You know you're in a Disney hotel when the bedside clock magically changes time while you sleep. Woke this morning at Disney World near Orlando, Fla., to a new time, Daylight Savings. The clock in my room at Disney's Board Walk had handled the one-hour change forward without my help. I asked a man at…
Many of the newer condos and resorts lining the coast of Southwest Florida in and around Naples stand tall toward the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. Paddling in the mangroves of Naples Fla. (Photos by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens.com) That’s toward, but not on the beach, because man, these days, no longer is stupid…
Cambridge, Ohio As soon as Halloween is over, the Central Ohio town of Cambridge will have a festive Victorian look, not only among its buildings, but also its people, some of whom dress and act like Charles Dickens characters for two months each winter. Through early January, downtown Cambridge celebrates all things Dickens, from carolers…
Passengers aboard Allure of the Seas are getting a sneak peek with their cruise this week at the new "Puss in Boots," an animated 3-D movie from DreamWorks that stars the voices of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. Royal Caribbean has an early copy of the movie that debuts nationally on Oct. 28 and will…
This week is an inaugural, of sorts, for the Norwegian Dawn, which currently is dodging winds from Hurricane Katia on its return to Boston Friday morning from Bermuda. The 2,224-passenger ship debuted in 2002. In a spring renovation in drydock, the Spinnaker Lounge and some other public rooms were moved from Deck 12 at the…
Hello from Germany where I am helping my son and his family of five pack up their house and move all their belongings back to the United States after three years abroad. All is well, or will be totally when the U.S. passport arrives for one-month-old Bethany, who will need it to make her grand…