Floridians will welcome home a native son, when Gainesville legend Tom Petty hits the stage with the Heartbreakers at the Amway Center in Downtown Orlando on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 at 7:30 PM. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers An encore to their 2010 tour in support of Mojo, their firstRead More →
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 the theme parks is the Grand Floridian Resort that hasRead More →
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 House at the Boardwalk Resort: Stitch munches on Gingerbread MenRead More →
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 rides she could ride on that I needed to useRead More →
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 addition to help celebrate the season. Castle Lighting Ceremony EachRead More →
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 to have a basic swing set with a couple ofRead More →
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 Orlando by Ivey’s and Dickson & Ives in 1955. DowntownRead More →
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 the Magic fans out there disagree with both of theseRead More →
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 King in 1994 and created an instant classic. With suchRead More →
This is a story of the lamp from the Christmas story that could be found in a window during the Osborne Spectacle of Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios that has been discontinued. Here is our story from when the Osborne Lights were still active: The Leg Lamp from The Christmas StoryRead More →
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 public appearance at the Perfumania store at the Florida MallRead More →
Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band will be bringing his changes in attitudes to the Amway Center in Downtown Orlando on Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 8 PM to perform all of his classic hits in concert. Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett may have been born in Mississippi but it was hisRead More →
Each night, the Lake Eola Fountain in Downtown Orlando does it’s best impression of the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas as it comes alive with a choreographed musical show set to classical jazz and disco for a 4 and half minute performance at 8 pm and again at 9:30 pm. Lake Eola Fountain Show Okay,Read More →
I attended the Waterford Lakes Black Friday event for the 12 AM Midnight openings of Target, Best Buy, and other stores. The stores where very crowded with long lines but I was able to get the deal-buster for the XBox 360, the XBox 360 Kinect, and some Hello Kitty slippersRead More →
Along the commute between Orlando and Tampa along I-4 stands an attraction that has been around since 1995 called Fantasy of Flight. Forever curious on what this attraction was, I was able to check it out and experience Fantasy of Flight during their Roar n’ Soar event in 2011. Here isRead More →
A new Christmas event will be hosted at the Lake Eola Amphitheater this year as the First Baptist Church of Orlando will be presenting Christmas in the Park. This event is being hosted by the same church that produces the Singing Christmas Trees so they have some practice singing ChristmasRead More →
Each year, Fantasy of Flight host a great family event that highlights the best in classic and vintage aircraft, cars, and boats in addition to their aviation-themed attraction that is open year-round. Fantasy of Flight Roar n’ Soar Fantasy of Flight will be holding their annual Roar n’ Soar eventRead More →
Some of the bands performing on these days within the same show include Avril Lavigne, LMFAO, The Fray, One Republic, Jason Derulo, Gavin Degraw, and Cobra Starship.Read More →
For the last several years I have attended a Men’s Bible Study once a week early in the morning that can vary between 14 and 20 other men. As we study scripture and talk about our lives and family, one person from the group is responsible for getting breakfast andRead More →
A Muffaletta is a popular sandwich that originated and is most famous in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also spelled sometimes as muffuletta, the muffuletta is a type of sandwich with round Sicilian sesame bread and is known to be rather large where most restaurants will offer a quarter or half muffaletta toRead More →
As part of the Mickey’s Halloween Party that Disney World celebrates each year during Halloween at the Magic Kingdom, a Disney Villains show featuring some of Disney’s most popular characters that visitors love to hate, is shown four times a night followed by a special villain meet and greet inRead More →
To help celebrate Halloween at Disney World, the Magic Kingdom hosts a Halloween Parade during it’s Mickey’s Halloween Party called Mickey’s Boo-To-You Halloween Parade. Mickey’s Boo-To-You Halloween Parade The parade, part of the Halloween Party separate-ticket event, starts off with the Headless Horseman on horseback with a jack-o-lantern in hand. TheRead More →
Each year on special-event nights during the months of September and October, Disney World hosts a separate ticket event to celebrate Halloween at the Magic Kingdom called Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. One of the major highlights of the Halloween event is the Hallowishes Firework Show that fills the sky withRead More →
Hard Rock will be hosting a free concert and block party to celebrate their 40th birthday in Downtown Orlando on Saturday, October 1st, 2011 from 3 PM – 11 PM starring Collective Soul, Everclear, Tonic and DMC (Run DMC). Hard Rock Downtown Throwdown Orlando-based Hard Rock will be holding theRead More →