Business & Marketing Legend Dan Kennedy visits Florida Leisure Vacation Homes
May 16, 2009 15 CommentsWe were honored and privileged to have business and marketing legend Dan Kennedy visit our offices yesterday. Over the last two days Dan has been in Orlando to talk to members of the GKIC Orlando chapter and also to make a visit behind the scenes at Walt Disney World. Florida Leisure Staff & Dan Kennedy visit Walt Disney […]
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Despite today’s economic woes, people are still traveling and taking vacations; it is my experience that they are just doing so with a lot more focus on their budget. Hunting for deals and ways to cut costs while on vacation has never been more important and one budget-friendly trend has emerged as the solution for those […]
Continue reading …Call me insane … but I have been counting down the days until Profiles in History auctions off 200 pieces from the Hollywood Wax Museum. Ever since I saw The House of Wax and sneaked into Madam Tussauds, wax figures have held a strange fascination for me … in fact I have just realized that […]
Continue reading …Adventure Course GRANDELAKES ADVENTURE COURSE – EXCITING, FUN, AND UNFORGETTABLE! WHAT IS IT? A multi-level structure consisting of poles, cables, and platforms with 25 unique traversing and climbing elements. The Grande Lakes Adventure Course is designed to allow every guest to choose their personal level of challenge. Guests will be able to climb up 15 […]
Continue reading …Orlando is a pretty busy place at the moment, in fact you might say it’s the place to be seen this year, so I thought I’d take a moment to let you know about a place that might not be on your priority list…that place is Old Town. Old Town is situated on US 192 […]
Continue reading …Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
April 1, 2009 Comments Off on Epcot International Flower & Garden FestivalThe Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival continues through April until May 31. This year you can see an elaborate “Cinderellabration” topiary and an environmentally friendly Green Garden amid the colorful flowers and plants that feature all over Epcot. Make sure you check out the grand front entrance topiary of Cinderella and Prince Charming, Snow […]
Continue reading …Space Shuttle Discovery Comes Home Safely
March 28, 2009 Comments Off on Space Shuttle Discovery Comes Home SafelySpace Shuttle Discovery certainly made itself known as it flew through clouds to land safely at Cape Canaveral this afternoon. There I was watching on TV from the comfort of my hammock and although I was expecting the sonic boom, it certainly startled me a little as it was one of the loudest I’ve heard […]
Continue reading …TripAdvisor published the list that always makes my skin crawl and dread when I have to board that plane and have a hotel stay. That’s why I always have my friends visiting Orlando stay in one of our vacation homes … I know they will pass any blacklight test and our cleaners are very thorough. […]
Continue reading …“Fear Factor Live” a Victim of the Fear Factor
February 8, 2009 Comments Off on “Fear Factor Live” a Victim of the Fear FactorORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Universal Orlando’s “Fear Factor Live” attraction was temporarily closed Thursday amid a factor of fear and uncertainty about the economy. The attraction, which challenges park guests to gross-out stunts like the ones on the NBC television show, will reopen in the spring. Universal spokesman Tom Schroder wouldn’t say how many months […]
Continue reading …Our Disney Passes are up for renewal … $450 each for 2 adults and $410 for our 4 year old (including a renewal discount of $45) … even as Florida Residents, the Happiest Place on Earth is almost unaffordable … going to have to rummage down the back of that sofa. Thank goodness my Universal Employee pass […]
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