Legoland Deutschland Review, June 2013
Thanks to Family Travel Gurus Travel Consultant Karen Waldman for submitting this review of her family’s visit to Legoland Deutschland. – Tim
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A Traveling Mom’s tips for the Beach
Many shore excursions involve a public beach next to a resort. In our experience there are not usually public beach chairs. The resorts charge a nominal fee to use their beach chairs, so remember to figure this into your budget if you would like to use a beach chair during your stay on the beach. Also, be sure to bring your own beach towel.
Travel can be educational, too!
We’ve taken our sons Andrew and Josh all over the World on our vacations – from the glaciers of Alaska to the canals of Venice. These trips have not only been great fun, but educational, too! Here are Andrew and Josh sampling bananas right from the plant on a December 2006 visit to the Caribbean – they’ll never eat a banana again without thinking of how this fruit is harvested in St Lucia.
First time snorkeling
Josh:
“My first time snorkeling was really fun. After we looked at some different islands, we came to Bird Island. Instead of playing on the beach, we got snorkeling lessons from a crew member of the boat. It was really fun and better than I expected. I thought it was going to be hard to breath, but it was easy. We even saw a crab walking on the ocean floor next to the boat. We had a great lunch with barbeque chicken, pasta, and banana cake for desert. After we left, we came to a snorkeling spot where there was lots of fish and coral. I saw some fish swimming around in the water and it was a really enjoyable experience. I hope I get to go snorkeling again sometime!”
Josh rates video games on different cruise lines
by Josh Larison (age 12)
On all of the cruises that I have been on, there have been great video games. On Disney there were a lot of computers with a bunch of games on them. The only bad thing was that I didn’t get to play on them very much because there were a lot of people that got there before me. Royal Caribbean had computers like Disney and they also had a few Playstation 2s.
A kid’s view of Italy
by Andrew Larison (age 12)
(pictured on the left in his baseball hat with twin brother Josh at the Trevi Fountain in Rome, May 2006)
Kid’s Cuisine: Andrew Says Be Careful When You Order Pasta on a Cruise
By Andrew Larison
I’m here to tell you all about the great pasta on cruise lines. As a big pasta fan I know the best of the best, which is almost everything in my case. The best pasta dishes have to have garlic and creamy sauce, that’s all there is to it. On the Holland America Cruise I had some of the best pasta and the worst. My best pasta was the classic spaghetti and creamy tomato sauce, Man that’s good stuff! But the worst I dread to tell you.
Kid’s Cuisine: Chocolate Cookie tip from Josh for the Mariner of the Seas
By Josh Larison
When I sailed on my Royal Caribbean cruise on the Mariner of the Seas when I was 10 years old, I learned that the cookies were great! Every time I got them, they were soft, chocolaty and fresh. They were so good, I wanted to get some every day.
A traveling Mom’s tip: use lanyards for kids on a cruise
by Anne Larison
One essential thing I bring on cruises for myself and the twins is a lanyard for each of us.
Josh reviews the cruise line kids clubs
By Josh Larison
12 year old Josh Larison has been on lots of cruises since age 6. Below Josh tells us what he thinks of the different cruise line kids clubs he has experienced.