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" Jake Austin of Wizards of Waverly Place took time out of his vacation on the Disney Channel Summer At Sea Cruise to hang out with Seventeen! See below to read about his favorite vacation ever and what he&amp;#039;s looking forward to about going back to school! 17: What&amp;#039;s your favorite vacation that you&amp;#039;ve ever gone on? JA: My favorite summer vacation was when I went to Tahiti when I was 10 or 11 because I had just filmed this movie in New Zealand. The plane ticket to Tahiti was so cheap that my mom decided, &amp;quot;Hey, it&amp;#039;s a once-in-lifetime opportunity. So I went to Tahiti for two days, and it was the most beautiful place in the world. So much to do, and it was gorgeous, and I had the best time. My mom loves pool-hopping, so we went to this really nice resort on this island. We literally just hung out on the beach and pool all day, jumping off huge rocks into the water and getting delicious food, and it was a really incredible experience. I hope I get the chance to go back some day.  17: What&amp;#039;s the one thing you do to make a vacation rock? JA: Try to accomplish a lot, but don&amp;#039;t overdo it. Then it&amp;#039;s not a vacation. Don&amp;#039;t plan \u2013 just roam free and see what happens. Be spontaneous. The most spontaneous thing I&amp;#039;ve ever done on vacation was during my first trip to California, I was on a screen test or audition or something. My mom, being the adventurous and exciting woman she is, decided to go to Gladstone on the beach. My friends and I told my mom we were going to the bathroom, that we&amp;#039;d be right back. We ended up jumping inside the ocean at 9 p.m. with our clothes on. It was one of the most incredible things until we got out of the water and it was freezing. But it was cool.  17: What&amp;#039;s your must-do summer activity? JA: For me, it&amp;#039;s surfing. I have to at least get a couple weekends in where I can just be on Santa Monica beach or Malibu and just ride the waves. 17: What are you reading this summer? JA: For my school, you have to read at least two books on the list, and nothing really appeased me. So I saw Twilight, and I was like, well, a lot of kids are reading that, it seems fairly easy, so I&amp;#039;ll give that a shot. So right now I&amp;#039;m in the midst of Twilight. It&amp;#039;s surprisingly good. You&amp;#039;d think it would be that chick-flick stereotype, but the book isn&amp;#039;t so much. It&amp;#039;s really good!  17: What are you looking forward to for back to school? JA: I&amp;#039;m a freshman this year, so I&amp;#039;m starting high school. I want to kick it off with a bang. There&amp;#039;s so much excitement, a new school, new kids, and new atmosphere. I&amp;#039;m just excited to be able to get back to New York for a little while and experience that. I live in New York, but I film out in LA.   What are you most looking forward to for back to school? Do you agree with Jake&amp;#039;s reasons or are there more? Tell us in a comment below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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