Monthly Archives: December 2011

Hollywood Studios New Years Eve Features Fireworks Choreographed to Live Rock and Roll Music

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Hollywood Studios at Disney World features a different kind of New Years Eve show in Orlando with live rock-and-roll music choreographed to fireworks. Heavy beats and riffs on electric guitars blast popular songs from the 1960′s, 1970′s, and 1980′s while … Continue reading

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Magic Kingdom New Years Eve Fireworks From Different Locations on Video

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New Years Eve at the Magic Kingdom includes two different fireworks shows, an electric parade, and a new years eve countdown to make a lasting memory with party hats and noisemakers. We present three different videos showcasing the New Years … Continue reading

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Gingerbread House at the Grand Floridian Resort at Walt Disney World

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A holiday tradition for many families at the Walt Disney World Resort is to ride the monorail and other Disney transportation to look at all of the decorations around the resort and the hotels. The most popular destination outside of … Continue reading

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Gingerbread Christmas Tree at Contemporary Resort at Disney World

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Disney World puts out a lot of holiday decorations during the month of December each year. From the Gingerbread House at the Grand Floridian to the Christmas Trees that line the theme parks, there is definitely a lot of sights … Continue reading

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Voices of Liberty Christmas Caroling at Epcot in Disney World

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One of Disney World’s hidden gems during the Christmas Season is the Voices of Liberty Christmas Caroling that takes place from the day after Thanksgiving through the end of December. A Capella Christmas Caroling Before there were popular television A … Continue reading

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Gingerbread House at Disney’s Boardwalk Resort and Hotel at Disney World

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The Gingerbread House at the Grand Floridian gets a lot more attention but there is another Gingerbread House at Disney World that stars Donald Duck getting stuck in a chimney and Daisy Duck taking a look at Santa’s List. Gingerbread … Continue reading

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A Day at Typhoon Lagoon Water Park with a Toddler at Disney World

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I recently was able to spend the day with my 3 year old daughter for a father-daughter day at Typhoon Lagoon. With height-requirements on many of the slides at the water park preventing her from riding the ride and other … Continue reading

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Christmas Lights on Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World

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Christmas Lights, some 200,000 of them, are added to Cinderella Castle each year at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Beginning in 2007, Disney started adding the Christmas Lights to the castle and the lights have been a great … Continue reading

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A Guide to Buying a New Swing Set in Orlando Featuring Creative Playthings, PlayNation, and Rainbow Play Systems Retailers

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I recently went through the process of comparing and selecting a swing set to buy in Orlando for my children at home. There are three different playgrounds of different sizes within a mile from our house but we still wanted … Continue reading

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Downtown Orlando Christmas Star Celebrates the Past and the Future

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Jack Kazanzas graduated from Orlando High School (now Howard Middle School) in 1949 and lived his entire life in the city of Orlando when a Christmas star was erected between the two big department stores of the time in Downtown … Continue reading

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An Open Letter to Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic

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I’ve been reading all of the twitter updates and it seems that the Twitter universe and the Orlando Sentinel are trying to run you out of town like they did someone else. I can tell you that a majority of … Continue reading

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The Lion King Orlando Broadway Show and Musical at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre in 2012

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Disney’s The Lion King will be performing in Orlando at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre beginning on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 through Sunday, May 13th, 2012. Disney Presents The Lion King in Orlando Disney released the theatrical version of the Lion … Continue reading

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Where can I find the Leg Lamp from the Christmas Story Movie in Orlando?

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The Leg Lamp from The Christmas Story movie can be found at the Osborne Spectacle of Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Disney World during the Christmas season from early November through the end of December. It can be found … Continue reading

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Snooki from the Jersey Shore To Appear at Perfumania at the Florida Mall in December

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There is a new perfume to buy your loved ones this holiday season and it doesn’t smell like pickles (see video below). So says Nicole (Snooki) Polizzi from MTV’s Jersey Shore. Snooki at the Florida Mall Snooki will be making a … Continue reading

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