Florida has many shopping options. Here are a few of them: Northwest Florida: Destin: Silver Sands Premium Outlets offers discounted prices in premium brands such as Banana Republic, Gap, Brooks Brothers and more. Group tours are available. Panama City Beach: Pier Park is located along the beaches of Panama City and near the ever-popular 30A, and includes many dining and entertainment options as well as an IMAX movie theatre. Northeast Florida: Jacksonville: St. John’s Town Center is an outdoor shopping mall with 150-plus stores and restaurants. The mall includes high-end luxury stores like Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co. Amenities include an outdoor park area with a turtle pond, life-size chess board and a dog park, which makes it family- and ...
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Looking for unique Valentine's Day ideas that will make your sweetheart swoon? Orlando has countless opportunities for romance with your valentine from relaxing indulges, to intimate dining or thrilling attractions - it's all here waiting for you. Visit Orlando encourages tourists to enjoy the Valentine’s Day festivities taking place across the city. Here is an unexpected list of heart-fluttering experiences that your romantic partner is sure to enjoy. Unique Valentine's Day Tips in Orlando- Bob's Balloon Flights What could be more romantic than a hot air balloon ride at dawn over beautiful Central Florida? Take your special someone on a dream date in the clouds, with a champagne toast and buffet breakfast included! No one will forget a Valentine's Day that starts like this. Tick
Read MoreFlorida has some interesting events lined up for visitors and locals alike coming into new year. Included among them is a Orchid Show and the Annual Florida fair at Tampa. International Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show: The Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society proudly presents annual Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show, “Exotic Orchids” for 2014. Enjoy beautiful exhibits, and displays, competitions, raffles, artwork, plant and supply vendors. American Orchid Society accredited judges will award prizes for best displays and best plants on the next weekend, Friday, January 17, 2014: 10 AM – 6 PM, Saturday, January 18, 2014: 10 AM – 6 PM, Sunday, January 19, 2014: 10 AM – 6 PM. Celebrating the growth of orchids has been a popular event since 1957 and today still serves to educate everyone about orchids, to d
Read MoreOrlando continues to reinvent itself with enticing additions opening in 2014. New offerings found inside its world-famous theme parks and throughout the destination give families even more reason to visit Orlando in the New Year. From hopping aboard the Hogwarts Express at Universal Orlando Resort to catching a Broadway show at the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando delivers unrivaled experiences to satisfy all ages and interests. Here are 10 reasons to visit Orlando in 2014: THEME PARKS 1) DUPLO Valley at LEGOLAND Florida will bring the LEGO DUPLO line of preschool building toys to life for Orlando’s youngest visitors. The new farm-themed attractions, including a train, mini tractor ride and water play area, are geared to toddlers ages 2 to 5. 2) B
Read MoreHome to seven of the world’s top theme parks, Orlando celebrates the holiday season like nowhere else. From spectacular fireworks displays to festive live entertainment, Orlando’s theme parks offer something for every member of the family. Orlando is offering visitors the gift that keeps on giving with 59 days of unique winter holiday celebrations throughout the entire destination. From Nov. 8 to Jan. 5, tourists can experience all the joy of the season while basking in Orlando’s year-round sunshine. Holidays at the Theme Parks Walt Disney World Resort offers some of the most elaborate of seasonal festivities, with more than 1,300 decorated trees and 8.5 million lights strung throughout the property. For several weeks around the holidays, guests celebrate the season with Micke...
Read MoreFrom stunning parades and trampoline jumping with Santa to outdoor ice skating and an old-fashioned Victorian Christmas Stroll, a holiday in Florida includes tons of fun for tourists of every age and interest. A glimpse of some spectacular Christmas & New Year’s Eve celebration’s events taking place in several regions of Florida. Tampa Bay, Florida Thanks to the AirHeads Trampoline Arena, one can see Santa fly this year without the help of his reindeer. Hit the trampolines and jump along with jolly old St. Nick himself on December - 8, 15 and 22. Christmas Town transforms Busch Gardens® Tampa into a holiday wonderland of wintery surprises and all things Christmas, Nov. 29 through Dec. 23. Special Christmas entertainment, live music, festive treats, holiday shopping and t
Read MoreThe 15th Annual IIFA (International Indian Film Academy Weekend & Awards) Weekend & Awards will be held in Tampa Bay in June 13 – 15, 2014. IIFA is an organization dedicated to promoting Indian Cinema internationally. India is the largest producer of movies in the world, producing over 1,000 films annually and selling more than 4 billion tickets annually (compared to 1.2 billion tickets sold in the U.S.). The Weekend & Awards event, a product of global event and entertainment company Wizcraft International Entertainment, started in 2000 as one night and now spans a three-day weekend with over 15 events including an airport welcome, media briefings, workshops for film students and professionals, global business forum, fashion & music night, special celebrity event, a
Read MoreAll-New Themed Area Allows Guests to Enter the World of The Simpsons Like Never Before WOO-HOO! Simpsons fans, rejoice! The world’s first Simpsons themed environment is now open at Universal Orlando Resort. Springfield – the expansive, new area in Universal Studios Florida – invites guests to step inside the hometown of America’s favourite animated family, The Simpsons, like never before. For the first time ever, guests can enter downtown Springfield and visit the places that helped the town stake its claim as “Shelbyville by the Sea.” Anchored by the mega-attraction, The Simpsons Ride, the newly-themed area includes iconic eateries and knick-knack nooks from the hit animated series, The Simpsons, and an all-new outdoor attraction based on the show’s “evil” alien duo, Kang &
Read MoreKennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida has now opened the doors to the world’s most comprehensive and interactive attraction devoted to NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program – Space Shuttle Atlantis. Of the three space-flown orbiters distributed by NASA to science centers and museums throughout the country, only Atlantis is the focal point of a $100 million, 90,000-square-foot attraction containing four multimedia and cinematic productions and more than 60 interactive experiences that invite guests to “be the astronaut” and to celebrate the people, passion and patriotism behind the shuttle program. Space Shuttle Atlantis is included in regular admission to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Only at Space Shuttle Atlantis can guests come literally nose-to-nose with an actua
Read MoreSeaWorld Parks & Entertainment announces a multi-park celebration to commemorate a key event in the company’s history. The original SeaWorld® park opened its gates for the first time in March 1964 on Mission Bay in San Diego. SeaWorld’s 50th Celebration will feature a Sea of Surprises starting March 21, 2014. SeaWorld parks in San Diego, Florida and San Antonio will share the excitement throughout an 18-month celebration that highlights some of the most memorable SeaWorld experiences. For nearly five decades, SeaWorld has surprised and amazed guests with unique entertainment, thrilling rides and up-close encounters with marine animals. During SeaWorld’s 50th Celebration visitors will be invited to take part in the celebration through new interactive experiences, shows and pathway p...
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