Merlin Entertainments Partnership Creates Coca-Cola Orlando Eye
Just a few months after celebrating its first anniversary, a new Merlin Entertainments partnership is changing the name of Orlando’s 400-foot observation wheel.
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Orlando Is The Lowest Paying Metro Area in America, AGAIN
It’s a distinction Orlando can’t seem to avoid year after year. Number one in tourism, yet Orlando remains the lowest paying metropolitan area in America, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sadly, the recognition is nothing new. For several years in a row, Orlando ranked as the lowest paying… [read more]
Jacobs Pushes Back Against Proposal Seeking New Money for Orlando Venues
Last week, local tourism officials pitched Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer on new expenditures using local Tourist Development Taxes. Leaders from the Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association, as well as Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando, recommended many new proposals on… [read more]
Disney’s Star Wars Nighttime Spectacular Debuts This Summer
Resembling the triumphant Star Wars celebrations at the end of many of the movies (though not in The Force Awakens), Disney is promising their new nighttime spectacular show at Hollywood Studios will be “epic.” The new Star Wars fireworks show, “Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular,” will make its grand debut this summer and will… [read more]
Legoland Currency Makes History, One-Ups Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Legoland Florida Resort is making history as the first theme park in the world to have an official currency listed on a currency exchange board. The Legoland Dollar will now be available for purchase on Travelex’s currency exchange boards at 55 participating Travelex locations after an exclusive partnership with the world’s leading independent foreign exchange… [read more]
I-Drive 360 Festivities Continue Ahead of Orlando Eye Grand Opening
Orlando’s newest $250 million entertainment and dining destination, I-Drive 360, is celebrating its grand opening with festivities all weekend ahead of the Orlando Eye grand opening on May 4th. “On the heels of a record-breaking year for visitors to Orlando in 2014, I-Drive 360 is poised to become the newest… [read more]
More About Future Gambling in Orange County as All Aboard Florida Controversy Continues
As opposition continues building in counties down the Florida coast between Orlando and Miami, the controversial All Aboard Florida proposal is also getting more scrutiny from media. WFTV Channel 9 Investigates exposed more details about the “casino express” high-speed train project. The excellent report connects a lot of dots and further illustrates… [read more]
Mayor Jacobs Misses Mark in “State of County”
Mayor Teresa Jacobs delivered her “State of the County” address last Friday focusing on her “year of transformation” without addressing many realities facing our community and families around Orange County. In fact, this is nothing more than the “year of gentrification” and debt explosion, thanks directly to Mayor Jacobs’ rubber… [read more]
Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World Getting Ready for Gringotts
Universal Orlando is getting ready for the grand opening of Diagon Alley, their latest Harry Potter expansion which includes Gringotts Wizarding Bank, a London-themed land and the Hogwarts Express connecting Universal Studios and Islands of Adventures (& yes, a fire-breathing dragon at Gringotts). Universal also released a first look at the… [read more]
County Watch Sends Letter Demanding Preservation of Historic Site
County Watch, a bi-partisan political watchdog group for transparency and responsibility in local government, voted over the weekend to send a letter to the Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and the Board of County Commissioners, demanding Orlando alter current plans for the Citrus Bowl renovation to protect historic Tinker Field. “We… [read more]