No Sleeping at This Holiday Ice Castle

Even Sleeping Beauty can’t rest with all of this awesomeness going on! The holidays at Disneyland are all about the details, people. Don’t worry, those icicles are secured with fairy magic.

Enjoy the holidays at the Disneyland Resort through January 8, 2011.

This is a Wordless Wednesday entry, but I tend to ramble.

Photo: Disneyland Resort

91.9 Million Americans Will Travel During Christmas/New Year Holidays

According to the American Automobile Association, 91.9 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home during the 2011-12 Christmas and New Year holiday travel season. That’s a 1.4 percent increase over the 90.7 million Americans who traveled one year ago. This year’s expected holiday travel volume is the second highest in the past decade and represents 30 percent of the total United States population. This year’s 11-day holiday period is the longest holiday travel season of the year, affording many more Americans time to visit family or take vacations. AAA defines the Year-End holiday travel season as Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 to Monday, Jan. 2nd.

Those traveling by road have several excellent on-line resources to plan their holiday trip. The I-95 Exit Guide offers east coast travelers information on exit services, gas prices, road construction and real-time traffic information. There are several other websites that offer similar information for I-75, I-5 and I-4.