If you’ve been a passenger in an airplane, it’s likely that you have felt an “air pocket,” or what feels like a quick drop in the air.
"Air pocket" is merely another term for ordinary turbulence. You might feel as if you're falling from the...
End of seat wars? Legroom adjustable seat can be shifted for passenger size
The airline legroom wars may finally be coming to an end.
Engineering firm B/E Aerospace has filed a patent for a “legroom adjustable” seat design that allows flight attendants to move a seat forward or back depending on the size of a...
Dollywood to open world's fastest wooden roller coaster in 2016
Dollywood has announced a new $22 million ride that the theme park says will be the world's fastest wooden roller coaster.
The eastern Tennessee park says the Lightning Rod, themed after a 1950s-era hot rod, should be ready for visitors in March...
Few railroads likely to meet deadline for installing safety technology
Only a handful of railroads are close to meeting a deadline this year to install safety technology that can prevent many crashes, including derailments due to excessive speed like the deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia in May, according to a...
Popular landmarks that ban selfie sticks and social media
In the age of social media ubiquity, some popular destinations are instituting selfie (or, more specifically, selfie stick) bans.
1. Disney
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All Disney parks have banned selfie sticks on their grounds as of July 1, 2015. Previously,...
Legoland first theme park to have own currency listed on exchange board
Legoland Florida Resort has made history all while making guests' experience more authentic.
The theme park announced Wednesday that it has entered a partnership with independent foreign exchange business Travelex to list its official currency,...
Forget Instagram: Study reveals health risks of frequent travel
By now you probably know how to spot frequent travelers on your social feed: they Instagram pictures with a different location tag every week, constantly check in to airports on Facebook, and have international geofilters on their Snapchat stories.
But...
Country singer Jake Owen's favorite water sports
Country music sensation Jake Owen is not only known for his summertime hits, such as "Beachin" and "Summer Jam", but his love of water sports.
Owen, who grew up on the coastal town of Vero Beach, Florida, always finds time to get on the...
10 emerging collector vehicles
Some short-sighted prognosticators in the classic car world have gone on record as saying that nothing built post-1972 will ever be collectible, but the unmistakable popularity of 1980s and 1990s cars in the market has illustrated the fallacy of that...
SeaWorld discounts fail to boost declining park attendance
SeaWorld says its theme park attendance is still falling as animal activists protest the company's treatment of whales, but the company says some of its parks are doing better as it prepares to launch a pair of new roller coasters.
The company...
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