Family Trips

Disney’s Haunted Mansion Ghosts interact with guests

by CajunMama

Disney’s Haunted Mansion recently introduced a new interactive queue line, but the magic doesn’t stop there. Imagineers have created the ultimate collection of hitchhiking ghosts that now interact with guests and today, they’re sharing a behind-the-scene look at how it happens. Read more at the Disney Parks Blog: http://bit.ly/e8jqzR

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Embassy Suites San Antonio-Riverwalk

by MommyMusings

I was recently invited by Embassy Suites to check out their new Riverwalk hotel in San Antonio, Texas. This was my first visit to San Antonio — and Texas, for that matter—and I was just amazed at all the family-friendly activities that the city has to offer. As for the hotel, the location couldn’t be [...]

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Gulf Coast Beaches for a Family Spring Break

by CajunMama
Gulf Coast beaches for a fun family beach vacation

Spring has definitely sprung here in the southern US and that means…Beach Time! Great deals can be had for family travelers this spring break due to last year’s BP oil spill. I said it last year and I’ll repeat it for those who didn’t catch it last go ’round – there’s more to do than [...]

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Shells Go Wild – Shelling on Sanibel Island, Florida

by Guest Author
Shelling on Sanibel Island (c) Sanibel Island

Guest post by Julie Henning If you’re supposed to learn something new every day, then it only took me about 33 years to realize sea shells are made by an animal—mollusk, to be exact. On a recent trip to The Bailey-Matthew’s Shell Museum on Sanibel Island, Florida, the 30-minute film documentary The Secret Lives of [...]

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Tips for a visit to Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando

by CajunMama
Tips to avoid crowds at Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Anyone who is a fan of the Harry Potter series of books and movies has heard of Universal Orlando‘s Wizarding World of Harry Potter. When it first opened, ThemeparkMom was there to give a preview of just what this theme park in a theme park had to offer. Earlier this week, I finally had the [...]

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Cars 2 Inspired by European Travel

by CajunMama
Cars 2 Tokyo (c) Disney + PIXAR

This summer, Disney + Pixar Studios will release the much anticipated sequel to the movie that brought Route 66 back to popularity. The original movie, Cars, was inspired by the iconic American road trip route and provided a soundtrack for many family road trips. Of course, we love all things travel here at TravelingMamas.com, and [...]

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Travel Tips from Amy Tara Koch

by CajunMama

Amy Tara Koch has been heating up the blogosphere with her video interviews. Here, OneMomsWorld asks her a few questions about family travel. You can check out Amy and learn more about her at Bump It Up.

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Traveling Mamas Reader Favorites 2010

by CajunMama

We polled our readers, fans, and followers and asked them to submit some of their favorite brands and answer a few questions about their travel habits.  We listed the top nominees and allowed open voting, along with an option to write in their own choice, if it wasn’t listed. These are our reader favorites for 2010 [...]

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Healthy Road Trip Snack Secrets for the Holidays with The Pampered Chef

by CajunMama
The Pampered Chef Twixit Combo Pack

The holiday season will find many travelers on the road, driving to visit relatives for that annual visit. Some travelers may opt to stay with their relatives while many others choose to stay in a hotel or vacation rental near the family gathering place. I know when my family travels, we not only try to [...]

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Affordable Family Hotel Adds Hot Breakfast to Amenities

by CajunMama
Country Inns and Suites Logo

Value and affordability are always winners when it comes to choosing a hotel for family travel. While we frequent all brands at TravelingMamas.com, we do like to highlight new additions to properties that offer added value for travelers. MommyMusings and her daughter checked out Country Inn & Suites during their ’1, 2, Free Promotion’ to get a [...]

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