September 2009 - Page 2 of 4 - Sightseers' Delight

Survey: Seat belt use on the rise

September 21, 2009 The Travel Trolley

An estimated 84 percent of people nationwide wear seat belts, according to the latest National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS).

The FAA’s customers are …?

September 20, 2009 Todd DeFeo

In case there was any question, the general public, not airlines, makes up the Federal Aviation Administration’s customers. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt clarified that last week in announcing the agency’s “new focus” on improving how it responds to “public safety complaints and whistleblower contributions.” “These changes make it clear that the FAA’s number-one customer is the public,” Babbitt said, according to a news release. “We value the safety information we receive from our employees, the

Bill helps promote U.S. as ‘top international travel destination’

September 19, 2009 The Travel Trolley

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation earlier this month to create a “public-private partnership to promote the United States as a top international travel destination,” according to a news release from Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev.

UGA Pres: Please stop littering on game days

September 18, 2009 The Travel Trolley

Please come to University of Georgia football games. Just clean up your mess.

Cartersville’s Tellus joins Smithsonian Affiliations Program

September 17, 2009 Todd DeFeo

Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum is now a member of the Smithsonian Affiliations Program.

My Favorite Scene

September 17, 2009 Todd DeFeo

This is my favorite scene. In part because it plays no real purpose except for the art of storytelling.

Cartersville’s Tellus joins Smithsonian Affiliations Program

September 16, 2009 The Travel Trolley

By joining the network, the science museum now has greater access to the collections and educational resources of the 47 museums, libraries and research centers in the Smithsonian network.

What rides would you take?

September 15, 2009 West Center Street

I thought of a question: If I could only experience one attraction in each of the Magic Kingdom’s seven lands, what would they be? Main Street: Main Street Vehicles (the trolley or the fire engine) Tomorrowland: Space Mountain Fantasyland: it’s a small world (strictly for the nostalgia, if nothing else) Liberty Square: The Haunted Mansion Frontierland: Big Thunder Mountain Adventureland: Pirates of the Caribbean Mickey’s Toontown Fair: WDW Railroad (cheating? perhaps) Maybe this was too

Cedar Point rated ‘Best Amusement Park in the World’

September 15, 2009 The Travel Trolley

Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, was named as the “Best Amusement Park in the World” in the Golden Ticket Awards, which are presented annually by the Amusement Today newspaper.

WDW’s ‘Temporary’ Toontown Fair closing with Fantasyland expansion

September 13, 2009 Todd DeFeo

With the looming expansion of Fantasyland coming online by 2013, Mickey and Minnie Mouse could soon be evicted from their Toontown homes.