Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba

If you want to be amazed, exhilarated and see a breath taking performance with a difference, then this has surely got to be top of your list of thinks to do while in Orlando.

Cirque De Soleil is Acrobatics, Balance, Gymnastic, Juggelling, and humour all rolled into one to make a show of ou...

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New Years Eve at the Theme Parks

Christmas is a magical time to be in Orlando whether you visit the Theme Parks on Christmas Day itself, stay by the pool at your villa and cook that extra special meal or dine out at one of the many fantastic restaurants. Remember for the latter although you cannot reserve tables several of them, TG...

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Cirque du Soleil

This is an expensive evening out and we had visited our villa in Orlando for several years before we went to see a performance.

Cirque Du Soleil is located in Downtown Disney’ s West Side. From Downtown Orlando take I-4 West to exit 68 Lake Buena Vista. Turn right off the exit and then...

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Old Town

Old Town is located at mile marker 9 on Highway 192

If you are like all our family (motor mad) you will certainly enjoy a night at old town . there are various evenings going on at old Town.

Thursday evening has a themed night of all motor cycles. They are lovingly kept and the owners...

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Blue Man Group

It’s been quite a while since we have tried a new show in the Orlando area so we were really excited to give the new Universal Blue Man Group show a try. We felt it would be a bit intense for our 3 year old-but we did take in our 10 week old baby and he was fine.

As we didn’t know too much a...

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The Blue Man Group (1)

The Blue Man Group is a live evening performance in a theatre situated between the two Universal Parks near the Hard Rock Café on Citywalk.

We saw the show in August 2007 and, having seen the wonderful Cirque de Soleil on two previous visits, we hoped this would live up to our high expectati...

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Sunset Sams Fish Camp

If you are looking for a special night out, suitable for the whole family, with lively entertainment and excellent food, then look no further than the Gaylord Palms Hotel.

Whilst this is principally a fish restaurant (you’d never guess by it’s name) chicken and beef also feature amongst the ...

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Margaretville in May

So all you Parrot heads out there what are you waiting for stop “wasting away again” after all “it is 5 o’ clock somewhere”!

Our most recent visit to Universal Studios City Walk one evening around 5 ; +) resulted in us dining in Jimmy Buffets restaurant Margaretville. We had dined in the one...

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XMAS DECORATIONS: A NIGHT OUT WITH A DIFFERENCE

Here is something you may not have thought about adding to your must do list when you visit Florida over the festive season. It is not just the theme parks and shopping malls which get into the festive spirit and decorates everything in sight so if you are staying in a privately owned villa you may ...

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Sleuth's Mystery Dinner Show

As a family of four with 2 teenagers, Abi 15 and James 14, it is sometimes difficult to do something that appeals to both of them! Well the Sleuths Mystery Dinner show certainly did the trick. The whole experience was very entertaining - the kids loved it. We like to make an evening of it so arrived...

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The Blue Man Group at Universal

What do you get if you combine music, mime, comedy and performance art with a little bit of audience participation? Well the answer is The Blue Man Group Show at Universal City walk.

Performing daily at the newly refurbished and specially adapted Sharp Aquos Theatre, which is close to the fa...

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Arabian Knights - Kissimmee US192

We’d almost forgotten about this dinner show even though we must pass it a dozen times each time we come to Orlando. We decided that as we were visiting alone this time, i. e. without our children, we thought we would give ourselves a treat and book to see this dinner show.

As usual we used ...

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Night Time in Orlando

There is something so magical about Orlando and it can be even more magical (if that is possible) at night.

Although our girls are in, or nearly in their teens now, we still go to Magic Kingdom at night. With the Castle all lit up everything seems to take on a different feel. The Wishes Fire...

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The Pirates dinner show

It was my Grandson’s 5 birthday and although the trip to Orlando was special enough we wanted to find something that we though would appeal to him. As the Pirates of the Caribbean was in the fore at the time and we had also been on the pirates of the Caribbean ride at Magic Kingdom we thought that t...

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Cirque Du Soleil (3)

What can I saw about this show that hasn’t been said already?

We first experienced this evening of magic several years ago. We were extremely keen to see it again, and one evening during our visit in July this year, we managed to offload the children at Disney Quest (almost next door) an...

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Disney's Pleasure Island

Pleasure Island is a 6 acre night time theme park comprising 8 night clubs, restaurants and shops situated on an island linked by a bridge to the Downtown Disney complex.

It is owned by Disney and is included in the hopper plus passes or admiss...

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Pleasure Island ~ Down Town Disney

Pleasure Island is Disney’s very own night time entertainment complex, which is built on a small island, only accessible via two entrance bridges, to the west of the Down Town Disney area.

A popular venue for all ages, but especially the older teens to 40’s age category, Pleasure Is...

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