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One of the earliest resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, the Flamingo opened in 1946 at the south end of old Highway 91, the empty dirt road heading out of town to Los Angeles. Named after gangster Bugsy Siegel’s leggy girlfriend’s long limbs, which he likened to those of the slinky bird, the Flamingo is downplaying its hot pink signature shade and upgrading most

RunDisney races are held throughout the year at Walt Disney World and at Disneyland Parks; in 2016 RunDisney even added races at Disneyland Paris. RunDisney Races Impact Park Attendance and Affect Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic Usually held the second weekend after New Year’s, the Walt Disney World Marathon pulls in more runners and their families every year. In 2016 some 100,000 runners

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge—Where the Wild Things Are Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge combines African tribal architecture with the exotic, rugged style of grand East African national park lodges. Your entrance into the lodge’s main building (Jambo House) with its five-story lobby, featuring a thatched roof and native art and artifacts, will definitely make an impression. So, too, will the lodge’s restaurants—Boma’s buffet and Jiko’s

Ford’s Theatre was opened in 1861 as a venue hosting stage productions. It is best known for the infamous shooting of President Abraham Lincoln. On the evening of April 14, 1865, the president was at Ford’s Theatre to view a performance of the comedy Our American Cousin when John Wilkes Booth—an actor who often worked the theater’s stage—shot Lincoln in the head. Lincoln was taken

Guy Selga Jr., coauthor of The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland, takes us inside Club 33 at Disneyland. Club 33 is Disneyland’s members-only restaurant that is hidden in plain sight on the upper levels of the park’s New Orleans Square area. Membership requires entering your name on a waiting list—and then paying thousands of dollars for the privilege. I’m a simple