LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—The 14th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Festival runs for six weeks beginning Sept. 25 at Walt Disney World Resort, but booking for some of the most popular reservation-only events opens later this month.

Reservations will be taken beginning at 7 a.m. Aug. 11 at 407-939-3378 for programs including Epcot wine schools, tequila tastings, French regional lunches, cheese seminars, and food and wine pairings among others.

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Miami-Dade and Broward Residents:

Peanut and Pumpkin, our rare twin orangutans, are moving into a bread-new pad. And, for a limited time, you can visit them for half the price of regular admission!.

Plus, you’ll get all the fun of the rest of the Jungle. Mingle with some of the world’s most rare and exotic creatures. Encounter cuddly Kangaroos, vibrant macaws, a ferocious Tiger, and so much more. And experience La Playa.

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It’s a pre-dog days sale at Gatorland, the longtime attraction that features gator wrestlin’, the Gator Jumparoo (mmm, chicken) and an expansive breeding marsh with observation tower. Still on display at Gatorland are four leucistic alligators — ivory-skinned, blue-eyed giants. Those who stare into their eyes are said to receive good fortune. And Florida residents can get an eye-full at a discounted rate through July. It’s $8 off for adults and $5 cheaper for the kiddos.

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Rare Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle at Mote for Rehab After Swallowing Balloon

An endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) has been brought to Mote’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital after it swallowed a balloon — an episode that we hope will remind residents and visitors to stow their trash carefully.

The 3.3-pound young turtle washed up on a sandbar near the south end of Lido Key on Tuesday, July 14, with what appeared to be fishing line hanging from its mouth. Concerned swimmers called Mote biologists, who brought the Kemp’s ridley to Mote’s Sea Turtle Hospital.

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Butterfly World Announces
Butterfly World Super Savings!

Enjoy these Great Savings from August - October 2009

Mondays for Moms & Dads!
Mom or Dad is 1/2 price with One Full Paid Child Admission!
Must present coupon at entrance. Offer Valid thru Oct. 26, 2009.

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Sat August 1st 10am-2pm

Come Join the fun as we reopen for business after being closed for the summer. We will have FREE Live Music by The Front Porch Pickers from 11am-2pm. This band is a delight to listen to as they pick their guitars and saw the fiddle. Playing well known bluegrass hits.

The Shake Shack will be open serving up our famous strawberry shakes, shortcakes, & Soda Floats.

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Pensacola, Fla.–July 7, 2009–The National Naval Aviation Museum will conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony for its newest attraction, an kids aircraft carrier exhibit (inside Museum), at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21 near the west wing to the left of the IMAXÆ Theatre. The new kids exhibit, modeled to look like the “island” of an aircraft carrier deck, is open to the public. Featuring many items that are found on a real aircraft carrier, kids delight in playing with a fireman’s pole, rope ladders, binoculars, periscopes and a Captain’s wheel. Kids are able to play with interactive devices such as buttons to push for ship sounds, an intercom system set up in three different locations and flags with a pulley system. Mock control panels and plasma screens with “views” from the ship give kids the sense that they are on a real aircraft carrier. The carrier exhibit also features two slides, regular and tubed. For safety, rubber mats surround the floor of the island, and handicap access is available on the bottom floor. Kids 10 and under will have the opportunity to enter a contest to name the aircraft carrier exhibit. The child with the winning selection will win a child’s flight jacket from the Museum’s Flight Deck Store.

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Florida Residents Can Now Visit Both Parks for One Admission Price

When Florida residents buy a Busch Gardens ticket online, they get a day at Adventure Island free!

That means you get to explore wildlife and wild rides at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay AND get soaked at Adventure Island - for one valuable price. And both parks have summer nighttime celebrations to keep the fun going all evening long. The tickets are valid now through the end of the year at Busch Gardens and to the end of the 2009 season at Adventure Island.

This summer, Busch Gardens celebrates 50 years of fun during Summer Nights. Guests can stay late to explore the adventure park’s newest attraction Jungala …

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Two World-Class Theme Parks for the Price of One: Exclusive Florida Resident Summer Offer

A Ticket to SeaWorld Orlando Includes Busch Gardens Tampa Bay or Aquatica for Free

When Florida residents buy a ticket to SeaWorld Orlando, the hardest choice they’ll make is which other world-class theme park they’ll visit for free.

For a limited time only, buying a full price SeaWorld Orlando ticket online includes getting a free visit to either Busch Gardens Tampa Bay or Aquatica in Orlando through the end of 2009. That means plenty of time to dive deep and fly high on Manta, SeaWorld’s all-new flying roller coaster; explore where the unexpected comes together at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay or frolic in the playfulness of the sea at Aquatica, SeaWorld’s one-of-a-kind waterpark.
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Universal Orlando is launching a new Summer Concert Series at its new outdoor Music Plaza. The series kicks off on June 13 and runs Saturday nights through July 4.
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