Far-flung locales join perennial favorites for 2010 travel
Jesus is portrayed by Anton Burkhart during the rehearsal of the Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany. More than 2000 citizens of this Bavarian village participate in the century-old play of the suffering of Christ, staged every ten years and dating back to 1634.
GRAND RAPIDS — When Grand Rapids travel agent Linda DuShane stepped aboard Royal Caribbean’s new Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, the word “wow” was about all she could utter.
“The center of the ship is all open to the sky, 20 stories tall,” DuShane said. “My first impression when I walked on and saw the central park area, well, you are dumbstruck.”
On the ship’s Nov. 21 inaugural cruise with two other agents from Breton Village Travel, DuShane rode a zipline, 20 stories up, across a ship three football fields long. She relaxed in a hot tub that jutted out over the ocean, watched parades featuring stilt walkers and danced disco in “streets” along a park area with live grass and soaring trees. Champagne was sipped as a glassed-in bar rose and lowered across the various decks.
It’s an experience even a “been there, done that” travel agent had never envisioned — and it’s the kind of thing many travelers seem to be seeking this new year, industry experts said.
Some destinations are perennially popular and remain so. Paris is the reader favorite for 2010, according to a
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