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Gatorland: Putting more jump in the
Jumparoo
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/11/
gatorland-new-gator-jumperoo-show-alligators-orange-blossom-trail.html
On Nov. 21, the Georgia Aquarium is free for girls 12 and under wearing
a princess costume
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-bargain-hunter/2009/11/11/
princess-day-at-aquarium-free-santa-photo-veterans-day-specials-ice-skating/
Holiday travel guide to Orlando theme parks
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-travel-holidays-at-orlando-attractions,0,3633698.story
Kennedy Space Center and Universal Studios among the finalists for Google
Street View Trike visits
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/etan_on_tech/2009/11/
kennedy-space-center-and-universal-studios-among-the-finalists-for-google-street-view-trike-visits.html
Dixie Stampede: Dolly flees, flea market moves in
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/11/
dolly-parton-dixie-stampede-i4-flea-market-interstate-4-largest-pizza-parlor.html
Ice skating: Cool fun in Central Florida
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/centralflorida/
orl-travel-abbott-110209,0,5739738.column
Central Florida Roller Coaster Guide - this interactive guide is really
neat!
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-thrillometer-roller-coasters-
guide,0,5170965.htmlstory
How did Florida rank in Condé Nast Traveler's readers
ranking?
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/florida/
orl-travel-conde-nast-reader-rated-2009-story,0,1062025,full.story
TripAdvisor names Gatorland to top 10 wackiest attractions
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-wacky-gatorland-story-101909,0,7845070.story
Maze craze may put folks into a haze, "A-Mazing Sea" exhibit at the Orlando
Science Center, and Halloween Adventure with Sesame Street characters at
SeaWorld
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-calbevil-corn-maze-amazing-sea
100909oct09,0,2469687.column?page=1
Florida air show guide: Planes fill fall skies and beyond
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/florida/orl-florida-air-show-guide-story,0,2443658.story
Theme parks' goal: Less watching, more doing
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-disney-universal-interactive-expansion-092809,0,3729991.story
A pirate's life for you: Finding the "arrrrgh" in the Sunshine
State
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/florida/orl-travel-florida-pirate-guide,0,5023714.story
Cypress Gardens, Splash Island parks close
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-bk-cypress-gardens-closes-092309,0,2476740.story
The Sharks film debuts Saturday at Orlando Science Center
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/09/
sharks-orlando-science-center-cocktails-cosmos-gavin-mckinney.html
Site of Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede to reopen as flea market
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-parton-flea-market-091409,0,1478729.story
Florida Travel Calendar for October
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-october-travel-calendar,0,6045767.htmlstory
Top 50 Orlando theme park attractions
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-calbevil-top-50-attractions090409sep04,0,7004363.column
Florida + October + Beer = Festival
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/florida/orl-travel-florida-beer-festival-guide,0,6024938.story
Major autumn events just around the corner
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-calbevil-attractions-festivals082809aug28,0,3310334.column
Best of Florida Travel pictures
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-travel-best-of-florida-pictures,0,5138795.photogallery
Where to find free Wi-Fi spots in Central Florida
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-free-wifi-080109,0,717337.story
Florida Travel Calendar for September
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/florida/orl-september-travel-calendar,0,67171.htmlstory
Family Travel Guide to the Florida Keys
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/florida/orl-family-travel-guide-the-keys,0,1180052.htmlstory
50 things to do in Orlando and Central Florida with your kids before they
grow up
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_momsatwork/2009/07/
things-to-do-in-orlando-central-florida-with-kids-children.html
Florida Springs Guide
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/springs/
Trouble haunts ruins of Splendid China
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-splendid-china-decays-071609,0,6146797.story
Florida Getaways of the Day
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/florida/sfe-getawayofday,0,7280813.photogallery
2009's best beach in Florida: Siesta Key
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/florida/sfl-siesta-key-main-t070509brjul05,0,6040877.story
Here's a search box to look up injuries, illnesses and death reports at
Florida theme parks!
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/orl-attractionaccidents-searchpage,0,4762926.htmlstory
Now at Ripley's: Michael Jackson gumball portrait - you an see it for
free in the lobby.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/07/
michael-jackson-ripleys-believe-it-or-not-odditorium-orlando.html
Looking for Legoland? How far would you go?
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/07/
legoland-opening-orlando-florida-cypress-gardens-survey.html
Daytona Beach not just about speed -- check out these off-track
offerings
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-travel-daytona-beach-off-the-track-story,0,72929.story
Get Paid $25,000 To Ride Local Roller Coasters
http://www.wftv.com/news/19645590/detail.html
Orlando resort adds zip-line attraction
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-cfbtourism-zip-line-060109060109jun01,0,3142237.story
ZOOm Air Adventures set to open Saturday at Central Florida Zoo
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/05/
central-florida-zoo-zoom-air-zip-line-rope-bridges-sanford.html
Grossology extended at Orlando Science Center, author to appear
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/04/
orlando-science-center-grossology-extended-sylvia-branzei.html
Titanic - The Experience marks 10 years in Orlando
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/04/
titanic-the-experience-international-drive-orlando-michael-harris.html
Video: Take a ride on Central Florida's new attraction -- Zipline
Safari
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-zipline-safari-video-story,0,6134402.story
Cypress Gardens is open again.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/03/
cypress-gardens-reopens-winter-haven-florida-theme-parks-attractions.html
What's old is new as Florida's first tourist spot Cypress Gardens
reopens
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-loc-cypress-032909,0,3927821.story
Cypress Gardens Announce Lower Prices, More Options
http://cypressgardens.com/concertsEvents.php
How smaller attractions can beat slump Interesting article on how
the other attractions in Florida are competing for your business.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-asec-small-attractions-032809,0,5352352.story
Theme-park lawsuits leave questions of safety unsettled
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-theme-park-lawsuits-032909,0,22066.story
Let parents say what's safe, theme parks urge
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-bizwaivers18031809mar18,0,6364092.story
Church Street's Cheyenne Saloon to close again
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-asecsaloon12031209mar12,0,1157847.story
Rating Central Florida Roller Coasters
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-best-roller-coasters-
pg,0,4381101.photogallery
4 rare white alligators visit Gatorland
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-whitegators1109feb11,0,732693.column
Central Florida's Zipline Safari takes riders atop the trees
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-zipline1409jan14,0,4449518.column
Top 50 Theme Park Attractions at Walt Disney World, Universal and
SeaWorld
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-top-50-orlando-attractions-
photos,0,5513540.photogallery
Cirque du Soleil sends arena show Saltimbanco to Florida in 2009
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/centralflorida/
orl-travel-cirque-du-soleil-saltimbanco,0,2093663.story
New roller coasters to make debut in 2009
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-
coasters2408dec24,0,6199791.column
Where to find grownup fun in Orlando this winter
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12162008/entertainment/travel/i_need_adults
__144359.htm?&page=1
How to see a space shuttle launch live
http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2008/12/how_to_see_a_space_shuttle_lau.html
Deal reached for Cypress Gardens passholders unhappy park is
closing
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/orl-bk-cypressgardens-
120108,0,5975543.story
No sale yet for Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede property
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/
orl-dixie1208nov12,0,4432673.story
Cypress Gardens will close for 4 months. Closed Nov. 17 until sometime
in March for renovations.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-cypress-gardens-
111008,0,3638112.story
Which theme-park attractions take the cake in 2008?
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/printedition/orl-bevil0308oct03,0,5912302.
column)
"Titanic -- The Experience, which introduces visitors to the world
of the ill-fated ocean liner, will end its temporary run in the Orlando Science
Center on Oct. 12." It's returning to its former location at 7324 International
Drive.
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-titanic1008sep10,0,732365.story)
"Cypress Gardens Adventure Park, under new ownership for less than
a year, will scale back its hours in September as a way to combat the slow
period between summer thrill seekers and the winter snowbirds who flock to
the park's gardens." The park will only be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-cypress3008jul30,0,5966079.story)
See Florida before the tourists arrived. "'Destination Florida: Tourism
Before Disney' displays memorabilia from that simpler, less traffic-choked
time, an era that began in the late 19th century when northerners came down
for natural beauty and the heat -- not Beauty and the Beast."
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-bevil1808jul18,0,2693754.column)
"The company planning to build a massive observation wheel in Orlando,
similar to the famed London Eye, said Thursday the project is moving forward."
The 400-foot wheel is to be built near SeaWorld.
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-bigwheel2008jun20,0,5944149.story)
"Central Florida's oldest theme park [Cypress Gardens] is looking
for new ways to re-establish itself as a park that generations of parents
will want to share with their children."
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-cover0208jun02,0,1823492.story)
"Pettegrew, 44, and fellow artists Rita Canan and Alison Horne, owners of
Orlando firm Muralistically Inclined, are finishing a weeks-long project
that includes four 21-foot-tall murals on the outside of Gatorland's
new retail building."
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-gatorland1508may15,0,3695283.story)
"The Hot Seat, a recent addition to Fun Spot USA in Kissimmee, is
really just a dramatic, gigantic, mother of all playground swing sets." Yea,
if you like to swing 100 feet in the air!
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-bevil1808apr18,0,7613547.column)
"Jim Hill shares one of the more intriguing rumors that's currently making
the rounds in Orlando. Which has the Mouse trying to milk its HSM [High
School Musical] franchise by setting up a dinner theatre experience over
at Dolly Parton's old place."
(http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2008/02/18/monday-mouse-watch-
could-the-now-defunct-dixie-stampede-soon-become-home-to-a-new-high-school-
musical-themed-show.aspx)
Church Street Station Relaunch: "The Cheyenne Saloon & Opera
House reopened Thursday night in downtown Orlando's Church Street Station
to a mix of country ballads and booze -- and plenty of questions about whether
it can survive its rebirth."
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-churchst1508feb15,0,3141140.story)
The Holy Land Experience: "The biblically themed tourist attraction
is planning to erect a 30-foot-tall sign alongInterstate 4, highlighting
its new owner, Trinity Broadcasting Network, which purchased the park last
June for $37 million."
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-holyland0808feb08,0,
3932481.story)
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On Gettysburg's fields, a lesson in history and humanity
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/world/sns-trvmain3-wk3,0,2106860.story
Company to build Nickelodeon-themed park in New Orleans
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-bk-nickelodeon-theme-park-081909,0,5873116.story
View gallery of travel photos sent in by readers and printed in the Orlando
Sentinel - just beautiful!
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/orl-travel-my-best-shot-photos,0,1963072.photogallery
Seven great spots and one favorite snack to get you through Hong Kong
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/features/travelnews/sns-trvmain2-wk3,0,4847816.story
Poipu, Hawaii - A picture perfect island vacation
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/world/sns-trvmain3-wk3,0,2106860.story
Off to see the Oz Museum
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/features/travelnews/sns-trvrail1-wk3,0,6682826.story
Grand Rapids: A relaxed urban getaway
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