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Have a travel question? Then ask Peter. Call 888-88-PETER (888-887-3837), email him at peter@petergreenberg.com, or tweet your questions to@petersgreenberg (include #askPeter)

Featured guests include:

Anne Banas, executive editor for Smarter Travel, talks about the latest travel headlines, including why the future of transatlantic flights is about to change and how to avoid phishing scams in the vacation rental industry.

Ann Malys Wilson, Myrtle Beach state park area nature and marine expert, reveals the historically diverse sites you can explore along the South Carolina coast and how to make sure you’re traveling responsibly.

Veronica Gerald, author and professor at Coastal Carolina University explains the origins of Gullah culture in South Carolina, and how you can experience Gullah heritage first hand.

Joe Sharkey, business columnist for The New York Times, talks about whether the Global Entry program lives up to the hype and shares his thoughts on the touchy subject of pay-by-weight airline fees.

Walter Hill, director of the Horry County Museum & L.W. Paul living history farm, tells us what life was once like on a family farm and how you can relive those days through hands-on agritourism.

Bob Howells, award-winning journalist and author, shares how he chose his top selections for National Geographic’s The 10 Best of Everything National Parks.

Chad Weatherford, Myrtle Beach area outdoors expert, tells us the best spots for fishing, hunting and exploring the great outdoors throughout Myrtle Beach.

Michaela Guzy, founder of OhthePeopleYouMeet.com, recalls her recent trip to India and how she discovered local organizations that help give back to the community.

Julie Warren, Georgetown County digital librarian, unravels the stories that shaped the community and her efforts to preserve that history through digital collections.

Dina Bennett, adventurer and author of Peking to Paris, tells us the craziest, most memorable, and most poignant moments of her 7,800-mile epic race in the Classic Motor Challenge.

Eric Masson, chef at The Brentwood Restaurant & Wine Bistro, tells us how he went from Brittany, France to Myrtle Beach, and how he marries classical French dishes with Low Country cuisine.

By Sarika Chawla for PeterGreenberg.com

In her latest video, Alyssa Caverley shows how choosing the right airline and preparing before a trip can help you save money and avoid some of the most common fees as well as the silliest ones.

For more money-saving travel advice, don’t miss the top five Airport Travel Secrets and Summer Travel Secrets.

For the latest on travel fees, check out:

• Peter’s report on The Land of the Fee and the Home of the Delay
• 5 Airline Fees You Can Avoid (and 4 You Can’t)
• Why Airline Fees Are Rising this Summer

By Alyssa Caverley for PeterGreenberg.com

There are still some closures and some areas will have restricted access, however most beaches will be open and ready for the upcoming season. Thanks to 24/7 volunteer cleanup efforts by AmeriCorps, FEMA, the American Red Cross, Points of Light,  and local authorities, volunteer groups, and citizens, recovery efforts have been largely successful.

The Gateway National Recreation Area services New York and New Jersey, with 11 park sites divided into three units. Almost all of the units were hit hard by Sandy, but amazingly only a handful of beaches will be closed for the upcoming season. In the Staten Island area, all of the beaches are accessible, save one area that is closed for a radiation survey. In the Sandy Hook unit three beaches are currently open, with more expected to follow as the season progresses. In the Jamaica Bay unit, closures are in effect at Fort Tilden and Breezy Point due to debris, as well as at the Canarsie Pier due to structural security testing. All other areas, including the popular Jacob Riis Park, are open to the public. Please check the Park website for more detailed information.

According to a recent announcement, all of the New York state-run beaches are scheduled to be open for Memorial Day, including those on Long Island and Coney Island. This news comes as a welcome surprise to the many skeptics who said that the lifeguard stations and comfort stations would not be completed in time for the summer season. However, it seems that due to pre-fab architecture and aggressive planning, the beaches will be able to operate with new and improved structures. Some of the new buildings even incorporate recycled wood from damaged boardwalks.

Image credit: Flickr, user Nick Harris

For those of you hoping to visit the Jersey Shore this weekend, the news is good as most beaches are preparing to open on Memorial Day. Some areas have declared they won’t be open until June, or later in the summer, but there will definitely be other options available nearby. For an excellent breakdown of accessibility, visit the NJ Shore Guide. One of the main concerns facing the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City is making people aware that the entire area is not destroyed. New broadcasts shortly after Hurricane Sandy announced that the Atlantic City boardwalk had been decimated, which turned out to not be the case. Even though stations corrected the information, the damage had been done, and many businesses are still receiving calls asking if they are open. The biggest challenge now is making tourists aware of everything the area has to offer before the beach season hits.

Our advice is to hit the beach. By visiting the beaches and areas hit hardest by Sandy, you will help to boost the local economies and speed up recovery efforts! So do your part to help rebuild, while getting a killer tan.

For more information about specific beach openings and closures, including restricted access and available amenities, we recommend contacting the local Chamber of Commerce for the most up-to-date information.

For additional ways to help recovery efforts, see our Voluntourism Article on Hurricane Sandy

By Ashleigh Whelan for PeterGreenberg.com

Cuba has made the news recently with celebrity vacations and government licensing issues. But the bottom line is that you can travel there legally. Insight Cuba has deals that discount as much as $300 on six different trips this year. The way they go legally is with People-to-People licenses, so your itinerary is packed with local interaction: musicians, artists, farmers, economists, you name it.

Myanmar, or Burma, is another one of those places people think they can’t go to. But it’s possible, and by going, you’re helping to break down cultural barriers. Backroads has a biking tour of the country this fall. Intrepid Travel, which once boycotted the country, has resumed its trips and works to include locally owned accommodations and transportation whenever possible.

And if the country of Jordan wasn’t on your bucket list before, it should be. You can get to places like Amman and the ancient wonder of Petra through operators like Intrepid and Abercrombie & Kent.

Keep reading for more travel tips.

Gas prices are rising in the Midwest and California, with the nationwide average around $3.66 per gallon. But the high gas prices aren’t keeping travelers at home. According to a survey by TripAdvisor, only 13 percent of travelers will be impacted by high gas prices. The survey also found that 30 percent of those who responded are planning to travel this weekend and 86 percent are planning to travel for leisure trip this summer.

So where are they traveling? According to Orbitz, this year’s 10 hottest destinations are Las Vegas, New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Cancun, Orlando, San Francisco, San Diego, London and New Orleans. Kayak also noted some growing trends with an 20 percent or more increase in flight searches to Nashville, Denver, Austin and Washington, D.C.

That’s where people are traveling, so where can you find a deal.

With Orbitz, until May 26, 2013, you can still find Memorial Day savings of 15 percent off at qualifying hotels. Click here to book the Long Weekend promotion. Remember promo code SUNFUN15.

Check out Hotwire, which is offering last-minute travelers big savings in places like the Big Apple (nearly 60 percent) for stays this holiday weekend. Although traveling to big hubs like New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago can be expensive, there are specific times when rates for these destinations are at their highest – weekdays. Business travelers leave and as a result, hotels look to fill rooms by offering steeply discounted prices. In New York, a 5-star hotel room in the Downtown is just $193 a night. Find, these 11-hour deals on Hotwire all weekend long.

For property-wide summer savings, check out the Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts. The chain is offering a 20 percent discount for summer travel. Rates vary by property but can be as low as $140 BEFORE the discount. You can book starting May 16, for travel from May 31 and September 1, 2013. Book on Swissôtel’s website

In Mexico, the Villa Group Resorts & Spas are enticing you to book those last-minute flights to Mexico. Their promotion includes Villa del Palmar Puerto Vallarta for rates starting at $118,  round-trip flight packages to Villa del Palmar at the Islands of Loreto for $836 per person and up to 25 percent off and 2 kids free at Villa del Arco Beach Resort & Spa Los Cabos. Call 888 844-8169 and use MEMDAY13 to book.

You can go out to the country at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort and Spa in Pennsylvania. On the property, families will have access to an indoor spring-fed swimming pool, an award-winning golf course, plus kids’ golf programs, nature trails for hiking and biking, fly fishing, volleyball, tennis, scavenger hunts, cooking classes, and more. Rates start at $299 a night, but the longer you stay the more you save. You’ll get 10 percent off with a one-night minimum, 20 percent off with a two-night minimum and 30 percent off with a three-night minimum. Click here to book.

In Delray Beach, Florida, The Seagate Hotel & Spa has a Memorial Day package with rates as low as $199 a night (down from $229 per night). In addition, guests get a $25 resort credit and valet parking. The 154 room property has a private beach and country clubs, a spa, championship golf courses, Har-Tru tennis courts, a full-service clubhouse, and a variety of water sport activities. The Memorial Day package is valid Thursday May 23 through Monday the 27. Visit the Seagate Hotel online to book.

For more travel deals and information, check out:

• Travel Deals: Sizzling Summer Savings
• Travel Deals: VIP Perks at Discount Prices
• Travel Deals: How to Spend Your Tax Return

By Lily J. Kosner for PeterGreenberg.com

Take it from CEO and founder Scott Jordan, who noted:

“I created Scottevest out of my own necessity. I was doing a lot of traveling and always digging into my bags or handing my gadgets off to my wife to carry. The idea behind Scottevest was to come up with an easy way to keep all my stuff on me, while making sure it is safe and secure. I will never go back to living and traveling without it.”

To enter this sweepstakes head over to Facebook. Guys, check out Peter Greenberg’s page. Women, go to the Scottevest page. On Facebook, you’ll find the live link to enter the sweepstakes.

We’ll be drawing two winners at random, one male and one female, on Thursday May 30 and Thursday June 6. Winner will be announced on PeterGreenberg.com and on Facebook.

Anyone can travel to St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City where, every Sunday at noon, the Pope delivers a message from the study window. You have to show up early, but there’s no special ticket required.

For more access, you want to get into a General or Papal Audience on Wednesday morning, when the Pope offers blessings and prayers. You can contact the Vatican or the Church of Santa Susanna to request admission, but for a sure bet, go through an organized tour operator.

Tour companies are building entire trips around the new Pope. Companies like Central Holidays and Italy Vacations have packages with a guided tour of the Vatican and Sistine Chapel, a Papal Audience and excursions to Assisi.

And hey, if all else fails, there is—literally—an app for that. The Pope App alerts you to upcoming events and gets you live webcam access, photos and videos of his appearances.

For more Papal travel, check out Four Travel Short Cuts in Rome.

Keep reading for more travel tips.

Feature image credit Wikimedia, user: Tenan

The North Myrtle Beach Sea Turtle Patrol is devoted to ensuring sea turtles on their beach and in its vicinity are protected and preserved. They also put efforts forth to educate the public on their mission and the dangers facing these turtles.

Summer is a busy time of year for these volunteers as this is when the female sea turtles come to lay their eggs. Leaders in the group identify and mark nests, inventory nests after emergence, recover hatchlings, and collect discarded eggs from each nest for genetic research study. Volunteers walk the beach every morning, starting at sunrise, from May 1 to mid August, looking for tracks that would indicate a possible nest. These adult loggerheads are about 3 feet long and clock in at about 300 pounds! These female turtles return to the beach they were born at more than 20 years later to nest.

So how can you help out with these awesome, ancient animals? Some easy things you can do to help the turtles while out on the beach this summer.

• Report any sea turtle activity to the sea turtle patrol, whether they’re nesting, stranded, or just tracks.
• Turn off beachfront lights from May 1-October 31 after 10 pm. The turtles instinctively head towards the light, which can take them too far inland to lay their eggs.
• Make sure anything you brought to the beach is taken with you! Sea turtles will eat plastic if they come across it.
• Fill in any holes created by umbrellas, chairs, coolers etc. These holes can trap females and hatchlings on their way to and from the water.

Sea turtles are an ancient reptile that has been around since the dinosaurs. Help preserve this endangered animal by participating in it’s efforts for survival. Contact The North Myrtle Beach Sea Patrol at their website to be involved.

By Laura Lee Jurgens for PeterGreenberg.com

You might think of Spirit as the airline define by fees–there are fees for checked and carry-on bags, fees for booking on the phone and online, and even a $2 Department of Transportation Unintended Consequences fee. However, Spirit CEO Ben Baldanza is working to retrain the public to think of the airline in terms of efficiency of price. No only are Spirit airfares often the lowest in the industry, but they range between 20 to 25 percent below their closest competitor.

Peter joined Spirit CEO Ben Baldanza at the airport and on the plane to hear from the CEO about how the airline’s low-cost, no-frills business model is taking off.

Then, watch as Peter and Charlie Rose ask Baldanza the tough questions. Is it possible for a low-cost carrier to earn customer satisfaction? And do poor customer satisfaction rankings mean poor customer service?

Read the full transcript of Peter’s conversation with Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza with An Airline for the 99 Percent: Ben Baldanza Speaks Out.

For more information about Spirit, check out:

• Supreme Court Upholds Passenger Rights, Spirit Sues
• 5 Airline Fees You Can Avoid and 4 You Can’t
• DOT’s New Passenger Rights Rules
• Airline Fee Transparency Debate: CEO Ben Baldanza Responds

By Peter Greenberg for CBS News

1. Luggage for Life…Or at Least a Grad Trip

The LL Bean Expedition Travel Pack is specially designed for trips to remote locations this backpack is the perfect carry on size and resists weather and tears. Padded grip handles for easy carry, internal webbing straps to keep objects from shifting, padded shoulder straps, and seven loops on the outside to hold gear, zip-front compartment with an organizer pocket to keep your keys, pencils and PDA handy. Plus, LL Bean is known for its 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. ($129)

Thinking more about luggage? Don’t miss The Best Luggage for 2013.

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Check out the Rosewood San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. This area is known as an artist haven, so it’s no surprise that a hotel would have its own gallery. The Otto Gallery is opening in the hotel this spring and will focus on works from Mexican and international artists.

Maybe you’ve heard of the 21C Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Well, their art hotel concept is so successful they’ve opened two more: in Bentonville, Arkansas, and in Cincinnati.

Meanwhile, art is everywhere in the Conrad Indianapolis: The Long-Sharp Gallery has everything from Dali to Warhol, and contemporary artists are on display in the hotel’s second floor.

The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London has a partnership with Halcyon gallery, with works from the masters inside the Royal Suite that are actually for sale. But if that’s not in your budget, just ask to see the hotel’s meeting space, which has original masters on display from the National Maritime Museum.

For more information, visit the museum archives.

Keep reading for more travel tips.

Peter Greenberg: The most important question of the day, Ben. Give us your full name and your title.

Ben Baldanza: My name’s Ben Baldanza. And I’m the Chief Executive Officer of Spirit Airlines.

PG: For those people who just woke up today and had no idea that you existed, can you describe Spirit Air?

BB: At Spirit Air, we are an airline that is focused first on the lowest-price way to get from A to B. So we’ve built our airline so we can have the lowest possible prices. And with that, we want to have an on-time flight, a really friendly travel experience, but at the lowest price possible, and to that end, we sorta create an option versus what the rest of the industry’s doing.

PG: Let’s talk about what the rest of the industry is doing. If you take a look at all the mergers and acquisitions, some failures out there, we’re getting fewer and fewer airlines out there, aren’t we?

BB: That’s a result of an industry that historically has been financially really unstable. And if you look at the industry really since deregulation in 1978, there have been years of boom and lots of years of bust. And part of that was because there were many different carriers all competing for a lot of the same space.

And what’s happened over the last few years is the consolidations have done two things. They’ve stabilized the industry financially in some ways. But the result of that has been higher fares and some fewer service options. Which is where Spirit comes in. Because we create, again, that alternative low-price option.

PG: Well, there’s that famous Richard Branson quote that if you want to be a millionaire, start with $1 billion and start an airline. So why would anybody want to start an airline, then?

BB: When I came to Spirit in 2005, we said, “Let’s look at the airlines that make money all the time and those that don’t.” And there were two buckets. One was Southwest, Ryanair, Emirates Air, Singapore Airlines– all really were extreme in what they did.

We looked at Southwest and Ryanair and Air Asia’s and we said, “So let’s be an airline that can make money in good times and in bad times, high-fuel prices, low-fuel prices– economic recession or economic boom.” And so we’re going to build our airline to look like Ryan in Europe.

PG: People might say you’re dreaming.

BB: Yes but since 2007, since we’ve turned the airline to that kind of airline, we’ve made money. When oil went to $147 in 2008, we still made money. In 2008, our CFO at the time used to joke that we outperformed the industry by $10.1 billion. Because the industry lost $10 billion and we made .1.

The reality is through high fuel prices, through economic recession, through even some internal issues (the pilot strike in 2010 when didn’t run the airline for five days) we’ve made money in every year since then because we built a sustainable– resilient business model that a big chunk of customers really like.

Not every customer. We don’t cater to corporate business travelers. If somebody else is buying your ticket, you’re probably not going to buy a ticket on Spirit Airlines. But if you’re paying for the ticket, you have a good chance of seeing our value as what you’re looking for.

PG: Because you’re driven by price?

BB: That’s exactly right. Everything we do at the airline is to create a low entry price point or a low ticket price point. Sometimes we get called a no-frills airline. That’s wrong. We’re a very high-frills airline. We just charge incrementally for each of the frills. And the advantage of that to the consumer is they pay for what they care about and they save on what they don’t use. So they only pay for what they want.

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First responders are in a race against time searching for survivors in Moore, Oklahoma, the hardest-hit area, where two elementary schools were in the path of this terror storm.  Aside from the tragic loss of life felt there and across southern Oklahoma City, thousands of families have lost their homes and everything they owned.

Many of us want to help and there are different ways in which we can. Below is a list (still growing) of organizations assisting in the relief efforts in Oklahoma as well as tools for more information.

Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma is posting real-time updates on her Twitter page.  You can follow her @GovMaryFallin

Your Complete A-Z Guide of How to Help

AMERICARES

AmeriCares is a non-profit emergency response and global health organization. It is asking for monetary donations to aid in the delivery of medical and humanitarian aid as well as to help purchase supplies needed for relief efforts.

DONORSCHOOSE.ORG

Donors Choose is an online charity that sends supplies to teachers who’ve requested need for specific projects within their classrooms. Donors can contribute financial donations to specific projects and help supply a classroom with fundamental learning equipment.

From their website:

“When teachers in Moore are ready, we will help them create classroom recovery projects for everything from furniture to food to therapy resources. These teachers know best what their students need, and we can empower them to rebuild their classrooms.”

All donations will be sent to the teachers in Moore, Oklahoma.

FEED THE CHILDREN

Feed The Children, a Christian organization headquarted in Oklahoma City, is preparing emergency disaster relief supplies to aid victims of the Moore tornadoes and is accepting donations at a number of locations. Items that will be accepted are diapers, canned goods, non-perishable food and snack items, water and sports drinks.

Outside the state, you can also donate money by calling 800-627-4556, visiting the website, or by texting “DISASTER” to 80888.

RED CROSS

The Oklahoma Red Cross is asking people to make a $10 donation by texting Red Cross to 90999. The donations allow the Red Cross to purchase needed supplies.

If you are looking for a family member, you can visit www.safeandwell.org. Local Red Cross units will be dispatched throughout the damaged area.

REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA

The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, in partnership with Oklahoma Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, is asking that the public support all rescue, recovery and disaster relief efforts with donations of cash to your favorite responding charity.

To make a tax deductible donation to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, go to their website or call 604-7111 or text FOOD to 32333 to give $10 to relief efforts.

OKLAHOMA BAPTIST RELIEF CENTER

The Oklahoma Bapist Relief Center is on the ground help. Those interested can make a tax-deductible donation to the BGCO’s Disaster Relief ministry, by visiting its website or BY calling 942-3800. All money goes toward disaster relief and helping victims.

For photos, information and updates, visit the Oklahoma Baptists’ blog.

OKLAHOMA BLOOD INSTITUTE

Donors to the Oklahoma Blood Institute provide every drop of blood needed by patients in all metro-Oklahoma City hospitals and 140 others across the state. Locations of donor centers and mobile blood drives can be found on its website.

OPERATION USA

Headquartered in Los Angeles, the relief agency Operation USA is dedicated to providing emergency aid where needed to community-based health organizations across Oklahoma. Donate online at www.opusa.org, or by phone at 1.800.678.7255

OU SOONERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

The University of Oklahoma is opening up spaces in housing for the displaced families. Call 405-325-2511

SALVATION ARMY

The Salvation Army Arkansas-Oklahoma Division has dispatched disaster response teams.

Donations can be made in the following ways:

• The Salvation Army Disaster Relief, P.O. Box 12600, Oklahoma City, OK 73157. Designate Oklahoma Tornado Relief on all checks.
• Donate by phone: (800) 725-2769
• Donate online: donate.salvationarmyusa.org/uss/eds

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

United Way of Central Oklahoma has activated its disaster relief fund, so individuals may give specifically to the May tornadoes relief and recovery efforts. Fund dollars will be distributed without administrative fees to United Way Partner Agencies working on the tornado relief efforts.

To donate, go to www.unitedwayokc.org or by mail to United Way of Central Oklahoma, P.O. Box 837, Oklahoma City, OK 73101 with notation for May Tornado Relief.

For more information, please contact Karla Bradshaw at (405) 235-3534.

Irene Moore for PeterGreenberg.com

The incident occurred on August 5, 2012, when surveillance video captured an 11-year-old girl from Brazil being molested by a Disney employee in an elevator. The footage recorded the employee groping the child’s chest and forcibly kissing her.

The incident is not in dispute, but the now WKMG has been investigating the cruise line’s handling of the incident and the timing in question. At issue is a question of the country of jurisdiction and if Disney’s actions allowed one of its employees to escape U.S. prosecution.

Image Credit: WKMG

The incident occurred just before 3 pm while the ship was docked in Port Canaveral, Florida. The victim promptly reported it to ship authorities, but the ship pulled out of port at 5:02 pm if nothing criminal had occurred.

The incident was not officially handled by law enforcement until August 7, when the former Disney employees confessed to the crime to the police in Nassau, Bahamas. At this point in the timeline, the victim’s grandmother had decided that she did not want the crime investigated.

WKMG alleges that if the incident had been reported in Florida, the employee would have been arrested for felony regardless of the victim’s family’s wishes. Felony charges for molestation are punishable by 25 years to life in prison.

Instead, Disney removed the subject from the ship and in the hands of Bahamas law enforcement, Disney arranged for the employee in question to return to India, as per standard employee contract provisions.

Following the WKMG report, we reached out to Rebecca Peddie, manager, public affairs of Disney Cruise Line which who offered the following statement:

“We take matters of this nature very seriously as the safety and security of our guests is our top priority. We notified all of the authorities, including the Port Canaveral Police Department, the Royal Bahamian Police Force, the Coast Guard and the FBI and took proper action. When we arrived in Nassau, the Royal Bahamian Police Force came aboard the ship for an investigation. Ultimately, the family chose not to take further action.”

While it’s not clear why WKMG chose to pursue this story nearly a year after the incident took place, it does open the conversation about cruise safety and crime reporting at sea. Should you be concerned about personal safety while you’re on a ship?

The International Council of Cruise Lines (now part of CLIA) once noted that the rate of sexual assault on cruise ships is said to be 17.6 per 100,000 as compared to a U.S. rate of 32.2 per 100,000. According to Ross Klein, founder of CruiseJunkie.com, sexual assault on cruises is approx 50 percent higher than on land.

credit: Matt Stroshane

Accurate reporting is a key issue. In 2010, Congress passed a law that was originally designed to create a national database of crimes that occur on cruise ships. However, the bill was watered down upon signing and the new act requires cruise lines to report all serious crimes aboard ships to the FBI, and not to a public database.  The public database now only has records of crimes that are no longer under investigation. As an offshoot it appears that crime has been reduced more than it actually has been. The FBI had once had public record of more than 400 crimes, though now there are under a dozen in the public database.

In issues of jurisdiction as occurred with the Disney Dream, cruisers should be aware that of the law at sea is not necessarily U.S. law. Maritime law is complex but can best be understood by the 24-mile-rule. Within 24 miles of a port, a cruise ship is subject to the law of that land (i.e. U.S. or Bahamian law). On the open seas (aka high seas or international waters), the law of that ship is the law of the country whose flag the ship is flying. And the flag or nation of some popular cruise ships may surprise you.

Watch the full WKMG to see how the laws of jurisdiction impacted the incident onboard the Disney Dream.

Was this handled correctly by the law and by Disney? Sound off below!

For recent issues of cruise safety, check out:

• What Happens When a Cruise Passenger Goes Overboard?
• Is Carnival Cruise Cutting Corners: The Experts Weigh In
• Two Reasons to Buy Travel Insurance for Your Next Cruise
• Post Carnival Triumph: How Safe Is Your Cruise?

By Lily J. Kosner for PeterGreenberg.com

Congratulations! You’re lucky enough to visit Paris, one of the greatest cities in the world, not once but twice. Odds are pretty good that you already went to the top of the Eiffel Tower, gaped in awe at Notre Dame, and got a photo of yourself smiling next to the Mona Lisa. Good news, though – there’s still plenty more to see and do in the City of Light, and you certainly won’t have as many other tourists waiting in line in front of you.

Pick a different neighborhood to stay in so that you can experience a new angle of French local cool, then prepare to see a whole new part of this incredible city.

Now that you’ve hit all the highlights, spend a little time focusing in on just what makes Paris so great. Already been to the Pantheon? If you haven’t, it’s definitely worth the visit, but make sure you stop at the nearby Eglise de St.Etienne, which is beautiful, almost always empty, and just around the corner. From there, you can partake in a particularly Parisian pastime – the flaner, or nice long walk with no specific destination, by strolling through the Latin Quarter. If you’ve already been to the Louvre and the Musee d’Orsay, invest in a smaller but just as beloved museum.

Focus on the work of one artist at the Rodin Museum (which has a gorgeous sculpture garden worth spending time in on a sunny afternoon) or the Picasso Museum in the super-bobo 3rd arrondissement.  Prefer a variety of styles and subjects? Check out the Museum of the Orangerie or the Luxembourg Museum, both of which are just next to the Jardins de Luxembourg in the 6^th arrondissement. The totally-free Museum of the Romantic Life (which is more about the literary style than the daily practice of love, btw) in the 9^th arrondissement is gorgeous and has a tea room that’s divine during the afternoon. Though most people associate Paris with classical or romantic art, there is a very good Modern Art Museum not far from the Champs-Elysees.

If you didn’t make it on your first trip, check out the Pere Lachaise cemetery, which is considered the most famous cemetery in the world. Among the people buried there are Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, Maria Callas, Sarah Bernhardt, Marcel Marceau, and (probably the most famous with tourists) Jim Morrison. To make the best of your visit, do some research ahead of time. The cemetery is huge and the provided (posted, not printed out) maps are not terribly helpful. If there are a few specific graves you’d like to see, download maps on your phone ahead of time or use an app to help you find them.

There’s one more important thing to do on your second visit to Paris: get out of town. Even lifelong lovers of Paris need to see the country sometimes. There are great and relatively easy day trips from Paris, including Versailles, Disneyland Paris (What? Kids really like it), and Monet’s house at Giverny. If you want to take a pre-arranged guided tour (and not have to deal with navigating mass transit), the Paris City Vision company comes highly recommended. If you’re slightly more ambitious and want to do a whole weekend outside of Paris, the city of Reims (in the Champagne region), the beaches of Normandy (hugely popular with World War II buffs), and the wine country of Burgundy are also excellent places to see more of the country.

Before heading home, there’s one final thing to work on – your French, of course. Give yourself one afternoon to relax in a café or coffee shop – Telescope, near the Louvre, and Merci, not far from Place de la Republique, are both too cool to be believed – and while the afternoon away reading a French newspaper and enjoying some of the best coffee in the city. Merci is also a used bookstore, so if you’re feeling ambitious, pick up quelque chose a lire on the flight home.

Next thing you know, it’ll be time for a third visit.

For more adventures in Paris, check out:

• Foodie Round-Up: The Complete Guide to Macarons in Paris
• Ask the Locals: City Guide to Paris France
• A Single Woman Finds Love in Paris Cooking School
• Suzy Gershman’s Postcard from Paris

By Lilit Marcus for PeterGreenberg.com. Lilit is a freelance writer who lives on the Lower East Side and tries to get out of Manhattan as much as possible. Her work has also appeared in Glamour, The Daily, and Jaunted.com. Follow her on twitter at @LilitMarcus.