Heading to the Big Apple this fall for a family trip? The Museum of Modern Art offers fun free activities for families with children ages 11 to 14. Head over on a Saturday afternoon for the The Watch This! Films for Tweens program. Tickets for these international films featuring young protagonists are given out on a first-come, first-served basis. Tweens must be accompanied by an adult.

Then there are the Tours for Tweens held on Saturdays and Sundays, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. The tours take tweens and their parents through the galleries and encourage discussion about the modern and contemporary art you’ll see along the way. Tween tours are free, but you should preregister if you plan on attending. Sometimes the tours fill up in advance, in which case, there’s always the wait list. Point being - register early if you have your heart set on a certain weekend tour.

So you’re heading off for a family vacation, maybe a visit to Grandma and Granddaddy. You’re looking forward to getting away, but you aren’t looking forward to stuffing the car full of baby supplies, strollers and toys or hauling your twin toddlers’ double baby carriage through the airport while everyone gives you dirty looks for holding up the security line. Travel BaBees might just be the solution.

Available in Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Scottsdale and the San Francisco Bay Area, Travel BaBees allows you to rent baby equipment and have it delivered to your destination. There are must-haves like car seats, cribs, baby monitors and strollers, as well as plenty of fun accessories like the Exersaucer, bouncy seats, toy tubs and activity gyms. You can also rent all everyday items you use at home - like a Diaper Genie or potty chair - or snag things like safety gates that you might need to childproof your vacation rental or hotel room. Prices are reasonable, ranging from $2/day or $10/week for small items to $12/day or $60/week for a full crib with linens.

Because there is perhaps nothing more entertaining than agriculture. Though the notion of “agri-tainment” sort of makes me laugh, Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze, located about a half hour north of Atlanta, is just the sort of fall adventure I would have enjoyed as a kid. The corn maze opens Sept. 1, 2007 and remains open for three months.

Uncle Shuck’s sits on 20 acres of land - enough space for the maze, hayrides, bonfires and a pumpkin patch. The corn is expected to reach its full height of 10 feet in a few weeks.

Not going to be anywhere near Atlanta this fall, but still want to get your maze experience in? Check out The Maize for a list of several hundred mazes located across the U.S. and beyond.

Whether summer vacation is but a distant memory or still in full throttle for you and yours, you can dig into the spirit of summer vacation with Entertainment Weekly’s list of 15 Favorite Summer Vacation Movies. Sleepaway Camp, anyone? Now that’s one freaky movie.

The Washington Post’s Travel Log blog has a post up about Norwegian Cruise Lines’ recent dinner dress code revamp. Once banned from evening meals, the cruise line has changed its policy to allow “nice” jeans and shorts, except in one restaurant each evening that will be reserved for folks who want to dine in a more formal atmosphere.

The change reflects the trend towards more casual dress codes aboard many cruise lines. And oftentimes, even when cruise lines request that guests dress formally for dinner, plenty of cruisers show up in t-shirts and cargo pants. While some lament the loss of the formal dinner dress tradition once synonymous with the cruising experience, there are just as many folks who prefer the dressed-down look.

For Cruisers, Denim at Dinner

An interesting side-effect of this year’s onslaught of U.S. passport applications? Parents who owe over $2,500 in child support have to pay up before they can get their passports. That’s resulted in big payments to some families who hadn’t seen a dime from the delinquent parent in years.

Passport Rules Snag Child Support Cash

Adding further fuel to the notion that one can earn airline miles for purchasing just about anything these days, United Airlines’ Improvement Direct Mileage Plus promotion offers travelers the opportunity to earn as much as 5 miles per dollar spent on home improvement items from lighting fixtures to bathroom faucets to ceiling fans to water heaters (yeah, I’m serious). It’s great when you can earn miles when making large purchases - and home improvement projects are notorious for costing a pretty penny. Just think, along with that new kitchen sink, you might have a United ticket on the horizon.

United Mileage Plus Improvement Direct Promo

Heading out for a late summer camping trip anytime soon? Worried about the heat during an upcoming beach romp? Here are three little accessories that might help you beat the August heat during your next adventure:

The Coleman tent fan from Campmor - this tiny fan from adheres to your tent wall and operates for up to 16 hours continuously on battery power (pictured above).

Insulated Evaporative Cooling Hat from Hammacher Schlemmer - Soak it in water, slap it on your noggin and enjoy a head temperature 30 degrees cooler than that of the air.

The Cramer Cool Towel - Yes, it’s for athletes, but the towel can’t tell the difference. Just wet these bad boys for an instant chill.

It just got a little more expensive to visit Mickey. Walt Disney World increased its adult one-day, one-park pass to $71 over the weekend. That’s up from $67. This price increase comes only seven months after the last one, which went into effect in January.

Walt Disney World Hikes Ticket Prices

Why, yes. Atlanta. Jim Henson’s family announced yesterday that it will donate his entire collection to Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts. A new wing named for the creator of The Muppets and The Muppet Show is scheduled to open at the center in 2012. When completed, the Jim Henson wing will house as many as 700 pieces of Muppet memorabilia, puppets and ephemera - as well as objects from Fraggle Rock and Jim Henson films.

A special exhibit called Jim Henson: A Man and His Frog is currently on display at the center.

Henson Family Chooses Center for Definitive Collection