The Orlando Southern Women’s Show is on at the Orlando-Orange County Convention Center at the moment and I decided to pay the show a visit for the first time in a few years yesterday. The show features food, fashion, shopping, celebrities, health, beauty, lifestyle and a whole load of fun to make the day worth […]
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Another Amusement Park in Orlando?
October 15, 2010 Comments Off on Another Amusement Park in Orlando?Fresh on top of the announcements by Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove comes news that a group of developers want to build a new amusement park complete with towering thrill rides, on an undeveloped piece of land on the north end of International Drive. The park could feature as many as 15 rides, according to […]
Continue reading …Discovery Cove Announces “The Grand Reef”
October 14, 2010 Comments Off on Discovery Cove Announces “The Grand Reef”Pleased to report that we have more exciting news and even more to look forward to in 2011 as Discovery Cove has announced that it will take immersion to new depths when it opens an all-new area , The Grand Reef, in June next Summer. The new reef features multiple levels of exploration, from shallow […]
Continue reading …Busch Gardens Tampa Announces New Thrills
October 13, 2010 Comments Off on Busch Gardens Tampa Announces New ThrillsJust got this press release from Busch Gardens in Tampa… great news… Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Introduces A New Breed of Speed New Mega-Attraction Pairs Up-Close Encounters and High-Speed Thrills in Cheetah Hunt and Cheetah Run Wednesday, Oct. 13 (Tampa, FL) – For more than five decades, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has found inspiration in […]
Continue reading …Dining Delights in Orlando – P.F. Chang’s
October 13, 2010 Comments Off on Dining Delights in Orlando – P.F. Chang’sDining Delights in Orlando this week features P.F. Chang’s at the Mall of Millenia. The Mall of Millenia is located at Conroy Road and offers an extraordinary experience, for those of us who call Orlando home or those visiting Orlando for business or pleasure. There’s a dazzling selection of international stores and an exceptional collection […]
Continue reading …The Outta Control Magic Comedy Dinner Show
October 12, 2010 Comments Off on The Outta Control Magic Comedy Dinner ShowJust recently we were invited to check out “The Outta Control Magic Comedy Dinner Show”. Now before I start, I have to say that I’m not really a great fan of dinner shows as frankly, I’ve experienced some not so great shows and some awful dinners. So it was with some trepidation that I decided […]
Continue reading …John Lennon would have been 70 today and appropriately enough, one artist has remembered the ex-Beatle enough to have sculptured a life-size image of him. At 8pm last night international sculptor and painter Lawrence Holofcener opened the sculpture to the public at the Mount Dora “Art Stroll.” The sculpture, entitled “Imagine,” is on loan to […]
Continue reading …At last week’s AARP convention I spent a few minutes with Peter Greenberg. Peter is currently the CBS News Travel Editor and is often seen on “The Early Show” offering some great travel advice. Previously he was known as the Travel Editor for NBC’s Today show, CNBC and MNSBC. He was also the Travel correspondent […]
Continue reading …Dining Delights in Orlando – Taverna Opa Greek Restaurant
October 3, 2010 Comments Off on Dining Delights in Orlando – Taverna Opa Greek RestaurantTo kick off the Dining Delights in Orlando series, we are making Taverna Opa Greek restaurant our first port of call. The restaurant is located at Pointe Orlando on International Drive. The official address is 9101 International Dr Ste 2240 Orlando, FL 32819 and the phone number for reservations is 407 -351-8660 In addition to the […]
Continue reading …Orlando Area Restaurants … and a rant!
October 3, 2010 Comments Off on Orlando Area Restaurants … and a rant!The Florida Leisure office often gets asked about restaurants in our area and since creating the “Restaurant Row” video a month ago (you can see it here) over 4,500 people have viewed it wanting to know where they can go to eat. As popular as the video has been, we still get asked for other […]
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