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\"Cirque<\/a>

Cirque du Soleil’s JOY\u00c0, Riviera Maya, Mexico<\/p><\/div>\n

Jungle love
\n<\/strong>We\u2019ve seen them in Las Vegas (and everywhere else), and will soon see Montreal’s Cirque du Soleil in Riviera Maya<\/a>, for a resident show. The $20 million production called Joya<\/em> is an all-encompassing dinner and show featuring just 600 seats. We can’t wait to see their interpretation of Montezuma’s Revenge!
\nhttp:\/\/experience.usatoday.com\/caribbean\/story\/2014\/12\/22\/cirque-du-soleil-joya-riviera-maya-mexico\/20584071\/<\/p>\n

Yule be sorry<\/strong>
\nDon’t bah-humbug Christmas or it may ground you\u2014literally. According to the New York Post<\/em>, a passenger bound from La Guardia Airport to Dallas was escorted off American Airlines flight 1140 yesterday after scolding the flight crew for wishing him a Merry Christmas and subsequently becoming unruly. Too bad he’s a Scrooge\u2014a stress ball would be the perfect gift for this guy.
\nhttp:\/\/nypost.com\/2014\/12\/25\/plane-passenger-tossed-after-angry-reaction-to-merry-christmas\/<\/p>\n

Good things come in large packages<\/strong>
\nNo wonder Portuguese soccer player Christiano Ronaldo is smiling these days. According to Yahoo! Travel, not only is the forward arguably among the best footballers in the game but a statue recently\u2014ahem\u2014erected in his honor in his hometown of Funchal depicts him as exceptionally well-endowed. We expect bookings to the seaside city of Funchal to\u2014dare we say\u2014rise<\/em> by like 1000%.
\nhttps:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/travel\/christiano-ronaldos-big-statue-105973087627.html<\/p>\n

How do you say ‘yowzers’ in Hawaiian?<\/strong>
\nGot $50,000 lying around? You can live like royalty for a week on the Big Island<\/a> if youdo. According to the Los Angeles Times<\/em>, the\u00a0 Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is celebrating its 50th with a 50K package that includes first-class airfare from the mainland, transfer to the hotel by private chopper, a top-floor suite and more. Geez, for $50,000 let’s hope they also give away free pineapple plantations.
\nhttp:\/\/www.latimes.com\/travel\/deals\/la-trb-hawaii-mauna-kea-50000-anniversary-big-island-20141222-story.html<\/p>\n

Flying high<\/strong>
\nIt’s easy to begrudge the airlines, but sometimes they get it just right. FOX News rounded up five heartwarming stories including one in which a Jet Blue manager drove a passenger from Baltimore to DC to make her flight and another in which KLM agents wrote heartwarming notes on passengers’ seat backs. Wow, what’s next? Perhaps TSA agents who turn pat downs into massages?
\nhttp:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/2014\/12\/24\/airline-did-what-5-heart-warmingly-wonderful-travel-stories\/<\/p>\n

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