On Sunday morning, my wife and I competed in our first 15K race as part of Disney’s Minnie Marathon Weekend. Starting in the Animal Kingdom parking lot, our 9.3 mile run featured a trip through Disney’s Hollywood Studios before a finishing mile around Epcot’s World Showcase. Nearly 3000 runners completed the journey. At least two […]

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The Living Orlando Book Review and Giveaway for the month of November will focus on “101 Things You Never Knew About Walt Disney World: An Unauthorized Look at Tributes, Little Touches, And Inside Jokes”, by Kevin Yee.
As the title states, the book contains 101 insider facts on the four theme parks at the Walt Disney […]

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Famed skateboarder and 2006 Olympic snowboard champion Shaun White (left), takes a wild ride aboard the Himalayan mountain-themed attraction Expedition Everest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. White is in Central Florida to compete in the Dew Action Sports Tour competition that started on Thursday and runs through Sunday. White won the Gold Medal in the Snowboarding […]

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I’m a huge theater buff, so naturally I’ve seen the live stage shows at Disney theme parks tons of times. Each show is great, but for totally different reasons. Here’s a listing of what to look for:
Love princesses?
Then head to “Beauty and the Beast - Live on Stage!” This is a high-energy dance performance that […]

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For the first installment of “Friday Favorites”, we at Living Orlando have each picked our favorite roller coaster. There are a handful of rides that immediately come to mind, including The Hulk and Dueling Dragons at Islands of Adventure, Kraken at Sea World, Rockin’ Roller Coaster at Disney’s MGM Studios, Space Mountain and Thunder Mountain […]

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