If you’re expecting to hit Downtown Disney for some Independence Day fireworks tonight, forget it. Disney must be trying to save a few bucks by eliminating the “free” show and only displaying fireworks in the parks with paid entry.
William Beem is a native of Orlando, Florida. He's lived and worked in the area all of his life and watched the city change many times.
I used to love Hillstone’s Restaurant (formerly Houston’s Restaurant), but now they’ve lost my business. Â Here’s why.
Are you sure you know Florida Fireworks Laws? Around this time of year, those fireworks stands start popping up and selling cases of fireworks, so it must be legal. Right? Your neighbors are shooting off explosives. Almost everyone is doing it, so it must be legal. Right? Why go spend hours in a crowded park…
I heard that 32 Million people would travel in the United States over the holiday weekend. Â You can see a photo of all of them above, jamming up I-4 and keeping me from getting to my house on Saturday afternoon. Â It was a dead stop with cops and fire trucks and stupid people trying to…
It’s happened. Â I’ve become a weekend regular at Houston’s (slowly changing to Hillstone’s) in Winter Park. Every Saturday, I wake up and try to figure out what I want. If I’m not out of town or otherwise tied up, I end up going to the same place for lunch. Maybe I’m just a creature of…
Extra Magic Hours: Sometimes Great and Sometimes a Waste of Time Extra Magic Hours (EMH) at Walt Disney World are perks for resort guests. Essentially, you get more time in a Walt Disney World park than guests who aren’t staying at one of the Disney hotels on property. You don’t get Extra Magic Hours in every park…
For the last 20 years, I’ve heard stories about commuter rail coming to Orlando. One group wanted it, another one didn’t. Everyone wanted the federal government to pay for it. Sometimes the money appeared forthcoming, and then people couldn’t meet the deadlines to get the grant. One plan called for the rail to travel between lanes of Interstate 4.
