Category Archives: florida history

Downtown Disney Transformation to Disney Springs

Posted on September 29, 2013 by floridatraveler

The transformation of Downtown Disney into Disney Springs, a complex with double the capacity of shops and restaurants, is underway. Visitors this fall to WDW will discover that the middle section of the overcrowded Downtown Disney parking lots are closed … Continue reading →

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Forget Sebring – Avon Park Has The Race Drivers

Posted on September 22, 2013 by floridatraveler

Sebring may have the famous annual race car Grand Prix but up the road in Avon Park they have their own racing competition. The Florida Lawnracing Association makes Avon Park its home with the Avon Park Mower-Plex the home turf … Continue reading →

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Fancy Steakhouse To Open Epicurean Hotel

Posted on September 22, 2013 by floridatraveler

People from all over the globe come to Tampa to have a steak dinner at Bern’s Steak House on South Howard in Hyde Park’s booming food and fun district. Now they can walk across the street and enjoy Bern’s food … Continue reading →

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White Oak Plantation Is Not Your Typical Florida Plantation

Posted on September 10, 2013 by floridatraveler

The 100 buildings along the banks of the St. Marys River north of Yulee belong to the huge White Oak Plantation. The plantation goes back to a land grant to Andrew Way in April of 1768, but since 1982 the … Continue reading →

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Florida Sues Georgia Over Apalachicola Bay

Posted on September 2, 2013 by floridatraveler

Apalachicola Bay is the source for 90% of Florida’s oyster harvest and is one of the nation’s great oyster grounds. It is also undergoing serious decline due to the increased salinity of the waters of the Bay. The State of … Continue reading →

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Best Pools At Walt Disney World

Posted on August 21, 2013 by floridatraveler

All resorts at Walt Disney World have a pool – the large spread-out resorts have a bunch of small pools clustered by rooms. Who has the best pool at WDW? (1) YACHT and BEACH CLUB – these two resorts share … Continue reading →

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Being Adult At Walt Disney World

Posted on August 14, 2013 by floridatraveler

Every year twenty million adults WITHOUT KIDS come to Walt Disney World and make it their vacation destination. My wife and I are two of them. We are of the age that getting jerked around on Dinosaur ot Mission Space … Continue reading →

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Best Disney WOrld Food For Vegans and Vegetarians

Posted on August 4, 2013 by floridatraveler

Although Walt Disney World advertises that it is “a vegetarian’s dream”, a quick evaluation of the menus and some interviews show that is quite an exaggeration. A lecto-ovo vegetarian will find a few menu items and has the option of … Continue reading →

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Streamsong May Change Fort Meade Forever

Posted on July 20, 2013 by floridatraveler

Fort Meade is the oldest (1849) town in Polk County. Started as a Seminole War fort once manned by one Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, whose memorial rests in Heritage Park, the town has reinvented itself many times. It survived a Union … Continue reading →

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Florida Films Don’t Score EW’s Top 100 Films List

Posted on July 14, 2013 by floridatraveler

Entertainment Weekly recently published its Top 100 Films of All Time and sadly Florida located films barely appeared. JAWS scored at 18th but it was Jaws II (see pic) that was filmed in Navarre Beach. SOME LIKE IT HOT was … Continue reading →

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