Future worldwide air travel may focus more on “freight services” than carrying passengers — freight is easier to operate and takes less people — in the 60’s and 70’s planes were outfitted to carry both passengers and freight where now only passengers take up space!!!
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Travel industry unemployment hits new high?
Yup — US travel industry unemployment hits a new high of 51% in January — and the next few months could continue to see even higher numbers with travelers hitting normal seasonal lows — watch for some great last minute domestic ticket offers!!!
Disney’s Jungle Cruise Attraction is Getting an Update
https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/attractions/2021/01/25/disney-jungle-cruise-attraction-update
What You Need To Know
- Disney to update its Jungle Cruise attraction
- Changes will make the attraction more inclusive
- Storyline will also be changed
- Jungle Cruise at Disney World and Disneyland will be updated
Walt Disney Imagineers will be making changes to the attraction’s story to make it more inclusive, with enhancements that “reflect and value the diversity of the world around us.” The revamped storyline will have riders following a skipper and his passengers “as their journey goes awry.” The changes will include the addition of an animatronic skipper within the attraction. But the live, wise-cracking skippers will remain.
In a blog post, Disney shared concept art previewing of the changes that will be made. One of the renderings shows a group of explorers that will be more diverse—with women and people of color among the group. More details about the changes coming to the attraction will be released at a later date.
Disney has made a few updates to some of its older attractions to remove outdated depictions. In 2018, Disney revamped its Pirates of the Caribbean ride to remove the “bride auction” scene, replacing it with a scene featuring a female pirate named Redd. And just last year, Disney announced plans to reimagine its Splash Mountain attraction by removing the characters inspired by Song of the South” and giving it a theme inspired by the animated film, The Princess and the Frog.
Jungle Cruise has been criticized in the past for its stereotypical depictions of indigenous people.
“As Imagineers, it is our responsibility to ensure experiences we create and stories we share reflect the voices and perspectives of the world around us,” said Carmen Smith, executive of creative development and inclusion strategies at Walt Disney Imagineering, in a statement. “With Jungle Cruise, we’re bringing to life more of what people love—the humor and wit or our incredible skippers, while making needed updates.”
The updates will be made to the Jungle Cruise attraction at both at Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California. Disney expects the changes to be completed later this year.
Will TSA start using COVID-sniffing dogs at airports?
Maybe — COVID sniffing dogs may be in the next wave of safer airline travel with TSA using dogs at their screening points and throughout both secure and insecure airport areas — as to the “when” … maybe late March and April as Easter Travel winds up???
Is Medical Tourism the next wave of COVID Travel?
Could be — Florida is a “hot” medical tourism destination for travelers from South America as it seems easier to use a US friend or relative to secure a vaccine appointment — and, if you want to venture farther, India is taking advantage for the medical tourism travel market with their over supply of their own vaccine! The TC says “stick with the science and the USA”!!
MAHALO HAWAII … Hawaii Expects To Lift COVID Testing Requirement For People That Have Been Vaccinated
Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor, an emergency room physician responsible for the state’s arriving passenger testing program, says to expect the testing requirement for arriving passengers to be lifted this spring for those who have been vaccinated.
Gotta be more careful with those cockpit beverages.
After spilled coffee caused two planes’ engines to shut down in midair, Airbus has redesigned a key console in the cockpit of its flagship A350, according to a report from World of Aviation.
DENVER PUTS SOME FUN BACK INTO TRAVEL ……..
PLAN TO TRAVEL IN 2021? Here’s the best passports to have offering the most destinations.
The best passports to hold in 2021 are:
1. Japan (191 destinations)
2. Singapore (190)
3. South Korea, Germany (189)
4. Italy, Finland, Spain, Luxembourg (188)
5. Denmark, Austria (187)
6. Sweden, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Ireland (186)
7. Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom, Norway, Belgium, New Zealand (185)
8. Greece, Malta, Czech Republic, Australia (184)
9. Canada (183)
10. Hungary (181)
Make sure your passport is current — and look for the introduction of a new “health” passport to come online in the coming months!!!
Never Tailgate a Rhino
This was at a safari park in Germany and the guy in the car was a zookeeper who only suffered minor injuries.