Pooh's Playhouse - February availability

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Winnie the Pooh & Friends are waiting to welcome you

 Pooh's Playhouse is a 4 bed 3 bath family-friendly vacation rental a genuine 2½ miles to Disney.  South-facing pool & hot tub overlooks conservation.  1 mile to shopping plaza & restaurants.www.flyawaytoflorida.com

Magical Disney's Hollywood Studios, Florida

The Sorcerer's Apprentice has his Christmas hat on!

Welcome to Disney's Hollywood Studios

It's the most magical time of the year, and we're at Disney's Hollywood studios a couple of days before Christmas, and as you can see the Hollywood Studios have their Christmas hats on and are in fabulous full Christmas mode in the countdown to the holiday period.

Christmas in Magic Kingom's Main Street

Well you've come over on the fabulous steamboat, and just entered Main Street and all you can see is a massive Christmas Tree covered in the most amazing Christmas decorations.

And then, when you think it can't get any better ... it just does!

because here comes the Christmas Parade!!

Donald Duck on his Christmas float

Mickey & Donald on their Christmas float

g...g...gosh it's just Goofy goofing around

Minnie waving to the Christmas crowd

So not only the the magical factor of the parade you then have all the thrill of the rides, what more could anyone want!

Walt Disney World, Florida

Is there any more magical place at Christmas than Disneys Magic Kingdom?  A wonderful place to visit at holiday time and enjoy your family discovering all the magic of Disney.

Heading over to Disney's Magic Kingdom

To visit Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida you have to get to the park by monorail or steamboat as it is located on an island.  By far the most attractive option (unless the weather is bad) is the Mississippi steam boat which just adds to the anticipation as you gently chug over the lagoon towards the entrancing site of Cinderella's Castle in the background and the busy Main Street just as you enter.

Christmas at Disneys Hollywood Studios

Disneys Hollywood Studios, Florida, all dressed up for Christmas

See the Manatees in the winter at Tampa

 Manatees gathering in the warm waters

TECO

TECO at Apollo Beach, Tampa

In the cooler months the Manatees make for the warmer waters with their young, and one of the places is at
TECO at Big Bend Power Station, Apollo Beach, Tampa.
When the water in the Bay reaches 68 degrees or cooler, the manatees gather and seek refuge from the cold wintry waters.


We were lucky enough to see lots of Manatees during our visit, and this is a wonderful opportunity to see them in real life rather than at a park.

The Manatee Viewing Center is open to the public daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., November 1 through April 15.
(The center is closed Thanksgiving, at 3 p.m. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Easter.) From home, you can operate the center’s east and west Web cameras.

The Florida manatee (or sea cow) is Florida’s state marine mammal, and is a large aquatic relative of the elephant and is believed to have evolved from a plant-eating mammal with 4 feet that lived on the land more than 60 million years ago. They are grey or greyish-brown in color and have thick, wrinkled skin which usually has some algae or barnacles on it, and is often scarred with a body similar to a seal. Their front flippers help them steer through shallow water and they also have powerful flat tails that help propel them through the water. Although they have small eyes and no outer ears, manatees are thought to see and hear quite well, and they have whiskers on their face.
If you have seen them at Sea World you would have seen cabbages and lettuce floating or submerged in the water which are some of the vegetation they eat.

The manatee rises to the surface fairly regularly and we were lucky enough to get some pictures of them, some of which are mothers with their young.

Manatees are usually found in coastal rivers, estuaries and canals. They move freely within salt, brackish and fresh water habitats, often in water less than six-feet deep. Manatees are a migratory species and Tampa Bay is home to more than 200 manatees during the winter and approximately 100 manatees during the summer.

We have been lucky enough to see them not only at Sea World but also in the wild both at Tampa Bay in the winter months but also at a harbour in Captiva in the summer months.

Sunday, July 17 • 8 pm

Sade at the Amway - July 17 2011

Sade announces her highly anticipated return to the world's stage.  Sade will perform songs from her collection of timeless hits including songs from their critically acclaimed album, SOLDIER OF LOVE which secured the # 1 album spot upon its release in February.  Selling over a million copies to-date, SOLDIER OF LOVE spent three weeks in the number one spot taking its rightful place among the collection of iconic Sade albums.

Not only has America welcomed Sade back with open arms after close to ten years, but worldwide, SOLDIER OF LOVE has proven to be a smash.  The album skyrocketed to # 1 in ten additional countries including Canada, Switzerland, France, Italy, Poland, Greece, Japan, Portugal and Spain. Entertainment Weekly featured SOLDIER OF LOVE in their "Must List" and gave the album an "A", Rolling Stone wrote, "it's unimpeachably excellent," and The Boston Globe calls it, "a rich and rewarding album.

Tickets available through Ticketmaster.com