Geena Davis leads Epcot Candlelight Processional Season
November 25, 2012 Comments Off on Geena Davis leads Epcot Candlelight Processional SeasonThe Candlelight Processional at Epcot began this weekend to start the special holiday event series. The Candlelight Processional is held nightly at the America Gardens Theatre as part of “Holidays Around The World”and Geena Davis, Academy Award actress, was the first to narrate the Christmas Story in front of a packed out audience. The event tells […]
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SeaWorld Christmas Celebration Sneak Peak
November 17, 2012 Comments Off on SeaWorld Christmas Celebration Sneak PeakAs always the best theme park to visit in Central Florida is SeaWorld Orlando. All our staff at Florida Leisure love Christmas as SeaWorld is the one park that does actually keep the “Christ” in Christmas. It is refreshing that someone is prepared to stick to good old solid Christian principles instead of following the […]
Continue reading …The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) is in town this week and we wandered along to take a look. The organization represents more than 4,000 facility, supplier and individual members from more than 90 countries and it seems most of them attend the once a year trade only show at the Orlando […]
Continue reading …SeaWorld Orlando unveils Antarctica:Empire of the Penguin Attraction at IAAPA 2012
November 13, 2012 Comments Off on SeaWorld Orlando unveils Antarctica:Empire of the Penguin Attraction at IAAPA 2012At the world’s largest theme park convention, the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions’ Expo 2012, SeaWorld Orlando this morning revealed the vehicle that will take guests on a first-of-its-kind ride to the frozen south in the park’s 2013 attraction and all-new realm, Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin. There was much fanfare as the […]
Continue reading …Charlie Beljan Wins At 2012 Disney Classic After Hospital Stay
November 11, 2012 Comments Off on Charlie Beljan Wins At 2012 Disney Classic After Hospital StayCharlie Beljan finished at 16 under par to win the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Golf Classic at Walt Disney World by two shots over Matt Every and Robert Garrigus to end one of the toughest weeks of his life. Beljan’s maiden PGA Tour victory was far from easy after overcoming a second-round panic attack where […]
Continue reading …Legoland Florida Opens All-New LEGO® Star WarsTM Miniland Model Display
November 9, 2012 Comments Off on Legoland Florida Opens All-New LEGO® Star WarsTM Miniland Model DisplayA legion of pint-sized Darth Vaders clad in ebony robes and shining masks marched on LEGOLAND® Florida today during the official opening ceremony of the park’s newest expansion, LEGO® Star WarsTMMiniland Model Display. “We are celebrating much more than the opening of a new model display,” said LEGOLAND Florida General Manager Adrian Jones. “We […]
Continue reading …Orlando & Tampa Soccer Fans Get Their Wish! A Match Up… or Two!
November 8, 2012 Comments Off on Orlando & Tampa Soccer Fans Get Their Wish! A Match Up… or Two!Orlando City SC and the Tampa Bay Rowdies announced today a home and away preseason friendly starting in March of 2013. The first match will be in Orlando at the Florida Citrus Bowl on Saturday, March 9, with the second following on Saturday, March 30 in St. Petersburg at Al Lang Stadium. The series comes […]
Continue reading …Garrigus, Leonard, Love III, Mediate, Villegas Headline 42nd Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic Field at Disney
November 5, 2012 Comments Off on Garrigus, Leonard, Love III, Mediate, Villegas Headline 42nd Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic Field at DisneyA talented field that includes past Disney champions Davis Love III and Robert Garrigus, and popular veterans Justin Leonard, Rocco Mediate and Camilo Villegas, highlights this year’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, held Nov. 8-11 at Walt Disney World Resort. Along with the former Ryder Cup captain Love III, the field also features five past […]
Continue reading …Friday was a big day on the Space Coast as the veteran of 33 space flights, Space Shuttle Atlantis, reached her new home at Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis began the 10-mile trek just before dawn as she emerged from the massive Vehicle Assembly Building riding atop a 76-wheeled platform. Commander Christopher Ferguson, pilot Douglas Hurley, […]
Continue reading …Worst Kept Secret Revealed – Transformers Is New Ride At Universal Studios
November 1, 2012 Comments Off on Worst Kept Secret Revealed – Transformers Is New Ride At Universal StudiosIn one of the worst kept secrets of modern times Universal Orlando Resort just announced that its next blockbuster attraction will be the widely-popular TRANSFORMERS: The Ride – 3D. The groundbreaking ride – created under license from Hasbro, Inc. and based on its iconic TRANSFORMERS brand – will bring the intergalactic battle between the Autobots […]
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