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January 19th, 2012
Exotic Driving Experience Opens
by Patricia Letakis
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Exotic Driving Experience
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Ferrari? Lamborghini? Porsche? Take your pick, and then drive it to the max at this new attraction in Orlando.

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Tags: Exotic Driving Experience | orlando | Richard Petty Driving | Walt Disney World

December 20th, 2011
Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights
by Cassandra Palmer
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Disney's Hollywood Studios
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If you aren’t familiar with the story of how the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios came to be, we’ll tell you how this amazing Christmas light show found its way to Orlando.

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Tags: Disney's Hollywood Studios | orlando | Osborne | Spectacle of Dancing Lights

June 28th, 2011
Fourth of July Cookout at Disney
by Patricia Letakis
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Swan and Dolphin Hotel
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If you want to beat the crowds with an early Fourth of July celebration head to Walt Disney World’s Swan and Dolphin Hotel on July 2. 

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Tags: Fourth of July

March 11th, 2011
Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival Opens
by Patricia Letakis
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Epcot Flower & Garden Festival
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This is my 12th year covering the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. As the park kicks off its 18th festival (March 2-May 15), I salute Disney’s horticulturists, who manage to come up with new ideas (the Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden with Tink and friends as topiaries is adorable) and spruce up the old ones (last year’s Minnie’s Butterfly Garden has doubled in size and morphed into what is now called Bambi’s Butterfly House). 

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Tags: Disney | Epcot | Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival

December 21st, 2010
Grinchmas at Universal's Island of Adventure
by Susan Friedman
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Whoville, Seuss Landing
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I arrived in Whoville as excited as the little kids and their parents congregating there too. Grinchmas at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, is as colorful and sassy as Dr. Seuss fans would hope. Bringing the pages of the beloved books to life, Whoville is all done up with holiday glitz.

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Tags: Grinchmas | Universal | Universal Orlando Resort | Universal's Island of Adventure

October 15th, 2010
Disney’s Swan and Dolphin Showcases Restaurants
by Audrey St. Clair
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Food & Wine Classic
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Photo by: Courtesy of Disney

Last Friday, I enjoyed a refreshing Florida fall evening outside at the first annual Food & Wine Classic, hosted at the Swan and Dolphin hotels inside the Disney World resort in Lake Buena Vista. An outdoor area overlooking the water connects these two sister hotels and was the perfect spot for the event. 

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Tags: Disney | Disney Resorts | Epcot | food | food & wine classic | Food & Wine Festival | orlando | Swan and Dolphin

August 18th, 2010
Escape to Epcot and Marriott World Center Resort
by Susan Friedman
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Pool at Orlando World Marriott Center Resort
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I escaped to Orlando for a day at Epcot and to enjoy the Marriott World Center Resort and its amenities. The landscaped swimming pool area alone, with its curvy slide and "mountain" waterfalls, is definitely worth a stay. The resort was hopping with folks in for business meetings (has an attached convention center), but plenty of people were there just for fun. Like me.

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Tags: Epcot | High Velocity Sports Bar | Mexican Pavilion | Orlando Marriott World Center Resort | Soarn'

August 12th, 2010
Ducks on Parade at the Peabody Hotel
by Audrey St. Clair
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Peabody Ducks
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Even though I’m a 20-year resident of Orlando, I had yet to make it down to the Peabody hotel to behold the famous marching of the Peabody ducks. This past Monday evening, I got to see the winged waddlers walk the red carpet, led by their gold-and-crimson-clad duck master, to the timbres of John Philip Sousa's “King Cotton March.” 

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Tags: ducks | orlando | Peabody | Peabody Hotel

July 16th, 2010
At the Presidential Suite, Waldorf Astoria Orlando
by Susan Friedman
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Presidential Suite, Waldorf Astoria
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When friends started calling me “The First Lady” I knew I was in for a real treat (and ribbing) when I had a chance to stay in the Presidential Suite of the Waldorf Astoria in Orlando. I was right. Walking across the lobby’s exquisite marble floors, I recognized the Tower Clock immediately. It is a reproduction of the iconic ticker at the classic Waldorf in Manhattan. How wonderful!

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Tags: orlando | Waldorf Astoria

April 14th, 2010
Take a Whimsical Visit to Disney's Swan and Dolphin Resorts
by Susan Friedman
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A Visit to Disney's Swan and Dolphin
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I’ve always admired the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotels from afar, especially since contemporary architect Michael Graves designed the buildings.

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Tags: Cat Cora | Disney BoardWalk | Disney Resorts | orlando | Swan and Dolphin

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