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The National Parks Service announced that admission to all National Parks will be free January 14 through 16 as a celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
As a reminder, the National Park Service will also waive admission fees on 14 other days in 2012: National Park Week (April 21 to 29), Get Outdoors Day (June 9), National Public Lands Day (September 29), and the weekend of Veterans Day (November 10 to 12).
Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois
This is among the Chicago’s popular attractions and regarded as the most comprehensive arts showcases in the US. At the same time Chicago Cultural Center is US first free municipal cultural center. It features over a thousand programs and exhibitions that cover the huge area of the visual, performing, and literary arts.
First Friday Art Walks in Denver Colorado
Denver is among the many states in the US that opens its door to public every 1st Friday of the month for public events like gallery openings and social and political networking. These events are created to attract people to the downtown and liven the art community.
Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan
Interlochen attracts more of the young citizens all over the world with its comprehensive academics along with its added curriculum in arts and the latest program in comparative arts. During the school year Interlochen holds a series of performances and summer festivals.
Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, Missouri
Every year there are about three hundred thousand visitors that frequent Maumeier situated in Sunset Hills, Missouri. It has more than seventy outdoor sculptures and features a 2.3km walking trail, summer camps, and outdoor movies too. It also has a gallery indoors and amphitheater that is used for performances.
Downtown Art Walk in Los Angeles, California
This art walk in LA happens every second Thursday monthly with a self-guided tour of the exhibits in downtown LA. Here you will see art galleries, public museums, as well as the non-profit art venues. From only around 75 visitors back in 2004 there are now more than 15,000 visitors frequent the Downtown Art Walk.
Open Studio Weekend in Vermont
It is intended to promote creativity and foster experimentation in various atmospheres like cultural exchange, freedom of expression and conversation. All artists from Vermont open doors to public during the Memorial Day weekend where artistic & creative work can be viewed.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts – San Francisco, California
YBCA is a contemporary arts center located in San Francisco featuring visual art, film and video, and performance that celebrates all known artists around the world as well as the diverse communities of the Bay Area. YBCA is also the same center that Apple Inc. used for the launching of their iPhone and iPad.
Art in the Parks in New York City
Various groups of art organizations and artists work together to present traditional and experimental art to the public in different locations. Their works of art are displayed in major parks, playground, and even traffic islands.
St. James Court Art Show in Louisville, Kentucky
The show normally happens during the first weekend of October that features over 700 artisans from different places in the US. It’s a famous free public outdoor annual arts and crafts show that started back in 1957. Aside from the various items for sale it also draws in local politicians, charities, publishers, and others to promote themselves to the public.
Viernes Culturales in Miami Florida
This is a festival that happens monthly celebrating the Litthe Havana of Miami and it’s a surprising blend of old and new. There are art fairs, domino games and cigar rollers, salsa dancing, and a free tour to the Little Havana.
Royal Caribbean International’s Monarch of the Seas failed a health inspection on Nov. 18 with a score of 85. The list of infractions included food stored at incorrect temperatures, soiled dishes, missing safety signs, and fruit flies near preparation and serving areas.
The Centers for Disease Control’s Vessel Sanitation Program rules that a score of 86 or higher is viewed as “satisfactory,” while 85 and lower is “unsatisfactory.” On its last inspection, on July 8, Monarch of the Seas scored a 97.
“At Royal Caribbean International we have high health standards for all our guests and crew,” the company responded. “Therefore, we are extremely disappointed to learn that Monarch of the Seas only received a score of 85 during its last inspection conducted by United States Public Health (USPH). Over the last four years, Monarch of the Seas has not scored lower than 95 on any of her most recent eight inspections. Additionally, our recent fleet average score is over 97.
“Royal Caribbean is working closely with USPH to correct and remedy the deficiencies found aboard Monarch of the Seas that caused the low score. We have already submitted our corrective action report for the USPH inspection to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We are confident that Monarch of the Seas will receive a passing score when the ship is re-inspected, which we expect will take place within the next few weeks.”
Changing your mind, your plans and your tickets is increasingly costly for travelers, and more lucrative for travel businesses. But new airline passenger rights go into effect Jan. 12, which allow travelers to hold a reservation without payment or to cancel it without a penalty for 24 hours after the reservation is made.
For travel plans, buy-right-now seems utterly inappropriate. Booking plane tickets in particular brings with it so many other considerations: Can you get a hotel room for those dates? Can the other members of your group travel those particular days and times? Will someone be available to take you to the airport for that departure time? Have you forgotten that you need to be at work, or that you already have tickets to a concert on one of those days? Changing your mind, your plans and your tickets is increasingly costly for travelers, and more lucrative for travel businesses - not just airlines, but throughout the industry. There is some good news when it comes to air travel. New passenger rights go into effect Jan. 12. They allow travelers to hold a reservation without payment or to cancel it without a penalty for 24 hours after the reservation is made, if the reservation is made more than a week before the flight’s departure date.
Here’s one for the country fans: On March 2, while NCL’s Norwegian Spirit is docked in Cozumel, chart-topping country act Rascal Flatts will perform an intimate acoustic performance on board, its first ever on a cruise ship. The concert will take place during Spirit's February 26, 2012, western Caribbean cruise from New Orleans.
To promote the performance (and the band), radio stations in more than 20 major US and Canadian markets are holding on-air contests whose top prize is tickets for the 7-night cruise, VIP tickets to the concert, a meet-and-greet with the band, and airfare to New Orleans. Regular passengers booked on the ship can attend the concert too — for a price. NCL is offering a VIP package for $150 per person that gets the ticket-holder into a private cocktail reception where they can meet and have their photo taken with the band, and get an autographed souvenir. Standard tickets are available for $50 per person and guarantee a seat in the ship’s Stardust Theater for the concert. Guests can book their tickets online before their sailing (as they would a shore excursion) or buy tickets onboard, subject to availability.
Staterooms are still available for the sailing on a limited basis, with rates starting at $549 per person.
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Back in September, Windstar wowed us with renderings of the new look it intended to put in place aboard its three ships. Now it’s wowing us with pictures, following a recent renovation of its biggest ship, the 312-passenger Wind Surf. Check out the difference between yesterday’s staterooms and suites and today’s:
A standard Wind Surf stateroom, pre-refurbishment
A standard Wind Surf stateroom today
A pre-refurb suite . . .
. . . and a post-refurb suite
And here’re a couple more shots, detailing the new look of Wind Surf’s corridors.
The refurb is the first half of a planned two-part renovation, targeting the ship’s staterooms, suites, bridge suites, and corridors. A second round, to take place in fall 2012, will transform the ship’s public spaces, including the Lounge, Restaurant, alternative restaurant Degrees, Veranda buffet restaurant, Compass Rose bar, WindSpa, and Pool Bar.
Wind Surf is already back in service, offering a season of eastern Caribbean sailings. Fleetmates Wind Star and Wind Spirit will undergo similar complete refurbishments of staterooms, owner’s suite, corridors, and public spaces following their respective Costa Rica and Caribbean winter seasons. Afterward, both ships will begin their Mediterranean seasons, Wind Spirit starting April 15, 2012, and Wind Star beginning April 29, 2012.
The holidays depress some people. Sometimes, those people like to go on vacation to become un-depressed. Here’re a few extra-good offers for quick getaways, coming up soon.
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The pages of the calendar seem just to flew by as we approach the closing of 2011. As we welcome the new year, we list down some of the best possible travel destinations for 2012. Some are consistently popular while some of the cities might raise some brows, but they are all worthy to be explored by curious souls.
The list contain destinations where the sport events provided much push to these cities’popularity but nonetheless some have crawled their way back up getting the respect it deserves. Whatever other people think, the list will enthrall you with much excitement and provide fresh, new light and perspective in thinking of re-visiting these places we will share to you. Let’s get started!
Santiago
Nestled in Chile’s central valley is Santiago, the capital and biggest city of the nation. It sure has a long history like any other nations. But there are very few historical buildings left in the city from Spanish colonial period as earthquake hit Santiago many times already though it stood with buoyancy and still face the world with pride. And it is because of that shaking experience explains the neoclassic style of their buildings.
Cadiz
Both a city and a port in southwestern of Spain is the capital of the homonymous province, Cadiz. It is the most primeval city in Western Europe that brags of its various extraordinary cathedrals in different architectural designs. This old town of Cadiz depicts the narrow streets surrounded by the sea and city walls. It’s also where the gorgeous beaches of Spain can be found like the most loved La Playa de la Caleta.
In terms of entertainment the Carnival of Cadiz is among the most popular carnivals in the world. Carnival activities are happening throughout the year. What’s more Cadiz has the most humorous citizens in Spain.
Stockholm
Located in Sweden’s south central east coast, Stockholm is the largest and the most populated urban area of Scandinavia. Apart from the national cultural institutions that can be found in Stockholm, it’s also where you will see hundred museums that are visited by people from around the world. While commercial galleries and art centers that are home to Stockholm’s vibrant art scene gained international recognition, it is also the cleanest capital in the world and for that they were awarded with the European Green Capital Award in 2010.
Guimaraes
In the north of Portugal lies the city of Guimaraes, which regarded as ‘the cradle city’ or the ‘birthplace of Portuguese nationality’. It is situated in a valley and surrounded with hills. While it is an average city in terms of size it has a flourishing cultural life. Guimaraes is known for its important cultural space called Vila Flor Cultural Center along with several museums, art galleries, cultural associations and famous festivities.
Hong Kong
The city-state located south coast of China and surrounded with Peal River Delta and South China Sea, Hong Kong is famous with its gaping natural harbor and sweeping skyline. Most of the time, Hong Kong is described as where ‘East meets west’ that implies the combination of Chinese culture and the British colony’s influences. It balances the modern way of living and the traditional Chinese culture.
Hong Kong also identifies itself as an ‘entertainment hub’ offering huge recreational and competitive sports opportunities regardless of its limited land area. And because of not having too much space, it has more buildings higher than any other cities. This city is truly becoming the center of modern architecture.
London
Situated on the Thames River is London the capital city of UK. It will be the hottest venue in 2012, so to speak, when the summer games come to town. The whole capital will undergo a massive makeover. The East side will get much of the facelift where most of the action will take place.
Parts of the capital will also share the limelight where visitors are expected to tour and thus, the proverbial red carpet will be rolled out to welcome the visitors. Be in awe once again as you see the Bascules of the Tower Bridge go up as commuter ships ferry passengers thru the glorious structures. This would be much preferred rather than riding the trains during the rush hour. There will be no strangers here when the games start and no matter what team you’re rooting for, it will be one of the happiest, albeit competitive, place this coming 2012.
Orlando
In the central region of Florida you will find the city of Orlando, which is famous because of Walt Disney World Resort. Now it has more entertainment attractions and theme parks than anywhere else in the world. It is also one of America’s busiest cities for conventions and conferences. It is also regarded as the ‘Hollywood East’ because there are a lot of movie studios surrounding the area. Different music such as hip hop, metal, rock music and Latino are all present and active within the entire city.
Darwin
Capital of Northern Australia is the city of Darwin, which is the smallest of Australian capital cities. It has wide beautiful beaches and fishing is among the recreations of the locals there. Tourists from across the globe visit Darwin with the hopes of catching the priced iconic fish in the region, which is the barramundi.
Muscat
Located in the northeast Oman is its capital city Muscat. The government of Oman is doing all it can to attract more tourists and international visitors to its numerous museums and resorts. The focus right now is Muscat with lined up cultural events, aquatic activities, and luxury accommodation that will take center stage of the activity.
Qurum will also share the spot light where Old Town Bazaars and exciting water sports will keep guests wanting for more. Such attractions are found along the coastline of Qurum. Muscatis cannot wait to see new visitors, especially those who will come to the city for the first time.
Bangalore
The southeast of the Indian state Karnataka lays Bangalore, which is also called Bengaluru. It’s a growing metropolis and the third most populous city in India that houses many of the famous colleges and research institutions in India. Bangalore is likewise known for its greenery and a lot of public parks such as Lal Bagh that it is called as the garden City of India. There are also various cuisines that reflect both the economic and social diversity of Bangalore. It has huge selections of restaurants that Bangaloreans make it a natural part of their culture to eat out.
