May 25th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Here's a budget travel twist. Sing your way to free water park passes and some cash. With American Idol over until next year's search for the next star, CoCo Key Water Resort is putting on a singing competition to tide any warblers over and find a star for one of its commericals.
This nationwide search wants talent and creativity mixed in with fun. The way I see it, this is a seriously doable ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Budget travel with a twist: Try out for TV commercial singing competition for water park passes, cash and more
May 25th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Here's a budget travel twist. Sing your way to free water park passes and some cash. With American Idol over until next year's search for the next star, CoCo Key Water Resort is putting on a singing competition to tide any warblers over and find a star for one of its commericals.
This nationwide search wants talent and creativity mixed in with fun. The way I see it, this is a seriously doable ...Compete against an Amazing Race champ in the next Competitours
May 11th, 2009 at 2:00PM: So you watched last nights Amazing Race finale and you can see yourself winning the next season if you only had the chance. But you're pretty certain you're so normal that you have almost no chance of being selected for that race. Why not go for something you're guaranteed a chance to compete in? Competitours has managed to replicate the excitement of the Amazing Race, and they've put together a ...Competitours Race Day 5 - Paris "We won!" (with Video)
Mar 29th, 2009 at 9:00AM: As part of our Gadling on the Road series, Kent Wien and his wife Linda are participating as Team Gadling in the first run of Competitours, an Amazing Race like competition taking place in three different countries in Europe. Race along as Kent documents their progress. All eleven teams gathered at the train station in Brussels for our journey to our next destination, which had just been revealed ...Competitours Race - Day 4 "Brussels" (with video)
Mar 26th, 2009 at 2:00PM: As part of our Gadling on the Road series, Kent Wien and his wife Linda are participating as Team Gadling in the first run of Competitours, an Amazing Race like competition taking place in three different countries in Europe. Follow along as Kent documents their progress. THURSDAY - DAY 4. After day three of our race in the Amsterdam area, we were excited to travel to a new location, Brussels. ...Competitours Race - Day 3 "Amsterdam" (with video)
Mar 23rd, 2009 at 9:15AM: As part of our Gadling on the Road series, Kent Wien and his wife Linda are participating as Team Gadling in the first run of Competitours, an Amazing Race like competition taking place in three different countries in Europe. Follow along each day this week as Kent documents their progress. We checked into our 2 star hotel in Amsterdam at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday night after the 3-hour train ride ...Amazing Race 14, recap 4: Siberia continued. Wear good underwear, it helps
Mar 16th, 2009 at 2:30PM: At the start of this episode of Amazing Race 14, after an overnight rest from stacking wood, shutter building or both, teams took off from Krasnoyarsk, Siberia for Novosibirsk on a 400-mile journey via the Trans- Siberian Railway. The sleeper cars of the night train gave most a chance for some shut-eye and a lovely scene of the moon glimmering on snow as the train wound along the tracks.
Tumbling ...Competitours gets off the ground!
Mar 16th, 2009 at 10:00AM: As part of our Gadling on the Road series, Kent Wien and his wife Linda are participating as Team Gadling in the first run of Competitours, an Amazing Race like competition taking place in three different countries in Europe. Follow along each day this week as Kent documents their progress. Without much fanfare – well, without any fans and a modicum of fare paid – the 11 teams ...Happy Holi: Another version of India than Slumdog Millionaire's
Amazing Race Elimination Station: When losing can be sweet
Amazing Race, Season 13: Cambodia, boats, breakdowns and beauty is only skin deep
Oct 28th, 2008 at 2:00PM: After episode 4's rest stop at Summerhill, that gorgeous sheep farm homestay in New Zealand, the teams barreling through the world in the Amazing Race were off to Cambodia.
This episode did a tidy drop of highlighting aspects of Cambodia's culture and showcased its historical magnificence.
I'm still not sure which team I want to win. I do know which team I don't.
Travel Tips from this ...Amazing Race 13: Brazil has crappy taxis, beautiful beaches and travel lessons worth learning
Oct 9th, 2008 at 10:00AM: This week's Amazing Race dash from Salvador to Fortaleza, Brazil showed how much crappy taxis can affect travel, and pointed out how much mood and personality play into a person's good time.
Travel lessons in episode 2:
Exchange money at the airport before you leave one destination for another in order to have money on hand when you need it.
If you are in a broken down taxi, ...Gading Take FIVE: Week of September 27 - October 3
Oct 3rd, 2008 at 3:00PM: Each week, when I pick out posts for Gadling's Take FIVE, I look for posts that fit together in some way. These week, I've noticed a numbers theme.
In David's post on America's most scenic train route, he noted that the journey between New York City and Montreal takes 11 hours and there are 90 seats left for the period between October 2 and November 11.
Abha found out that only 8 people ...Amazing Race 13 cast revealed: Yeah!
Aug 24th, 2008 at 1:00PM: Joy! Rapture! A bit of excitement is heading to Sunday night TV on September 28 at 8 PM on CBS. Yes, folks. The Amazing Race returns. This round is season 13.
The cast has been revealed and is now up at the Amazing Race website. Thanks to Jaunted for giving me the heads up when I received my daily Jaunted missive yesterday.
There's a link in the Jaunted post to the L.A. Times travel blog, "Daily ...Amazing Race withdrawl: A way to while away some time while you cope
Jan 22nd, 2008 at 11:30AM: As a friend of mine and I were making plans for next Sunday night, she said, "And, you'll get home in time for Amazing Race."
"Oh, no. That's over. The laid back team won. I wrote the last recap," I said. This conversation reminded me a bit of the end of the movie The Truman Show when Truman (Jim Carey) decided he didn't want to remain on TV nationwide and flew the coop. The channel went to fuzz ...Amazing Race 12, episode 11 recap (finale!)
Jan 21st, 2008 at 10:00AM:
After 10 cities, 4 continents, nearly 30,000 miles, and the eliminated racers cheering on an airport tarmac this episode of Amazing Race 12 truly felt like a race to the finish. Besides getting my heart rate up a bit with wanting either Nick & Don to win, or TK & Rachel, it gave me a push to put Alaska on my go-to-soon list.
As tense as the teams felt, this was an episode when thrill ...Amazing Race 12, Episode 10 Recap
Jan 14th, 2008 at 8:36AM: I was pretty on edge at the beginning of this episode, as my favourite team, TK and Rachel, were so far behind from last week's episode. But whatever. First off, I should say Happy Birthday to my least favourite contestant, Jen. Yes, this episode takes place on her Birthday -- what a way to spend it. The first task is head to the Floating Garden on the top of the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka. The ...Amazing Race 12, episode 8 recap
Dec 31st, 2007 at 11:00AM: Hot on the heels of last week's heart-pounding adventures in Florence, Italy, the teams are on their way to Mumbai, India! I'm currently reading a book about Bombay so I was quite excited to see some of the sights, at least vicariously. Anyway, all the teams head to the airport super early, only to find that it's closed. All the teams except Nick and Don, that is, and they enjoy a good night's ...Meandering through Tuscany
Amazing Race 12 Recap 7, finally
Dec 26th, 2007 at 3:00PM: With Survivor: China taking the place of Amazing Race December 16, it threw off our coverage. It's a who's on first type of story, partly complicated by my Kentucky trip to a funeral and Christmas. Here's my recap of what happened in episode 7. My apologies for not getting this out there sooner, but I'm following the adage, better late than never.
It also seems like the Amazing Race folks are ...What's in your pack, Kynt and Vyxsin?
Dec 10th, 2007 at 5:34PM: For all of those who have been following the Amazing Race recaps, here's something interesting. I was recently reading In Touch Magazine (shut up! I only read it on the treadmill ... swear.) and they had a little article on Kynt and Vyxsin, the goth team in the race. More specifically, they took a look into their packs to see what they brought. Here's what they found:
A flat iron ("My best ...
