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There are major delays at Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports. Here is why.

Heavy rains at Newark, John F. Kennedy and Philadelphia International airports bring travel destination delays to Jersey, New York and Philly at Miami International and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airports.

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Snowboarding, fake snow and jingle bells by the pool

When I was browsing winter events in Florida, I was surprised to learn that boat parades and outdoor movies were among things people can do in December.

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Disney World preps new 4-park, 4-day ticket plan

Walt Disney World will starting selling a ticket that allows buyers to enter each of its theme parks for one day apiece. Its total price of $340 breaks down to $85 per day.

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Finding Florida paradise in a year of red tide and green slime

Florida's natural wonders have been in the news this year for all the wrong reasons: toxic tides, green slimes and rotting marine life.

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Florida camp turns mom into mermaid after bout with cancer

Few positives sprout from a bout with breast cancer. The first time I lay prone at the center of the "Star Wars"-like machine that would blast me with radiation, I made a conscious decision to banish fear from my brain and focus on my travel bucket list, which had come to a standstill in the rush of work, raising children as a single mom and, well, life.

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In the Salt Lake tabernacle Brigham Young built, 360 voices blend with frontier history

There's nothing particularly Mormon, or American, about "Ubi Caritas." It's a Gregorian chant at least 11 centuries old, was rearranged by French composer Maurice Durufle in 1960 and has been sung by church choral groups around the world.

Strong wind gusts greeted visitors to Virginia Key Friday morning, Dec. 21, 2018 as part of a cold front that pushed through late Thursday and into Friday.

South Florida

Just how cold and windy will it get in South Florida this weekend? Brace yourself

Temperatures hit the mid-50s in South Florida Saturday. The National Weather Service forecasts a comfortably cool weekend into Christmas with highs inching past 70 by Sunday. Rip current advisory is in effect.

Travel Troubleshooter

After a Booking.com price error, am I stuck with this room?

The rate for Carrie Cleveland’s apartment in Brooklyn is $125 a night, not the $46 to which she agreed when she made the reservation. Her online agency gives her one choice: pay the new rate. What can she do about this Booking.com price error?

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Two more Wilmington Trust execs get jail time and fines

Federal judge Richard G. Andrews in Wilmington, Del., on Wednesday sentenced former Wilmington Trust Corp. Chief Credit Officer William North, 59, to four and a half years' imprisonment and a $100,000 fine, and former Wilmington Trust Controller Kevyn Rakowski, age 65 to three years' imprisonment.

Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras offers first roller coaster at sea

Cruises

You’ll soon get to soar and plunge on a roller coaster — on the deck of a ship at sea

Carnival Cruise Line calls BOLT: Ultimate Sea Coaster the first-ever roller coaster at sea. The attraction goes into operation in 2020 on the new Mardi Gras ship, based in Port Canaveral, Florida.

Travel Troubleshooter

Where’s my WOW Air compensation?

WOW Air promises Robert Weinper and his daughter 400 euros each as compensation for bumping them from their return flight from Paris to Toronto. But it’s been more than a year. What’s the holdup?

The Silverseas new luxury class cruise ship, Silver Spirit, prepares to start its 91-day Grand Inaugural Voyage Wednesday January 20, 2010, from Port Everglades cruise port terminal 25 in Ft. Lauderdale.

Florida Keys

A cruise ship struck a Key West mooring. Now no ships can dock there for three months

A Silversea Silver Spirit cruise ship Nov. 27, 2018, struck a mooring at Mallory Square in Key West and did enough damage to cause officials to have to close the port of call for at least three months. The crash was caused by heavy sustained winds, city officials said, and the ship was able to eventually get underway that night.

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, English magnate and founder of Virgin Group, gives remarks regarding the Miami launch of Virgin Voyages and its new terminal at the Port of Miami on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at The Standard Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida.

Tourism & Cruises

Adults-only Virgin isn’t a ‘typical’ cruise line. Neither is its new Miami terminal.

Virgin Voyages plans to build a new cruise terminal at PortMiami to open in 2021. Tickets for sailings on its first ship The Scarlet Lady will go on sale February 14, 2019.

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I can’t use this Aer Lingus ticket credit. How about an extension?

When Maureen Cosentino flies from Dublin to Chicago, Aer Lingus removes one of her much-needed seats. Is the airline’s apology enough?

Florida

Eaten at this celebrity owned Disney World restaurant lately? Check your symptoms

A food service worker at Morimoto Asia restaurant at Walt Disney World was recently diagnosed with hepatitis A and health officials are asking patrons who ate there to monitor their symptoms.

The cozy bar at Ennio’s Boutique Hotel in Southampton, England.

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Nearly 400 years ago, a different kind of ocean voyage began at England’s cruise port

A sign at one of the gates at the Southampton cruise port on England’s south coast says, “The Pilgrim Fathers embarked here from the West Quay on the Mayflower August 15, 1620.”

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See how many planes are flying in the air for Thanksgiving right now. Hint: A lot.

See a live look at all the flights in the air traveling for this Thanksgiving holiday. You may not believe your eyes, especially if you’re flying right now.

TSA officer Cedric Belvins and German shorthaired pointer “Angus” search departing passengers for explosives at Miami International Airport, Concourse J, South TSA checkpoint on Wednesday. TSA used explosives-sniffing dogs to speed up MIA passenger traffic ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Tourism & Cruises

Leave your shoes on in airport security? You can thank the dogs

Miami International Airport uses bomb sniffing dogs to get passengers through security quicker during Thanksgiving holiday.

The largest cruise ship in the world is now based in Miami

Tourism & Cruises

A flight to Mars and a room with a slide: World’s largest cruise ship debuts in Miami

The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas, is in Miami to stay. Featuring an original musical, Symphony is sailing seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises from PortMiami.

Two rides, Smugglers Run and Rise of the Resistance, are being built at Black Spire Outpost, the village in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, expected to open in late 2019 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

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These are the Star Wars ride names you’ve been waiting for

Disney Parks Chairman Bob Chapek revealed names of two rides under construction in new Star Wars lands. Smugglers Run is set aboard Millennium Falcon, and Rise of the Resistance takes place on a Star Destroyer.

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