On a recent visit to the Orlando Museum of Art, my wife picked up a brochure with the headline, “Real Orlando. Real Entertainment.” After looking at the cover, I wasn’t expecting much. Maybe a few coupons to local dinner shows or a map of the best outlet malls in the area. Nothing special, for sure.

But then she said, “Hey look at this. It’s a list of all the shows in Orlando for the 2008-2009 season.”

“Cool”, I said, still thinking it was just a brochure with only minor value as a reference for what was upcoming over the next few months.

“For ninety-nine dollars,” she continued, “we can get a ticket to the Orlando Opera, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Festival of Orchestras, Orlando Museum of Art, the Broadway Across America Tour, Orlando Philharmonic and the Orlando Ballet.”

“What,” I gasped. “That doesn’t make any sense. Tickets to only three or four of those places is more than a hundred bucks. No way you get all of them for 99 dollars.”

After reading through the brochure, however, I saw that she was correct. Seven tickets for only $99 with over 35 shows to choose from. With most of these shows still yet to come in the 2008-2009 season, there was little question that we’d be taking advantage of the deal.

Sponsored by the Orlando Opera Company, the “Real Orlando. Real Entertainment” offer is in its third year of existence and may just be the best deal of any kind in Orlando. There are only a few minor restrictions, which can be read about on realorlando.org. As far as I can tell, there is no cutoff date for this offer, but you’ll want to act soon as many of the 2008-2009 seasons start soon.

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