Orlando

Until the mid-1960s, Orlando was a sleepy little town with not a whole lot going on. Then Walt Disney World was announced and within a few years, Central Florida was…

After a test run when I was 5 to make sure I didn’t get seasick like my mom (I didn’t), I started going deep sea fishing with my dad during…

Traveling to Orlando to get to Universal isn’t easy. It’s not just as simple as using some Floo Powder to travel to Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley or having your Minions…

Even before COVID caused prices to go through the roof, car rental companies had a bajillion add ons. Some were big, some small, some were needed, some not, but they…

When you rent a car, there are almost always costs not included in the advertised price. Sales tax. Vehicle license recovery fee. Customer facility charge. Concession recovery fee. Parking surcharge.…

Frankly, I’m not sure which is more surprising – that this long-standing feud has finally come to an end, or that it happened so…peacefully. Orlando International Airport (MCO) had been…

Occasionally, I’ll miss a local news story about what’s coming to the area. While browsing headlines from our local paper, the Orlando Sentinel,  I saw an article about how the…

The price to enter a theme park in Central Florida has been skyrocketing in the past few years.  I mean, you can’t get into Disney, Universal or Sea World for…

You’re on a trip to Walt Disney World sometime between April and September (a time of year fondly called the Heat & Humidity Festival by us locals), from your home…

2020 was a difficult year for Orlando. The coronavirus brought a two-handed hammer down on the city, with a decrease in leisure traffic to the themepark capital of the world,…