M-I-C… …K-E-Y… …all together now! …M-O-U-S-E. For many kids, a trip to Disney (either Disneyland in California or Walt Disney World in Orlando) is a rite of passage of sorts. In fact, almost 17 million people visited Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in 2010...

Although we are lucky to live in Austin where we have so much fun stuff to do, there is certainly something to be said for a road trip. For most kids, simply the idea of staying somewhere other than your own bed is thrilling (can you say hotel pool?), and chances are, you have friends in other...