JUST SOLD – 4 Bedroom Pool Home in Glenbrook

by Elsa Soto | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog, News, Real Estate News, Sellers, Theme Parks and Attractions

JUST SOLD – 4 Bedroom Pool Home in Glenbrook

Just Sold! – 1705 Lake Vista Ct

Glenbrook, Clermont FL

Sold Price: $229,000

Well-designed 4/2 pool home located in quiet cul-de-sac location in this premier neighborhood. Enter the home through the front door into small hallway which opens up into the spacious great room with decorative niche and below ceiling shelves. Glass sliding patio doors provides easy access to the screened WSW facing pool, deck and covered lanai. The hub of the home is the kitchen with newer stainless appliances and ample cabinets and counter space which sits alongside the great room. Adjoining the kitchen is the breakfast dining area overlooking the pool and back yard. The master bedroom is to the rear of the property and has sliding patio doors for easy access to the pool area. The master bathroom with garden tub and walk-in shower also doubles as the pool bathroom. The front bedroom is accessible from the great room or off a small corridor leading from the kitchen area. The second and third guest bedroom are along a second corridor between the kitchen and breakfast /dining room area and have easy access to family bathroom. One of these rooms has been made into a ‘man cave’ and the other is a cute children’s bedroom. Roof is approx. 2 years old. Situated in this beautifully manicured community. HOA fees are great value and includes maintenance and use of common areas including clubhouse maintenance and staffing, CCTV monitoring, community pool, tennis and beach volley ball courts, etc. It also covers homeowner lawn care as well as basic cable, internet, and telephone service.

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Vacant Lot For Sale in Orlando Retirement Community

by Elsa Soto | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog, Buyers, Investment Property in Florida, New Listing, News, Property for Sale, Property for Sale in Orlando, Retirement / 55+, Theme Parks and Attractions, Vacant Lot

Vacant Lot For Sale in Orlando Retirement Community

For Sale – 9000 US Hwy 192 Lot #334

Outdoor Resorts, Clermont FL

$35,000

Lot size 34 x 64

Vacant lot for sale ON THE CANAL leading to Lake Davenport. This 34×64′ concrete lot is located in active Outdoor Resorts, a 55+ community, situated on Lake Davenport, offering boating and fishing, is about 4 miles to the entrance to Disney, with quick access to about 40 restaurants to the East and the countryside to the West. The well maintained community is gated and the HOA fees ($490/qtr) pay for your water, sewer, basic cable, trash, and lawn mowing. It will be hard for you to find less expensive living in this area. ORO offers Bingo, Sunday morning church, a free 9-hole chip-n-putt golf course, shuffleboard, pickle ball, tennis, a home-made miniature golf course, its own post office, two heated pools, and a small laundry facility. Come relax in the best kept secret in the four corners area!

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ORO #334 – Vacant Lot

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Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival Bursts into Bloom

by Elsa Soto | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog, Local Events, News, Theme Parks and Attractions

New topiaries, an expanded Garden Rocks Concert Series and other surprises await guests, March 6-June 3, 2019

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – New sights, sounds and flavors of spring will envelop Walt Disney World Resort guests beginning March 6 when the 26^th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival bursts into bloom. This year’s festival will be chock-full of lush new topiary whimsy, edible delights, gardens to play in and an expanded lineup for the Garden Rocks Concert Series.

The 90-day event continues through June 3, featuring dozens of Disney-crafted topiaries and beds of multi-colored blooms that will transform the Epcot landscape into a floral extravaganza. As just one example of this metamorphosis, nearly 70,000 festival blooms will surround the lakes in Future World, while on the water, hundreds of colorful mini-gardens will be set afloat. Here is a look at some of the discoveries guests will make this year:

The popular Garden Rocks Concert Series will expand to every day of the festival, featuring chart-topping artists performing three shows daily on the America Gardens Theatre stage. That’s 270 concerts – more than ever before – spanning multiple genres. Returning favorites like The Spinners and Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone will be joined by artists new to the festival like TobyMac, Steven Curtis Chapman, Eddie Palmieri and Colin Hay of Men at Work.
Creative new culinary dishes and four new Outdoor Kitchens will debut this year, including Arbor at The Gardeners Terrace featuring unique food and beverage, interactive experiences and specialty merchandise. Guests will also enjoy the all-new Health Full Trail presented by AdventHealth featuring the new Flavor Full Kitchen, Play Full Garden playground experience and Mind Full Retreat decompression area where guests can relax and unwind.
Guests of all ages will enjoy a fun playground and garden located at Bo Peep’s Training Grounds presented by Toy Story 4, where Bo Peep will join topiaries inspired by her Toy Story pals Buzz & Woody.
Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration family scavenger hunt will be more fun than ever this year with new locations to discover along the garden pollination trail. Guests can also commemorate their scavenger hunt experience with select merchandise offerings featuring everyone’s favorite bee, Spike. Another guest favorite returning to the festival April 5-21 (while supplies last) is the Eggstravaganza Scavenger Hunt, where guests can search for Disney character-themed eggs around World Showcase.
In celebration of Disneynature’s “Penguins,” opening April 17, a 9-foot-tall art sculpture made from recycled marine debris will be on display in Future World featuring adult and baby Adélie penguins. Created by the non-profit organization WashedAshore.org, this work of art is designed to inspire guests to keep the world’s oceans and waterways clear of plastic pollution.

Among the returning gardens and exhibits, guests will once again enjoy the Goodness Garden Butterfly House presented by GoGo squeeZ, where nearly 1,000 native butterflies will fly among the garden’s two dozen nectar plants.

Additionally, several World Showcase pavilions will include gardens with floral life representing plants from those countries, such as the Kokodema Garden and Bonsai Collection in Japan, the Urban Spice Garden in Morocco and the Alpine Container Garden in Germany. As festival-goers take in all these floral wonders, they will come across fine tastes to savor along their journey.

In addition to the Outdoor Kitchens, raised-bed or in-ground gardens of herbs and produce will offer the perfect inspiration for learning to grow healthy ingredients. Several Epcot food-and-beverage locations – including Taste Track and Refreshment Port – will offer festival-themed eats and libations. Additionally, guests can enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner at 15 popular Epcot restaurants and guaranteed seating for a nightly concert with a Garden Rocks Dining Package.

Dining packages are now booking at FreshEpcot.com or by calling (407) WDW-DINE. Guided tours are also available for guests interested in learning more about nature’s magic. In Behind the Seeds – The Land, guests can explore the fish farm and four greenhouses that make up The Land at Epcot. Additionally, two guided experiences exclusive to the festival include:

The Royal Tea Garden Tour, presented by Twinings, which takes place each festival morning at the United Kingdom. For a small fee, guests can follow a knowledgeable guide through the tranquil tea garden setting to learn the history and artistry behind growing and blending tea. A post-tour treat of tea and scones is included. The shorter, complimentary English Tea Garden Touralso will be offered on select days.
During the Gardens of the World tour, guests will join a Disney horticulturist for a three-hour walking tour to explore the award-winning topiaries and gardens that make the festival so special. Guests will learn about the unique role landscaping plays at Walt Disney World and discover new plant materials and gardening techniques to use for home gardens.

Guided tours are offered select days throughout the festival for an additional fee. Epcot admission is required. For more information or to make a reservation, guests can call (407) WDW-TOUR. Guests can also commemorate their visit to the 2019 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival with official event merchandise.

They can dig up a charming array of whimsical apparel and headwear designed to capture the splendor of spring, garden tools and accessories, and magical Disney keepsakes to adorn their homes and gardens. For more information about the 26^th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, visit FreshEpcot.com or call (407) W-DISNEY. Additional details available at WDWNews.com.

The festival, including all gardens and exhibits, is included in regular Epcot admission.

SOURCE: https://wdwnews.com/ https://wdwnews.com/releases/26th-epcot-international-flower-garden-festival-blooms-for-90-days-at-walt-disney-world-resort/

Multi-purpose 250-acre sports complex planned for Clermont area

by Elsa Soto | Aug 23, 2018 | Local Events, News, Theme Parks and Attractions

Multi-purpose 250-acre sports complex planned for Clermont area

Complex will be ‘unlike anything the state has ever seen,’ Clermont city leaders say.

CLERMONT, Fla. – Developers of the proposed Olympus sports complex told Clermont city leaders Tuesday that the project could lead to more than $1 billion in economic impact.

“The city is already known as an Olympic sports training destination,” Schmidt said. “This will further complement it with an array of opportunities for amateurs, collegiate athletes, Olympic athletes and professionals.”

Clermont City leaders got their first chance to look at plans to develop 250 acres in south Lake County, along Route 27 near Lake Louisa State Park. The land is currently an undeveloped orange grove.

The city’s economic development director, Shannon Schmidt, has been working with developers on the proposed Olympus sports complex for nearly two years.

“This city has not seen a development of this size or significance,” Schmidt said. “Olympus will become almost a city of its own with the amount of activity slated to be happening there.”

The recently unveiled private development would feature a tennis complex, aquatic center, several hotels, restaurants, health care facilities and other sports training facilities.

Developers said the complex will create nearly 6,000 jobs and pump m

ore than $1.4 billion worth of economic impact into the community over 10 years.

City leaders expect the developers to submit a proposal for annexation, as well as rezoning of the property and a large scale comprehension plan amendment, in September. Public hearings would then take place in October through the planning and zoning commission and city council.

The five-phase project is expected to get underway in 2019 and be finished by 2025.

Source: Clickorlando.com

Happy 242nd Independence Day, America!

by Elsa Soto | Jul 4, 2018 | Blog, Local Events, Theme Parks and Attractions

Happy 242nd Birthday America!

The Fourth of July – also known as Independence Day or July 4th – has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, a historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson. From 1776 to the present day, July 4th has been celebrated as the birth of American independence, with festivities ranging from fireworks, parades and concerts to more casual family gatherings and barbecues.

Whether you are grilling out with your family, watching your favorite movies or making a trip to see the fireworks, we hope you are making the best of today!!

Here’s a list of local places hosting fireworks:

Disney’s Magic Kingdom: 9:15pm

Disney’s Epcot: 9:00pm

Lake Eola, Downtown Orlando: Festivities Start – 4:00pm, Firework Pre-show – 9:00pm

Kissimmee Lakefront Park: Festivities Start – 5:00pm, Fireworks – 9:30pm

Clermont Waterfront Park: Festivities Start – 6:00pm, Fireworks – 9:15pm

Party in the Park, Winter Garden: Festivities Start – 6:00pm, Fireworks – 9:15pm

Happy Birthday, America!!

Source: History.com

Orlando, Get Ready to Witness Hall & Oates Make Dreams Come True!

by Elsa Soto | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog, Local Events, News, Theme Parks and Attractions

Hall & Oates keep making dreams come true with trip to Orlando

Daryl Hall (pictured, left) and John Oates are once again hitting the road for a summer tour featuring California soft-rockers Train that will stop in Orlando.

If this all feels a little too familiar, maybe you just read my other blog post about Erasure and you’re confusing your musical duos. Or maybe you’re remembering that last year happened and that during that year, Philadelphia’s famous twosome traveled this way with another fairly mellow touring partner, Tears for Fears.

And if you remember last year, maybe you remember that I spoke with Daryl Hall ahead of that show. The singer/songwriter of “Rich Girl,” “Maneater” and “Sara Smile” had plenty to say about the synthesizer revolution of the 1980s. “As a producer, I said let’s go with all these things,” said Hall. “My ears were open.”

And I just mentioned that same revolution in that blog post about Erasure. So either all of this is a massive coincidence (it is) or my writing has a profound effect upon what happens in the musical universe (it doesn’t).

If you can get the “Twilight Zone” theme song out of your head, Hall & Oates will perform at downtown Orlando’s Amway Center on June 26. Tickets, $46.50-$126 go on sale Monday, Jan. 29, at ticketmaster.

SOURCE: ORLANDO SENTINEL