| | All aboard! Fans of Thomas the Tank get 45 opportunities across the US and Canada this year, to ride with their favorite train engine. Heritage railroads have a busy schedule, it seems: more and more of them do Halloween train rides in October, and Polar Express or Santa train rides in December; and many will have done their Easter Bunny Express runs recently. | | Thomas The Tank Train Tours the US Thomas the Tank, the plucky little blue train engine, is the star of books and tv shows and the favorite toy of many kids. Fans can actually ride on a train pulled by Thomas: every year, Thomas makes a tour, and in 2010 Thomas will welcome more than one million passengers on board, at 45 heritage railroads in the US and Canada. Click for more info -- and read some history about Thomas, too. | Resort Caters to Kids' Food Allergies Many kids have food allergies, and many parents have high anxiety about handling these allergies when traveling. Milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish, nuts... For some kids, even a tiny amount can cause a reaction. And now a mountain resort in southern California is giving food-sensitive kids the royal treatment... | Epcot Gets Special During Festival Disney World's Epcot theme park is always a pretty place, with its pavilions in a circle around a huge lagoon; but it gets even more photogenic during the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival. Free outdoor Flower Power concerts, too. | Family Resorts with Water Park More and more resorts offer guests their own private water park. The growing number of resorts with an indoor water park creates a whole new range of driving-distance vacations in the US, in both winter and summer-time. Some resorts add an outdoor water park in summer, too. Meanwhile, in hot climates, resorts with their own water parks are a draw year-round. | | | | Family Vacations Ads | | | | Featured Articles | | | | More from About.com | | | | | | Disney Trip Planner Everything you need to plan the perfect Disney vacation -- from when to go and what to do, to saving money and picking a hotel. More >
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