Travel Trivia
Percent of family travel influenced by mom: 80
Percent of family travelers who seek out restaurants with children’s menus: 41
Percent who seek out hotels with babysitting services: 6
Number of water parks, half indoors and half out, in Wisconsin Dells, the water park capital of the world: 8
Speed at which the “Superman” ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif. blasts passengers up 41 stories: 100 mph
Feet riders on the new “Cheetah Hunt” at Busch Gardens in Tampa plunge into a subterranean trench: 130
Percent of travelers in the U.S. who bring a pet on vacation: 18
Percent of people who attend a family reunion at least once every other year: 60
Percent whose reunions include 100 or more people: 30
Icy Items
Weight of the world’s biggest ice-cream cake, created on May 10, 2011, in Toronto, Canada: 10.13 tons
Number of people who worked 14 hours to make it: 100
Age of Frank Epperson, in 1905, when he forgot a powdered soft drink with a stirrer outside on a cold night, leading to the creation of his first Popsicle: 11
Number of Popsicle-brand ice pops sold annually: 2 billion
Sources: Road & Travel Magazine, Bits-int.org, AOL Travel, U.S. Travel Association, Family-reunion-success.com, The Independent, Popsicle.com
