Travel News for the Holiday

• Gastroenteritis strikes same cruise ship in Brazil for the 2nd time; 47 passenger sickened

  SAO PAULO (AP) — Nearly 50 passengers aboard an international cruise ship docked in Brazil have been stricken with vomiting and diarrhea, a health official said Friday. It was the same ship that last week was briefly placed under quarantine after hundreds of people came down with... more

• Active 2010 hurricane season predicted

  Meteorologists are predicting an active 2010 hurricane season with above-normal threats on the U.S. coastline. more

• 1 million sign up for free Disney tickets

  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Disney reached its goal Tuesday of getting 1 million people to sign up for a day of volunteer work in exchange for a free one-day ticket to a Disney park. more

• Survey: Average gas prices up 9.58 cents to $2.73 from 2 weeks ago

  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is up 9.58 cents over a two-week period to $2.73. more

• Western Colorado's Interstate 70 reopened after huge rock slide Photo

  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Workers have reopened Interstate 70 in western Colorado, three days after a rock slide tore gaping holes in an elevated section and littered the highway with boulders. more

• FAA air traffic forecast predicts more crowding, smaller fare hikes

  Passengers on U.S. airlines will pay relatively small increases in airfares over the next 20 years, but they should expect more flights crowding the nation's busiest airports, including O'Hare International, the Federal Aviation Administration said today. more