Orlando Home And Garden Show

A sneak peek into Florida's Legoland

Winter Haven, Florida (CNN) -- It's a Lego fan's dream come true: Legoland Florida opens this weekend in central Florida, the first Lego-themed outdoor park in the United States since Legoland California opened in 1999.

Built on the former grounds of Cypress Gardens, one of Florida's first theme parks, Legoland Florida has preserved much of the historical and natural beauty of its predecessor.

Popular in the 1950s and 1960s, Cypress Gardens featured Southern belles in large hoop skirts walking around the carefully manicured grounds greeting guests. Its famous water-ski shows were glamorized in movies and the 1982 music album and video for the Go-Go's song "Vacation."

After Disney World opened in 1971, Cypress Gardens' attendance started dwindling, and after several attempts to revive the park through new ownership, it closed in 2009.

Legoland officials were thrilled to find Cypress Gardens available, as it's about an hour drive from Orlando, considered to be the theme park capital of the world.

"We were excited about the actual site, the heritage and history," said Adrian Jones, Legoland's general manager. "We talked about the hairs standing up on the back of our neck in term of the sheer beauty."

There was criticism about Legoland's choice of Cypress Gardens, a location with a history of failure.

"We knew the problem that Cypress Garden had before," Jones said. But he said he believes the popularity of Legos and the beauty of the gardens will attract guests -- and, he says, annual pass sales have been strong.

Legoland Florida still features a water ski show, this one featuring a Lego pirate, and an elegant Southern belle still greets guests as they enter the park -- but she's made entirely out of Legos.

It took Legoland more than a year to transform the 75-year-old park's outdated and crumbling buildings and overgrown garden into a modern facility, without removing the historical charm of the cypress trees draped with Spanish moss.

Orlando Home And Garden Show

Homemakers designers, interior and exterior, landscape, town house and park, come join the Orlando Spring Home and Garden Show. The show will be held at Linda Chapin Theatre - Orange County Convention Center, 9800 International Drive, Orlando, Florida on 18-20 February 2011.

In the Spring Show in Orlando Home and Garden which is hosted by East Coast Consumer Shows, you're going to meet the advice and guidance on the proper interior design and remodeling, as well as ideas on how to run salons Housing and Entertainment Golf. This is the most watched and anticipated garden and home show every year.

The Orlando Spring Home and Garden Show will grant you the privilege to witness exhibits of various home decors and fixture, such as custom cabinets, kitchens and baths, sunrooms, awnings & decks, HVAC services, windows, doors and sidings, water treatment, home theatre, home security, insulation, solar energy management and so much more. Participants to this event will surely be bringing home new ideas on contemporary and classical home designs.

The Orlando Spring Home and Garden Show will also give attendees the unlimited chance to network with Central Florida’s elite contractors from all categories including irrigation, displays, tree experts, pools and spas, interior design specialists, and outdoor design consultants. In this sense, you will no longer find it a hard time again when you will be searching for contractors and consultants to do your future home and lawn renovations.

If you are counting in yourself as an exhibitor, the event is a good opportunity to expose your business and explore possible add-ons for future products. Likewise, It was said that the most beneficial is you will be able to reach a year’s worth of customers in 3 days. You as the exhibitor will be experiencing tremendous sales that results in follow-up sales throughout the year.

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