The Tickled Tourist

The tentative list of performers for the Flower Power Concerts to be held during the upcoming Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival this March 3-May 16 has been updated again. The current list, subject to change, is:

-- April 2-4 - Tony Orlando
-- April 9-11 - Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone
-- April 16-18 - The Nelsons
-- April 23-25 - Atlanta Rhythm Section
-- April 30-May 2 - Fran Cosmo (former lead singer of Boston)
-- May 7-9 - Davy Jones
-- May 14-16 - Chubby Checker & The Wildcats

Universal Orlando® Resort is Celebrating Earth Week!
April 19 – April 23, 2010

Universal Orlando is Committed to the Environment

Whether it’s conservation, recycling, education or designing environmentally friendly attractions, Universal Orlando is working to make sure Green is Universal.

• Recycled 22 tons of bottles & cans inside our theme parks, over 700 tons of cardboard and 14,200 pallets.
• Reduced electrical consumption by 5.9% or 11.5 million Kwh’s. This savings is enough to power Wet-n-Wild for an entire year and translates into powering 900 average homes for a year.
• Saved 3.7% or 25,952,000 gallons of water. This is enough water savings to supply drinking water to 14,230 people for 1 day or 5,194,000 people for 1 year.

Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival

Dates: March 3, 2010 - May 16, 2010
The Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival is a special spring event brimming with colorful flowers, lush gardens and some of your favorite Disney characters brought to life in topiary! Enjoy live music, educational programs, unique shopping and more.

Jack Hanna Weekend – April 16 - 18, 2010

SeaWorld and Busch Gardens welcomes celebrity animal expert Jack Hanna for an Earth Day celebration. “Jungle Jack” -- recognized world over for his deep knowledge of and boundless enthusiasm for wild animals and wildlife conservation – introduces guests to exotic and endangered animals in his own inimitable way during special shows and exclusive up-close encounters.

Exciting Future Events!!!

 Lunching with Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort

Last week, Universal Orlando announced an opening date (June 18) for its Wizarding World of Harry Potter and offered more details about the big new ride in Harry Potter land. But the Orlando theme park also gave hardcore Potter fans a glimpse into another important aspect of their new mecca - the food.

First up, butterbeer - the drink of choice for all young wizards. The Orlando Sentinel's Dewayne Bevil got a preview swig last week, and he describes the flavor as "shortbread cookie with butterscotch."

It's a foamy drink, which makes me think it will be smooth like a cream soda. But if it is as sweet as everyone says, it seems like it might be hard to finish the reported 16 ounces in a serving. It is non-alcoholic, and Universal says the recipe has been approved by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.

There's also pumpkin juice, which we're guessing will taste like pumpkin pie.

And then, there's the food. Universal chef Stephen Jayson has been using a lot of books in his menu development, but they aren't cookbooks. MTV News says when Jayson was questioned about whether certain food items were mentioned in the Harry Potter novels, he "produced a heavily annotated stack" of Harry Potter books and offered to show the exact page where the food was described.

Much of the food in the Wizarding World's new Three Broomsticks restaurant will be British pub fare such as fish and chips, pasties and shepherd's pie. There will also be healthier choices like split pea soup and salads. Larger parties can order the "Great Feast," a family-style meal of rotisserie chicken, ribs and sides.

 "Many hands make light work"

Behind The Scenes......

Happy Passover

Happy Easter

Happy Spring Break!!!

           April Top Performer

Top Performer for April is The Entire Team at the Blue Heron!!

 It has been an incredible ride for the past three months!  And a fun one to be on. The team all pulled together and gave us a successful 1st quarter. A special thank you to Bal and his staff for a great job!

Submitted by-Alex Carius-GM

Anniversaries;

4-3 Brenda Chambliss - 3 years

Birthdays :

4-10 Alex Ortega- Birthday

4-22 Edwin Flores- Birthday

Here Are Some Easy Ways You Can "Make Green Count"

• Turn lights off when leaving a room and shutdown appliances when not in use.
• Keep tires aligned and properly inflated to improve your gasoline mileage by around 3.3%
• Clean out your car. Extra weight reduces gas mileage.
• Recycle your plastic bottles, cans and paper.
• Change filters often in your air conditioners and furnace

Did You Know....

• Did you know when Disney World opened parts of RT 192 were still unpaved.  The paving stopped at Watermania now gone.
• Did you know that before the Blue Heron was built and RT 535 they logged wood, {cypress} from the railroad tracks that  are now Rt 535
• Did you know that Downtown Disney for many years  was called the shopping village
• Did you know the Blue Heron Resort got its name when the developer when looking at the site saw a blue heron bird at the edge of Lake Bryan.

Guess the answer:  Where in Walt Disney World can you see a 5 leged goat.  Hint:  Its been there since Disney first opened Extra credit stumper  What was the name of the niteclub at OLD TOWN that had TV telecast every sat nite with many famous rock and roll singers and groups

Submitted by Kevin Derosier-Facilities Director