Aside from the annual festivals that fill most of the calendar outside from the summer months, there isn’t much being added in the immediate future at Epcot. Walt Disney World has announced that IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth will be retired and replaced at the end of Summer 2019, with Epcot Forever debuting the next day on October 1, 2019. That show will run for a year before the permanent...
May 2019
Margaritaville Resort Orlando just released new tidbits on its future water park, Island H2O Live!, including the fact that the Kissimmee attraction will be themed around "technology and social media." Island H2O Live!, which is planned to open this spring,...
Grammy Award-winning musicians Gloria and Emilio Estefan are opening a second Estefan Kitchen this fall at Kissimmee's Margaritaville Resort Orlando and closing Bongos Cuban Café at Disney Springs. The Cuban American power couple already has an Estefan Kitchen open in Miami, where they serve Cuban dishes with a modern twist like vaca frita hash, chicken croqueta flatbread,...
U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell slightly this week, marking a third straight week of declines as a continued inducement to purchasers in the spring homebuying season. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate on the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage eased to 4.07% from 4.10% last week. By contrast, a year ago the benchmark rate stood at 4.61%. The average rate for 15-year,...