Thursday, May 14, 2009


Wednesday's trivia answer

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, encompassing 814 square miles, is the most-visited national park in the United States. The park, located in Tennessee and North Carolina, drew more than 9 million visitors in 2008, compared with 4.4 million for Arizona's Grand Canyon and 3.4 million for California's Yosemite. (Source: National Parks Conservation Association.)

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Fun at the pier with this Chicago hotel package

A Day of Fun in the Sun package from Affinia Chicago hotel starts at $229 per night and includes overnight accommodations, four tickets to the IMAX Theater at Navy Pier, four tickets for the Ferris wheel, four tickets for the carousel, four tickets for the Wave Swinger, four tickets for miniature golf and a Navy Pier discount coupon book. Guests staying at the hotel on Saturday will also get a free trolley ride to the pier by showing a hotel keycard. The offer, which Affinia says represents an added value of $144, is good until Aug. 31.

Click here or call 866-246-2203 and mention the code PIER.

Socko slogan

The Week magazine had a tongue-in-cheek contest to come up with a new slogan for Canada. The winner: "Canada: It's Almost Like a Foreign Country!"

Let's not forget dear old Dad

Father's Day at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C., is designed for golf-loving fathers to share their weekend withtheir children. For $750 per person, golfers get three nights' accommodations at the Carolina Hotel, two rounds of golf (including one with caddies on famed Pinehurst No. 2), breakfasts, dinners and an opening night reception with author James Dodson. Golfers can also experience third- and final-round U.S. Open coverage on big-screen TVs.

Click here or call 800-ITS-GOLF (487-4653).

The biggest bargain at Disneyland

In the penny arcade on Main Street in Disneyland's Magic Kingdom, you can peer into an old-fashioned music machine to watch the antics of Charlie Chaplin and many other actors of old. The cost is still one cent, as it was at the turn of the 20th century.

All the Toronto you could possibly want

The Fairmont Royal York in Toronto is offering a Much More Toronto package, available until Sept. 7 and starting at about $118 U.S. Participants will get a booklet good for discounts at more than 20 attractions, dining experiences and touring activities. Included are tours of a brewery and a rooftop garden; two stage productions; three restaurants; four museums and galleries; and five Toronto landmark attractions.

Click here or call 800-441-1414.

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