The Week's Top Travel News

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• You're relaxing in your Motel 6 room when someone calls to say that a "midget" is trapped next door. What do you do? Break through the wall, obviously! (Gadling)

• An updated list of U.S. and Canadian airports with full-body scanners. (Jaunted)

• Do airport pat-downs lead to a higher risk of infection? Any bets on when we'll get an article linking pat-downs and bedbugs? (MSNBC) 

• TSA-themed bumper stickers that were funnier than they should've been at this point in the news cycle. (Gadling)
• Related: National Opt-Out Day turned out to be nothing but a bucket of wind. (New York Times; photo by Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)

• Southwest Airlines is snapping travelers' family portraits at airports in December. (Jaunted)

• The three-hour tarmac delay rule has indeed led to more flight cancellations, according to a new report. (Travel Weekly) 

• A photo tour of the new Royal Caribbean ship, Allure of the Seas. (USA Today)

• Cruise ships are returning to the island of St. Kitts. (USA Today)

• Amenities and fixtures that could be coming to hotel rooms—including a crib with a “privacy flap” so your child can’t watch you canoodling. (USA Today)

• A new high-speed train in Spain connects Madrid and Valencia in just 95 minutes. (Budget Travel)

• In the U.S., meanwhile, there's concern that new Republican governors will kill high-speed rail projects. What a shame. (USA Today)

• At least we have trolleys. Charleston’s is now free, by the way. (USA Today)

• Admission prices were raised at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay ($83.45) and SeaWorld Orlando ($85.19). (Gadling)

• A hotel with a supermarket theme: Don’t check in hungry.... (Jaunted)