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On your mark, get set, go! Walt Disney World® Marathon Weekend is off and running and ALL STAR Vacation Homes would like to wish good luck to all the runners!
Kicking-off yesterday with the Pasta in the Park Party, runners have been lacing up their running shoes and taking off for a weekend full of races throughout all four Disney Theme Parks.
Scheduled races:
Friday, January 6
Disney Family Fiesta 5K featuring the Three Caballeros
Mickey Mile
Disney Kids’ Races
Saturday, January 7
Walt Disney World® Half Marathon
Disney Kids’ Races
Sunday, January 8
Walt Disney World® Marathon
Walt Disney World® Marathon Relay
Registration is sold out for all the races but there are many opportunities to be a spectator and cheer on the runners. Click here for a guide for spectators.
Now through Saturday, January 7, marathon runners and guests alike can attend Disney’s Health & Fitness Expo to learn about training, racing, fitness, nutrition and more! You can view running and fitness products from companies around the world, enjoy free samples, make a sign to cheer on the marathon runners or shop for official Walt Disney World® Marathon Weekend Merchandise. During the Expo’s Speaker Series, guest speakers and celebrity runners will teach you the hard work, dedication and discipline that goes into marathon training along with Q&As and autograph sessions. Disney’s Health & Fitness Expo is located in at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Visit the official website for daily expo hours and a schedule of events.
January 6th, 2012
Now that basketball season is back, it’s time for you to believe in magic, the Orlando Magic! A NBA franchise since 1989, the Orlando Magic play in the 875,000-square-foot Amway Center that opened in downtown Orlando in 2010. Led by Coach Stan Van Gundy and forward-center Dwight Howard, the Magic’s team roster includes Glen Davis, Chris Duhon, Larry Hughes, Jameer Nelson, J.J. Redick and Hedo Turkoglu.
Today, grab your family’s game tickets, explore the state-of-the-art Amway Center, and take your seat as the action begins at 7 pm when the Magic play the Washington Wizards. The Orlando Magic also play home games against the Chicago Bulls, Friday, January 6, and the Charlotte Bobcats, Tuesday, January 17. Kids will enjoy meeting Stuff the dragon, the official mascot of the Orlando Magic, and watching performances by the Orlando Magic Dancers. Insider tip: get to the Amway Center early to view the Center’s extensive collection of more than 340 works of art and photography that showcase the history of Orlando.
Visit www.nba.com/magic for more information and ticket prices. Click here to view the Orlando Magic’s game schedule.
January 4th, 2012
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
‘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
Running through the holiday season is the returning splendor of The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. Exhibited at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Theme Park for more than fifteen years, Dancing Lights features millions of lights that dance in choreographed whimsy to holiday music and include angels, carousels and even Santa and his reindeer.
What began as a Christmas present for his daughter, Jennings Osborne’s elaborate light display grew bigger and bigger with every passing year, until he decided to share it at Hollywood Studios.
Visit Hollywood Studios on your Orlando vacation and take in the breathtaking sight of the Dancing Lights, a spectacle you’ll have to see to believe!
November 30th, 2011
Celebration is the perfect place for the whole family during your Orlando vacation for great food and shopping in a small-town atmosphere. The holiday season makes it one of the most festive places to be. Visit Celebration for a delicious dinner at one of the many family-friendly restaurants and stay for the tree lighting and first snowfall of the season on November 26th. Enjoy live entertainment and a special appearance by Santa Claus while snow falls, transforming the town into a winter wonderland of Christmas cheer. Snow will fall nightly through the holidays until December 31st so make it a point to drop by and treat your family to a night of holiday fun.
November 25th, 2011
ALL STAR Vacation Homes wishes you and your family
a safe and happy 2011 Thanksgiving Holiday!
Sincerely,
The ALL STAR Team
November 23rd, 2011
Kick off the holidays with Mickey this year on your Orlando vacation. Starting November 8th, bring the family to Magic Kingdom for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. This fun-filled party is complete with live entertainment featuring Disney Characters, Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmastime Parade, an exclusive holiday fireworks show and a magical snowfall on Main Street, U.S.A. Feast on complimentary cookies and hot cocoa while meeting your favorite Disney characters and taking in the Magic Kingdom’s many sights and attractions.
Only Disney could bring a Christmas extravaganza so entertaining and festive!
November 21st, 2011
Pay tribute to our country’s veterans at Orlando’s Veterans Day Parade. Join the Central Florida community in Downtown Orlando to honor the courageous men and women of our armed forces. Over 150 Central Florida veterans’ organizations will be in attendance as well as Orlando’s firefighters and police officers and a number of participating high school marching bands and creative floats also featured in Tampa’s Gasparilla parade.
November 11th, 2011
Check out these upcoming fun and family-friendly events during your fall
Orlando vacation:
A Taste of Celebration – November 10th
A free fall festival in Celebration’s town center, A Taste of Celebration features live music, an interactive Kids Zone, a fireworks show and food from Celebration’s finest restaurants. Dance to the swinging sounds of special guests Michael Andrew & Swingerhead and enjoy the moves of the Swing Knights dance team.
Fantasy of Flight’s Roar n’ Soar Event – November 12 & 13
Attend Fantasy of Flight’s 5th Annual Roar n’ Soar event in Polk City. Watch some of the finest land, sea and sky machines as they exhibit their racing prowess. Check out the exotic automobiles, vintage watercraft and rare airplanes. Guaranteed high-speed fun for the entire family.
Festival of Trees – November 12 – 20
Get into the Christmas spirit with Central Florida’s premiere holiday event. The Orlando Museum of Art will be made over with designer trees and holiday decorations to set the Christmas mood. Participate in the seasonal activities like the Reindeer Romp and Holiday Stroll. Included are fine food, live entertainment and shopping for all of your holiday accessories.
November 10th, 2011
Celebrate art at the 36th annual Festival of the Masters on November 11th. Hosted by Downtown Disney and presented by Michaels, this two-day event is sure to satisfy the art-lover in everyone. The festival is a truly unique spectacle with specialty drawings by Disney artists as well as various Disney-inspired art fused with more than 150 local and national artists. Chalk drawing, LEGO-building and two new interactive Disney video games make this is a fun event for the whole family. Come for the art, stay for the waterside shows, live music and specialty foods.
Location
Downtown Disney Area
Dates and Times
- Friday, November 11, 2011 from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 0:00 am to 5:00 pm
November 8th, 2011
20 ALL STAR Vacation Homes’ team members attended the national Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) 2011 Annual Conference, which was held in Orlando, FL, Oct. 9 – 12. Educational workshops and sessions at the conference included topics on operations, accounting, housekeeping, maintenance, marketing and business strategy.
Delegates had the opportunity to network with more than 650 professional vacation rental management company and industry supplier attendees.
“Our team will implement many of the tools and ideas shared from the conference to increase our level of service to home owners and guests, and to strengthen and grow our business,” said Steve Trover, CEO, ALL STAR Vacation Homes.
October 13th, 2011
The 21st Annual Southern Women’s Show comes to the Orange County Convention Center on Thursday October 13 – Sunday October 16. Enjoy shopping, food, fashion and maybe even meet a celebrity or two like Top Chef’s Fabio Viviani. During the 4-day show, you can visit over 300 exhibitors and take part in a number of contests to win prizes such as a $150 Publix gift card or an iPad 2. Or simply indulge yourself at the Z88.3 FM booth as they offer free back and neck massages. If you’re looking for something different during your Orlando vacation, check out the Southern Women’s Show where there’s something for everyone!
October 10th, 2011
Bring the family to Celebration, FL for the
5th Annual Oktoberfest on October 7th and 8th. Parking and admission is free for this one-of-a-kind fall event. Live music and activities like hayrides and pumpkin painting make this a great time for the entire family. Stroll along the lakeside pavilion while leaves fall hourly to transform your Orlando vacation into an autumn wonderland.
October 3rd, 2011
The Lighthouse Key Resort & Spa Featured Guest Review for April 2011 is by D. Groshek from Michigan who stayed at 6-2001 LK-LK #304, a 3 bedroom Orlando vacation condo rental:
“We were absolutely thrilled when we opened the door of our condo; it looked exactly as nice as the online photographs. The view from our balcony was fabulous. The kitchen was fully equipped and all appliances stainless steel and spotlessly clean.
“Perfectly located for Disney; the drive there was quick and easy. Staff was very helpful, friendly and provided excellent service. Would highly recommend Lighthouse Key to anyone considering an Orlando vacation.”
For more Disney area vacation condo rental reviews, visit the Lighthouse Key Resort and Spa Guest Reviews page.
April 5th, 2011
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