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| |  | | | Lake Apopka is the third largest lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Orlando, mostly within the bounds of Orange County, although the western part is in Lake County. Fed by a natural spring, rainfall and stormwater runoff, water from Lake Apopka flows through the Apopka-Beauclair Canal and into Lakes Beauclair and Dora. From Lake Dora, water flows into Lake Eustis, then into Lake Griffin and then northward into the Ocklawaha River, which flows into the ... |
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| |  | | | MetroWest is a master-planned community in Orlando, in the U.S. state of Florida. The 1,805-acre (730 ha) mixed-use community is located southwest of downtown Orlando, with the main entrance situated on MetroWest Boulevard, off of Kirkman Road. It is centered on MetroWest Golf Club, an 18-hole golf course, one of the best and most popular in Orlando. The award-winning golf course was designed by golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and has been managed since February 2014 by Integrity G... |
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| |  | | | WFLF is the callsign for 102.5 WFLA, an AM & FM talk radio simulcast in Orlando, Florida, United States. It broadcasts at the AM frequency of 540 kHz, and as an FM translator on 102.5 MHz, W273CA. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and operates out of iHeartMedia, Inc.s Orlando area offices in Maitland. Its callsign alias comes from sister station NewsRadio 970 WFLA in Tampa. It is a Fox News Radio and Weather Channel radio affiliate. WFLF is licensed to Pine Hills and runs 50,000 watts day and 46... |
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| |  | Defunct amusement rides, Water rides by name, Former Universal Studios Florida attractions, Universal Parks & Resorts attractions by name, Universal Studios Japan, Jaws (franchise), Amusement rides introduced in 1990, Amusement rides introduced in 2001, Amusement rides that closed in 2012, Universal Studios Florida, Amusement rides based on film franchises, Animatronic attractions, Amusement rides manufactured by Intamin, Amusement rides manufactured by MTS Systems Corporation, Amusement rid... | | Jaws was a theme park attraction based upon the films of the same name. The attraction places guests aboard tour boats for what should be a leisurely tour of Amity Harbor, but instead becomes a harrowing chase between the craft and a very determined great white shark. Jaws is an expanded version of a famous scene on the long-running backlot tour at Universal Studios Hollywood, also inspired by the film, and can be found at Universal Studios Japan near Osaka, and formerly, at Universal Studios Fl... |
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| |  | | | The Impact Zone, also known as the Impact Wrestling Zone is the professional wrestling nickname for a sound stage in Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida. Its nickname was derived from Total Nonstop Action Wrestlings (TNA) Impact Wrestling weekly television series, which broadcast live from this venue. Between 2004 and March 7, 2013 TNA taped their broadcasts from Soundstage 21. However, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling officially terminated its lease with Universal Studios at the end of... |
| |  | | | Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced by the American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The event was created in 2004 and was originally held annually in December. TNA changed the date of the 2008 event to be held in November. The event has been held as an annual PPV event for TNA. The 2004 event was the second TNA PPV to be produced annually. Since its inception in 2004, the event has been held exclusively in Orlando, ... |
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| |  | | | The Florida Citrus Tower is a 226-foot-tall (69 m) structure built in 1956 in Clermont, Florida. Once the most famous landmark of the Orlando area, it was built to allow visitors to observe the miles of orange groves surrounding it; developments in the citrus industry since its construction have left it providing a view of suburban neighborhoods today. With the antenna reaching over 500 feet (152 m) above sea level, it is the highest observation point in Florida. In early 2015, the Citrus Tower ... |
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| |  | | | Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando is a resort hotel and spa located at Universal Orlando Resort in Florida. Added as part of a major resort expansion of Universal Studios Florida in 1999, it was built along with Islands of Adventure and CityWalk to turn the single theme park into a multi-day, resort destination. The resort is touted as Universal Orlando�s flagship resort and was the first hotel on Universal Orlando property. It was designed to offer the ambiance of an Italian seas... |
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| |  | | | Disneys Persian Resort was a themed hotel planned for Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Due to the 1973 oil crisis, the project was cancelled, along with Disneys Venetian Resort and Disneys Asian Resort. Curiously, forms from 1978 showed that the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi offered to fund the projects construction and operation but after the Iranian Revolution the project was permanently shelved. The resort was to be located on the shores of Bay Lake, not the S... |
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| |  | | | Floridas 10th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, from the Gulf coast to inland central Florida. The district includes parts of western Orange County, most of Lake County, as well as a northern section of Polk County. It is situated in Central Florida, along the I-4 corridor. Cities and towns that are encompassed by the 10th district include parts of Orlando, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Windermere, Clermont, Leesburg... |
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| |  | | | Magic Kingdom Park, commonly known as Magic Kingdom, is the first-built of the four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida. It opened on October 1, 1971. Designed and built by WED Enterprises, its layout and attractions are similar to Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, and is dedicated to fairy tales and Disney characters. In 2014, the park hosted 19.33 million visitors, making it the most visited theme park in the world for the sixth consecu... |
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| |  | | | Stitchs Great Escape! is a Tomorrowland attraction at the Magic Kingdom theme park within the Walt Disney World Resort. It is a theater-in-the-round experience starring the title alien from Walt Disney Pictures 2002 animated comedy Lilo & Stitch. It opened November 16, 2004 and is the fourth attraction to occupy the site in Tomorrowland. Many of the animators who worked on Lilo & Stitch partnered with Walt Disney Imagineering for Stitchs Great Escape! Stitchs Great Escape! is a replacement of Th... |
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