Last night we ventured out to take a look at SeaWorld’s Christmas Celebration. This year was a little different as our kids weren’t with us. One now lives in Kentucky and the other is at college. It felt a little strange but we were looking forward to seeing what SeaWorld had on offer this year […]
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All good things must come to an end and one of the major attractions at Universal Orlando is now having it’s swan song. JAWS! is closing. The final ride will be on 2nd January 2012 when the JAWS! ride and the Amity area will close. The folks at Universal Orlando made the announcement this morning […]
Continue reading …25 Days of Giveaways at SeaWorld Orlando
December 1, 2011 Comments Off on 25 Days of Giveaways at SeaWorld OrlandoAnnounced today through December 25, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment (SEA) is celebrating the spirit of giving with an online consumer promotion that will feature 25 different prizes. During the “25 Days of Giveaways,” a different prize will be awarded every day, culminating with a $25,000 giveaway on Christmas Day. Entrants can win behind-the scenes animal […]
Continue reading …LEGOLAND Florida Announces Water Park Details
November 29, 2011 Comments Off on LEGOLAND Florida Announces Water Park DetailsJust six weeks after its official grand opening, LEGOLAND® Florida today released details of its first expansion – LEGOLAND Water Park. Scheduled to open in time for summer 2012, the water park will feature a wave pool, Build-A-Raft lazy river, tube slides, body slides and an interactive water-play structure – DUPLO® Safari. “We’re very excited […]
Continue reading …Universal Orlando Holidays Event Kicks Off This Weekend With Grinchmas, Macy’s Holiday Parade and More!
November 28, 2011 Comments Off on Universal Orlando Holidays Event Kicks Off This Weekend With Grinchmas, Macy’s Holiday Parade and More!Universal Orlando Holidays event kicks off this weekend with holiday entertainment the whole family will enjoy. At Grinchmas at Islands of Adventure, the popular Dr. Seuss book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is brought to life in the heartwarming live stage show, “Grinchmas Wholiday Spectacular,” starring The Grinch and the Whos from Whoville. At Universal […]
Continue reading …Curiosity Launches From Kennedy Space Center
November 26, 2011 Comments Off on Curiosity Launches From Kennedy Space CenterHere’s some video from this morning’s launch at Kennedy Space Center… travel well Curiosity… 8.5 months to get to Mars! [trafficplayer_skin padding: 3px 0 0 3px; margin: 0 auto; width: 543px; height: 388px; background: url(http://www.floridaleisureblog.com/wp-content/uploads/skin3_540x385.png) no-repeat top left; text-align: left;][trafficplayer_youtube_video width=”540″ height=”385″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/5ObY475qmVc?&autohide=0&controls=1&hd=1&rel=0&showinfo=1″ ][/trafficplayer_youtube_video][/trafficplayer_skin]
Continue reading …A nuke-powered rover the size of a family size compact car will start its journey to Mars this morning. The Curiosity, NASA’s $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory, is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at exactly 10:02 a.m. this morning and it hopes to answer the question: Can the Red […]
Continue reading …Small Business Saturday at Florida Leisure
November 26, 2011 Comments Off on Small Business Saturday at Florida LeisureToday is Small Business Saturday. An American shopping holiday created by American Express that was first celebrated on November 27, 2010 and it is a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retailers and e-commerce stores respectfully. The idea being, that by contrast, holiday shoppers are encouraged to patronize brick and […]
Continue reading …Florida Leisure Thanksgiving Sweepstakes
November 25, 2011 Comments Off on Florida Leisure Thanksgiving SweepstakesThanks to everyone who entered our “Thanksgiving Sweepstakes” to win 2 x Disney theme park tickets. The winner is announced in the video below…. and we also have a special announcement…. so check it out… [trafficplayer_youtube_video width=”540″ height=”385″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/3zmIiFM0kHI?&autohide=0&controls=1&hd=1&rel=0&showinfo=1″ ][/trafficplayer_youtube_video]
Continue reading …We’ve been working on a new web site for a little while and we decided that Thanksgiving would be the perfect day to launch the new look. For some time now we’ve been talking about the things to do in Orlando on our Facebook / YouTube and blog sites and that played a big part […]
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