Palazzo Las Vegas & Morels French Steakhouse; Southwest Airlines; Legoland; video postcard from Japan

Good morning travelers … around here we call today Aloha Friday! I hope that you’ve got something fun planned for this weekend.

I’ll be showing friends the new Palazzo Las Vegas and trying out one of their new restaurants, Morels French Steakhouse and Bistro. Lets see what’s in the news …

Southwest Airlines could get fined more than $10 million by the FAA for not inspecting cracks on dozens of its planes. [Reuters]

What I would like to know is, are we, as potential customers, allowed to know if we are booking a ticket to ride on one of the cracked planes?

Gov. Schwarzenegger’s carbon footprint is in the spotlight these days because of his commute from Brentwood to Sacramento by jet. Should environmentalists be up in his face about this if he buys pollution credits to offset the damage? [LAT]

L.A. Times Staff Writer Brady MacDonald went to Legoland yesterday to check out the 10-scene Lost Kingdom Adventure dark ride. [LAT Travel Blog]

Times Tokyo bureau chief Bruce Wallace sends readers a video postcard from Japan. [LAT]

The U.S. is ranked No. 7 in travel and tourism market. [Business Review]

— Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel Deal Blogger

[Photo: Your Scene, Los Angeles Times / BSW1125]

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