Epcot Rocks This Fall With Food and Wine Festival

It is time once again for Epcot to rock your fall with their annual Food and Wine Festival which brings tourists and locals alike together for a few weeks of amazing wine and dining. This year there is going to be some great music and pop talent to rock your nights away as you enjoy your afternoon at Epcot Center.

Here is the tentative lineup:
Sept. 25-27 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (“You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)”
Sept. 28-29 Richard Marx ("Hold On to the Nights")
Sept. 30-Oct. 3 Starship starring Mickey Thomas (“We Built This City”)
Oct. 4-6 En Vogue (“Free Your Mind”)
Oct. 7-8 Better Than Ezra ("Good")
Oct. 9-11 Sister Hazel (“All for You”)
Oct. 12-13 Kool & The Gang (“Celebration”)
Oct. 14-16 Spyro Gyra (“Morning Dance”)
Oct. 17-18 Jon Secada (“Just Another Day”)
Oct. 19-20 Sister Sledge ("We Are Family")
Oct. 21-22 Vanessa Carlton ("A Thousand Miles")
Oct. 23-25 Taylor Dayne ("Tell It to My Heart")
Oct. 26-28 Boyz II Men (“Motownphilly”)
Oct. 29-31 John Waite ("Missing You")
Nov. 1-2 Night Ranger (“Sister Christian”)
Nov. 3-5 Billy Ocean ("Caribbean Queen")
Nov. 6-8 Los Lobos (“La Bamba”)

If you plan on attending this year's Food and Wine Festival at Epcot Center, you may want to grab your tickets early as some of the more popular acts many bring large crowds that can sell out the park. Grab your Epcot Center tickets today and plan your Central Florida Vacation with Florida Orlando Tickets today.

Congrats to The Magic - Disney World vs Disneyland NBA Rivalry

The Orlando Magic finished their season this past Sunday as the Los Angeles Lakes defeated Dwight Howard and company at the Amway Arena to win the series 4-1. The playoff run was great for the City of Orlando as well as all of Central Florida with local hot spots staying open for later hours and experiencing a burst in business on game nights.

Amway Arena wasn't the only attraction playing home to a great competition during the NBA Finals. Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton and Disneyland President Ed Grier were also involved in their own little wager. Below is the press release:

ANAHEIM, Calif. and LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., June 3 /PRNewswire/ — Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton and Disneyland President Ed Grier are squaring off – all in fun – as their local teams, the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers, head for the NBA Finals.

With both Disney parks asking guests “What Will You Celebrate?” in 2009, Grier and Crofton are getting in the act, making a celebratory wager on the outcome of the NBA Finals:

If the Magic win, Grier will walk down Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland park wearing a pair of specially made Mickey Mouse ears in Magic blue and silver. If the Lakers win, Crofton will don a pair of Lakers’ purple and gold mouse ears and walk down Main Street, U.S.A. at Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom.

“The Lakers are going to make your team very Grumpy this week,” predicted Grier to Crofton.

“But we have ‘Magic’ on our side,” countered Crofton. “And isn’t that what Disney is all about?”

Crofton and Grier went through their respective parks Wednesday looking for supporters. Grier shot some hoops with Donald and Pluto in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, while Crofton (along with Minnie, Goofy, Chip and Dale) drummed up Orlando Magic support in front of Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World Resort.

The park presidents even pledged to turn the lights of their respective castles to their team colors in celebration of the historic pairing.

Unfortunately Crofton will have to wear a pair of Lakers’ mouse ears and walk down Main Street, U.S.A. at Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom. Maybe next year!

Congrats to the Magic and their historic season!