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Someone once said, “We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.” Indeed, our travels have shaped our lives. Which is why, today, we’re introducing our weekly Travel Extra digital section. Each Tuesday, as a bonus to our subscribers, Travel Extra section will take you on a tour of some well-known destinations — and document some oeat journeys. So make the most of your subscription — and enjoy Travel Extra. TRAVEL EXTRA A NEW BONUS SECTION FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS TODAY’S SUBSCRIBER BONUS Tuesday, August 5, 2014 MORE INSIDE A closer look at the medieval aura and allure of The Tower of London, SA2 Soon you’ll be able to visit ‘The Simpsons’ hometown in California, SA4 LEFT: The Swizzle Lounge, located across from the check-in desk in the lobby of Cabana Bay Beach Resort in Orlando, Fla., serves updated versions of favorite midcentury cocktails. RIGHT: Colorful 1950’s-themed furniture fills a Courtyard Family Suite Poolside room at the Cabana Bay Beach Resort. BELOW: The ladies of the Cabana Bay Beach Resort are shown. The resort has 1,800 rooms, two swimming pools, a fitness studio and bowling alley. PHOTOS BY MADELINE GRAY / PALM BEACH POST By Staci Sturrock Palm Beach Post J ust how dipped in amber (and turquoise and yellow) is Cabana Bay Beach Resort? Pull into the circular drive of Universal Orlando’s newest hotel — careful, don’t ding the vintage cars parked out front — and you can easily imagine bellboy Jerry Lewis rushing out to “help” a family with their hard- sided Samsonites. Enter the terrazzo-floored lobby and you can picture the Jetsons checking in, or Don Draper sipping an Old Fashioned in the Swizzle Lounge. “We’ve had fun with this,” confesses a member of Universal’s creative team. And it shows. The 1,800-room property, which can sleep up to 9,000 guests, blends the exuberant Doo Wop architecture of Wildwood, N.J., roadside motels with the elegance of the Americana Hotel, which in 1956 shook up sleepy Bal Harbour with its exaggerated proportions and oversized lobby terrarium. Two expansive courtyards draw inspiration from midcentury outdoor design and wholesome recreation, with large, zero-entry pools, a lazy river, a sandy “beach,” a faux dive tower and 100-foot water slide, fire pits, picnic pavilions, pingpong tables and bean bag toss games. All that’s missing are Frankie and Annette. Cabana Bay is Universal’s first moderately priced offering, with rates starting at $99 for Florida residents through mid-August. And it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why an early Space Age-themed hotel is smart business in 2014, says Christine Hardenberger, owner of MMP Travel, an agency specializing in Orlando vacations. For late baby boomers and Generation Xers, checking into For folks of the right age, Cabana Bay is a step right back in time. Cabana continued on SA4
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Someone once said, “We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.”
Indeed, our travels have shaped our lives. Which is why, today, we’re introducing our weekly Travel Extra digital section. Each Tuesday, as a bonus to our subscribers, Travel Extra section will take you on a tour of some well-known destinations — and document some offbeat journeys.
So make the most of your subscription — and enjoy Travel Extra.
TRAVEL EXTRAA N E W B O N U S S E C T I O N F O R O U R S U B S C R I B E R S
TODAY’S SUBSCRIBER BONUS
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
MORE INSIDE
A closer look at the medieval aura and allure of The Tower of London, SA2
Soon you’ll be able to visit ‘The Simpsons’ hometown in California, SA4
LEFT: The Swizzle Lounge, located across from the check-in desk in the lobby of Cabana Bay Beach Resort in Orlando, Fla., serves updated versions of favorite midcentury cocktails. RIGHT: Colorful 1950’s-themed furniture fills a Courtyard Family Suite Poolside room at the Cabana Bay Beach Resort. BELOW: The ladies of the Cabana Bay Beach Resort are shown. The resort has 1,800 rooms, two swimming pools, a fitness studio and bowling alley. PHOTOS BY MADELINE GRAY / PALM BEACH POST
By Staci SturrockPalm Beach Post
Just how dipped in amber (and turquoise and yellow) is Cabana Bay Beach Resort?
Pull into the circular drive of Universal Orlando’s newest hotel — careful, don’t ding the vintage cars parked out front — and you can easily imagine bellboy Jerry Lewis rushing out to “help” a family with their hard-sided Samsonites.
Enter the terrazzo-floored lobby and you can picture the Jetsons checking in, or Don Draper sipping an Old Fashioned in the Swizzle Lounge.
“We’ve had fun with this,” confesses a member of Universal’s creative team. And it shows.
The 1,800-room property, which can sleep up to 9,000 guests, blends the exuberant Doo Wop architecture of Wildwood, N.J., roadside motels with the elegance of the Americana Hotel, which in 1956 shook up sleepy Bal Harbour with its exaggerated proportions and oversized lobby terrarium.
Two expansive courtyards draw inspiration from midcentury outdoor design and wholesome recreation, with large, zero-entry pools, a lazy river, a sandy “beach,” a faux dive tower and 100-foot water slide, fire pits, picnic pavilions, pingpong tables and bean bag toss games. All that’s missing are Frankie and Annette.
Cabana Bay is Universal’s first moderately priced offering, with rates starting at $99 for Florida residents through mid-August.
And it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why an early Space Age-themed hotel is smart business in 2014, says Christine Hardenberger, owner of MMP Travel, an agency specializing in Orlando vacations.
For late baby boomers and Generation Xers, checking into
For folks of the right age, Cabana Bay is a step right back in time.
Cabana continued on SA4
