The Happy Traveler
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Peabody Hotels are Just Ducky
On a recent trip to Orlando with our five-year-old-grandson, Hunter, my husband and I chose to stay at the Peabody Hotel. It's all it's quacked up to be. That's because the grand, luxurious 891-room hotel, which is in the middle of a major expansion to include a 32-story Peabody Tower, is home to the famous Peabody Ducks.There is also a Peabody in Memphis and in Little Rock. All three hotels feature a huge lobby fountain where the adorable ducks swim and enchant visitors who crowd the lobby at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily to witness a ritual that's just ducky. The Legend of the Ducks explains it all.
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Floating Away on a Mini-Vacation
My husband Marty and I live in Florida, which gives us easy driving access to five major cruise ports. For the value, there is no vacation that beats a cruise. We've been pampered on about fifty cruises—to the Greek Islands, the Mediterranean, Alaska, Mexico, the Bahamas and the Caribbean—lasting from three to sixteen days.Our favorite type of vacation is the mini-cruise, a 3-4 night getaway to the Bahamas aboard Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas, a 1,200-room, almost-74,000-ton beauty that was elegantly refurbished last year. Its dedicated home port is Miami. Majesty sails from Friday to Monday morning and Monday afternoon to Friday morning. What happens during this time is bliss and relaxation. Escape? It's all about the cruise!
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Roberta Sandler
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