Florida for Visitors
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
Halloween is two months away, but it will be in full swing at Disney World's Magic Kingdom beginning next week at Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. The special after-hours event will continue on 24 select nights through November 1.
Come dress...
Florida Fun Fact Friday: Ol' Stogie
Did you know that Ybor City is known as the Cigar Capital of the United States? At one time, the city boasted 200 cigar factories with 12,000 tabaqueros (cigar makers) producing an estimated 700 million cigars a year! Today, retro electric street ...
Florida's 2010 Labor Day Forecast
Last week, AAA projected that after last year's decline in travel, the number of Americans traveling this Labor Day holiday weekend will increase nearly 10 percent from 2009. That translates into approximately 34.4-million travelers taking a trip ...
St. Augustine Cycling Festival
The St. Augustine Cycling Festival will kick off its second annual event on Saturday, September 11 with a new bicycling clinic. The two-day event offers a bicycle expo both days, along with plenty of food and drink. On Saturday, Trapdoor and Pili ...
Florida Fun Fact Friday: Supersize It!
Did you know that it would take more than 20-million 12-ounce cans of Coca-Cola to fill one of the humongous Coke cups at Home Run Hotel in Disney's All-Star Sports Resort? That's one big gulp! What should you do when you work up a big thirst at D...
Halloween Horror Nights XX Ushers in New Age of Darkness
Fear. If you've ever experienced the paralyzing fear of a scream in the darkness, a cool breath on the back of the neck, or the grip of the undead... you know Fear. And, although Fear has created havoc and horrified people for 19 years, this year ...
WANTED: Hounds On Holiday & Felines On Film
They travel light — without toothbrushes or clean underwear. Most don't shower, and many sleep on the floor. Of course, we're talking about the millions of pets that are joining their human companions on vacation this summer. They'll be pictures a...
Pier Perfection to Rejection
Hurry to the St. Pete Pier before it disappears. If St. Petersburg's mayor and city council have their way, the pier will be torn down. An icon of the St. Petersburg waterfront for over 35 years, the colorful multi-story inverted pyramid building ...
Coffee, Tea or Tang?
In 1965, Tang — short for "tangy" and its "tang-erine" taste — accompanied the Gemini astronauts in space flight, and that helped garner its reputation as a "nutritionally balanced futuristic food." After landing on the moon in 1969 with the Apoll...
Add Fall Events to Calendar
You'll want add these events to your fall travel calendar now:
The "Eat to the Beat!" concert series is the highlight of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, October 1 through November 14, featuring wine tastings and seminars and the fin...
















