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jrs2
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^^ Spenser1058, you really need to do a podcast or something like that; YouTube perhaps where you're getting paid to blog.  your analysis and commentary is truly a great thing.  No BS, I mean it.

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Yes I am tourist but I usually avoid the theme parks but did go to Disney Springs.  I knew they were restricting crowd size but did not know they had temperature checks in order to get in and masks we

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We have to embrace the tourism. It allows a city our size punch up  way higher than it should. We have a huge airport, tons of nice restaurants, world class hotels......heck we just got 4 Michelin sta

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On ‎11‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 7:48 AM, spenser1058 said:

Sea World reports another bang-up quarter as the parks' recovery continues:

From the Sentinel

http://bit.ly/2F1TZkd

that's fantastic for the brand and for Orlando. 

So I was coincidentally watching clips from Blackfish last night, and other videos showing Orcas hunting in the wild.  Sea Wolves is what they call them.  They pack attack Blue Whales and lay over them to keep them from being able to surface to breathe- they know they'll drown them; they can take out a Great White; they use snack fish to use as bait to catch live Stork type of birds out of mid-air by hurling their torso forward with their whale tail.  They hunt Dolphins.

What am I trying to say?  That capturing an Orca and training it to do tricks means only that you trained an extremely dangerous predator to do tricks that can attack it's trainer when it's sick and tired of doing tricks for fish snacks at any time.  They eat Seals and Sea Lions and Penguins. They are smart.  They are cunning.  They are not lobotomized robots only interested in pleasing you for fish.  They are simply biding their time.   

I hate to be a Debbie Downer on this but after seeing all this footage, I am just shaking my head at their collective wisdom.

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Will Sea World be sold to Six Flags?

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-bz-seaworld-sale-20181107-story,amp.html

From the Sentinel

Bring back Stars Hall of Fame!

Disney 4th quarter results (parks and resorts soared) and thoughts from CEO Bob Igor on Star Wars lands' impact on the parks next year:

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-bz-disney-earnings-november-20181108-story,amp.html

From the Sentinel

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Food hall concept proposed for Hamlin in Horizon West:

https://www.orangeobserver.com/article/boyd-development-announces-food-hall-concept-coming-to-hamlin

From WOT/Observer

Also: the new middle school under construction out there.

https://www.orangeobserver.com/article/bridgewater-relief-school-progressing-on-scheduled

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16 minutes ago, NJBlake said:

Artegon's new owner is in violation of a bunch of city ordinances with the "museum" they have created in the old mall

 

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/11/12/new-auto-museum-at-artegon-marketplace-is-illegal-draws-city-fines

I think that place is possessed...

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2 hours ago, HankStrong said:

I can't imagine how this place still exists.

Back when they proposed it, Millennia had not been built yet and the outlets across the street were still Belz Outlets.  I believe that Premium Vineland was just about to begin construction or already had opened.  They had a list of all the tenants on their website.  Then, one day, all of those tenants' names vanished, sans Bass, the Cinema, and maybe a handful more like Ron Jon.  Once it opened, Millennia was already open, Premium was open, and Belz was beginning it's redo.

They had 3 factory outlets in there, like Nine West, etc.  They lasted a short while.  Too bad, they should've pushed the outlet angle of retailers to get traction.  Now, with Grand National open, it should help with more traffic I would think.

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On ‎11‎/‎13‎/‎2018 at 12:42 PM, shardoon said:

Honestly, they need to just implode and start new. The problem is that they complicated the hell out of it since they sold outparcels to Bass Pro Shop and Cinemark. 

...and I think that the Artegon people, when they were looking to sell, back when they kicked all of the tenants out a couple of years back, were hoping that Universal would purchase it.  I had posted that I spoke to a shop owner that used to work for Universal and saw surveyors from Universal on site back before they closed it down.  I was also told about the easement the City gave Universal over Grand National for transit.  So, it looked like all fingers were pointing in that direction.  Then, Universal did not buy it, and this other group from SoFla did.  So the mall is still there without those former tenants.  I thought maybe the owners gave the tenants a line, but it was one of the tenants that told me what he saw.  Anyway, if Unicorp were to get involved, I'm pretty sure they could turn that dog into a prized pony.  

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On 11/13/2018 at 12:42 PM, shardoon said:

Honestly, they need to just implode and start new. The problem is that they complicated the hell out of it since they sold outparcels to Bass Pro Shop and Cinemark. 

My understanding is between Cinemark and Bass Pro, they offered more money then the owner at the time paid for the entire land just a few years prior, and the tenants inside were mostly not paying, so it likely seemed like a no brainer at the time to get out ahead. Although I think Universal probably was more likely, the statements at the time were a new, out of area national theme park operator, who also had a contract on the empty land immediately to the south of it, but I imagine the lease issues and Cinemark/Bass Pro killed the theme park idea. Universal already was fighting its lawsuit on the Universal Blvd land so its possible it wasn't them, and we also had rumors WWE was involved for IP at that time.

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6 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

Pics of the new Potter coaster in Hogsmeade at Uni:

https://attractionsmagazine.com/photo-update-major-progress-on-harry-potter-roller-coaster/

From Attractions Magazine

Also, Fun Fact: 4 Spaceship Earths would fit inside the new Guardians of the Galaxy show building at Epcot...

I heard the Guardians building is immense; didn’t realize it was that immense.

The HP land at Uni looks awesome.  Hopefully there will be a lot of walking and theming area like Hogsmeade has even if you aren’t getting on the coaster.

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