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What are Splash Lagoon packages?

One example of a Splash Lagoon package is the Summer Fun Upgrade. For an additional $199, visitors who are staying overnight can add four Waldameer Combo Passes, four Erie Zoo Passes, one $50 restaurant card, four Aqua Tumbler rides and four Treetops Rope passes. Splash Lagoon estimates the savings at over $65.\nSmaller packages are also available. The Meal & Combo Play, for example, adds three arcade cards and four combo meals for $29.

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What are some interesting facts about England?

England has an area of 50,085 square miles, and its highest point is the 3,210 foot tall Scafell Pike. Its lowest point is the Fens, which is 15 feet below sea level. The Thames is England's longest river, although the Severn is Britain's longest river.\nEngland's history goes back to ancient times, and the Romans built several cities in the country. The Middle Ages saw the construction of York, Windsor Castle and Winchester, the latter functioning as England's first capital.\nEngland has long served as a center of culture, art and entertainment. Famous composers who have l..

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What if the bar code isn't clear on the Frontier boarding pass that printed?

Bar Coded Boarding Passes, or BCBP, must meet International Air Transport Association, IATA, standards. The bar code is a digitized version of a passenger reservation, printed in 2-D. As of 2010, all boarding passes are required to have bar codes that can be read at check-in, when passing through security and at the gate. The bar code reader immediately registers the passenger as boarded, eliminating paper ticket head-counting mistakes.

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In what city and state is Walton's Mountain Museum located?

The Walton's Mountain Museum opened on October 16, 1992. It displays memorabilia associated with "The Waltons" television show. Exhibits at the museum include replicas of John-Boy's Bedroom, the Waltons' kitchen and living room, and Ike Godsey's Store. The rooms are furnished in a similar fashion to the TV show's studio sets. Several original manuscripts from the TV show are also available for public viewing in a special scripts room.

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Where can you find more information about the status of California wildfires?

As of 2015, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection posts updates on wildfires on its website, fire.ca.gov. The department's official Facebook and Twitter accounts also provide information on wildfires. A text alert service is available at no charge through the department, and anyone interested in receiving text alerts only needs to text follow CAL_FIRE to 40404 to subscribe to the service.

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What is the Caprock Escarpment?

The Caprock Escarpment comprises the transition between the High Plains and the North Central Plains. This geological feature also makes up the eastern border of Llano Estacado, or Staked Plain. The Caprock Escarpment is highly salient in the counties of Borden, Briscoe, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and Motley in Texas. The highest elevation found throughout the Caprock Escarpment is 5,404 feet.

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What are some of the landforms in the Sahara Desert?

Sand dunes, known as ergs, cover about 20 percent of the Sahara. They can stretch for dozens of miles and reach heights of 1,000 feet. The ergs cover most of Libya and Algeria and parts of Nigeria and Mali. Dunes contain a lot of salt, which inhabitants of the desert mine and sell.\nPlains of gravel and sand, called regs, cover 70 percent of the desert's surface. Gravel can be white, black or red. In prehistoric times, the plains had been sea and riverbeds but now have little water.\nElevated plateaus of stone and rock, or hamadas, reach heights of 11,000 feet and include the Atlas Mounta..

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Where is Cancun?

Cancun and the rest of the Yucatan Peninsula were home to roughly 450,000 Mayans when Spanish explorers first arrived to the area in the early 16th century. However, diseases from the European explorers wiped out most of the Mayan population. Throughout the history of Mexico, Cancun was relatively obscure, until the 1970s when the Mexican government built beach-front hotels. This boom in construction eventually turned Cancun into a popular tourist destination.

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How do you read Ohio township maps?

Sections are numbered in rows, starting with the northeast corner; for example, the top row of squares is numbered 6 through 1 if you read them from left to right. The second row is labeled 7 through 12, the third 18 through 13, and so on. These section blocks are divided into smaller parcels that are labeled according to compass points. For example, the northern half of a section block equals 320 acres, and the southeast quarter equals 160 acres. If you are searching a township map for the northern half of the southwest quarter, you are looking for an 80-acre parcel.\nThe tier and range numbe..

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What are some fun things to do in Reno?

Truckee River Whitewater Park offers boating and water fun using kayaks, canoes, rafts and inner tubes, and the park land has an amphitheater and ample space for picnics. The National Automobile Museum houses both ongoing and temporary exhibits, examples of the former being the 1908 New York to Paris Automobile Race, Celebrity Autos, Tools and Tales by Henry Ford, and Snapshots: Painting by Robert Cinkel and Bill Harrah. The museum also hosts banquets, educational events and family activities.\nThe Nevada Museum of Art's permanent collection includes The Altered Landscape Carol Frank Buck..

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