Category: Florida life
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Tampa to Kissimmee: One Last Summer Blast
Tampa Bay area moms and dads are fortunate to live as near as we do to the world-famous attractions in and around Kissimmee. Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World – these are once-in-a-lifetime destinations for many families around the globe, and they’re right in our back yard. Our family has…
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Memories are waiting at Universal CityWalk
Jimmy Buffett beckoned. Margaritaville was made for memories. My future wife and I strolled along the neon-bright thoroughfare at Universal CityWalk, taking our first steps into a lifetime together. This was 2003. Beth and I had only been dating a short time. It was a big weekend — our first…
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Disney Fun Run: Into the Wilderness at Wide World of Sports
I’m not a runner. I should be a runner. Why? Because I’m lithe. And I used to be fast. How fast? Faster than a diamondback rattler strikes its prey. Faster than a Thompson’s gazelle in full flight from a hungry cheetah. Faster than Expedition Everest and Space Mountain — combined.…
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Swing, Fail, Swing Again
We played ball out back on a makeshift miniature diamond I mowed into the high, early summer St. Augustine grass. The 8-year-old stepped to the foam-rubber home plate, batting lefty, knees bent just so, arms high but relaxed, head cocked toward the pitcher — me. I wound up and tossed the…
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Alone Time at Disney Does Parents a World of Good
Our boys are not Disney deprived. This is the first thing I would like you to understand. Our family splurged on Walt Disney World seasonal passes last year, and our Year of Disney was a triumph. We love spending time as a family at all four Central Florida parks. We look forward…
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101 Things We Loved About Walt Disney World in 2013
The Year of Disney technically has not ended for our family. Our Walt Disney World seasonal passes are good until early February, and we will make good use of them between now and then. But as we approach the end of 2013, a look back at our still-fresh Disney memories…
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The Year of Disney: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
We’ll take our family’s Year of Disney to a new level Sunday when we report to the Boardwalk Inn for the start of a three-day media event connected with the ongoing Disney Sports Festival at Walt Disney World. Specifically, the event is designed to shed light on activities, amenities and…
Carter Gaddis, Writer & Editor 
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