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This Oklahoma indoor water park is the ultimate winter break vacation destination for the entire family. It's like a tropical paradise filled with all kinds of wet and wild family fun.

If you're already thinking ahead about fall break and possible vacation destinations, then you'll definitely want to make a trip to this small town in S.W. Oklahoma. It's the perfect fall family getaway.

Normally you don't think of Lawton, Fort Sill and the surrounding area when it comes to fancy and fabulous Airbnb rentals and experiences, but you'd be surprised. There are some amazing Airbnbs available right here.

Take a quick trip and visit Oklahoma's most family-friendly city. It's the perfect place to go for a quick daycation or weekend getaway that the entire family will enjoy.

I'd have jumped out of the water had I seen this large shark.

It's one of the most epic and unusual Airbnbs in the Sooner State. Imagine staying overnight in a silo, but not just any silo. This place is a one-of-a-kind, luxurious rental that the whole family will enjoy.

If you take the drive through Oklahoma on Route 66 you'll get to see famous landmarks like the Round Barn in Arcadia, the Blue Whale of Catoosa, the historic Coleman Theater in Miami, and of course the Route 66 Museum in Clinton, OK. If you've never been to the museum it houses one of the largest collections of Route 66 memorabilia around.

This luxurious Texoma cabin is the perfect place to entertain groups of people. The only problem is that it has a steep price at $2,000 a night!

I've never really been a big vacation kind of guy. I prefer hanging around the house doing projects and keeping myself busy. But after all this I'm thinking it'll be nice to get away for a vacation.

A few weeks ago, tracking for Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation was supposedly in the toilet. Early reports suggested that Tom Cruise’s fifth outing as super-spy Ethan Hunt was not getting people excited. This would be the end, the experts said, of a franchise that has kept Cruise’s career surging forward for the past two decades. Well, that was apparently a big load of crap because Rogue Nation opened well and opened in the same ballpark as the rest of the franchise. Even with inflation differences, this series keeps on hitting the same box office sweet spot.

Full disclosure: I missed the last 10 minutes of Vacation. Last night’s press screening started 20 minutes late, then began without any sound, which lead to a 10 minute delay to correct the technical difficulties. With an unbreakable engagement elsewhere, I had to sneak out right before the very last scene. So take this review with as many grains of salt as you’d like. If you think those final minutes might recontextualize everything that came before to transform a generally miserable comedy into a beacon of transcendent hilarity, so be it. Having sat through the previous 90 minutes, I’m of the opinion that nothing short of the long-lost missing footage from Orson Welles’ Magnificent Ambersons could have redeemed this dreadful film.

What at first seemed like a silly idea for a reboot/sequel has already proven itself as incredibly promising with just a couple of trailers — a new trailer for Vacation has arrived, and it’s just as funny as the previous ones (although it features less of Chris Hemsworth’s, um, area). A new generation of Griswolds hit the road for Walley World, and the results appear to be even more disastrous than the original gang’s vacation attempts.