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There Are Now TWO Titanic Replicas In The Works, But Only One Is 100% Unsinkable

People have been obsessed with the Titanic ever since when she went on her maiden voyage, hit an iceberg and tragically sunk, killing over 1,500 people. There are been movies about the ship, (shuttered) plans to raise her, museums, exhibitions and dinner theater shows about her, plans to bring tourists to her watery grave, as well as dozens of hours of video of the wreck.

Ideas to rebuild the Titanic have come and gone for decades. Right now there are two different companies building two different full-sized replicas of the ship of dreams; one that will probably finish pretty soon, one that I suspect never will really even start.

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New Travel Advisory For Citizens Of U.S., U.K. & Other Countries Going Overseas

Heads up, travel friends – the U.S. State Department has issued a new travel advisory that urges United States citizens to “exercise increased caution” when traveling to the Peoples’ China. Similar advisories are out for citizens of Algeria, Antarctica, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Myanmar, and the United Kingdom.

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Disney Fan? Like To Travel? You Can Visit The Real-Life Places That Inspired Disney’s Animated Features!

Although we don’t do it all the time, when Joe and I have a opportunity to visit a place where a movie we enjoy was filmed, we visit it if we can. We’ve seen lots of places where they filmed the Harry Potter films, and even spent several days in Salzburg, Austria, visiting places where they filmed The Sound of Music. We’ve also been to lots of locations in New York that were used in movies, such as The Plaza (Home Alone 2) and Katz’s Deli (When Harry Met Sally). Oh, and I TOTALLY geeked out when we visited A Christmas Story House (it’s a museum now) a few years ago.

Over the years, we’ve come across a few places in our travels that had Disney references in them. i.e., when we went to France, we stopped at Notre Dame Cathedral, and in 101 Dalmatians, Pongo dragged Roger to the park, which is fashioned after Queen Mary’s Garden, in Regent’s Park. But it turns out that nearly every Disney animated feature was based, in part, on a real place. Take a look:

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American Airlines Upper Management Is Out Of Touch With Customers, Best Costco Credit Cards + More

Hi y’all! Here are the articles we saw last week, written by other travel bloggers, that we learned from, made us think or maybe made us chuckle a little bit. We hope you enjoy them!

Don’t disrespect China’s sovereignty, or they’ll block you from the internet.
The MOXY in London looks really cool and I’m excited to see what comes next from this hotel brand (Spoiler from Sharon: they don’t have Love Sacs like the one in Arizona!)
I keep our United credit card for an instance just like this one: CLICK HERE.
We love going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and always paid the recommended donation. I guess we were some of the only ones who were because the admission charge is no longer voluntary for those from outside New York.
I’m always tempted when I see a offer that includes having to go to a timeshare presentation. After reading this article, I’m glad I haven’t gone to one.
If you’re a Costco fan, here are the best cards to use for your shopping.
For my fellow procrastinators, Chase will now count payments made until 11:59 PM Eastern time as the same day.
I don’t like sitting backwards but here’s the case for choosing reverse seats on airplanes.
And finally, here’s one which is no surprise: American Airlines upper management is out of touch with customers.

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Good News From A Car Rental Company, Bad News From A Hotel Chain &, of course, “Naked Guy”

Happy Saturday friends and welcome to the weekend! Here’s a quick recap of the posts we wrote this week:

This week Joe wrote about:

IHG’s Reward Club devaluations that hit too close to home.
National Car Rental’s newly changed prices of its TollPass service.
A beginner’s guide to airline alliances.
The Delta credit card that’s so nice, we’ve had it twice.
Going to your travel happy places.

And Sharon wrote about:

The newest updates to the MyTSA app that makes it (wait for it)…useful!
The amusement park in China that’s a total Disney ripoff.
Professional line sitters in New York – they save you time while they stand on line.
A #TBT report of Jackson NJ’s Great Adventure theme park, before it became part of the Six Flags entity.
When you’re staying at a hotel, don’t be like “Naked Guy.”

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