Vacation

We all love Disney, but let’s face it, sometimes the lines are long, the weather is hot, and at Disney World Orlando, there is always a chance for those summer afternoon showers. Which is why most of us would never consider attempting to ride all the rides in one single day during a Disney vacation, much less do what two guys from Parkeology.com have done.

Shane Lindsey and Ted (Teevtee) Tamburo set out to ride every ride in all four parks at Disney World in one day. And they did it … well they almost did it. There were the inevitable rides down for repairs and the rain-out that prevented them from tackling a few of the rides. To compensate, they rode other rides twice so that they would at least reach their target goal of 47 Disney park rides in a single day.

Billing their feat as WDW47, on June 16, 2013, Shane and Teevtee managed to ride 47 park rides within the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, in one day of normal park operational hours—a total of 16 hours. And what makes this even more amazing is that they did not tackle this in the way you might imagine. Rather than working their way systematically through one park and then another, they truly park hopped.

We are assuming that they used the Disney Fast Pass system to reduce the time they waited in line for some rides. This would also account for why they would find it more logical to jump from park to park, only to return later to a park they had previously visited. Although the video below tells a great deal of their story, they don’t reveal their strategy… and clearly they had one for this epic endeavor.

The average person on a Disney vacation in Orlando rides 8 rides per day, which works out perfectly for a Disney timeshare week. For anyone who doesn’t want to attempt the 16-hour pace it requires to accomplish a WDW47, 6 to 8 rides per day make it easy to also enjoy the shows, entertainment, shops and restaurants available in all the parks.

This week, the Lubner Group announced that it has been selected to provide the furnishing for the new 4-star luxury Wyndham Grand Hotel. The resort will be part of Harbourside Place, a 300,000 square-foot mixed-use waterfront complex in Jupiter, Florida.

Dan Lubner, President and CEO of the Lubner Group and Clive Daniel Home of Naples, Florida, explains that his companies will purchase and install total interiors for the six-story, 179-room property. Working in conjunction with Leo A Daly, an internationally renowned planning, architecture, engineering firm, the Lubner Group will use Daly’s specifications and value engineering as their criteria for purchasing the Wyndham Grand Hotel’s luxurious furnishings. The Lubner Group will guide purchasing, logistics, and installation of furnishings.

Furnishing installation is scheduled for April 2014, with property completions set for later next summer.

Leo A Daly currently employs over 1,100 architects, planners, engineers, and interior designers worldwide. Clive Daniel Home and the Lubner Group serve both commercial projects including hotels, resorts, timeshare resorts, fractional ownership and private residence clubs, as well as developers of high-rise condominiums and single-family communities in North America and abroad. Whether the need is crafting custom-designed furniture or total turnkey furnishing packages, Clive Daniel Home and the Lubner Group are proven resources for the hospitality industry.

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Despite the economic ups and downs US (and global) businesses have experienced in recent years, there is one timeshare resort company that just keeps growing and growing. Who is this developer? Orange Lake Resorts!

Now with ten resort properties across the US, Orange Lake Resorts has announced the addition of the Colonial Crossings Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia. The plan is that this 120-unit timeshare will become part of the Holiday Inn Club Vacations^® brand in early 2014.

Located only eight miles from historic Williamsburg, this popular vacation destination is within easy driving distance for millions of Americans, especially those in the Baltimore, Washington DC, and Atlanta areas. Even New York City and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are only a one-day road trip away (approximately 280 miles) adding to the drive-to appeal of this family vacation destination

Orange Lake Resorts, Timeshare Resort Company

Orange Lake Resorts, always making a good thing better, has committed to over $8 million in upgrades over the next year for the Colonial Crossings Resort. The rennovations and upgrade include the build-out of a current unused building, which will, when completed, house new timeshare villas. The two top floors of this new space will feature the upscale Signature Collection villas with granite countertops, deluxe kitchen appliances and enhanced interior décor.

This exciting news leaves only two unanswered questions:

• What does Orange Lake Resorts have planned for their next expansion?
• And, when are you planning a timeshare vacation at Colonial Williamsburg?

For the eighth year, September will be celebrated in Orlando, Florida as “Magical Dining Month.” As if Orlando needed yet another magical reason for you to plan an Orlando timeshare vacation or getaway, the culinary feast is motivation all by itself to visit the City Beautiful.

Diners can enjoy a culinary celebration that involves more than 60 restaurants. For $33 prix fixe (set price), each diner can select a three-course meal, including an appetizer, entrée, and a desert.

Of course, the Disney World area restaurants (including Lake Buena Vista) are involved. These are:

• Deep Blu Seafood Grille- Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort
• Hawk’s Landing Steakhouse- World Center Marriott
• Hemingway’s- Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
• Il Mulino New York Trattoria- Walt Disney World Swan
• La Luce® by Donna Scala – Hilton Bonnet Creek
• Mikado Japanese Steak House – World Center Marriott
• NINE18- Villas of Grand Cypress
• Siro: Urban Italian Kitchen- World Center Marriott
• The Venetian Room – Caribe Royale Hotel
• Todd English’s bluezoo – Walt Disney World Dolphin

Universal Studios and Universal City Walk area participating restaurants are:

• Bice Ristorante – Loews Portofino Bay Hotel
• Emeril’s Restaurant Orlando
• Emeril’s Tchoup Chop – Loews Royal Pacific Resort
• Islands Dining Room – Loews Royal Pacific Resort
• Mama Della’s Ristorante – Loews Portofino Bay Hotel
• The Kitchen – Hard Rock Hotel
• The Palm Restaurant- Hard Rock Hotel
• Trattoria del Porto- Loews Portofino Bay Hotel

And this link will take you to dozens more restaurants that are participating in this very special, very scrumptious event.

Magical Dining Month, sponsored by Visit Orlando, will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida, with one dollar from each meal being donated to the non-profit organization.  The event runs throughout the month of September.