Pan Am: ABC’s Latest Hope To Soar – Episode 1

Pan Am has drawn comparisons to several fan favorite shows. After Sunday night’s premiere, I like to think of it as a slick hybrid of Desperate Housewives’ drama and Mad Men retro-style.

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Shopping at Orlando International Airport (MCO)

I’m at the Orlando International Airport departing on a business trip. This gives me the opportunity to check out the stores each local theme park makes available to passengers coming and going.

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Shopping at Orlando International Airport (MCO)

Kissimmee Merchants Look to Plus Hwy 192

Merchants and business owners along Highway 192 in Osceola County have finally decided to get their act together. Prior to the latest economic meltdown, I wrote about signs of life in Central Florida’s most neglected tourist region

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Kissimmee Merchants Look to Plus Hwy 192

Disney Locks in Magical Express with great deal

Disney’s Magical Express is a key part of the resort’s plan to keep Guests located on property for their whole vacation, which puts their money in Disney’s wallets. The service is a ‘free’ (ie, it’s built into your vacation package price whether you use it or not) shuttle to and from the Orlando International Airport and separate delivery of your luggage right to your room. Of course, the service isn’t free for Disney

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Lost 5.6: 316

Oh my dear Losties! The first five episodes of this season have been great. They’ve tied up some theories we’ve all wondered about. They’ve answered some questions.

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Lost 5.6: 316

Why Stay on Disney property?

For many guests, the benefit of staying at a Walt Disney World owned-and-operated resort begins before arrival at the Vacation Kingdom.

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Why Stay on Disney property?

For many guests, the benefit of staying at a Walt Disney World owned-and-operated resort begins before arrival at the Vacation Kingdom.  And for all guests, the benefits and perks combine to make vacation magic 24 hours a day – whether at a Disney Value Resort designed for budget-minded vacationers … or at a Disney Deluxe Resort or Deluxe Villa offering lavish amenities.

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Holland America Eurodam Review

Today was the first day boarding the Eurodam.

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Tips for visiting Disney World from The Crazy Dazy

Some personal cost-cutting tips for your trip to Disney World from Ellen at The Crazy Dazy : We went during the off-season in the middle of January.  We were taking a 5-day trip (a quick trip saves you money, too!), so the kids only missed a little bit of school.  The crowds are much smaller, it’s not hot in Florida during that time of year (saves on you having to drink a ton of bottled water), and the best thing—we got round-trip air tickets for $100 each.  We have a family of five; we had two free tickets, so our whole family flew for $300 round trip.  We couldn’t drive it for that.  It was totally worth it to going during school because of the smaller crowds, more pleasant weather and CHEAP airfare (bought directly from the carrier’s site—we’ve found that to be cheaper, too)!  Plus, there was a 70 degree difference between home & Orlando ! Make Disney World your only stop.  If you stay on the resort   (we stayed at the cheapest—All-Star Musical—plenty nice), they will give you free transportation to/from the airport and that saves you the cost of a rental car.  That makes up for any cost increase of staying at the resort.  And they give you free transportation   anywhere in the resort!  And you get extra hours in the park if you stay at the resort.  And the headache & time it saves you!   Our kids were totally cool with only seeing Disney World.  They had only been to grandparents before, so this trip was huge!   Use the Disney Dining Plan .   It saves you up to 30% on some of the best food!  The price of the dining is included in the cost of your package (like a cruise), and it allowed us to save tons of time of having to run back to our room to eat.  Our meals included an appetizer, entrée & dessert.  It was a lot of food!  You are allotted so many meals during your stay.  Since we checked in at night, we missed a meal.  The plan allows you to combine meals to have a very nice meal at one of their upscale restaurants.  We did that with our missed meal and got to eat in Cinderella’s castle during the fireworks at Cinderella’s Castle .

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