This has been a busy and fascinating week. With our recent move and many past visits to the Kissimmee area, I thought I’d known so much about this area. That the World of Walt had been such the focus for myself, and dare I say, most of us, seemed to be the extent of this [...]
One of the best parts of Kissimmee is the location. So many think that Orlando is “the center of this area”. As the major city, in a way it is. And yet, most of those things you’ll want to visit while in Florida are equally, if not more accessible from Kissimmee. Be it staying here [...]
I remember the many times mom and dad brought my brother and I to this area for our family vacation. We’d spend our trip on Walt Disney World property, but always ended up with at least one day off site, in Kissimmee. Be it arriving early or needing something at a local grocery store, or [...]
Yes, there was a Central Florida before Walt created his world. Swamps and thick green brush had challenged the Spanish on their conquest of this “new land”, keeping them to the coastal areas, while Native Americans lived here happily for centuries. This was a rough and humbling place.
Anyone who’s been to Walt Disney World can tell you, it’ll cost. Big bucks are needed to get in, eat, and maybe get those souvenirs you’re craving. But many of us are needing to be a little more budget minded these days, yet the interest in a visit to WDW still rings in your heart.
You’ll see them as you drive along 192; Mile Markers, or as they call them in the Kissimmee Area Guide book, Guide Markers. Each one numbered and marking the way for travelers to find those places that make Kissimmee a central force in Florida tourism. First, and important, no they are not at exactly a [...]
The House that Disney Built. Or more to the point, the town. Said by many to be the realized version of Walt Disney’s EPCOT (Experimental Prototype City Of Tomorrow), Celebration is the town built by the Walt Disney Company, as a place where people can live, work and play.
Coming to Florida for a vacation usually means making choices. You’ve only got so much time (and money) and you’re wanting to do as much as you can. So that means a day or two at Disney, maybe SeaWorld, Gatorland, a Ghost Tour, but jeepers, what about the coasts? After all, this is Florida, surrounded [...]
I admit it, I believe in ghosts. Actually, spirits of those who’ve passed on that come to visit us or maybe don’t know they’ve died. But, I believe they’re here. Many of us do – just some don’t admit it. And I’ve seen and experienced too many things not to believe. I also have to [...]
When we decided to move to the Kissimmee/Orlando area, Assistant Laura came ahead to check things out. She stayed at the Holiday Inn Main Gate East (please visit my blog & travel column for full reviews – and for full disclosure of media rates – RoriTravel Blog & Orlando Florida Vacation Examiner.com)
Staying near the Main Gate of Disney? Making a visit to Celebration? Looking for a great pub or Chinese food in the area? Stop at Le China or Mulligan’s Pub in the Water Tower area at the entrance to Celebration. We found both on our first night here, after moving our things into our rented [...]
Hello, I’m this week’s guest blogger and happy to be able to share some of the things I love about Central Florida. My name is Rochelle, but everyone calls me Rori. I’m a mid-west girl, born and bred in northern Illinois, where the family farm-stand animals kept me company. We also spent a lot of [...]
