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Remembering downtown Orlando
In the early to mid-1960's, my mom and I would walk a few miles from Orlo Vista to the Pine Hills Shopping Center. From there, we would catch a bus to downtown where we would always shop at McCory's and...
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Remembering Pine Hills
Enjoying the day with my mom in the early 1960's as we walked several miles to the Pine Hills Shopping Center, and a few more miles to McDonalds.
As told by L. O'Connor, age 55, Orlando
Before my teen years, in the...
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Naval Training Center Orlando in Pictures
In the Beginning
The history of the 1229-acre Orlando Naval Training Center Main Base, home of the Recruit Training Command, the Service School Command, and the Nuclear Power School, began well before it was officially established in 1968. &...
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Rigoletto at the Orlando Municipal Auditorium
ABOVE: Kim Fischer and Oliver Peters standing on the steps outside the entrance to the Orlando Municipal Auditorium on January 30, 1972.
The Orlando Municipal Auditorium, now the Bob Carr Auditorium or Bob Carr Center for the Performing Arts, was the...
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Jaws - Universal Studios Florida
Jaws - Universal Studios Orlando
The Jaws attraction is one of the original to the park when it opened in 1900. It had rocky beginnings, however, with problems that delayed it's opening for a number of months. The ride is still...
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Fievel's Playland and Water Slide - Universal Studios Orlando
This is a photo from 1992 taken at Fievel's Playland. I just love water slides and if you had a "little kid" with you, they would let big people go down the slide. I was always mindful of this and...
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StarTrek Experience - Universal Studios Orlando
The Star Trek experience was located in the New York area near Kongfrontation. It opened in 1992 (some sources say March 1991) and closed in 1996 (November 11, 1996). It allowed paying guests to take part in a 10-minute Star...
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Ghostbusters Spooktacular - Universal Studios Orlando Florida
ABOVE: From 1990 when the Ghostbusters Spooktacular and the stage show were part of Universal Studios in Orlando, Dr. Peter Venkman and his other Ghostbusters made appearances in their ambulance and posed for photos with park guests. The Ghostbusters attract...
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Back To The Future Ride - Universal Studios Orlando
The Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida opened in May 1991 just across the lagoon from the "Jaws" ride. The ride was closed on 30 March 2007 to make way for the Simpsons ride.
The premise...
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EPCOT - American Pavilion
ABOVE: On Saturday, December 5, 2009, my daughter Ashley Peters and I spent the day park hopping at Walt Disney World. This was our Christmas present to each other. It rained the first half of the day and then it...
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Epcot Flower and Garden Festival 2007
ABOVE: Bambi, Thumper, and Flower made out of flowers.
Mother's Day at Epcot during the Flower and Garden Festival on May 13, 2007.
ABOVE: Eeyore and Piglet from Winnie the Pooh in the England Pavilion.
Peruse images below under Attachments.
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FAO Schwarz - Pointe Orlando
For many years Pointe Orlando was a shopping, dining and entertainment complex on the less congested end of International Drive. Perhaps the best loved anchor store of the complex was Orlando's own FAO Schwarz.
ABOVE: This is FAO Schwarz entrance at...
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