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Fascinating New Book From Orlando’s Local Experts
Orlando’s local experts have a fabulous new book out called 111 Places in Orlando That You Must Not Miss. Many people only know this city as the home of Mickey Mouse, Harry Potter, and immersive fantasy lands. It is packed with budget chain hotels, chain restaurants, and roughly a billion gift shops. Except the reality…
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Our Favorite Experts On 111 Places in Orlando That You Must Not Miss
Orlando is the landing point for people destined for fantasy vacations in the city’s world-famous theme parks. The new guidebook 111 Places in Orlando That You Must Not Miss (Emons Verlag/Distributed by ACC; US $23.95, paperback with flaps) aims to entice visitors and locals alike to explore all the hidden treasures that the City of…
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Disney Announces Price Rise For Genie & Lighting Lane
Brit Guide to Orlando authors Simon & Susan Veness are not thrilled with Disney’s price rise for Genie and Lighting lane just announced and neither are we! Here’s what our good friends had to say on the matter…… “Just announced (probably because they knew we had JUST sent the final text for the 2023 Brit…
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Brit Guide to Orlando 2022 – Disney and Beyond
Nowhere on earth has escaped the attentions of the COVID-19 virus in the past two years, and that is certainly true of Orlando and Walt Disney World, the twin drivers at the heart of Florida’s great tourism engine. Having had to close for several months in 2020, Orlando’s theme parks have led a remarkable recovery…
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Sunset Walk Slingshots Into Big-Time Thrills!
Calling all thrill-seekers! The Promenade at Sunset Walk has officially debuted the #SunsetWalkSlingShot and is now ready to give guests the ride of a lifetime. Located at the Promenade at Sunset Walk Orlando, the SlingShot stands at 240 feet tall and launches two riders up to 400 feet in the air, reaching speeds of…
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New Peppa Pig Theme Park Announced
The Orlando Business Journal is reporting that Legoland Florida “plans to open a new Peppa Pig theme park focused on the hit British animated series for preschoolers. Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd., the U.K.-based parent of Legoland Florida, has launched a webpage for the Peppa Pig Theme Park — the first of its kind — for 2022….
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Here’s What’s Coming In 2021
It’s the final day of our unique Collective Countdown to the 12 Days of Christmas, and the Central Florida Tourism Collective is signing off in style with a look ahead to 12 great forthcoming new attractions and resorts for the region. From Walt Disney World to downtown Orlando and from White Castle to Jurassic Park,…
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8 Great Orlando Books For Christmas
Here are some great stocking fillers courtesy of our friends Simon & Susan at Veness Travel Media, who write for a wide variety of different outlets in both the US and UK and have sold more than 500,000 books on the subject of Orlando, the theme parks, and its many other attractions. Now celebrating their…
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Why Do The Brits Keep Coming to Orlando?
Has Walt Disney World lost its luster? Is Universal no longer a wizarding wunderkind? For British visitors to Orlando, these are key questions – and the answers may shock the region’s tourism industry. Orlando-based authors Simon and Susan Veness are celebrating the 25thanniversary of their best-selling guidebook, A Brit Guide to Orlando, this month with a…
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Get Ready For Brit Guide 2020
So our good friends Simon & Susan Veness of Veness Travel Media are on the final countdown to the 2020 edition of their best selling Brit Guide to Orlando. Hopefully they’ll reach the finishing line at the end of October if they’re able to stay on production schedule. Believe it or not it’s twenty-five years…
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