Attractions Archive

Are you preparing your trip to Sun n’ Fun? Thinking about coming down for the largest convention in the state of Florida? Well, planning just got a little easier with Sun ‘n Fun’s own App. Sporty’s, in collaboration with SUN ’n FUN, has created a mobile app for the 2011 show, available free through the iTunes [...]

On Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5, Fantasy of Flight will honor Women’s History Month through the “Legends and Legacies Series.” “Breaking all Barriers” will feature a rare opportunity to meet and hear first hand stories from female service pilots who flew during World War II.  WASP’s or Women Airforce Service Pilots took jobs [...]

Lake Wales, Fla. — Bok Tower Gardens will be commemorating its proud history as one of America’s finest gardens during this year’s Dedication Day celebrations. On January 29 and 30, one of the Gardens’ most popular special events, “Crossing the Moat,” will give visitors a rare opportunity to cross the moat surrounding the Singing Tower [...]

As the days pass by and we get closer to the grand opening of LEGOLAND Florida, I can’t help but get excited when I get to see sneak peeks of the new park.  Yesterday, the Lakeland Ledger, brought us some great images on the construction efforts going on inside the park.  With PCL construction at the lead, [...]

It was an exciting day here at Sunny Central Florida headquarters as Mosaic announced their plans for a brand new golf resort and spa that will be coming to the area in just a few years. More than 16,000 acres of formerly mined phosphate land in Polk County are being transformed into Streamsong, a resort and [...]

Thursdays, October 28 — January 20, 2010 (no class 11/25, 12/23 & 12/30) Learn new painting techniques, strengthen drawing skills and get your creativity flowing with artist Owen Jolly. Still life, floral, landscape and portrait subjects will be included. Step-by-step basic watercolor techniques and the elements of design will be taught in the beginner class; no [...]

As part of a temporary reciprocal membership agreement, Explorations V Children’s Museum will honor MOSI (Tampa, FL) members for free admission from October 1, 2010 through November 30, 2010. Valid & current MOSI membership cards must be presented in order to obtain free admission. In exchange, MOSI will honor valid and current Explorations V membership [...]

It is officially that time of the year. So, get out your costumes, your candy and of course, your stencils and knives to start carving those pumpkins. Polk County’s official visitor information center, Polk Outpost 27, will help visitors welcome the Fall Season this year with its fourth annual Fall Festival on Saturday, October 23 [...]

With thousands of apps being added to the hugely popular Apple App Store each day, it can be difficult to find just the right one. If you are an aviation fan, or a fan of Fantasy of Flight–or just a fan of playing games on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch– then, there is an app [...]

The Ledger is reporting that LEGOLAND Florida has selected their contractor and design firm. Normally, this wouldn’t merit a post on our blog, but since we have had several inquiries from sub-contractors looking to do work at the new theme park, we thought it would be good to post this update as an answer to [...]