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Nortwest Airlines
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Northwest was the world's sixth largest
airline in terms of domestic and international scheduled passenger miles flown and
the U.S.'s sixth largest airline in terms of domestic passenger miles flown. In
addition to operating one of the largest domestic route networks in the U.S
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Delta Airlines
Northwest Airlines' regional flights are operated under the name Delta Connection
by Mesaba Airlines, Pinnacle Airlines, and Compass Airlines. Northwest Airlines
is currently a minority owner of Midwest Airlines, holding a 40% stake in the company.
Its frequent flyer program is called WorldPerks. Northwest Airlines' tagline is
"Now you're flying smart." On April 14, 2008, Northwest announced it would become
known as Delta Air Lines after its merger with Delta Air Lines closed on October
29, 2008. This made Delta the largest airline in the world. Northwest will, however,
continue to operate as an independent carrier (as a Delta Air Lines subsidiary)
for several months until the operating certificates and other factors are combined.
Northwest Airlines was founded on September 1, 1926 by Colonel Lewis Brittin, under
the name Northwest Airways, a reference to the historical name for the Midwestern
United States that derived from the Northwest Territory. Like other early airlines,
Northwest's focus was not in hauling passengers, but in flying mail for the U.S.
Post Office Department. The fledgling airline established a mail route between
Minneapolis and Chicago, using open cockpit biplanes such as the Curtiss Oriole
and the 1929-built Waco JYM.
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More about ORLANDO
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Kennedy Space Centre © Orlando CVB
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The most famous resident of this central Florida city is Mickey Mouse, the cartoon
creation of animated movie tycoon, Walt Disney, whose vision has turned Orlando,
and the adjacent Lake Buena Vista and Kissimee areas, into the world’s busiest,
biggest and best-known concentrated tourist Mecca. Disney bought up land in the
area with the aim of establishing his dream theme park back in the 1960s. He died
before the first park, the Magic Kingdom, officially opened in 1971, but his legacy
has taken root and is still growing. Currently the Disney empire in Orlando includes
four theme parks, dozens of smaller attractions, thousands of hotel rooms and holiday
apartments, hundreds of restaurants and snack bars and even two cruise ships. It
is not only the Disney dazzle that draws visitors to Orlando. There are other attractions
here too, like Universal Studios and Sea World, all adding to the maelstrom of thrills
and pleasure palaces that this city is now renowned for. Just a trip down attraction-rich
International Drive is a mind-boggling experience.
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Walt Disney World
Orlando’s most familiar landmark is undoubtedly the turreted Cinderella Castle that
stands in the centre of the original Disney Florida theme park, the Magic Kingdom,
at Lake Buena Vista. The park was opened in 1971 and has been making childhood fantasies
come true ever since. Today it is just one of four Disney parks that cover more
than 28,000 acres of Orange and Osceola counties in central Florida, with accompanying
resorts, shopping complexes and hotels. Apart from the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney
World Orlando now includes Epcot, a futuristic showcase of the world’s different
cultures and traditions; MGM Studios, a working animation and television studio;
and Animal Kingdom, where a huge variety of animals are kept in themed surroundings
along with a cast of Disney characters.
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Telephone: (407) 824 4321; Website: www.disneyworld.com; Opening time: Open daily, but
park hours vary according to the month and day; it is best to check on their website
for up to date information; Admission: $59.75 (adults), $48 (children 3-9).
Various packages and combination tickets are available
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Sea World
Spread out between the Disney parks at Lake Buena Vista and the downtown Orlando
area is the renowned Sea World attraction, which has been making a major splash
in central Florida for more than a quarter of a century. The park, owned and operated
by Annheuser-Busch, is designed to give an interactive look at the sea and all its
facets, featuring themed animal habitats from tidal pools to iceberg lakes. In addition
visitors can hug a dolphin or kiss a killer whale, and watch the famous aquatic
Sea World stars go through their paces in various shows. The park also features
fun rides like the very popular water roller coaster thrill ride called Journey
to Atlantis.
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Telephone: (407) 351 3600; Website: www.seaworld.com; Opening time: Daily from 9am, but
closing hours vary according to the month, closing earlier in winter; Admission:
$59.75 + tax (adults), $48 + tax (children 3-9)
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Universal Studios
Experienced theme parkers recommend that it takes at least two days to fully appreciate
all the delights on offer at the Universal Orlando entertainment complex. The movie-themed
park with its thrilling, innovative fun-rides, production studios and film sets
also has three superb luxury on-site hotels so spending a night is a good idea.
Some of the highlights on offer are the World Expo with rides like ‘Back to the
Future’ and ‘ET’; a recreation of New York City complete with skyscrapers, subways
and graffiti; and Production Central, where films, television shows and commercials
are made in state-of-the-art studios.
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Telephone: (407) 363 8000; Website: www.universalorlando.com; Opening time: Daily from
9am, but closing hours vary according to the month, closing earlier in winter ;
Admission: $59.75 (adults), $48 (children 3-9). Multi-day tickets are also
available
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Wet ‘n Wild
One of Orlando’s numerous water parks, Wet ‘n Wild has the distinction of being
the most popular water attraction in the area and also the world’s first amusement
park devoted solely to water flumes, pools and slides. The park was designed by
George Millay, creative genius behind the Sea World parks in San Diego and Orlando,
and has been operating since 1977. Thrilling rides like The Storm, The Surge and
The Bubba Tub are there to be enjoyed, along with numerous other attractions and
facilities.
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Address: 6200 International Drive; Telephone: (407) 351 1800; or (800)
992 9453 (toll-free, US only); Website: www.wetnwildorlando.com; Opening time: Open daily year-round,
but hours vary according to the season; Admission: $33.95 plus tax (adults),
$27.95 plus tax (children 3-9); other concessions apply and passes are available
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Orlando Odditorium
Housed in an odd-looking building that is tipped to one side and apparently sinking
into the ground, the Orlando Odditorium contains a remarkable collection of weird
and wonderful exhibits, amassed over a period of 40 years by explorer Robert Ripley.
Examples of the exhibits are shrunken heads and a scale model of a Rolls Royce made
entirely of matchsticks. Ripley's 'Believe it or Not' collection is world-renowned
and has been documented in television series and best-selling books.
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Address: International Drive; Telephone: (407) 363 4418; Website:
www.ripleysorlando.com;
Opening time: Daily 9am to 1am
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Orlando Museum of Art
In true Florida style, Orlando’s Museum of Art is not just another gallery but a
fascinating world of creative themed exhibitions showcasing its permanent collections
of American Art, Art of the Ancient Americas and African Art. The Museum also has
an active programme of visiting exhibitions on display in the elegant building with
its marble floors and glass ceiling. Group tours are made memorable and educational
with commentary about art appreciation and the lives of the various artists represented.
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Address: 2416 North Mills Avenue; Telephone: (407) 896 4231; Website:
www.omart.org; Opening time:
Tuesday to Friday 10am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday 12pm to 4pm ; Admission:
$8 (adults), $5 (scholars), other concessions available
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Fantasy of Flight
Midway between Tampa and Orlando, about 20 minutes drive west of Walt Disney World,
the Fantasy of Flight resort is billed as the world’s greatest aircraft collection.
The attraction began as a vision of aviation enthusiast and historian, Kermit Weeks,
as a tribute to the pioneers of flight, and today it features many rare and vintage
aircraft, which actually take to the skies. Visitors are treated to an ‘Aircraft
of the Day’ flypast, as well as the chance to fly themselves in a simulator. The
site also offers tours of the aircraft collection in hangars, a sight and sound
presentation detailing the history of aviation, and a tour of the ‘back lot’ where
vintage aircraft are restored.
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Address: 1400 Broadway Boulevard S.E, Polk City; Telephone: (863)
984 3500; Website: www.fantasyofflight.com;
Opening time: Daily 9am to 5pm; Admission: $24.95 (adults), $13.95
(children 5-12). Other concessions available
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Rajuncajun Crawfish Festival
Louisiana’s favourite cajun dishes are served up at a fun and food fest billed as
an ‘all-you-can-eat-n-drink-foot-stomping-Bayou-blast-good-time’! The festival combines
the tastes, smells and sounds peculiar to Louisiana Cajun country, with activities
like alligator exhibits and airboat rides. Along with the crawfish, shrimp, corn,
chicken jambalaya and other favourites there is live entertainment and contests.
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Venue: Isle of Pine's South Beach; Date: 22 April 2006; Time:
4pm to midnight; Website: www.crawfishcoofcentralflainc.com/RajunCajun2003.html
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Orlando Fringe Festival
The ten-day Orlando International Fringe Festival has been held in the streets,
theatres and converted office spaces of central Orlando since 1992. This popular
springtime event involves more than 500 shows, nightly outdoor concerts, a parade
and a ‘kid’s fringe’ for the youngsters.
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Date: 19-29 May 2005; Website: www.orlandofringe.org
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Epcot International Food and Wine Festival
Delicious international dishes and fascinating entertainment are served up in style
at the annual Food and Wine Festival at Disney's Epcot Center. Food and fine wines
are available to sample from more than 25 countries, while music is provided by
the 'Eat to the Beat' concert series. Phone +1 407 939 3463 for more information
or contact Epcot at Walt Disney World on +1 407 824 4321.
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Venue: Disney’s Epcot Center; Date: 30 September to 13 November 2005
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The ocean-front metropolitan area in central east Florida stretching 23 miles (37km)
along white sand beaches south from Ormond Beach is known as Daytona Beach, America’s
favourite family beach holiday destination. Greater Daytona encompasses the towns
of Holly Hill, South Daytona, Port Orange, Ponce Inlet, Daytona Beach Shores and
all of Volusia and Flagler Counties, all of which are dedicated to making the area
an unequalled vacationers paradise. Without moving from the sands at Daytona Beach
you can surf, jet ski, go boating, parasailing, feast on hot dogs and cotton candy,
go fishing, bicycling, fly a kite and even take a drive in a hired beach buggy.
Daytona’s hard-packed sands have provided fun for speedsters ever since the early
years of the 20th century when daredevils like Sir Malcolm Campbell set and broke
records on the beach. Today beach-cruising is still permitted along an 18-mile (29km)
section of the beach during daylight, but the speed limit is a strict 10 miles per
hour (16km/h): speeding is reserved for the world-famous Daytona International Speedway
where the annual Daytona 500 Nascar race is held. With so much to do on the beach,
it is difficult to find time to move off it, but those who do are greeted with numerous
recreational facilities and attractions in the string of towns along the intracoastal
waterway and on the mainland. From archaeological sites to mini-golf, museums to
haunted houses, and planetariums to chocolate factories there is never a dull moment
in Daytona Beach. Best of all, Daytona Beach is within easy day-trip distance of
Orlando with its thrilling Walt Disney World, Sea World, Universal Studios and Epcot
Center, to name only a few of the city’s world-famous attractions. Also just an
hour’s drive away is the Kennedy Space Center. Little wonder that this versatile
vacation station receives an estimated eight million visitors a year.
Centre of Florida's 'Space Coast' around Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach has become
one of the Sunshine State's prime resorts, boasting the top attraction of the Kennedy
Space Center and close proximity to Orlando's major theme park attractions 46 miles
(74km) away. Sited on a six-mile (10km) long barrier island, nestled between the
Atlantic Ocean and the Banana River Lagoon, Cocoa Beach offers the chance to watch
a space launch from the beach or ride the waves on which several surfing champions
have cut their teeth. The town has a large permanent population made up largely
of retirees, but this more than doubles during peak season when the local hotels,
motels, timeshares and condominium rentals are filled with holidaymakers and sightseers.
The quintessential beach town, Cocoa Beach has an oceanfront running the entire
length of its city limits, fronted by numerous dining spots, shops and cafes. There
is also an historic pier, stretching 840ft (256m) into the ocean, lined with restaurants,
boutiques and souvenir shops and providing for good fishing. A few minutes away
is man-made Port Canaveral, port of call for numerous cruise liners, where there
are also operators offering day sails, casino cruises and deep-sea fishing charters.
Cocoa Beach is connected to Port Canaveral and various stops in-between by the Beach
Trolley service.
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Kennedy Space Centre
The John F. Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, 46 miles (74km) southeast of
Orlando on Florida’s east coast, is one place in this fantasyland state where fact
is just as entertaining as fancy. Visitors to the centre follow the story of NASA’s
exploration of space through interactive exhibits, movies and tours. Guests can
tour a full-size replica of the space shuttle ‘Explorer’; walk through a giant model
of a module from the new International Space Station; view films about Mars and
the Pathfinder exploration; view historic authentic rockets, like that piloted by
pioneer astronaut, John Glenn; and marvel at the Apollo/Saturn Centre, which houses
all the artefacts from the historic moon landing. The Space Centre requires several
hours to digest, and on the same site is the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge,
established on the land NASA did not require for its space operations. The 220-square-mile
(570 sq km) refuge contains more endangered species than any other wildlife refuge
in the US, including the southern bald eagle and Atlantic loggerhead turtle. The
US Astronaut Hall of Fame, in the nearby town of Titusville, is another of the area's
attractions.
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Telephone: (321) 452 2121 (general information); (321) 449 4444 (guided bus
tours and launch reservations); Website: www.kennedyspacecenter.com; Opening time: Daily 9am
to 5.30pm, with shuttle-bus tours departing regularly between 10am and 2.15pm; Admission:
Standard Admission: $30 (adults), $20 (children 3-11); Maximum Access Admission:
$37 (adults), $27 (children 3-11). Other options are available
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PENSACOLA
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Pensacola Beach © Pensacola Visitor Information Center
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Pensacola, close to the Alabama state border on the Gulf coast, is yet another of
Florida’s resort Meccas; but instead of theme parks and excitement, the city
relies on real history and natural attractions to draw the crowds and the ambience
is relaxed and laid-back among fountains and parks.
Ancient Native Americans left their mark here around the natural deep-water harbour,
before European settlement arrived in 1559, in the form of a group of Spanish
colonists. It was the start of a long rivalry for control of the port, with France,
Great Britain, the United States and the Confederacy battling it out over the years,
leaving the city with a blended architectural legacy ranging from Spanish brickwork
and French wrought-iron balconies to Victorian mansions. Pensacola also now boasts
the Seville Historic District to showcase its heritage, containing treasures such
as Florida’s oldest church. With plenty of interesting history, the city also has
a noteworthy Historical Museum.
Apart from ancient history, Pensacola is known for its current stars, the Blue Angels
precision flying team of the US Navy, who are based here and hold thrilling exhibitions.
The US Naval Air Station is situated to the west of the city and also boasts the
National Museum of Naval Aviation.
In and around Pensacola powdery white sandy beaches abound along the coastline and
on the Gulf Islands, particularly at Perdido Key and Pensacola Beach with their
luxury resorts. The coast and islands are a paradise for fishermen, and 'foodies'
will enjoy the plentiful local oysters.
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National Museum of Naval Aviation
The museum on site at the sprawling US Naval Air Station west of Pensacola is regarded
as one of the largest and most remarkable air and space museums in the world, with
more than 170 aircraft on display dating from the 1920s to the space age. In addition
the museum boasts a very realistic recreation of a World War II aircraft carrier
and a wartime Pacific airbase. Between March and November visitors might catch
a practise session of the Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration team soaring through
the skies. If not the team can be seen in action on one of two Imax films shown
at the museum, or keen would-be aviators can have a go at doing it themselves on
the flight simulator.
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Address: 1750 Radford Boulevard, Suite C, N.A.S. Pensacola; Telephone:
(850) 452 3604; Website: www.naval-air.org;
Opening time: Daily 9am to 5pm; Admission: Free
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