Disney World offers fairy-tale weddings

Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — Planning a wedding? You could go to Vegas, like a certain pop singer who later changed her mind. But if your style is more Cinderella than Britney, you might want to consider a Disney World wedding.

More than 2,500 weddings occur each year at Disney’s “Fairytale Wedding Pavilion” in Lake Buena Vista. The Victorian-style glass building accommodates up to 250 guests.

Four-night wedding packages for two begin at $3,300 and include the officiant, bridal bouquet and groom boutonniere, a musician, two-tier cake, a limousine and two Ultimate Park Hopper tickets to Disney theme parks.

For more information on Disney weddings, call (407) 828-3400.

Museum provides taste of dairy industry

Fair Oaks, Ind. — The Fair Oaks Dairy Adventure has milk and a whole lot more.

A consortium in northwestern Indiana has built a $7 million museum and visitors center aimed at promoting the dairy industry. Visitors to the free museum can milk a fiberglass cow, tour an operating farm or taste the work of a master cheesemaker from Wisconsin.

The museum is in Jasper County, about 40 miles south of Gary, next to the intersection of Interstate 65 and Indiana Highway 14, where an interchange is expected to be complete by 2005. The museum is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

For more information or directions, call (219) 394-2025 or visit www.fairoaksdairyadventure.com .

Communities earn preservation honor

Washington — Eight places throughout the country have been designated as “Preserve America Communities” for what first lady Laura Bush called their “strong commitment to preserving our heritage.”

The communities are Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Versailles, Ky.; Key West, Fla.; Putnam County, N.Y.; Dorchester County, Md.; Delaware, Ohio; Augusta, Ga., and Castroville, Texas.

For more information, visit www.preserveamerica.gov.