Orlando Attractions

Family Festival Line Up at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

November 8, 2014 Comments Off

Today is the day when the public gets its first opportunity to take a look at the brand new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Open from noon today until 6pm, visitors can take a leisurely self guided tour around the new facility. At 8pm Sheryl Crow will then take the stage outside the […]

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BritWeek Orlando continues with visits to UCF School of Medicine and Merlin Entertainments Orlando Eye

November 7, 2014 1 Comment

BritWeek Orlando 2014 continued this week after the kick off party at Aston Martin Orlando on Wednesday night with visits to the UCF School of Medicine and the Orlando Eye on International Drive. On Thursday, BritWeek held a panel discussion with Consul General David Prodger at the UCF School of Medicine in Lake Nona. Moderating […]

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Monumental Day for Orlando as Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Opens

November 7, 2014 Comments Off

Yesterday marked a monumental day in Orlando’s history as the $500 million Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts was opened. Phase one of the 330,000 gross square feet Dr. Phillips Center is now home to two theaters. The 2,731-seat, 6,000-square-foot Walt Disney Theater will host Broadway shows, concerts and other large-scale traveling performance while […]

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Kissimmee Gateway Airport … Location is Everything!

October 23, 2014 Comments Off

One of the hidden jewels of the Central Florida and Orlando area is Kissimmee. It’s a place where local people live and it’s also a place where people love to come on vacation. The City of Kissimmee has around 65,000 residents and is part of Osceola County. Located south of Orlando, Kissimmee is the closest […]

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SeaWorld Plans New Programs To Protect Ocean Health and Killer Whales

August 15, 2014 Comments Off

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. announced today that it plans to build new, first-of-its-kind killer whale environments and that it will fund new programs to protect ocean health and killer whales in the wild. The new projects will build on SeaWorld’s legacy of providing state-of-the-art, innovative homes for its animals, and will offer park guests unique and […]

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World’s Tallest Rollercoaster and Entertainment Complex “The Skyscraper™ at SKYPLEX™” is coming to Orlando in 2016!

June 5, 2014 Comments Off

David and Joshua Wallack, the owners of Mango’s Tropical Café Orlando and Mango’s Tropical Café South Beach, today announced plans to develop the world’s tallest roller coaster The Skyscraper™ and the lavish SKYPLEX™ indoor entertainment complex at International Drive and Sand Lake Road. The Skyscraper at SKYPLEX, the towering coaster to be built not far […]

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Polercoaster Coming to I-Drive

June 2, 2014 Comments Off

International Drive is getting a new roller coaster. Billed as the “Polercoaster”, the new ride will become the world’s tallest roller coaster at some 570 feet! That will also make it nearly three times higher than both Disney’s Expedition Everest and Universal’s Rip Ride Rockit coasters as well as roughly 130 feet taller than the […]

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The Orlando Eye, Madame Tussauds and SeaLife Aquarium Open Spring 2015 on International Drive

April 17, 2014 Comments Off

With less than a year to grand opening, Merlin Entertainments PLC (Merlin) is gearing up to introduce three of its exciting global brands to the Central Florida region, with the launches of The Orlando Eye, Madame Tussauds and SEA LIFE aquarium in Spring 2015 at I-Drive 360 on International Drive. Merlin, the second largest visitor […]

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Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

March 11, 2014 Comments Off

From time to time we like to feature some of the local places here in Kissimmee that our guests enjoy visiting. Dinner shows are always a popular favorite so every so often we like to take one of them in so we can best relate the experience a guest will enjoy when visiting. One of […]

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Arabian Nights to Close

November 29, 2013 Comments Off

One of the longest running dinner show attractions in Central Florida, Arabian Nights, has announced it will shutter its doors for good on January 1. The show, which has run for 25 years in Osceola County, has presented more than 10,000 performances for more than 10 million guests during its time. “It has been an […]

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