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If you’re looking for a way to treat your family to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner and take in Florida’s natural beauty during your Orlando vacation, look no further than Forever Florida. Join them for Festival Days with their special Thanksgiving Feast and stay for the day. Take the family on an ecosafari through Forever Florida’s conservation lands where you’ll venture through natural forests, pastures and wetlands. In this unique ecological environment, you’ll be able to surround yourself with nature, taking in the quiet peace of the lake or enjoying the animals at the petting zoo.
November 16th, 2011
by Rick E-Mouse
March 25, 2011 Edition
2011 Epcot® Flower & Garden Festival
Flower Power Concert Series Schedule
Make your 2011 Disney vacation “rock” – catch the Flower Power Concert Series at the 18th Annual Epcot® Flower & Garden Festival in Walt Disney World® Resort.
Upcoming concerts include:
- March 25 – 27: Melissa Manchester
- April 1 – 3: Starship starring Mickey Thomas
- April 8 – 10: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
- April 15 – 17: Juice Newton
- April 22 – 24: Ricky Nelson Remembered featuring The Nelsons
- April 29 – May 1: Paul Revere & the Raiders
- May 6 – 8: Davy Jones
- May 13 – 15: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
Performances are held at the America Gardens Theatre and are scheduled for 5:15pm, 6:30pm and 7:45pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the festival.
March 25th, 2011
by Rick E-Mouse
August 27, 2010 Edition
Embark on an Aquatic Orlando Vacation Adventure
at Reunion® Resort’s Water Park
During your Orlando vacation at Reunion Resort as a guest of ALL STAR Vacation Homes, you’ll enjoy access to Reunion’s expansive water park.
Just a quick walk or drive from your Disney area vacation home or condo, the on-site water park is an adventure filled with aquatic fun for everyone in the family!
Highlights include:
- Flume Ride – slide at high-speed through a tropical landscape of twists and turns!
- Water Playground – with water slide tubes, bridges, ladders and a splash pool!
- Lazy River – drift the day away past lush shores and splashing waterfalls!
Kids will also love the interactive water activities and the resort pool that’s great for all ages. There’s even a wading pool for the little ones!
The water park at Reunion Resort also features a wooden boardwalk perfect for a casual tour of the outdoors, sand volleyball courts, and plenty of lounge areas in both the sun and the shade!
Plus, quench your thirst and feed your hunger at the water park’s restaurant, Longboards. Longboards features a full service kitchen, outdoor seating and a cocktail bar.
For an unforgettable aquatic adventure, plan your Orlando vacation with ALL STAR Vacation Homes at Reunion now!
August 27th, 2010
Enjoy these fun Central Florida day trip destinations on your Orlando vacation:
- Busch Gardens – wild rides and wildlife
- Kennedy Space Center – out-of-this world fun
- Fantasy of Flight – flight museum, biplane rides and more
- Central Florida Beaches – for fun in the sun…and sand!
Plus, charter your own ocean fishing adventure, explore the Historic Bok Sanctuary and tour & taste your way through Lakeridge Winery.
For more information and additional Central Florida day trip destinations, visit the ALL STAR Vacation Homes Guest Services Directory.
August 3rd, 2010
Cool off this Summer on your Orlando vacation – head to Gator Gully Splash Park in Gatorland, the “Alligator Capital of the World.”
Located near the Gator Jumparoo Show area of the park, this H2O-filled world of fun for the kids features:
- Giant Egrets – a whole row of “birds” with flowing beak fountains
- Gator Water Guns – for a friendly one-on-one water duel!
- Ol’ Jalopy – overrun with water and places to splash
- Bucket Tree – perfect for dashing, splashing fun for the little ones
- Grandma’s Wet Shack – filled with a “fountain” of water-filled fun
Plus, don’t miss the Gator Wrestlin’ show, Up Close Encounters, the Gatorland Express Train Ride and all of the other great gator experiences that make Gatorland one of the most unique Orlando vacation attractions!
July 29th, 2010
Journey to the Land Down Under on your Central Florida vacation – “hop” on over to Walkabout Way at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
Located in the Bird Gardens section of the park, this new animal encounter area features a walking trail surrounded by kangaroos and wallabies where you can meet, pet and even hand feed these truly unique animals!
Be sure to check for scheduled feeding times to make sure you get the most out of this amazing experience.
Walkabout Way also features:
- Kookaburra’s Nest – a free-flight aviary filled with the “laughing” kookaburras
- Education Station – enjoy up-close encounters with Australian parrots, cockatoos and other animal ambassadors
- Exotic Australian Birds – including Australian black swans and magpie geese
Take your Central Florida vacation “outback” – stroll down Walkabout Way at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
June 29th, 2010
For something new and unique on your Orlando vacation, head to Gatorland for Swamp Sunset Celebrations.
This brand new evening event celebrates baby bird season at the Orlando nature park – where you’ll find hundreds of native birds in their natural habitat. Every night, wood storks, egrets and spoonbills fly back to roost at Gatorland.
Highlights include: live music and cocktails – plus special shows and attractions, including the White Gator Swamp and “real” dinosaurs! Kids can even enjoy cool nighttime fun at Gator Gully Splash Park!
Plus, bring your flashlight to catch a glimpse of the alligators’ eyes that show up red at night!
Dates for Swamp Sunset Celebrations at Gatorland are Fridays & Saturdays, April 30th and May 1st plus May 7th and 8th from 6pm to 9pm.
April 23rd, 2010
by Rick E-Mouse
April 22, 2010 Edition
Earth Day Celebrations at Walt Disney World
Celebrate Earth day today on your Orlando vacation with special events at Walt Disney World.
At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, celebrate “Party for the Planet” with interactive stations, kids activities and more. You can even meet Jiminy Cricket at the entrance until 1pm and from 2pm to 5pm at Rafiki’s Planet Watch!
And at the Magic Kingdom, Jiminy Cricket will be appearing in the Rose Garden from 10am to 3pm.
At Downtown Disney Marketplace, enjoy Earth Day activities from 10am to 1pm, including butterfly releases occurring every half hour. You can also see the new Disneynature film “OCEANS” at the AMC Pleasure Island 24 in Downtown Disney West Side!
And don’t miss the beauty of nature in full bloom at the Epcot Flower & Garden Festival now through May 16th.
Celebrate the magic of the planet – visit Walt Disney World on your Earth Day Orlando vacation!
April 22nd, 2010
by Rick E-Mouse
March 18, 2010 Edition
Outdoor Spring Orlando Vacation Activities
Experience the great outdoors on your Spring Orlando vacation. Enjoy many great activities in the Orlando and Kissimmee areas, including nature walks, golf, fishing and more.
Want to see the beauty of Central Florida from above? Embark on a hot air balloon ride from Orlando Balloon Rides.
You can also try your hand at bass fishing at Lake Toho in Kissimmee, explore the natural beauty and history of Bok Tower Gardens, and take an adventure tour at Gatorland.
Love golf? Hit the links at Mystic Dunes Golf Club.
There are so many ways to enjoy the outdoors on your Orlando vacation, you’ll want to do them all!
For more outdoor activities, visit the ALL STAR Guest Services Directory.
March 18th, 2010
by Rick E-Mouse
March 5, 2010 Edition
Epcot Flower & Garden Festival
Flower Power Concert Series Schedule
Enjoy these top classic rock and pop artists on your Orlando vacation at the 17th Annual Epcot Flower & Garden Festival:
March 5 – 7: Jose Feliciano
March 12 – 14: Paul Revere & The Raiders
March 19 – 21: David Cassidy
March 26 – 28: Starship Starring Mickey Thomas
April 2 – 4: Tony Orlando
April 9 – 11: Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone
April 16 – 18: Ricky Nelson Remembered featuring The Nelsons
April 23 – 25: Atlanta Rhythm Section
April 30 – May 2: Fran Cosmo of Boston
May 7 – 9: Davy Jones
May 14 – 16: Chubby Checker & The Wildcats
Concert performances are held at the America Gardens Theatre by the World Showcase Lagoon opposite the American Adventure Pavilion.
Show times are scheduled for: 5:15pm, 6:30pm and 7:45pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
March 5th, 2010
by Rick E-Mouse
February 18, 2010 Edition
Epcot Flower & Garden Festival
Coming Soon to Walt Disney World
Explore the beauty of nature and enjoy great music on your Orlando vacation at the 17th Annual Epcot Flower & Garden Festival in Walt Disney World.
This 75-day Orlando vacation event features special garden displays, exhibits, play areas for kids and more than 70 amazing topiaries of your favorite Disney characters.
This year’s highlights include:
- Bambi’s Butterfly House – stroll through an expanse of flowers and up to 700 butterflies in this screened-in exhibit
- Green Garden – learn how to create an environmentally friendly garden and more
- Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden – enjoy Tinkerbell and other Disney fairy topiaries plus fun interactive areas
- Pirates Adventure Zone – enter a land of interactive adventure featuring Peter Pan, Captain Hook and other topiaries
- Disney Gardening Experts – meet and learn tips and secrets from Disney gardening experts in special hands-on sessions
Plus, enjoy the annual Flower Power Concert Series with classic rock and pop artists, including Starship, Chubby Checker, Tony Orlando, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Davy Jones, Herman’s Hermits – and more!
The 2010 Epcot Flower & Garden Festival, themed “BloomsBandsBugs: Making Beautiful Music Together”, starts March 3rd and runs through May 16th.
February 18th, 2010
Celebrate Mother’s Day vacation home style – pamper her with these luxurious in-home services:
Give Mom the ultimate relaxation vacation – order an in-home massage delivery from A-Team Massage.
Schedule a personal chef like A Chef of Your Own or Magical Mealtime to create the perfect Mother’s Day brunch – right in your own vacation home!
Surprise her with flowers from Town Center Florist – delivered right to your vacation home!
And if Mom would prefer to go out than on her special day, treat her to a scrumptious Mother’s Day brunch at Kenzie’s at the nearby Mystic Dunes Golf Club, fill her day with the beauty of the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival or dazzle her with Cirque du Soleil La Nouba at Downtown Disney in Walt Disney World.
For more information, check out the ALL STAR Vacation Homes Guest Services directory.
Have a Happy Mother’s Day!
May 6th, 2009
The latest tip from Deb at AllEars.Net features a fun “Did You Know?” list of fun facts about the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival.
Featured facts include: how much the popular Walt Disney World park’s festival has grown over the years as well as how many people it actually takes to install and maintain the topiaries and other festival displays – plus many more fun floral factoids!
Read this and many other cool tips from Deb Wills to get the most out of your Orlando vacation to Walt Disney World!
(Photo courtesy of Deb Wills at AllEars.Net)
April 23rd, 2009
Deb’s latest tip is about how to have the most fun at the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, including where and when to go.
Her tip also includes handy advice from AllEars® Picture This! Photo Bloggers on how to get the best photos of all the floral beauty.
Read this and other helpful tips from Deb to get the most magic out of your Disney World vacation in Orlando!
(Photo courtesy of Deb Wills at AllEars.Net)
March 26th, 2009
by Rick E-Mouse
March 12, 2009 Edition
Epcot Flower & Garden Festival Blossoms Next Week
Spring is in the air! And that means it’s once again time for the annual Orlando vacation favorite Epcot Flower & Garden Festival at Walt Disney World! This year’s festival, themed Celebrate Springtime, starts next Wednesday, March 18th and runs through May 31st.
See Epcot transform into a wonderland of lively magic as you discover 70 eye-popping topiaries of your favorite Disney characters, including Cinderella with Prince Charming at the main entrance, The Little Mermaid and, of course, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy – plus many more!
Highlights of the 2009 Epcot Flower & Garden Festival include:
- Lift and Sniff Fragrance Garden – get a whiff of plants and flowers used to make perfumes
- Mower Mania! – try out a remote-controlled mower and see a historical mower exhibit
- Sand Sculpture Art, Minnie’s Magnificent Butterfly Garden and other family fun
- Themed weekends like Environmentality, I Dig Bugs, Art in the Garden and more
The festival will also feature popular gardening celebrities and authors as well as gardening tips and secrets from Disney horticulturists. And for refreshment, there’s specialty beverages plus Kids’ Picks – a selection of healthy food and drink snacks from Florida.
Plus, don’t miss the ever popular Flower Power Concert Series with Davy Jones, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Herman’s Hermits – plus Chubby Checker, The 5th Dimension, Tony Orlando and many more classic acts!
Add the Epcot Flower & Garden Festival at Walt Disney World to your list of must-see Orlando vacation activities!
March 12th, 2009
Turn your Orlando vacation into an adventure – explore Central Florida’s natural beauty and get up close and personal with Florida wildlife at Gatorland. This exciting Orlando vacation attraction, dubbed “The Alligator Capital of the World”, features thousands of alligators and crocodiles – plus snakes, exotic birds, tortoises and more!
Gatorland provides hours of family fun, like feeding the alligators, souvenir alligator photo ops and much more!
While exploring Gatorland, be sure not to miss these Orlando vacation favorites:
- Gator Wrestlin’ – witness a wrangler perform amazing stunts with a real, live alligator – including making it fall asleep!
- The Gator Jumparoo Show – see the raw power of alligators as they leap up to five feet in the air to snatch food from trainers’ hands!
- Up Close Encounters – thrill to the daring display as trainers show off some of Florida’s most dangerous wildlife, including snakes and scorpions!
- Gatorland Express Train Ride – enjoy a relaxing journey around Gatorland as you here about the park’s fascinating history
And just for the kids, there’s the Barnyard Petting Zoo, Gator Gully Splash Park a children’s playground, face
painting, caricatures and more!
Want to take your adventure to the next level? For a small additional fee, the Adventure Hour takes you on a daring, behind-the-scenes tour deep into the Gatorland Breeding Marsh! Here, you’ll learn more about these fascinating creatures, feed them and pose for one-of-a-kind photos!
Plus, for a limited time only, see the astonishing giant white alligator exhibit, featuring the extremely rare leucistic alligators – of which only a handful exist in the world! For Florida residents, there’s also a special admission price of $9.99 per person. But hurry in, this offer expires Saturday, February 28th.
Take the adventure of a lifetime – journey to Gatorland on your Orlando vacation.
February 23rd, 2009
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- Have a family game night at your Formal Dining Room table
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AND…
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May 29th, 2008
The dinosaurs have come back…to Florida? Well, almost. First, there’s DINOSAUR at the Disney Animal Kingdom – a fast, exciting and wild ride through the past to save a lost dinosaur from extinction. Next, journey to Jurassic Park at Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure. Learn more about dinosaurs through interactive games and exhibits, explore prehistoric playgrounds, fly above the trees on the back of a Pteranodon and finally take a boat tour straight from the movies on the Jurassic Park River Adventure.
That’s not all! Check out Planet Dinosaur at the Brevard Zoo near the beach in Melbourne, Florida – featuring thirteen life-sized and life-like dinosaurs – through May 11th.
And coming this fall to Downtown Disney, there’s T-REX – a one-of-a-kind restaurant complete with lush prehistoric landscapes, a dino-themed gift shop and, of course, giant animated dinosaurs!
Don’t miss these “dino-mite” Orlando vacation attractions!
April 8th, 2008
Flower Power is back…at Disney World EPCOT! Celebrating its 15th anniversary, this year’s annual EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival starts next Wednesday, March 19th and runs through June 1st. Formerly a 60-day event, this year the festival has been expanded to 75 days, with its first March opening ever!
Throughout the park, you’ll see up to 70 topiaries, including your favorite Disney characters like Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and even Stitch – plus many more! The festival also features:
- Donald Duck’s “Gran Fiesta Tour starring the Three Caballeros” show in the Mexico pavilion – NEW!
- Peter Pan’s Neverland Garden – NEW!
- Pluto’s Play Zone
- Popular gardening celebrities and authors
- Gardening tips and secrets by Disney horticulturists
- Several themed weekends such as: I Dig Bugs, Art in the Garden, Mother’s Day and more
In addition, there’s the Lift and Sniff Fragrance Garden where you can sample flowers and plants used in making Guerlain perfumes. There’s even a “Flower Power” Concert series featuring classic acts like Herman’s Hermits, The Guess Who, Arlo Guthrie, Tony Orlando and many more. Best of all, the festival – including all gardening programs and exhibits – is included in regular EPCOT admission!
Make your Orlando vacation blossom – visit disneyworld.com/flower or call 407/W-DISNEY (934-7639) today for more information.
March 14th, 2008
After exploring the wonders of SeaWorld and sliding through the seas of fun at Aquatica, unlock the secrets of Discovery Cove – a private, almost hidden paradise where more adventure awaits! Experience sea life first hand as you swim with a school of manta rays, snorkel through a colorful undersea kingdom teeming with tropical fish and coral reefs – and even ride on the back of a real, live dolphin!
And the adventure doesn’t end there. Discovery Cove also features a fully interactive aviary filled with mysterious ruins, jungle rivers and of course birds – over 250 exotic feathered friends for you and your family to enjoy!
Daily admission is limited. Reserve your spots now!
March 3rd, 2008
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If you’re looking for a way to treat your family to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner and take in Florida’s natural beauty during your Orlando vacation, look no further than Forever Florida. Join them for Festival Days with their special Thanksgiving Feast and stay for the day. Take the family on an ecosafari through Forever Florida’s conservation lands where you’ll venture through natural forests, pastures and wetlands. In this unique ecological environment, you’ll be able to surround yourself with nature, taking in the quiet peace of the lake or enjoying the animals at the petting zoo.
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