Saturday, October 25, 2008

Traffic plunges 13 percent at Orlando International

Times are hard !

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Friday, October 24, 2008

Crackdown at Universal: Hundreds banned from resort for underage drinking during night time Halloween festival.

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A Disney Halloween Treat. On Oct. 30 and 31, Downtown Disney is hosting a free Halloween event from 5 to 9 p.m.

A fun and spooky time is guaranteed for all as Disney always do Halloween excellently.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Olympic diver Tom Daley in SeaWorld

Fourteen-year-old British diver Tom Daley will be making an appearance Wednesday, Oct. 22, at SeaWorld Orlando. Daley, who finished seventh in the 10-meter platform competition of the Beijing Olympics this summer, will be performing several of his dives in a special exhibition before the last performance of the park's "Blue Horizons" show.

Theme-park visitors will be allowed into the Whale & Dolphin Theatre at 5 p.m. for the 5:15 appearance. "Blue Horizons" begins at 5:30

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Neals' "Complete Walt Disney World" wins book award.

Julie and Mike Neal residents of Celebration, have just won a Writers Digest international award for nonfiction.

Orlando Sentinel - Neals' "Complete Walt Disney World" wins book award on Tourism Central Florida

Monday, October 20, 2008

Friday, October 17, 2008

Disney site features virtual tour of Bay Lake Tower

Story found at Orlando Sentinel -16 October 2008

Disney Vacation Club has launched a new promotional website to fuel sales in the Bay Lake Tower at its Contemporary Resort. [more…]

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Bonnet Creek to create 75-acre nature preserve

Story found at Orlando Sentinel - 16 October 2008

The developers of Bonnet Creek resort said Wednesday that they will include a private nature preserve as part of the 482-acre resort. [more…]

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Parking, car-renting, cabs to get more expensive at MCO on Tourism Central Florida

Looks like prices are`rising at Orlando International Airport (OIA)…

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Green Works Orlando

5/30/2008

City of Orlando unveils Greening Project. -

Story found at City of Orlando website

“Message from Mayor Buddy Dyer

I am proud and excited to unveil Green Works Orlando, the City’s first comprehensive plan to protect our natural resources, encourage environmentally-friendly lifestyles and business practices and engage everyone who lives, works and visits Central Florida in the effort to “go green.”

Green Works Orlando is an environmental action agenda designed to transform Orlando into one of the most environmentally-conscious cities in America. In order to achieve this ambitious goal, our plan focuses on immediate and dramatic actions to" [more]

We can all help as citizens and visitors. Just by turning off lights and driving carefully and safely.

Visitors can take care about water usage. Be sensible with showering and use those towels in an environmentally friendly way. It all helps.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

T-Rex Cafe now greeting customers at Downtown Disney

The T-Rex Cafe opened today at Downtown Disney, likened to The Rainforest Cafe. Landry's Restaurants Inc. is behind both Rainforest and T-Rex.

 

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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Wizarding World of Harry Potter

This  much awaited attraction is due to open  at  Universal’s Island of Adventure in 2010

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