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St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa.

December 7th, 2008

If you are looking for something a little different during your vacation in Florida, look no further than one of the Sunshine States best live music venues and the home to Tampa Bay Lightning ice hockey team St Pete Times Forum in Tampa. Read the rest of this entry »

Florida Villa videos. Discover the new age of virtual tours.

September 14th, 2008

Direct Villas Florida has released their latest product to owners of Florida rentals. Every Florida villa owner appreciates the value of a high quality video production of their property, however thanks to a new and improved way of capturing each piece of footage in true high definition, the face of the original ‘virtual tour’ has changed forever, and it’s cheaper than you think.  Read the rest of this entry »

Flights To Orlando. The Cheaper Option.

September 4th, 2008

With the ever-increasing costs of transatlantic flights, this year’s annual Florida vacation offered me an ideal opportunity to seek out a cheaper alternative to our usual scheduled flights, which consisted of flights from Newcastle to Gatwick, then Gatwick direct to Orlando International Airport (MCO). Arriving at 3.25pm local time.
To allow me to ensure that my flights we indeed cheaper than booking direct flights, I needed to confirm the total cost of my usual route. This fare was for 2 adults and 2 children aged 14 and 11 years. Read the rest of this entry »

Florida Mall, Orlando.

September 3rd, 2008

Located on the corner of South Orange Blossom Trail and Sand Lake Road, in Orlando, The Florida Mall provides visitors with a shopper’s haven. With over 260 individual shops and outlets, including 6 major department stores, Florida Mall is central Florida’s largest mall, but what exactly has it got to offer you? Read the rest of this entry »

Manta. Seaworld’s Newest Ride.

August 17th, 2008

If you are fortunate enough to visit Seaworld Orlando during the summer of 2009, you will have a real treat in store when you visit Seaworld. Construction of their newest theme park attraction Manta is now well under way. But what can riders expect from Seaworlds newest roller coaster? Read the rest of this entry »

Olive Garden. A Family Meal To Remember.

August 14th, 2008

Olive Garden restaurants are plentiful both in and around Orlando, Florida. The Italian restaurant chain is fairly unique in that it is not a franchised chain of restaurants, and therefore patrons are likely to have a slightly different dining experience in any one of the many Olive Garden restaurants. With so many diverse dining opportunities around though why choose Olive Garden? Well having been to Orlando on numerous occasions, my family and I decided to find out just how good these popular Italian restaurants really are. Read the rest of this entry »

The Mummy At Universal Studios, Orlando.

August 7th, 2008

The Revenge Of The Mummy ride at Universal Studios, Orlando has quickly become one of the most popular rides at this fantastic Florida theme park, along with other rides, such as the likes of the new Simpson’s, Men In Black and of course the world famous Jaws attraction, are also still firm favourites in there own right. With this popularity however, come long queues and wait times. So how do you ride the Mummy without having to endure those long wait times? Read the rest of this entry »

Sheikra. Busch Gardens, Tampa

August 7th, 2008

Sheikra at Busch Gardens, Tampa is without doubt one of the best roller coasters in the many Florida theme parks. But what makes this ride so different? Read the rest of this entry »

Busch Gardens. Home To Some Of The Best Coasters In Florida

August 6th, 2008

As part of our annual Florida vacation, my family an I always make time to visit what is without doubt one of the best Florida theme parks, Busch Gardens in Tampa. So with our Orlando Flex Ticket plus passes in hand, we set out on the 1 hour road trip from Orlando to Busch Gardens. With children aged 11 and 14 one of the biggest attractions that this park offers over the many other Florida theme parks, is a ride called Sheikra. Quite simply this ride takes riders to a level of exhiliration that others fail to, but there is more to Busch Gardens than a single roller coaster Read the rest of this entry »

7 Fascinating Bird’s-Eye-Views of Florida

July 9th, 2008

Although not necessarily tourist attractions, there are a number of incredibly fascinating views of Florida that won’t be noticed or really appreciated from ground level.

Seeing as it’s doubtful you’ll be able to spot them from the plane on the way in we thought we’d pick a selection of the most intriguing and use Google Maps to point them out for you. If you know of any others equally as fascinating, let us know in the comments. Read the rest of this entry »

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