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Travel: Vacation Like a Pro

March 28, 2005

Fantasy camps have moved beyond the baseball teams and guitar greats of yesteryear.

Now there's a vacation reality experience for everything.

All you need is a dream and lots of cash.

Find listings at grownupcamps.com, or check out these standouts:

• Covert ops: www.incredible-adventures.com You need to know the secret signal to be met at the Tucson, Ariz., airport. After that it's get into your camies, lead some high-speed chases, shoot paintballs and rescue hostages. You know, the usual summer-vacation stuff ($3,795 for three days).
• Poker: www.allincamp.com Play in Vegas with Howard Lederer and Annie Duke. It costs $3,495, but think of that as a limit on your losses.
• Movie stunts: thrillseekersunlimited.net A real stunt company will put you through free falls, high-speed chases and fake fighting. At the end of the week, they'll set you on fire. Who wouldn't pay $2,695 for that?
• B-ball: www.mjflightschool.com Michael Jordan and others will walk you through the finer points of not walking, for three days, and $15,000. Sign up quick, before the March Madness wears off.

—Linda Stern

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