Experienced crew guides sightseers on two-hour evening tours to catch views of scenic seascapes and blue whales

Disney's inventive duo and their pet platypus, Perry, break the fourth wall with a live 3-D extravaganza of songs, dances, and stunts

Scavenger-hunt-style race sends teams of two to four through downtown San Diego to compete for cash prizes and raise funds for St. Jude

14-ft. bay skiffs shuttle up to five passengers on daylong fishing excursions through San Diego or Mission Bay

Instructors help students steer and deploy parachutes in free falls from 10,000 feet over San Francisco and Monterey Bay

Brave visitors weave through a maze of haunted corridors filled with monsters before escaping the scene with a souvenir photo

8/10-mile, 30-foot-wide asphalt track configurable in up to 12 routes; Birel N35 karts race at up to 48 mph

Painters take their pick of blank plates, mugs, and figurines, coat them in provided paints, and retrieve glazed works in five days

Up to 12 racers speed around the track at once, vying for the fastest lap time as they complete about 20 laps, depending on ability

Eccentric Victorian mansion built by a tortured heiress in an effort to elude ghosts houses antiques firearms, museums, and haunted tours