Vacation Days Magazine

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Showcasing regional travel spots in popular destinations, Vacation Days Magazine is a travel magazine dedicated to promoting regional travel and get people excited about all the things to do in these destinations. We're not about exotic trips to the ends of the earth, we're about travel in the United Sates of America. If you’ve never been to these places or they are your cherished go-to vacation spots, you will find something new about them in Vacation Days Magazine.

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Featuring rich, original content by our well-traveled and insightful writers, Vacation Days Magazine is discovering new family fun in familiar destinations, and we’re hoping you agree. Check out some of our articles and enjoy!

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Dolly's Dreams
Born and raised in the great smoky mountains, country's most decorated female is living her dreams By Jackie Sheckler Finch Dolly Parton says that she is still living her childhood dream. And she has no intention of quitting what she loves so much. "I always knew I would be a star from the first time I sang into the can on the tobacco stick on the front porch," Dolly says. "I thank God everymore >

Where Magic Begins: Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney World
By Jackie Sheckler Finch Kicking up his heels, Woody the cowboy from Toy Story leads guests on a rollicking hoedown. When the Frontierland show is done, the characters wave goodbye and dance down a side street at Walt Disney World. Once they hit the magic yellow line, however, those hot costumes come off, and the dancing slows to a walk. This part of Disney is hidden from guests. "That line more >

A Holiday for the Holiday
Give Grandma's house a break this season By Barbara Gibbs Ostmann The countdown to the holiday season has begun, and it's time to start planning your holiday getaway. Instead of the usual get-together at Grandma's house, grab Grandma and round up family and close friends and go over the river and through the woods to an exciting destination. It will be a Christmas to remember—and no one more >

Eureka! It's a Victorian Christmas
By Barbara Gibbs Ostmann Nestled in the Ozark Mountains in northwest Arkansas, the Victorian Village of Eureka Springs provides a picture-postcard setting for Christmas celebrations. The winding streets and historic buildings lined with twinkling white lights set the stage for a whirlwind of holiday activities. The festivities begin in November with Santa’s appearance at historic Basin Spring more >

Winterfest in the Smoky Mountains
By Barbara Gibbs Ostmann The Smoky Mountains literally sparkle in the wintertime. Both Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee, poised near the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, celebrate Winterfest from November through February. The activities vary somewhat in each town, but both are decked out in millions of twinkling lights that are guaranteed to put you in the holiday more >

Holiday Magic in Orlando
By Barbara Gibbs Ostmann If your idea of a holiday hiatus is warmer climates, think about Florida—palm trees, sunshine, and ice slides. That’s right, ice slides. At Gaylord Palms Resort at Orlando (gaylordhotels.com), nearly two million pounds of ice steal the show. The walk-through ice spectacle features interactive holiday scenes and ice slides for adults and children. The ice scenes are more >

An Ozark Mountain Christmas Celebration
By Barbara Gibbs Ostmann Deep in the Ozarks, the Christmas season begins early at Branson, Missouri. Throughout the month of November and early December, every show in town sports a holiday-themed performance, and the area attractions transform themselves into winter wonderlands. One of the most magical places at Christmastime is Silver Dollar City. The theme park started in 1960 as a more >

Lions & Tigers & Bears. Oh My!
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge Rescues Big Cats and Other Animals By Ron W. Marr People are crazy. Large daily doses of anecdotal evidence give credence to the hypothesis. Consider the lack of forethought that walks hand-in-hand with the decision to acquire a pet. At birthdays and Christmas, after a couple of years of listening to their children swear they'll take care of it, parents give inmore >

Titanic Proportions
The Legend Lives On At The World's Largest Museum Attraction By Ron Marr For the uninitiated, Branson, Missouri, is considered the “Nashville of the Ozarks.” It's a label justifiably earned, as this once-small town – barely an eye-blink on the map in the early 1960s – now attracts more than seven million visitors per year. They come for the country music, as virtually any star you can name more >

That Wacky Quacker
By Rebecca French Smith IT’S JUST A SMALL PIECE OF FORMED, YELLOW PLASTIC that makes a sound in between a kazoo and a duck call. When you put it to your mouth it tends to transform you into Donald Duck or one of his nephews, Huey, Dewey, or Louie, depending on your age. Originally designed by students at the University of Oregon because their mascot is a duck, the Wacky Quacker found a home at more >