Newsy Stuff

• Check out some good family road trip itineraries put together at Country Inns and Suites: such as "Founding Fathers", which takes in Colonial Williamsburg VA, Kitty Hawk at North Carolina's Outer Banks, and Washington DC.

• The Great Wolf Lodge water park resort in Wisconsin Dells is getting MagiQuest - which is about time, I guess, considering that Wisconsin Dells is the home of the original Great Wolf Lodge and the start of the whole trend in water park resorts. The MagiQuest interactive fantasy game is a signature feature at Great Wolf Lodges; when kids and teens aren't getting wet'n'wild, they flock through the resort playing the game.

• And this just in: Southwest Airlines has a Friends Fly and Play Free promotion for Disney World. Keep in mind that Southwest Airlines doesn't show up at farefinder sites, so it's a good idea to check their site directly for fares and deals.

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