBest ice cream parlors in the world

  

  Renew your passport, hop a flight, pick a flavor, and treat yourself!
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• New upscale cruise line to launch in 2015

  

  VIking Ocean Cruises will debut with two 928-passenger ships.
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• Prize-winning national park photos

  

  Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 competition. Win $15,000.
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• Bay Area renaissance: SF's waterfront reinvented

  

  Five new developments along the most popular stretch in one of the USA's favorite cities.
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• 10 great places: A true Player flags favorite golf spots

  

  It takes more than long fairways to make a memorable golf course, says Gary Player, a championship golfer and course designer.
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• Which do fliers fear more: Crying babies or smelly adults?

  

  Airline passengers say they'd rather sit next to a crying baby than a smelly adult.
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• The hotel wake-up call gets personal

  

  Hotels are involving employees in wake-up calls as a nostalgia-driven service for guests.
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• Ask Air Traffic Control: Most interesting airports

  

  San Diego is well known for its approach over the parking garage. Here are more famous landings.
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• 'Amazing' hotel deals in Europe, but getting there ....

  

  Hotel prices in Europe are way down for the summer, but airfares aren't.
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Travel News - New York Times

• T Magazine: Travel Essentials | The Fairgoer’s Guide to Venice’s Other Attractions

  

  Where to eat, drink and shop when you’re in town for the Venice Biennale.    
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• In Transit Blog: In the Shadow of a Fortress, a Moveable Feast

  

  Kotor, a historic city on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro, is more steeped in authentic flavor than you’re likely to encounter in neighboring Croatia.    
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• Heads Up: In Louisville, a School for Spirits

  

  The gateway to Kentucky’s bourbon country is ensuring it maintains a reputation as a prime player in the spirits world.    
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• Check In: Hotels Warm Up With Local Accents

  

  For guests who like to spend the night in a place marbled with local flavor, these seven properties, from Maine to California, can accommodate.    
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• Bites: A Sense of Place, on the Plate

  

  At these four restaurants, from Miami Beach to Minnesota, regional flavors are layered with personal stories.    
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• Going Backcountry, Three Ways

  

  Staying in a treehouse, a caboose and a yurt, and discovering the real reason to take a rustic vacation.    
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Global Travel - LA Times

• newReaders Recommend: Art museums in London and Paris
  Instead of the giants, instead visit the Courtauld and the Royal Academy in London, and the Musée Marmottan Monet and Musée Delacroix in Paris.I've just returned from a two-week visit to London and Paris. If you're heading over and art is important to you, avoid the giant museums and think small.
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• newGear: Garmin's newest GPS helps you hit the road

  

  Garmin ’s newest GPS superstar, the Nuvi-3597 LMTHD, has a crisp, high-resolution color 5-inch display screen and is packed with neat features in a half-inch-thick, 7-ounce body.
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• newTravel tips: Why you should pack Drano, check ATMs and carry wipes
  On surf trips to Baja take a roll of toilet paper in a zip lock plastic bag, a small bottle of Drano, and cheap rubber shower sandals. While unpacking your vehicle, pour a couple of ounces of Drano in the shower drain. Wait five minutes to turn on the hot water. Away goes trouble down the drain.
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• newYour Scene: Eye to eye with a turtle in Oahu

  

  Earlier this year Alexandria Shankweiler spent three weeks island hopping in Hawaii. As she was hunting for sea glass on Oahu's Mokuleia Beach, she spotted a large rock that looked out of place. As she approached, she realized that it was a sea turtle, perhaps on the beach to escape the 12-foot waves. Shankweiler approached cautiously, she said, and lay on the sand to photograph the turtle. The Los Angeles resident photographed the majestic reptile with a Nikon D700.
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• Viking Cruises will begin ocean cruises on Viking Star in 2015

  

  Viking Cruises announced Friday that it's getting into the ocean cruise market -- in a small way.
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• Daily Deal: Hotel Terra Jackson Hole launches flash sale on rooms

  

  Hotel Terra Jackson Hole in Teton Village, Wyo., sits at the base of the area's famous ski resort and about a mile from the entrance to Grand Teton National Park . As the season shifts from winter to summer, the hotel offers visitors a midweek break on rooms during a 72-hour sale starting at $199 a night.
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Travel Articles - Washington Post

• Revisiting the Johnstown Flood

  

  When Elias Unger looked out from his front porch on May 31, 1889, he was astounded by what he saw. His house overlooked Pennsylvania’s Lake Conemaugh, a 2½ mile-long man-made body of water formed by one of the world’s largest earthen dams. On that morning, the rain-swollen lake was dangerously close to breaching the wall. Read full article >>    
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• Putting travel apps to the test on a tour of Atlanta

  

  Planning my first-ever trip to Atlanta was making me dizzy, and not only because of the city’s dazzling number of offerings. Hunched over a borrowed iPad, flicking among a too-large array of information-loaded travel apps, I soon realized that the kind of motion sickness that keeps me from ever going to an Imax movie apparently applied to large electronic tablets as well. Read full article >>    
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• The basics of chip-and-PIN credit cards

  

  We’ve gotten a lot of questions from readers lately about chip-and-PIN credit cards, also known as EMV cards (for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, the originators of the technology). Although they’re almost universal in Europe, credit card companies have yet to widely offer them to American customers. For travelers headed around the globe, here are the basics: Read full article >>    
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• Atlanta, by the guidebook

  

  My visit to Atlanta started on Page 292. Immediately after landing, I wandered over to Map 14, Grant Park/Summerhill, to experience the “oddest Atlanta tourist attraction.” I had placed my utmost faith in this guidebook, and it honored that trust. At least when it came to Page 292. (Page 321, you are not off the hook. I will deal with you later.) Read full article >>    
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• FlightCar, a cheaper rental with a twist: It’s somebody else’s car

  

  On a recent trip to San Francisco, I rented a car for four days. But not just any car. Somebody else’s car. Somebody who was on a trip like me, except that while I was landing at SFO,this person was taking off — or more likely was already gone. I’d have the car back long before the person needed it, or so went the plan. Read full article >>    
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• Gadgets on planes: The electrified debate goes on

  

  When Kenneth Kirchoff notices that an airline passenger has failed to power off his gadget as instructed, he’ll politely point out the oversight. He might use a nonconfrontational line such as this: “Excuse me — did you realize that you didn’t turn off your device?” What he doesn’t mention during this brief interaction is who he is, what he knows and why you should listen to him. Read full article >>    
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Travel Advisor - Chicago Tribune

• Nevada's Valley of Fire a sure bet

  

  Valley of Fire sounds like the name of the latest Cirque du Soleil extravaganza, but this 42,000-acre state park, about 55 miles northeast of Las Vegas in Overton, is light-years away from Sin City's cacophony of slot machines and man-made galaxies of marquee lights. For travelers who want — or, more likely, desperately need — a chance to hike past something besides singing hotel fountains, Valley of Fire (parks.nv.gov) delivers a different kind of jackpot.    
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• Air travelers brace for another summer of fees

  

  It isn't shaping up to be a good summer for air travelers who are trying to stick to a budget. And let's be honest: Who isn't watching their bottom line?    
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• Dressing for the journey

  

  These top performers will get travelers from Point A to Point ZA zip pocket is like a luxury hotel when you're traveling. If just one garment you're wearing has one, you can check in your ID, credit card and phone, then relax and enjoy the rest of the adventure.    
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• Ideas to survive a family road trip

  

  A cross-country drive with the kids can be a great family experience.    
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• Mexico: Cancun is tops with Memorial Day travelers

  

  Cancun tops the popularity chart with Memorial Day travelers bound for Mexico this year, according to statistics compiled by travel website Kayak.com.    
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• New luggage blocks ID theft on the road

  

  At some point between the time she disembarked from a recent cruise in Miami and returned to Carmel, Ind., someone decided to go shopping with Jody Tzucker's credit card.    
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Travel Articles - NY Daily News

• A U.S. citizen can stay abroad indefinitely and always return 

  

  Q: I am a U.S. citizen. On return from a recent vacation in Yemen, a Customs and Border Protection officer asked me about why I was abroad for so long. Since I am a U.S. citizen, can't I stay abroad as long as I wish?
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• New York City cruise industry on the grow

  

  Nearly 633,000 passengers either passed through or stayed in hotels before and after their cruises, up 50,000 from 2010, says a new study from the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
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• Coney Island Boardwalk gets fake wood makeover

  

  The city got the nod Monday for its controversial plan to give the Coney Island Boardwalk a concrete and fake wood makeover.
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• New York City kicks off plan to attract younger tourists 

  

  Bent on reaching younger tourists, the city's tourism arm, NYC & Co. announced plans to launch a new youth-focused initiative, NYC 30, along with a partnership with MasterCard to create exclusive NYC offers for MasterCard cardholders.
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• Cruising on Disney ship is a Dream

  

  Being no cruise aficionado, I approached the Disney Dream with tremendous skepticism. This was only my second cruise, and the sail was only for three nights. Adding fuel to the fire, we were cruising without children. No matter.
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• A well-worn Christmas card's years if joy

  

  It’s the Christmas card that kept bringing holiday cheer. For six decades, the same well-worn greeting card traveled back and forth between two friends.
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Travel News - NY Post

• Rosemary, baby

  

  To New Yorkers, a Florida vacation usually means Miami or Palm Beach with a little Key West or Naples occasionally thrown in. And as for timing, it’s usually anytime except the summer, when South Florida gets way too steamy for most.Well, there’s a ...
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• Baltimore ravin’

  

  The Preakness Stakes takes places this Saturday at Baltimore’s Pimlico Racetrack. If you’re one of the 6,000 people inside the Corporate Village and Turfside Terrace, you’ll be part of the world’s largest farm-to-table event yet: Besides the traditio...
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• Warm welcome in Aspen

  

  The sprightly town of Aspen is renowned for its four bodacious mountains usually cloaked in a mélange of Burton-adorned ski bunnies and world-class athletes. But just because the snow disintegrates doesn’t mean this affluent Colorado destination does...
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• Chefs special

  

  Some chefs might consider a tasting menu consisting of truffles, caviar and lobster as “cheating,” but lucky diners — and perhaps Charlie Sheen — consider it #winning.Thanks to Chefs Club by Food & Wine at the St. Regis, tastings of this stature hav...
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Travel Guide - Dallas News

• Las Vegas package cuts costs for summer
  
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• Looking for a better airline seat? There’s a site for that
  
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• 5 places to be a kid again
  
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• Riding the elephants in Thailand
  
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• Party like a princess at Disney World
  
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• What’s new in Disney’s New Fantasyland
  
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Travel News - Star Tribune

• newCruise passengers who get sick sometimes face tough road
  A stark truth of taking a cruise: In cases of medical emergency, you’re beholden to your surroundings.
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• newTall ships to sail to Duluth again this summer
  
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• newCold War era sites feature weapons of mass attraction
  Every day, the Cold War gets a little colder. And as it does, interest in nuclear relics heats up.
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• newWoody Guthrie Center opens in Tulsa, Okla.
  Handwritten lyrics for “This Land Is Your Land” inspired the legendary singer/songwriter’s daughter to push for a museum to commemorate his legacy.
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• newHow to find gay-friendly vacation spots
  John Tanzella gives tips about how lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual travelers can figure out which places and companies are truly gay-friendly.
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• newPiecing together the art of mosaics in Italy
  The ancient art of mosaics thrives in Ravenna, the Italian city known for the art form. A master's five-day crash course teaches the technique to visitors.
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Travel News - Atlanta Journal

Travel Blog - Arizona Republic

• newFirst lady to high school grads: Live your dreams
  First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams
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• newUp to 60 hurt as car drives into Virginia parade
  Up to 60 hurt as car drives into Virginia parade
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• newSyria's Assad says he won't step down
  Syria's Assad says he won't step down
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• newWildfires around Arizona cover over 1,400 acres
  Wildfires around Arizona cover over 1,400 acres
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• newBody of missing man, 78, found in Scottsdale canal
  Body of missing man, 78, found in Scottsdale canal
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• newMan, 18, crossing Phoenix street hit by car, badly hurt
  Man, 18, crossing Phoenix street hit by car, badly hurt
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Travel News - SF Chronicle

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Travel Articles - Newsday

• A Rio shantytown cable car becomes an unlikely tourist ride
  Tiana Martins stepped gingerly into the red cable-car gondola, giggling from nerves as the doors slid shut, the ground dropped precipitously beneath her feet and she sailed off over the conglomerate of bare-brick shacks that is the Alemao complex of shantytowns.
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• Cruises get good buzz from new ships, overhauls
  The 2013 cruise season began with a nightmare: A Carnival ship adrift with no power. But in the last month or so, several cruise companies — including Carnival — have announced major overhauls to old ships and exciting innovations on new ships, from engineering upgrades to theme park-style rides.
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• Amtrak's Coast Starlight is a budget-friendly way to see the West
  Done right, traveling via Amtrak in a private room can be like taking an ocean cruise -- complete with meals and pleasant scenery -- but at a price scarcely more than flying coach.
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• NYC Weekend Picks: A restored 'The Searchers,' Shakespeare, more
  Our picks for the best in the city this weekend.
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• Buenos Aires launches tours for Argentine pope
  Buenos Aires launches tours for dedicated fans of the first Argentine pope
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• Buenos Aires launches tours for Argentine pope
  Buenos Aires launches tours for dedicated fans of the first Argentine pope
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Travel News - Cleveland.com

• Nextant Aerospace unveils advanced $4.95 million business jet for 2013 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition
  Nextant Aerospace executives couldn't resist giving employers, suppliers and trade publications an advance glimpse of the new plane Monday afternoon. As visitors dined on burgers and brats, Jay Heublein, executive vice president for global sales and marketing, pulled open the hangar door to reveal the 400XTi parked outside.
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• Teaching kids to hunt for bedbugs
  I've become fairly paranoid about bedbugs over the years, and I guess I've passed that paranoia on to my family. (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean the bugs aren't out to get me.)
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• Gervasi Vineyard in Canton offers a taste of Tuscany for sipping, supping and sleeping
  Romantic vineyard and villas a world away but just down the road in Canton.
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• Go ziplining in Ohio to see nature from the treetops: closer to home
  Get a bird's-eye view of nature by taking a treetop tour on a zipline. You can do it in various places in Ohio.
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• Cedar Point's new GateKeeper roller coaster one wild and winged ride (video and slideshow)
  The Sandusky amusement park gave a thousand-plus coaster fans a preview of its new attraction, GateKeeper, today, a winged roller coaster that is designed to mimic flight. Seated riders dangle from the ride on either side of the steel track – “wings” soaring through the air.
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• A path less taken for exploring Japan
  A pathway near a shrine on the island of Miyajima, southwest of Hiroshima, Japan, is flanked by cherry blossoms in full bloom.Donald Rosenberg, The Plain Dealer By all means, visit Tokyo and Kyoto when you head to Japan. They are...
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• Special deals to make your mom feel special: Closer to home
  Treat Mom to some special fun next weekend.
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• Eligible for United Airlines' TSA Pre-Check? Check your boarding pass
  That beats the old way of having to wait until the TSA agent at the kiosk scans your boarding pass to know if you're in.
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• Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure entering its 25th ride
  The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure has grown since 1989, but the basics remain the same: Several thousand bikers gather Father's Day weekend and spend the next seven days cycling and camping, enjoying small-town Ohio and the company of those with a similar passion for travel in the slow lane.
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• A mad dash through the Cleveland airport, and lessons learned
  Lessons learned: Get to the airport earlier, wear slip-on shoes and leave the lacrosse sticks at home.
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Travel Articles - Seattle Times

• new5 favorite day trips
  Take a road trip to one of these popular destinations that will fill a summer day.
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• newAlaska cruise: 3 things worth doing in Skagway, Seattle's gold-rush 'twin city'
  SKAGWAY, Alaska – What a charming town full of history is Skagway – or Skagua, Skaqua, Cquque, Schkague, or any of a bunch of other historical spellings for the native Tlingit name that means something like “wind-rippled waters.” By original custom, the Tlingit didn’t h
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• newAlaska cruise: Shore excursions are key (and they can cost you)
  If, like me, you’re a cruising skeptic, time on shore in Alaska will be an important component of any cruise you might end up taking (to please your significant other, or because you have no other way to see Glacier Bay, or whatever). Shore excursions are also a major moneymaker for cruise lin
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• newAlaska cruise FAQs: Internet, seasickness, tipping and smoking
  Here’s a roundup of cruise FAQs, with my answers alongside some of the standard info from Princess: Q: How does Internet work onboard? A: Pretty badly, in my experience. Princess clearly cautions that the ship’s satellite internet is slower than what you’re accustomed to in the cit
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• newAlaska cruise: If sourdough country isn’t entertaining enough, here’s what’s onboard
  Onboard entertainment varies from cruise to cruise, ranging from Vegas-style shows in a large theater to piano-bar crooners, comedians and all the way down to passenger talent shows. On the booking circuit, this looks to be about the next notch down from tribal casinos, but hey, it’s all inclu
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• newAlaska cruise: Glacier Bay is like a religious experience
  I walked out on deck from my windowless cabin Wednesday morning to spirit-soaring sunshine glinting off jagged, snowy mountains that seemed to be reaching for the North Pole. This day, the Star Princess would be the first cruise ship of the season into famed Glacier Bay. The weather was a huge gift.
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• newAlaska cruise: All about my cozy cabin on Star Princess
  A thing I like about the cruise: My cozy cabin, on the Star Princess’s Lido Deck. It’s an interior room with no windows, the lowest-priced cabin, and I like it just fine. No worries about the midnight sun – yes, it’s Alaska – keeping me awake. It’s a model of effi
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• newComing up: events across the region
  A long-range calendar of festivals and fun beyond Seattle
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• newAlaska cruise: I lost ounces on the Cruise Ship Diet
  OK, I’m eating crow now, which will probably just make me lose even more weight. Turns out I’ve lost a pound this week while cruising to Alaska on the Star Princess. My final weigh-in, Friday afternoon: 197, down from 198 last Saturday when we left Seattle. We’re home at 7 in the m
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• newGet ready for the summer crush at Sea-Tac Airport
   You and 99,999 other passengers; that’s the averagel crowd on a summer day at Sea-Tac Airport.  And it could be even busier this summer season, which traditionally begins Memorial Day weekend.  Last year the airport had a record 33.2 million passengers; this year it’
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Travel Articles - STL Dispatch

• Today I'd go ... see the turtles in Dominica
  Eco-boutique Rosalie Bay is offering 25 percent discounts through turtle nesting season. 
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• 5 steps to avoid travel phishing scams
  More than 200 wineries and other wine-related businesses are hosting events for the public throughout Canada and the United States.
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• Tips for surviving a summer road trip
  Plan for safety and comfort, and many stops. 
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• Gateway Arch impresses traveler
  National monument gets shouts on websites
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• CheapOair names top Memorial Day travel destinations
  Orlando comes in at No. 1. 
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• Lake of the Ozarks' Willmore Lodge offers glimpse of history
  The museum includes displays dedicated to the local geology, Native American history, the modern-day flora and fauna of the man-made Lake of the Ozarks.
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Travel News - Baltimore Sun

• Runway closures scheduled for BWI this weekend

  

  Baltimore/Washington International Airport said on Thursday that scheduled airfield improvements will prompt closures on both of its primary commercial runways this weekend.
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• Airline baggage and reservation change fees hit record, but you can avoid them

  

  As you shop for airfare for your summer vacation, don’t overlook the cost of fees for bags or changing a reservation that can add quite a bit to your travel bill.
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• Tickets for July 4 reopening of Statue of Liberty on sale now

  

  For travelers who want to be among the first to tour the Statue of Liberty when it reopens July 4, tickets are on sale for the ferry ride and tour options of the iconic landmark.
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• Day trips: Plan a weekend filled with strawberries and strange fruit

  

  Get information about day trip options.
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• Cruise ship returns to Baltimore after $48 million renovation

  

  Refurbished Grandeur of the Seas offers new amenities including poolside movie screenRefurbished Grandeur of the Seas offers new amenities including poolside movie screen.
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• Buck Showalter shows off laid-back Dallas style

  

  Well-traveled Orioles manager maintains home base deep in the heart of TexasFew Americans are on the road more than the manager of a major league baseball team. But Buck Showalter, the Orioles' manager, likes to maintain a home base deep in the heart of Texas.
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Travel Blog - Miami Herald

• Four more years for Art Basel Miami Beach

  

  Art Basel Miami Beach plans to stick around in its current location through 2015, though organizers aren't wild about the idea of casino resorts in the neighborhood. My colleague Douglas Hanks reports that the fair's rental agreement with the Miami Beach Convention Center was recently renewed, but organizers have said...
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• New eats, updated look for the Delano
  The Delano, which ushered in a new era of South Beach chic when it relaunched in 1995, is about to enter a new phase. Gone will be the Florida Room lounge and the Blue Door Fish restaurant, replaced with a new nightlife venue (details still TBA) and an Italian restaurant,...
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• Smells like Miami
  Expert noses will descend on Miami this week for the ScentWorld Expo, a conference dedicated to scent and sensory marketing. The event will be held at the Gansevoort Hotel in Miami Beach (signature scent: green tea). The idea of using smell in marketing -- scenting the air in a hotel...
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• Getaway for the recently single
  After noticing our post about the Conrad Miami hotel package for the soon-to-be-betrothed, an eagle-eyed public relations coordinator reached out with her company's kinda-but-not-really similar package. The Newly Single Package at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach is aimed at solidarity, pampering and drinking away worries with "Freedom" cocktails. So it's slightly...
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• A night for artsy insomniacs

  

  For those of us (an estimated 130,000 people) who wandered South Beach for hours during a windy November night in 2009, this year's version of Sleepless Night will be a welcome repeat. For one, the weather shouldn't force the cancellation of any performances like it did last time. Another plus:...
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• A hotel package for the soon-to-be-betrothed

  

  For the first time this year, Miami-Dade's tourism bureau dedicated June to romance-related deals: weddings, honeymoons, babymoons (yes, they exist), anniversaries, etc. And now one Miami hotel has expanded that, creating a package for those who want to pop the question. The Conrad Miami's Down-on-One-Knee package includes an overnight stay...
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Travel Blog - Oregonian

• newAt Wilson Ranches Retreat outside Fossil, guests connect with a working Oregon ranch
  This is a B&B, so there is no catered lunch. On a recent day when cows needed moving, guests riding along on the cattle drive ate their lunch in the saddle, just like the Wilson crew.
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• newOregon ranches where guests sleep near cows, work up big appetites
  Want to punch some cows? Here are some places in Oregon to connect with ranch life. Look for more farm stays at farmstayus.com.
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• Oxford Hotel in Bend has ladies room worth remembering (sorry, guys, but enjoy the photo)
  The memorable ladies room is located on the lower level to serve 10 Below (the hotel restaurant) and the entertainment venue where the Oxford features its live jazz series.
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• Central Oregon's favorite places include Camp Sherman Store (what are your favorites?)
  Send us your favorite town delights and outdoor fantasy trips in central Oregon; no prize involved, just putting together the best of a great part of the state.
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• Wildlife Safari's elephant car wash features Alice with her dainty sponge (photos)
  The staff gave me a bucket of carrots to feed Alice as a reward for cleaning my car. They told me I could feed carrots to Alice one at a time for the rest of my life and Alice would keep eating them.
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• Colliding Rivers in North Umpqua Valley makes for good first stop in southern Oregon
  I am visiting southern Oregon to gather material for a travel story in The Oregonian and also to put online at OregonLive.com/travel various experiences I have.
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Travel - Kansas City Star

• Finding real flavors in the low country
  The Lee Bros. talk about where to eat home-cooked cuisine when traveling in Charleston
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• Cincinnati offers everything from bridges to parks
  After decades of declining growth, Ohio's third-largest city is on a huge upswing, pumping billions of dollars into new development and revitalization. In less than 10 years, the city has transformed itself back into a growing, bustling destination as businesses and residents flock to downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.
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• 5 Free Things | California's Napa Valley
  Lush and lovely Napa Valley has never been an inexpensive place. In the late 19th century, writer Robert Louis Stevenson moved his honeymoon to the rustic but free setting of an abandoned mining camp when the $10-a-week going rate for Calistoga hotels proved too much for his slender purse.
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• A guide to exploring Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn
  With the movie "42" bringing the Jackie Robinson story to a new generation, fans young and old may be inspired to visit some of the places in Brooklyn connected to the African-American athlete who integrated major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
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• Louvre Abu Dhabi gives peek at collection
  The Abu Dhabi Louvre is building its collection to open in 2015, one of the centerpieces of a planned cultural district that will also include a branch of New York's Guggenheim and a national museum.
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• Romania's capital has a seductive historical charm
  While Bucharest is messy, overcrowded and shabby in parts, Romania's capital also hums with a cozy, vibrant and seductive Byzantine charm.
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Travel Guide - OC Register

• Terrain Warrior: For the road less paved
  Most campers are content to pitch a tent and cook over a campfire. Then there are the more adventurous types, who travel to countries populated with animals most Americans will see only in a zoo. It's these extreme expeditionists the new All Terrain...
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• Grab that putter and aim for the clown
  Windmills, animatronic characters, brightly colored balls, teenagers on first dates – it's all to be found at America's miniature golf courses. Finding its origins in the early 20th century, the sport has survived to entertain new generations. Grab...
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• Word travels as great quotes pass our way
  Last week, I heard writer Paul Theroux on the radio recalling 50 years of travels since he went to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1963. Now 72, he had wanted to mark the half-century with one of his signature epic journeys. He would ride by bus...
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• JWA customs wait trimmed under new program
  Select international travelers flying into John Wayne Airport can now breeze through customs in a few minutes under the new Global Entry program, which was officially unveiled Tuesday. The biggest wait now is to get approved for the program – that...
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• Warner: What's new and notable in Hawaii
  There are still no nonstop flights from Orange County to Hawaii.The traffic on H-1, a Hawaiian interstate that connects with no other state, is still horrendous.The volcano on the Big Island is still the source of vog, which – when the winds are...
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• Paving road will ease access
  Teeth-chattering. Axle-busting. Head-pounding. The dirt and gravel stretch of the road that leads tourists to the Grand Canyon Skywalk is no doubt rugged. For some, the washboard road that twists along Joshua trees and dips into a local wash is part...
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Travel Articles - Columbus Dispatch

• Small bag nets early seating on American Airlines
  FORT WORTH, Texas — If you’re traveling light, you can board earlier on American Airlines. The airline said yesterday that people carrying just a personal item that fits under the seat — no rolling suitcases — will be allowed to board before most other passengers.
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• On-time flight arrivals edge down to 79.8 percent
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government said yesterday that fewer flights arrived on time and more were canceled in March than a year ago, but fewer passengers lodged formal complaints against the airlines.
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• Hello, Columbus: Reader-submitted vacation photos
  Just back from a trip? Where did you go? What did you do? Travel would like to share your experience: Choose a vacation photo showing you, your companions and the Dispatch Travel section. If you want to mail your photo, include your phone number in a letter addressed to Travel, The Dispatch, 34 S. 3rd St., Columbus, OH 43215. Tell us who is in the photo, from left to right, where the photo was taken and include a tip that might help other travelers. Because of the volume received, not all photographs can be published and none can be returned.
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• 3 questions help clarify vacation possibilities
  So many destinations, so little time. Here we are in mid-May, and my husband and I haven’t settled on where we will go for our “long” vacation this year.
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• Aquarium, zoo in touch with wishes of visitors
  ATLANTA — People young and old are walking on the wild side in Atlanta, enjoying opportunities for up-close encounters with dolphins, otters, pandas, Komodo dragons and other exotic creatures great and small.
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• New season gives lines chance to impress guests
  Two new megaships are ready to sail. River cruising is hot. Amenities for guests are increasing.
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Tourism News - Orlando Sentinel

• Hospitality job fair May 23 at Orange County Convention Center

  

  The Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association has organized a Hospitality Career Fair, in partnership with Workforce Central Florida, that features more than a dozen local employers.    
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• Floridians' summer-travel plans bode well for tourism here, elsewhere

  

  Need a vacation? Good news: Travel club AAA says more of us will get one this summer, which should benefit Orlando tourism.    
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:47pm -
• Calendar makes good quarter even better

  

  The Walt Disney Co. 's theme-park division turned in an impressive second fiscal quarter, with operating income skyrocketing 73 percent from the same period a year ago, according to results announced last week.    
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• Can Osceola's tourist strip take back its hotels?

  

  Twice a year, Val and Keith Lupton vacation somewhere along U.S. Highway 192 near Walt Disney World, drawn by the state's famous sunshine and the tourist strip's affordable lodging.    
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• Scaled-down convention-center projects do little for tourism corridor

  

  It was an outrageous claim: Osceola County was going to get a convention-center complex so big you could see it from the moon.    
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• HVS: Hotels to regain pre-recession highs

  

  Hotel-valuation company HVS hosted its first-ever nationwide update last week — linking hoteliers in Orlando with those in 11 other markets for a seminar on how the lodging industry is faring.    
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Travel - Sacramento Bee

• Odd winter brings mixed bag of – splash! – whitewater runs

  

  Frosty the Snowman went on a crash diet this year. Despite growing fat on big storms in early winter, the white giant of the California snowpack had slimmed down quite a bit by spring.A raft full of paddlers plunges through rapids on the Merced River flowing out of Yosemite Valley near El Portal last spring.
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• Provisions: Perfecting campsite cooking

  

  A guide for what you need to buy, read or consume to enhance your recreation and travel experienceThe California coast along Highway 1 south of Big Sur – a popular driving route.
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• 3 million hatchery salmon released into American River in Sacramento

  

  State Department of Fish and Wildlife officials on Monday and Tuesday released 3 million juvenile salmon at the mouth of the American River in Sacramento.Scientific aide Justin Mather guides thousands of juvenile chinook salmon, or smolts, into a holding tank Tuesday at theNimbus Fish Hatchery, where they were raised. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife released 3 million near the mouthof the American River, in hopes that they will return in greater numbers than when they were trucked to San Francisco Bay.A sea lion cruises Tuesday at Discovery Park in Sacramento. Three were seen near the salmon release.Scientific Aid Justin Mather corals thousands of chinook salmon smolts into a holding tank at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery in Rancho Cordova on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.…
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• As drownings show, rivers low but still cold, dangerous
  Despite an unusually warm spring and lower-than-normal river flows, waterways in the Sacramento region remain cold and dangerous.
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• Provisions: A guide for what you need

  

  A guide for what you need to buy, read or consume to enhance your recreation and travel experienceYaffBarsYou can safely share YaffBar energy bars with your dog.
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• Fresh Tracks: Don't delay trying the splendid South Fork American River Trail

  

  Something so rare in these parts as a new trail is to be celebrated, cherished and, most of all, used.Several spots along trail give nice views of the south fork of the American River. Side trails off the route lead down to the water.A wide, smooth trail is one hallmark of the 11.7-mile South Fork American River Trail. As shown here near the Magnolia Ranch trailhead, lovely views are another feature.Great signage is all along the route on the South Fork American River Trail.
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Travel Articles - Tampa Tribune

• newAssad: Syria transition talks are internal matter

  

  
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• newRed Wings beat Blackhawks 4-1, even series

  

  
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• newAssad: Syria transition talks are internal matter

  

  
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• newNCAA Division I Softball Glance

  

  
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• newIllinois cracks down on social media 'flash mobs'

  

  
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• newAllen West joins Fox News as contributor

  

  
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Tourism - Charlotte Observer

• newSLIDESHOW: San Francisco... from above
  Sure, I had a lot of fun on a recent trip to the West Coast. Like many, I may have left my heart in San Francisco. But I also came…Click to Continue »
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• Okefenokee Swamp is fully stocked with wilderness wonders
  It’s a chilly spring day, with lots of wind, so I was pretty startled when Okefenokee Adventures guide Joey Griffin commanded me to take off my shoes and climb out…Click to Continue »
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• Myrtle Beach Speedway hopes to lure bikers back to rally
  The revving of engines pierced the bright blue sky Monday as the Myrtle Beach Speedway opened its arms to bikers in town for the spring Harley-Davidson Bike Rally.Click to Continue »
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• California’s Legoland Hotel built, brick by brick, with kids in mind
  The Legoland Hotel, which opened April 5, got plenty of little things wrong in its first weeks. But its designers got one thing enormously right, and that will make this…Click to Continue »
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• Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry on summer runs
  A sign of the approaching summer is the new ferry schedule for the Ocracoke-Hatteras run.Click to Continue »
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• Las Cruces: Get your chile pepper fix in New Mexico
  Cravings for something spicy are amply satisfied in Las Cruces.Click to Continue »
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Travel - SJ Mercury News

• Travel: American Airlines will favor passengers without roller bags
  The airline said that people carrying just a personal item that fits under the seat -- no rolling suitcases -- will be allowed to board before most other passengers.
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• Travel briefs: Bison Museum opens; Sitting Bull honored; Mexico-Puerto Rico flights resume after 13 years
  The Dakotas are making tourism news: In South Dakota, the Museum of the American Bison has opened in Rapid City, while in North Dakota, a new visitor center will honor the legendary leader Sitting Bull.
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• Cruises get good buzz from new ships, overhauls
  After a rocky start to the 2013 cruise season, there's a wave of excitement about new ships and amenities.
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• Perkins on travel: Airlines' change-fee gouging is worse than you thought
  What's really happening, in my view, is that the giant airlines are trying to revert to a de facto 'truly nonrefundable' status through the back door by making refunds too expensive and limited to be practical for many travelers.
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 4:31pm -
• Travel Q&A: Do we need a chip and PIN card?
  We are planning a trip to London and have heard that some of our charge and credit cards may not be accepted because they are not Chip and PIN. If that's so, what are our choices? We don't want to carry a load of cash.
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• Travel guide: Ways for locavores to improvise on the road
  Author Sarah Elton has developed strategies for finding organic, sustainable food while traveling.
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 4:30pm -