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RHODE ISLAND - Last minute travel specials to Rhode
island and Providence.
Providence - To help Rhode Island capture a larger
share of the lucrative family travel market, the Rhode Island
Tourism Division "cooked-up" a hugely successful promotion
utilizing one of Rhode Island's favorite "sons" - the internationally
recognized Mr. Potato Head™ created by Rhode Island-based
Hasbro in 1952.
In March of 2000, in the most unusual ceremony ever to take
place on the Rhode Island State Capitol steps - a "bumper
crop" of life-sized Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head™ statues were
officially sworn in by Governor Lincoln Almond as Rhode Island's
Family Travel Ambassadors.
Providence, Rhode Island's capital city, is home to Roger
Williams National Park, a veritable playground for the young
and young at heart. This beautiful 430-acre Victorian park
(1878) is comprised of waterways, walks, outdoor gardens,
a Carousel Village, Museum of Natural History and planetarium,
and the park's crown jewel, Roger Williams Park Zoo.
The Zoo houses 150 different species and over 900 animals.
The animals live in exhibits resembling their natural habitats
and are grouped geographically-"Plains of Africa" area with
elephants, giraffes, cheetah and zebra, a new Tropical rainforest
with canopy sky-walk, a Madagascar exhibit, and an Australasia
area with an open-air aviary and clouded leopard exhibit.
The Carousel Village features a vintage carousel, pony rides,
a themed miniature golf course and kiddie go-boats. The Tennis
Center has Rhode Island's only clay courts available for public
use. The boathouse has paddle-boats and mini-speed boats.
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