Los Cuatro Tours más Extremos en Cancún
Para los viajeros que gustan de sentir la adrenalina a flor de piel, en Cancún y la Riviera Maya hay opciónes para encontrar diversión extrema como en ningún otro lugar de manera segura. Desde estar en contacto con grandes animales a disfrutar de paisajes y senderos en la selva mientras manejas vehículos anfibios. Seguramente te agradará tomar alguno de estos tours, o porque no… ¡todos! tómate tu tiempo, relájate y disfruta de los 4 tours más extremos en Cancún:
Aventura con el Tiburón Ballena
Los tiburones tienen la fama de ser grandes depredadores y hasta come-hombres. Tal vez pueda ser en parte cierto, pero no es como lo vemos en las películas. Durante los meses de Junio a Septiembre hay un tiburón conocido como “Tiburón Ballena” que visita las aguas del caribe mexicano, es uno de los más grandes habitantes del mar en el mundo, alcanza hasta los 20 metros de largo y llega a pesar más de 10 toneladas. ¿Te gustaría encontrarlo mientras nadas tranquilamente?, ¿nadar a su lado?.
Esta experiencia solo puede hacerse en Cancún, camino a Isla Contoy, una pequeña isla en el Caribe Mexicano. Esta actividad de nadar con un tiburón en mar abierto tal vez pudiera parecer intimidante para algunos por la gran diferencia de tamaño que existe entre el hombre y esta especie. Sin embargo estos animales solo comen plantas y peces pequeños. Pero sin duda la experiencia puede ser estremecedora y llena de adrenalina.
Jungle Tour
Con el Jungle tour Cancún puedes sentir la emoción de pasear entre los canales y manglares de la laguna Nichupté de Cancún, conduciendo tu propia lancha rápida y snorkeleando en el segundo arrecife más grande del mundo. Esta experiencia te dará la oportunidad de conocer el ecosistema de los manglares, sentir la emoción de conducir una lancha y además conocer los extraordinarios arrecifes de Cancún. Siente la emoción y adrenalina de manejar tu propia lancha en mar abierto y manglares donde tal vez puedas encontrar alguno que otro cocodrilo escondido o descansando entre la flora y fauna.
Xplor Tour
Por su puesto que el Parque Xplor ya es considerado de los favoritos entre los amantes de las aventuras extremas. El Parque Xplor tiene tirolesas de 3 kilómetros de largo que terminan en un Cenote al que llegas literalmente a acuatizar… Esta ubicado entre la selva y puedes disfrutar de las más altas y largas tirolesas de todo Quintana Roo. Puedes también andar en senderos y puentes mientras viajas o manejas vehículos anfibios. Existe también un pequeño universo subterráneo pero impresionante de unos 400 metros de largo donde puedes nadar o remar en una balsa para admiras increíbles formaciones rocosas. Este parque ¡no te lo vas a acabar!
Buceo en Cancún
Bucear en uno de los mejores lugares del mundo es algo que no debería dejar de hacerse. No solo es meterse al agua con un tanque y snorkel, se trata de descubrir un mundo que para la mayoría de los habitantes del mundo es desconocido. Bucear en Cancún es disfrutar de un desfile espectacular de flora y fauna submarina, no es necesario que seas experto pues recibirás la capacitación para bucear con seguridad bajo el mar abierto. Sentir la adrenalina es algo que te acompañará a lo largo de tu viaje submarino, todo lo nuevo nos sorprende, emociona y también eleva nuestros sentidos al 1000%. Si gustas de aventuras nuevas, esto es algo que no deberías dejar de hacer.
Fuente: mexicodestinos
Disney World: New holiday attractions light up the season
Lights twinkle year round at Mickey’s Florida home, but during the holiday season Walt Disney World positively sparkles. Some of the largest crowds of the year descend on the resort to enjoy its decked halls, Christmas-themed shows, and other holiday hoopla along with the parks’ celebrated rides and attractions.
With new Toy Story and Star Wars lands in development at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the long-running Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights lost its home for the holidays this year. But lights are still blazing at the movie-themed park with the new Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! nighttime show. Included with admission and scheduled to run nightly through December 31 in front of the Chinese Theater, the presentation includes eye-popping projections, lasers, fire blasts, and pyrotechnics. It uses the theater’s facade and adjacent buildings as enormous screens.
Characters from Disney’s Prep & Landing animated TV special anchor Jingle BAM. In order to save Christmas, they are on a mission to locate Santa Claus, who has mysteriously disappeared. Woven into the show are winter scenes from classic cartoons starring Donald Duck, Chip and Dale, Bambi, and others in the Disney canon. Tim Burton’s quirky The Nightmare Before Christmas gets a shoutout as well.
When the Mouse House first began incorporating digital mapping projections in its kiss-goodnight shows, the imagery was largely impressionistic. With projection technology and artistry improving and evolving, Jingle BAM! offers crisp, bright, and extended narrative scenes, creating a linear story arc that is easy to follow and engaging.
«We wanted to reinvent how we use lasers and projections,» says Tom Vazzana, show director at Walt Disney World. He adds that his mantra for the holiday show was, «Let’s go sharper and more story-driven.»
One of the show’s highlights was a happy accident. During rehearsals, Vazzana’s team was running the overhead snow machines while a technician was playing with the lasers. «We split the laser so it was green on the sides and red in the middle like a ribbon and it caught the snow,» he explains. «I said, ‘This is gorgeous!’ How do we capitalize on it?» Laser-enhanced snow now falls on mesmerized Jingle BAM! crowds.
It’s not really a spoiler to say that Santa is rescued, and Christmas is saved. The finale, choreographed to a rousing rendition of «Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree» that was recorded by a 60-piece orchestra, is a riot of fireworks, lasers, and projections.
Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom also serves as a canvas for festive holiday projections as part of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. The separately ticketed event is being held on select nights through December 22 with adult tickets ranging from $91 to $99 depending on the date.
New this year during the party is Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration, a show that includes characters such as Daisy Duck, who sings about cell phones and text messages (really!), and Clarabelle Cow. The under-the-radar (or is that udder-the-radar?) toon turns out to be quite the soulful diva. As the musical numbers unfold on a stage in front of the castle, projections supplement the action and animate the iconic building. The show will be staged for regular park guests from December 23 to 31.
Projections onto the castle are also featured in A Frozen Holiday Wish. The returning Christmas Party show features the ubiquitous «Let It Go» crew. Festive projections complement the pyrotechnics as well for the Holiday Wishes – Celebrate the Spirit of the Season fireworks show. And toy soldiers, reindeer, and other holiday ambassadors march through the Magic Kingdom for Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade. Both Christmas Party and daytime guests at the Magic Kingdom can groan at the silly puns shared by the skippers aboard the renamed-for-the-season Jingle Cruise. The holiday-themed version of the beloved attraction runs through the end of the year.
Each evening from November 25 to December 30, Epcot will present Candlelight Processional. Celebrity guests, including Whoopi Goldberg and Meredith Vierra, will narrate the Christmas story. A choir and 50-member orchestra will join them.
Also, the countries represented in Epcot’s World Showcase, including Mexico and the U.K., will demonstrate their traditions in Holidays Around the World. New this year, the park will offer holiday treats from around the world in booths set up along the promenade. In the Future World area of the park, a gospel choir will perform holiday favorites. And the nightly IllumiNations will include some Christmas cheer amid the fireworks. All of Epcot’s holiday presentations are included in general admission.
By: usatoday
EDC Las Vegas tendrá un escenario más en 2017
EDC Las Vegas sigue con su tarea de convertirse en el festival de referencia en todo el mundo y añade un nuevo stage a su ya de por sí abultado paisaje
EDC Las Vegas 2017 inició su andadura el pasado 28 de noviembre, cuando las General Admission, los abonos que dan acceso a uno de los mejores festivales del planeta, se pusieron a la venta.
El buque insignia de Insomniac Events cumplió el pasado año su XX aniversario con una puesta en escena y un despliegue de fuerza sin precedentes, y parece ser que su CEO, Pasqualle Rotella, no quiere bajar el listón y va a más y más con el gigante de Nevada.
La pasada noche, Rotella mandó un comunicado a través de las RRSS donde puso al día las noticias y novedades de todos los festivales que circulan alrededor de su compañía, y entre ellas, destacó que Las Vegas tendrá el próximo año un escenario más, aumentando así las expectativas del próximo Electric Daisy Carnival.
KineticFIELD, Cosmic Meadow, CircuitGROUNDS, neonGARDEN, WasteLAND, bassPOD, upside-downHOUSE, artCARS, y ahora otro escenario más, donde esperamos ver a artistas de primer nivel de un género que suponemos sabremos dentro de unas pocas semanas. Rotella ya nos felicita por el nuevo año y nosotros solo podemos decir, que llegue ya 2017, y que llegue ya junio, donde podremos sentir muy de cerca esa magia que rodea a la ciudad más famosa del Estado de Nevada.
Fuente: edmred
A World Showcase of Unforgettable Shopping at Epcot – Mexico Pavilion
Each month this year, I’ve traveled around World Showcase at Epcot sharing looks at beautiful architecture and unique products found in each pavilion. This month, my unforgettable shopping adventure concludes with a visit to Mexico Pavilion.
Within the majestic pyramid of the Mexico Pavilion, visitors will find the Plaza de los Amigos located just past a gallery containing historic artifacts.
The plaza is an “open air” marketplace with festive carts and shops such as La Tienda Encantada that carries accessories and fine jewelry, or La Princesa de Cristal that is home to crystal and glassware by Arribas Brothers.
In the plaza, visitors will also find the Gran Fiesta Tour attraction starring The Three Caballeros; the San Angel Inn Restaurante that is modeled after a 17th-century hacienda at the base of Mayan ruins; and La Cava del Tequila that has over 200 tequilas, top-shelf cocktails, Mexican beer and wine.
I love how the inside of this pavilion feels like perpetual twilight. I enjoyed strolling throughout the plaza while looking at the colorful assortment of glassware, food items, leather goods, and decorative figurines. During my visit, I also found apparel and drinkware featuring Disney characters, and beautiful handcrafted Mexican jewelry and scarves.
Finally, I was delighted to see products celebrating Día de los Muertos. Visitors will find T-shirts created especially for World Showcase, jewelry, handbags, home goods and more. They also recently introduced gorgeous handmade dolls inspired by this annual celebration.
By: disneyparks.disney.go
Shopping in Panama
Payless Shoes to Jimmy Choos, open-air artisanal markets to established souvenir shops, $2.99 shirt bins to Armani, chinitos (Chinese-owned mini-markets) to gluten-free pasta: Panama has something for everyone. Whether you´re on a budget or making a trip out of it, spending a few hours in one of Panama´s many shopping malls gives a nice break in the air conditioning to marvel at the many brands and reasonable prices that the country offers. Pop into a chinito located on almost every corner in Panama City for a $1.00 all-natural coconut water, or try and see what U.S. brands you won´t be able to find in one of the Republic´s large grocery stores. PriceSmart (Central America and the Caribbean´s Costco) and Do-It Center (Panama´s version of a Home Depot) make setting up a home familiar and comfortable. Colón´s Free Trade Zone, an hour from Panama City, is the second-largest duty-free area in the world and is quite the experience: 2,500+ companies in operation and perfumes, jewelry, name-brand clothing, leather goods and cigarettes in high supply for discount prices.
Shopping Malls
Panama is a good place to buy electronics, clothing and cosmetics, and with Panama´s rapidly growing economy, everyone´s shopping. Home to several U.S.-style shopping malls, one can find any and all brands in Panama City, dollar shirts to designer boutique stores. Multiplaza has Swatch, Louis Vuitton, Buffalo, Levi´s, Lacoste, Kenneth Cole, Adidas, Puma, etc., as well as a variety of price-friendly wear. There are 47 restaurants and cafes, with outdoor lounges to on-the-go frozen yogurt stands. Multiplaza is even home to movie theater, which features a VIP experience with reclinable seats and waiters who can bring you anything from sushi to margaritas. For $6.50 for retirees, the experience cannot be beat.
Multicentro is another favorite and even offers a Rossetta Stone stand. Check out Via Vai and Studio F for women´s wear to mix it up from familiar brands; department stores Conway and La Onda offer $2.99 shirts and $5.99 dresses, as well as goods for the whole family. Albrook Mall is definitely worth the trip for avid shoppers as well as a full-day´s visit: the mall is so large that exits are referred to by the nearby animal statue and guides wearing safari-type attire are stationed around the mall for service.
Souvenirs
Souvenirs are available in speciality shops located within many of the malls, as well as the airport, but for a high mark-up. Smaller stores located in the the capital´s center offer fairer prices. There are formal as well as makeshift craft fairs and displays from local artisans throughout Panama City, especially in Panamá Viejo and Casco Viejo, as well as in El Valle. The YMCA in Balboa, Panama City, features many indigenous-made crafts. Most popular tourist attractions from Portobelo´s Iglesia de San Felipe to beachside loading/drop-off points will typically have a few Guna women selling one of their traditional bracelets and anklets, and intricately woven and popularly-bought molas. Purchases support the preservation of their traditional costumes and jewelry, as well as support one of their primary sources of income.
Grocery Stores
Panama has large, modern, well-organized, U.S.-style supermarkets, carrying many familiar U.S. brands for comparable prices, if not less. Riba Smith and El Rey are among the favorites for expats and vacationers, with four Riba Smiths in Panama City and the established El Rey chain dotting Panama City as well as Coronado and David. Riba Smith is preferred for its´ selection of health-foods, special-needs dietary items and variety of American-brands of cereals, pastas, yogurts, ice creams, baking ingredients, salad dressings, breakfast foods and more, from Special K Bars to kettle chips to Aunt Jemima. Riba Smith´s holiday speciality items make baking and Thanksgiving easy, complete with holiday bake pans and pine-scented candles. With a logo similar to A&P, it´s not hard to miss this chain located in almost every Panama City neighborhood. Much like Riba Smith, El Rey offers reasonable prices and a great selection, as well as a rewards card, deli items and a large stock of liquor, wine and beer. Super 99 is another commonly found supermarket in Panama City carrying a wide selection with excellent prices.
Colón´s Free Trade Zone
Colón´s duty-free zone, referred to as the Free Trade Zone, opened in 1948 and has over 2500 companies that primarily sell to wholesalers, not individual consumers, but is an experience of a shopping city within a city for those adventurous travelers. Perfume, cigarettes, liquor, watches, jewelry, electronics, high-end clothing and handbags, cosmetics and more are all available inside, after receiving permission at the main office and presenting proper paperwork. If any purchases are made, most sales are sent to the airport, and be sure to hang on to any receipts.
By: vacationtopanama
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