Felix Baumgartner Breaks Record For Manned Balloon Flight
October 14, 2012 Comments Off on Felix Baumgartner Breaks Record For Manned Balloon FlightFelix Baumgartner may have become the world’s first supersonic skydiver with a 24-mile free fall over New Mexico earlier today. The weather was finally favorable as his team unpacked the 30-million cubic foot helium balloon that hoisted the 3,000-pound capsule carrying him to nearly 130,000 feet into the sky. The journey took him to 128,097 […]
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Busch Gardens Terrifies The Buccaneers Cheerleaders At Howl-O-Scream
October 14, 2012 Comments Off on Busch Gardens Terrifies The Buccaneers Cheerleaders At Howl-O-ScreamThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders challenged their fears inside the Dark Side of the Gardens at Howl-O-Scream over the weekend. The cheerleaders toured the new houses Blood Asylum and Circus of Superstition 3-D. In Blood Asylum, the cheerleaders ran from “The Creature” in a high-security asylum for the criminally insane. Then, in Circus of Superstition […]
Continue reading …2012 Kissimmee-St. Cloud Senior Games Begins
October 13, 2012 Comments Off on 2012 Kissimmee-St. Cloud Senior Games BeginsThe 2012 Kissimmee-St. Cloud Senior Games kicked off this weekend with competitors taking part in various track and field, cycling and archery events. More than 400 mature athletes will compete in a variety of sporting events around Osceola County this week and other events will include swimming, table tennis, softball and the very popular pickle […]
Continue reading …Guy Fawkes Night Comes to Florida!
October 12, 2012 Comments Off on Guy Fawkes Night Comes to Florida!For some 400 years, bonfires have burned on November 5th and fireworks have filled the sky to mark the failed attempt by a certain Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom. The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI […]
Continue reading …Fogo de Chão – Brazilian Steakhouse on International Drive, Orlando
October 11, 2012 Comments Off on Fogo de Chão – Brazilian Steakhouse on International Drive, OrlandoEvery once in a while Orlando turns up another gem and that’s one of the reasons why Central Florida is such a great place to visit. There’s always something new and just recently we got to try out one of the newest restaurant additions for 2012. Fogo de Chão (pronounced “Fo-Go-Dee-Shoun”) is an authentic Southern […]
Continue reading …Orlando City Soccer Push To MLS Shows Favorable Economic Impact Numbers
October 10, 2012 Comments Off on Orlando City Soccer Push To MLS Shows Favorable Economic Impact NumbersOrlando City Soccer’s dream of becoming the 20th team in Major League Soccer took a major turn upwards yesterday afternoon as the results of an Economic Impact presentation were made public. The independent report carried out by Conventions, Sports & Leisure International, a Minneapolis-based research firm, showed that a soccer franchise would benefit the […]
Continue reading …One of the events that we look forward to the most each year is the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival – Party For The Senses. It’s a chance to feast on the sensory arts as the evening begins with a reserved seat at the Eat to the Beat! concert series at the America Gardens […]
Continue reading …SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular 2012 Begins!
October 8, 2012 Comments Off on SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular 2012 Begins!We popped along to SeaWorld Orlando to check out the “Halloween Spooktacular” over the weekend and as usual, it lives up to it’s reputation of being a kid friendly fun place to go. One of the new interactive activities involves the paparazzi as Penelope’s Photacular near Penelope’s Party Zone sees guests in costume take part […]
Continue reading …This weekend, October 5th & 6th, Celebration Town Center transforms before your very eyes as the falling leaves of the season drop on Market Street in the Fall Festival known as Oktoberfest. It’s a chance to listen to the rustling of leaves, relax by the lakeside and rock your troubles away. You can also enjoy […]
Continue reading …The Twilight Tower of Terror Inaugural 10 Miler
September 30, 2012 Comments Off on The Twilight Tower of Terror Inaugural 10 MilerJuan Morales of Huntington Beach (pictured below left) won the Disney Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Inaugural 10 Miler in a time of 57 minutes 59 seconds. Approximately 10,000 runners set off from Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida, right on the stroke of 10pm and some 57 minutes and 59 seconds later […]
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