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Americans decide to continue spending on travel

FAR AND AWAY The aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks appear to be temporary, as a growing number of people have decided to spend even more on vacations this year

BLOOMBERG , ABBOTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

Tom and Linda Moleski plan to spend about US$5,000 on a summer cruise and a Thanksgiving trip on Carnival's Holland America Cruise Lines.

"Traveling is our opium," said Tom, a 54-year-old optometrist in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Walt Disney will reopen its 1,008-room French Quarter hotel in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on May 31 after a six-month closure.

The media and entertainment company already has done so with its 2,048-room Riverside Hotel, also part of Walt Disney World.

Additionally, Disney has hired more than 200 reservation agents in the last two months to handle calls to its theme parks and resorts, said spokeswoman Rena Callahan.

"We are seeing excellent signs," Callahan said.

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