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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Book, NASCAR, Transportation Industry, Safety of Citizens, Economy, Business and Finance
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Universal Studios to add restaurants and shops based on 'The Simpsons'
Borrowing a page from its Harry Potter playbook, Universal Orlando said Thursday it will soon add a collection of shops and restaurants with a common theme drawn from the world of the long-running animated television show "The Simpsons." The area, which...
Tags: Islands of Adventure, SeaWorld, Orlando Restaurants, The Simpsons (tv program), Travel
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Universal parks 1st with 1-day pass above $90
Universal Orlando raised ticket prices once again over the weekend, becoming the first of Orlando's big theme-park operators to lift base prices above $90. The price of a one-day, one-park Universal ticket is now $92, before tax. That's a 3.4 percent...
Tags: Islands of Adventure, Entertainment, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, SeaWorld, Prices
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Universal Studios: Twister attraction carries on, despite disaster in Oklahoma
Universal Studios' tornado-themed attraction has remained in operation at the theme park in the wake of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma. Twister -- Ride It Out is based "Twister," a 1996 film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. The pre-show,...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Tornadoes
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Blue Man Group: Revamped show debuts at Universal CityWalk on Feb. 24
Sentinel Staff WriterThe Blue Man Group officially introduces its refurbished Universal CityWalk show on Feb. 24 with about 50 percent new content and 50 percent "classic" routines, says Blue Man co-founder Phil Stanton. Many fan favorites survive the retooling but missing...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Blue Man Group, Amusement and Theme Parks, Concerts
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Velvet Sessions: The Fixx set for Universal's Hard Rock Hotel on May 30
The Fixx is in again. The English new wave band returns to perform at Velvet Sessions, a monthly lobby concert/cocktail party hybrid at Universal Orlando's Hard Rock Hotel on May 30. The group is best known for the hit "One Thing Leads to Another,"...
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Despite concerns, Jacobs will pool campaign donations for re-election effort
Before she was elected Orange County mayor, Teresa Jacobs pushed to ban corporate political donations and stop supporters from pooling their money beyond the $500 individual-donor limit. Jacobs lost the fight for those reforms — and now she...
Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Supreme Court, Val Demings, Crime, Law and Justice, Political Fundraising
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NBC's 'Today' to visit Orlando on May 23
Staff writerWhere in the world is Matt Lauer? Well, he'll be at Universal Orlando next week. NBC's "Today" will stop at the theme park on Thursday, May 23. The visit is part of a five-day road trip for the "Today" team of Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker,...Tags: Savannah Guthrie, Natalie Morales, Today (tv program), Travel, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Universal Orlando: Harry Potter expansion to open in 2014 at Universal Studios
Universal Orlando has revealed details about its much-anticipated expansion of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It will open in 2014 at Universal Studios, the company said today. The new area, under construction atop the old Jaws ride and Amity...
Tags: Islands of Adventure, Entertainment, SeaWorld, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Travel
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Video: Universal Studios' construction beyond Harry Potter expansion
Now that Universal Orlando has shared some details about its Wizarding World of Harry Potter expansion at Universal Studios, how about a little love for under-construction area across the lagoon? Previously, there was an eatery called International Food...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks
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10 burning questions about Universal's Harry Potter expansion
Universal Orlando has revealed some details about its Wizarding World of Harry Potter expansion: It is under construction at Universal Studios and will be made to look like London scenes, including Diagon Alley -- from the popular Potter films, keeping...
Tags: Islands of Adventure, Trips and Vacations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Theme Park Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Universal Studios: Now, about that Harry Potter dragon ...
If you've stared at the new rendering for Universal's Wizarding World of Harry Potter -- Diagon Alley, you probably noted a dragon, a fire-breathing one, perched atop what looks like the Gringbotts Wizarding Bank, high above the tourists visiting the...
Tags: Islands of Adventure, Amusement and Theme Parks, Fiction, Halloween Horror Nights
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