Archive for December, 2011
It has terrorized Amity Island for years. It’s coming and you can’t escape it… January 2, 2012, the last day you can ride JAWS® at Universal Studios Florida®! One of the original attractions since Universal opened, JAWS® has been thrilling park visitors since 1990.
JAWS® takes visitors on a fictional scenic boat tour off the cost of Amity where the famed 1974 great white shark attacks that inspired movie took place. Visitors are assured great white sharks haven’t been spotting in the area for years, until now! According to the ride description by Universal Orlando® Resort, “Your boat’s skipper calls for help and fires into the water. A darkened boathouse offers no refuge. The monstrous shark hammers your boat relentlessly, surrounding you with a sea of wreckage. If you can just get past those flaming fuel pumps you might make it back to dry land…” Can you and your family survive JAWS®?
Don’t miss your chance to make memories with your family and enjoy the iconic JAWS® ride one last time during your Orlando Vacation. JAWS® closes January 2, 2012 and is included with park admission. The Amity Island area of the park will also be closing. Click here for more information on the closing of JAWS®.
December 28th, 2011
With hit music from Smash Mouth and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, say goodbye to 2011 and ring in 2012 at Rock in the New Year at Universal CityWalk®. At Rock in the New Year, adults ages 21 and up enjoy a huge New Year’s party throughout CityWalk® featuring live music, all-you-can-eat food and a champagne toast at midnight.
Highlighting the event, Smash Mouth and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will perform live and each of CityWalk®’s seven clubs will also have live entertainment including karaoke at Rising Star, dueling pianos at Pat O’Brein’s, live DJs and bands and more! Special note: designated drivers that are attending Rock in the New Year can pick up a wristband at any of the New Year’s Eve venues to receive free non-alcoholic fountain beverages throughout the night.
Tickets to Rock in the New Year, December 31, 8 pm-2 am, cost $139.99 per person (ages 21 and up only) and include food, a midnight champagne toast, admission to CityWalk® and its seven clubs and performances by Smash Mouth and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Click here for more information.
For families seeking a celebration everyone can enjoy, Walt Disney World® Resort will have fireworks shows and extended hours at Epcot®, Magic Kingdom® and Hollywood Studios®. Enjoy a unique musical celebration with sea creatures and a fireworks show at SeaWorld® Orlando. LEGOLAND® Florida will count down to the new year during the Kids’ New Year’s Eve at 7 pm. Visit each individual theme park’s website for more information.
December 27th, 2011
ALL STAR Vacation Homes wishes you and your family
a joyous holiday season!
Sincerely,
The ALL STAR Team
December 22nd, 2011
Just in time for the Holidays, Disney’s Hollywood Studios® theme park is bringing back the Comedy Warehouse, but only for a limited time. From December 25 through December 31, entertainers in the “The Comedy Warehouse Holiday Special” will put on a hilarious improvisational stage show sure to make your entire family jolly with laughter.
“The Comedy Warehouse Holiday Special” features improv performers formally from the Comedy Warehouse on Pleasure Island that closed in 2008. The performers will create skits and ask for suggestions from the audience and show off their skills by reinventing holiday classics including songs, stories, poems and movie scenarios.
“The Comedy Warehouse Holiday Special,” December 25-December 31, takes place at the ABC Sound Studio at Disney’s Holiday Studios® and is included with park admission. Showtimes (subject to change) are 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 3:45 pm, 4:45 pm and 5:45 pm daily.
December 22nd, 2011
ALL STAR Vacation Homes has joined the prestigious new Disney affiliation program for vacation rental home companies, Vacation Rental Home Connection, Part of the Disney Ticket Network®. This new affiliation program provides Central Florida professional vacation rental management companies and guests staying in the vacation rental homes with a greater connection to the Walt Disney World® Resort.
Over the last year, Disney has worked with key vacation rental management companies, including ALL STAR Vacation Homes, to develop clear standards for vacation rentals, and guidelines for promoting the Walt Disney World® Resort Theme Parks. Participating companies are required by Disney to meet a criterion for high quality and service standards, providing guests with consistent and reliable accommodations.
Disney’s recognition of the Vacation Rental Home industry in Central Florida and through the Vacation Rental Home Connection, part of the Disney Ticket Network®, assist guests in identifying these spacious accommodations providing families and groups of all sizes the ability to enjoy a Disney Vacation.
For more information, visit the ALL STAR Vacation Homes – 2011 News & Releases.
December 21st, 2011
‘Tis the season for yuletide celebrations at Walt Disney World Resort®, but did you know there is a special celebration at Epcot® that takes visitors on a journey around the world to explore holiday traditions? At Holidays Around the World at Epcot®, you and your family can travel around the World Showcase to discover holiday customs and stories from other countries without needing a passport! Visit each country to hear storytellers portray holiday cultural icons from around the globe including France’s Pere Noel, Italy’s LaBefana, Great Britain’s Father Christmas and America’s Santa Claus. Learn their holiday customs and traditions and then compare them to your own.
The festivities don’t end there. Delight in the magic of the season during the Candlelight Processional event that retells the story of Christmas with a special celebrity narrator accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and a mass choir. There are also daily tree lighting ceremonies and IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth, an award-winning, awe-inspiring fireworks, laser and water spectacle.
Holidays Around the World events are included with park admission and run through December 30, 2011. Click here to see a full schedule of celebrity narrators for the Candlelight Processional.
December 16th, 2011
Have you ever seen a giant Christmas tree that was made of LEGO® bricks? Now through Saturday, December 31, families visiting LEGOLAND® Florida can experience a truly “Bricktacular” sight — a more than 30-foot tall LEGO® Christmas tree made entirely with a combination of 270,000 forest green LEGO® and DUPLO® bricks! If you’re lucky, your family might even be chosen to help light the tree during the daily tree lighting ceremony.
As part of the Christmas Bricktacular, visit the historical botanical gardens and take pictures with Santa. In The Beginning and Fun Town areas of the park, enjoy festive decorations, sounds of the season and more.
Through December 25, LEGOLAND® Florida will be open until 6 pm, Friday-Sunday. Special tip: stay until dark to get a good nighttime view of the tree and its lights making it the perfect spot to take your families’ picture and capture memories from your Orlando Family Vacation. Admission to the Bricktacular is included in park admission.
December 13th, 2011
The forecast calls for snow… in Florida? At the 13th Annual Now Snowing event, families can see “snow” fall every night through Saturday, December 31 at the Celebration Town Center. Pose and get your picture taken with Santa, go for a ride in a horse drawn carriage and the Celebration Express train and more. Fridays and Saturdays, Charles Dickens Carolers put everyone in the holiday spirit with strolling musical performances. On Saturday, December 10 at 6 pm, enjoy a special Radio Disney Holiday concert with music by Next Big Thing artists.
New to this year’s event, Now Snowing also offers an ice rink open daily from 4-10 pm, through Monday, January 2.
Admission to Now Snowing is free; admission is required for the ice rink. The “snow” falls nightly at 6 pm, 7 pm, 8 pm, and 9 pm. Celebrate the holiday season and make memories during this festive Celebration tradition!
December 7th, 2011
Steve Trover, Chief Executive Officer of ALL STAR Vacation Homes, has been elected to serve the fast-growing vacation rental industry on an international level, taking on the role of President for the long-standing Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA). Trover joins the nonprofit group’s Board of Directors effective immediately, contributing his time and talent to the betterment of the association and the vacation rental industry.
Trover together with 11 industry professionals from across North America will form one voice that governs the association and professionally managed vacation rental industry, assisting with: determining the association’s strategic vision and planning; guiding, directing and monitoring goal development and implementation; representing the association in cooperative efforts with community, state and national associations; helping to identify and nurture future association leaders and more.
For more information, visit the ALL STAR Vacation Homes – 2011 News & Releases.
December 1st, 2011
It has terrorized Amity Island for years. It’s coming and you can’t escape it… January 2, 2012, the last day you can ride JAWS® at Universal Studios Florida®! One of the original attractions since Universal opened, JAWS® has been thrilling park visitors since 1990.
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