Travel Tips
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Packing
Essentials 101
1.) Medication. Unlike over the counter medicines, it is difficult to get your prescriptions when you are out of town.
2.) Clothes. Depending on the type of weather...shorts or pants...maybe even a jacket.
3.) Shoes. Different types for hiking, the beach, snowboarding, or even a special occasion.
4.) Toothbrush and toothpaste. Maybe even listerine.
The Best Places To Go
Amusement Parks
1.) Dollywood (Tennessee)
2.) Disney (Florida, California, France, Hong Kong, China, Japan)
3.) Kings Island (Mason, Ohio)
4.) Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio)
5.) Universal Studios (California, Florida, Japan, Singapore)
6.) Sea World (Florida, California, Texas)
7.) Legoland (Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, California, Florida, Japan, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates)
8.) Sesame Place (Pennsylvania, California)
9.) Hersheypark (Pennsylvania)
10.) Ocean Park (Hong Kong)
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Amusement Parks Continued
1.) Six Flags (California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Canada, Mexico, China, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia)
2.) Busch Gardens (Florida & Virginia)
3.) Lotte World (South Korea)
4.) Prater (Austria)
5.) Futuroscope (France)
6.) Movie Park (Germany)
7.) Tibidabo Amusement Park (Spain)
8.) Dreamworld (Australia)
9.) Silver Dollar City (Missouri)
10.) EsselWorld (India)
The Best Places To Go
Beaches
1.) Myrtle Beach (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
2.) Whitehaven Beach (Queensland, Australia)
3.) Miami Beach (Miami Beach, Florida)
4.) Pink Sands Beach (Harbour Island, The Bahamas)
5.) Bathsheba Beach (Barbados)
6.) Spiaggia Grande (Positano, Italy)
7.) Trunk Bay (St. John U.S. Virgin Island)
8.) Maya Bay (Phi Phi Islands, Thailand)
9.) Navagio Beach (Zakynthos, Greece)
10.) Anse Source d’Argent (Seychelles)
11.) Caribbean (Tulum, Mexican)
12.) Waikiki (Honolulu, Hawaii)
13.) Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
14.) Santa Monica Beach (Santa Monica, California)
15.) Crystal Bay (Bali, Indonesia)
16.) Renaissance Island (Aruba)
17.) The Baths (British Virgin Islands)
18.) Beach of the Cathedrals (Rinadeo, Spain)
19.) Tamarindo Beach (Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
20.) Ocho Rios Bay Beach (Jamaica)
The Best Places To Go
Ski Resorts
1.) Wolf Creek Ski Resort (Pagosa Springs, Colorado)
2.) Deer Valley (Park City, Utah)
3.) Whistler (British Columbia, Canada)
4.) Stowe Mountain (Stowe, Vermont)
5.) Skicircus Saalbach (Saalbach, Austria)
6.) Teton Village (Jackson Hole, Wyoming)
7.) Sun Valley Resort (Sun Valley, Idaho)
8.) Oy Levi Ski Resort (Kittilä, Finland)
9.) Mt. Shasta Ski Resort (McCloud, California)
10.) Belleayre (Highmount, New York)
11.) Big Sky Resort (Big Sky, Montana)
12.) Snowmass (Aspen, Colorado)
13.) Niseko Ski Resort (Niseko, Japan)
14.) Corviglia (St. Moritz, Switzerland)
15.) Les Trois Vallées (Moûtiers, France)
16.) Taos Ski Valley (Taos, New Mexico)
17.) Alta Badia - Dolomites (La Villa, Italy)
18.) KitzSki (Kitzbühel, Austria)
19.) Cerro Castor (Ushuaia, Argentina)
20.) Boyne Mountain (Boyne, Michigan)
The Best Places To Go
Mountains
1.) Smoky Mountains (Tennessee)
2.) Vinicunca (Peru)
3.) Kirkjufell (Iceland)
4.) Dolomites (Italy)
5.) Rocky Mountains (Colorado)
6.) Olympic Mountains (Washington)
7.) Adirondack Mountains (New York)
8.) Sawtooth Range (Idaho)
9.) Bighorn Mountains (Wyoming)
10.) Mount Everest (China)
11.) Matterhorn (Switzerland)
12.) Mount Fuji (Japan)
13.) Mount Cook (New Zealand)
14.) Kilimanjaro (Africa)
15.) Cradle Mountain (Australia)
16.) Castle Mountain (Canada)
17.) Table Mountain (South Africa)
18.) Blue Ridge Mountains (Georgia)
19.) Mount Whitney (California)
20.) Chimborazo (Ecuador)
The Best Places To Go
Water Parks
1.) Wilderness at the Smokies (Sevierville, Tennessee)
2.) Timber Ridge Lodge & Waterpark (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)
3.) Splashin' Safari (Santa Claus, Indiana)
4.) Tropical Islands (Krausnick, Germany)
5.) Beach Park (Aquiraz, Brazil)
6.) World Waterpark (Alberta, Canada)
7.) Wild Wadi Waterpark (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
8.) Water Cube Water Park (Beijing, China)
9.) Dollywood’s Splash Country (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee)
10.) Waterbom Bali (Kuta, Indonesia)
11.) Aquaventure Waterpark (Atlantis Paradise Island, The Bahamas)
12.) Disney’s Blizzard Beach & Typhoon Lagoon (Orlando, Florida)
13.) Universal’s Volcano Bay (Orlando, Florida)
14.) Siam Park (Costa Adeje, Spain)
15.) Aquatica San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas)
16.) Discovery Cove (Orlando, Florida)
17.) Noah's Ark Waterpark (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin)
18.) Raging Waters (San Dimas, California)
19.) Silver Dollar City's White Water (Branson, Missouri)
20.) Great Wolf Lodge (Wisconsin, Virginia, Michigan, Arizona, Ohio, California, Pennsylvania, Canada, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Kansas, Texas, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia)
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Fun Places
1.) The Island (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee)
2.) Navy Pier (Chicago, Illinois)
3.) Mall of America (Bloomington, Minnesota)
4.) Ark Encounter (Williamstown, Kentucky)
5.) T.C. Steele (Nashville, Indiana)
6.) Kentucky Down Under (Horse Cave, Kentucky)
7.) Wilstem (Paoli, Indiana)
8.) Lego House (Billund, Denmark)
9.) Evermore Park (Pleasant Grove, Utah)
10.) City Museum (St. Louis, Missouri)
11.) Grand Haven Musical Fountain (Grand Haven, Michigan)
12.) Grand Canyon (Arizona)
13.) The Great Pyramid of Giza (Cairo, Egypt)
14.) Niagara Falls (Ontario, Canada)
15.) Prague Castle (Prague, Czech Republic)
16.) Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia)
17.) Petra (Ma'an Governorate, Jordan)
18.) The Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
19.) National Air and Space Museum (Washington DC)
20.) Biltmore (Asheville, North Carolina)
The Best Places To Go
Aquariums
1.) St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station (St. Louis, Missouri)
2.) Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, Illinois)
3.) Ripley’s Aquarium (Gatlinburg, Tennessee)
4.) Sea Life Aquarium (Mall of America - Bloomington, Minnesota)
5.) Wildlife World Aquarium (LitchField, Arizona)
6.) Virginia Aquarium (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
7.) Waikiki Aquarium (Honolulu, Hawaii)
8.) The Florida Aquarium (Tampa, Florida)
9.) Newport Aquarium (Newport, Kentucky)
10.) National Aquarium (Baltimore, Maryland)
11.) Maui Ocean Center (Wailuku, Hawaii)
12.) Mystic Aquarium (Mystic, Connecticut)
13.) Tennessee Aquarium (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
14.) Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta, Georgia)
15.) Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, California)
16.) Grand Aquarium of the Ocean Park (Hong Kong, China)
17.) Shanghai Ocean Aquarium (Shanghai, China)
18.) Oceanogrà fic (Valencia, Spain)
19.) Churaumi Aquarium (Motobu, Japan)
20.) Chimelong Ocean Kingdom (Hengqin, China)
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Museums
1.) National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
2.) Instituto Ricardo Brennand (Recife, Brazil)
3.) The National WWII Museum (New Orleans, Louisiana)
4.) The Vasa Museum (Stockholm, Sweden)
5.) The Acropolis Museum (Athens, Greece)
6.) Inhotim (Brumadinho, Brazil)
7.) The Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
8.) The British Museum (London, England)
9.) Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence, Italy)
10.) Louvre Museum (Paris, France)
11.) American Museum of Natural History (New York City, New York)
12.) Winter Palace (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
13.) Museo Nacional del Prado (Madrid, Spain)
14.) Vatican Museums (Vatican City)
15.) Museum of Pop Culture (Seattle, Washington)
16.) Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Illinois)
17.) Museo Nacional de AntropologÃa (Mexico City, Mexico)
18.) Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation (Dearborn, Michigan)
19.) The Children's Museum (Indianapolis, Indiana)
20.) National Corvette Museum (Bowling Green, Kentucky)