The 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 […]
Continue reading …As 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 …At 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 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 …A 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 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 …A 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 …In 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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