Horror nights at Orlando Florida’s Universal Studios theme parks are meant to be the ultimate place for ‘grown ups’ (?) to enjoy a spooky Halloween themed evening. They take place on quite a number of evenings every October. Actors in all manner of costumes mingle and interact with the ‘guests’ in addition to several special Halloween only shows. I will be going to this year’s event and will post up a review early November when I return.
As this an adults only thing (really not suitable for kids) there are no discounted kiddy tickets available. Many of the tickets available are multi-night tickets (called frequent fear passes) and cost around $70 / £40 – but these do not let you in on Halloween evening itself – for that evening you have to pay extra. I I have found a couple of good deals if you are willing to do on a night other than Halloween itself:
Tickets for two adults for one horror night entrance (Sunday through Thursday) and hotel accommodation for 2 nights for $79 through Orlando-Florida.net
Single adult ticket for one horror night (Sunday through Thursday) for $45 through Orlando Fun Tickets
Florida’s newest Naturist resort is just 25 miles from Tampa Airport. This resort offers complete luxury – with the added bonus of being within reach of Orlando theme parks, Busch Gardens and the Kennedy Space Centre. So if you want some time out from working on that all-important all over suntan there are plenty of other things to do.
Caliente is a ‘clothes optional’ resort perfect for both seasoned naturist and first timers who are still thinking about getting all their kit off! If you want to be pampered this could very well be the naturist holiday that you have been looking for.
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Posted by Jill Bowen on Fri 22nd February 2008 at 08:35 PM, Filed in Naturism, USA Florida
One of the most popular naturist resorts in Florida is Cyprus Grove, situated just south of Orlando. It certainly deserves its first class reputation, in fact many people have moved in as permanent residents as they just love the way of life here – a fantastic recommendation. The nearly 300-acre site includes a 50-acre lake, 130 acres of protected wetlands, 20 acres of recreational facilities.
Accommodation for rental includes 84 villa hotel rooms and apartments as well as camping facilities.
All the rooms have free cable TV, hair dryers, alarm clocks, coffee makers, free wireless Internet and has linen provided. The Villa hotels rooms are comfortably furnished with queen sized beds, private bathrooms, mini fridge, table and chairs, (two sizes of rooms are available) Villa apartments have two rooms, bathroom, and spacious living area, complete kitchen, the bedroom has two queen sized beds.
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This 10 day festival (end of October) was started in 1979 to boost tourism, and hence the economy, of the Keys. October boasts a beautiful climate for seeing the region, but was previously a slow time when retailers traditionally boarded up their shops and went away themselves.
The festival started life primarily as a gay party, but is now a lot more besides including balls, costume competitions, family-friendly parades, pet parades (where dogs, cats ducks and even ferrets have costumes), street parties, drag queen contests and AIDS fundraising events. Some even say the event rivals the New Orleans Mardi Gras.
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Posted by Jackie Hewett on Thu 10th May 2007 at 06:23 PM, Filed in USA Florida
On our first day in Orlando we decided to go to SeaWorld thinking it would be more relaxing than some of the other parks. It was a good choice.
We started with the Dolphin Show called Blue Horizons, which was quite the best show of its type that I’ve seen anywhere with more animals than just dolphins – but I won’t spoil the surprise. There were also numerous acrobats diving, on trapezes and swimming with the dolphins. The set was quite spectacular and the costumes. It’s a definite must see.
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