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If you want to plan a family vacation with wow factor, look no further: Picking a hotel with one of the following kid-friendly attractions will earn you major points with your kids. And with activities this fun, you just may end up acting like a kid yourself.
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— Hotels: Atlantis Paradise Island Resort, the Bahamas; Grand Wailea Resort Hotel and Spa, Maui; Nickelodeon Suites Resort, Orlando; MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas; Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando; Mandalay Bay Resort Casino, Las Vegas; Hilton Hawaiian Village, Oahu; Beaches Turks Caicos Resort Spa, Turks and Caicos
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You and your kids can get up close and personal with some of the world's most playful creatures at several hotels around the globe. Interactions can include rubbing the dolphins' rubbery skin, posing for a kiss, and going for a dorsal fin ride.
A handful of hotels on Oyster host a wide range of exotic animals, including penguins, lions, monkeys, giraffes, sharks. These animal habitats are so impressive we wrote a whole blog post just about them.
— Hotels: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Oahu; MGM Grand, Las Vegas; Kahala Hotel and Resort, Oahu; Paradisus Palma Real, Dominican Republic; Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas; Disney Animal Kingdom Lodge, Orlando; Half Moon, Jamaica; The Mirage, Las Vegas
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