Party Like Pirates

The city of Venice, FL, lit up with holiday cheer last night, with the Venice parade serving as a reminder of the city’s centennial celebrations.  With the city turning 100-years-old, many of the town favorites showed up in full festive gear for the holiday celebration. Blocking off the streets, allowing the parade to show off, not only really cool cars and over the top lighting techniques, but something unique to the area is all the creative performers that appear. La ciudad de Venecia, FL, se iluminó con alegría navideña anoche, con el desfile de Venecia sirviendo como recordatorio de las celebraciones del centenario de la ciudad. Con la ciudad cumpliendo 100 años, muchos de los favoritos de la ciudad se presentaron con todo el equipo festivo para la celebración navideña. Bloqueando las calles, permitiendo que el desfile se muestre, no solo coches realmente geniales y técnicas de iluminación exageradas, sino que algo único en la zona son todos los artistas creativos que aparecen....

What’s your biggest phobia when you are walking alone in the woods at night? Do you fear being chased by something that you can’t even identify? The phobia trail in Punta Gorda thrives on your fears, bringing to life some of your greatest nightmares in the woods at night.   ¿Cuál es tu mayor fobia cuando caminas solo por el bosque por la noche? ¿Tienes miedo de ser perseguido por algo que ni siquiera puedes identificar? El sendero de la fobia en Punta Gorda prospera en tus miedos, dando vida a algunas de tus mayores pesadillas en el bosque por la noche. Have you ever thought about being attacked by a ginormous spider? Being wrapped up in its silky web, unable to move, and the harder you try to struggle, the more it sticks to you tighter?    How big of a spider would it take to wrap your entire body around its web, or would it be a group of spiders all attacking you at once, holding you captive to slowly pray off you for all of its Young? ¿Alguna vez has pensado en ser ata...

When it is fall in South Florida, it is definitely warm enough to do a stroll outside, and the best place to get those Halloween vibes in a natural setting is at the Calusa Nature Center’s Haunted Trail in Fort Myers. During the day, the nature trails offers great visuals with animals, but at night, those animals are not quite as visible, and though the actors know not to touch you, did anybody tell the snakes? You can’t help but wonder if you might happen upon a gator as you are stumbling through the darkness at the Nature Center, and you recall those panther crossing signs that you saw only a couple miles or so away as you drove in… Cuando es otoño en el sur de Florida, definitivamente hace suficiente calor como para dar un paseo afuera, y el mejor lugar para obtener esas vibraciones de Halloween en un entorno natural es en el sendero embrujado del Centro de Naturaleza de Calusa en Fort Myers. Durante el día, los senderos naturales ofrecen excelentes imágenes con animales, pero por ...

When you are thinking that Halloween fun may be out of your budget this year, let me tell you about some free local fun. When the big attractions are too far away, the neighborhoods have their own pop-up response. In the town of Port Charlotte, Florida, there is a haunted house that has been created on the corner of Montrose and Page, and this haunted house has been a local attraction for years that only just keeps getting better and bigger every year. Cuando estés pensando que la diversión de Halloween puede estar fuera de tu presupuesto este año, déjame contarte sobre algo de diversión local gratuita. Cuando las grandes atracciones están demasiado lejos, los vecindarios tienen su propia respuesta emergente. En la ciudad de Port Charlotte, Florida, hay una casa encantada que se ha creado en la esquina de Montrose y Page, y esta casa encantada ha sido una atracción local durante años que solo mejora y crece cada año. You never know when Jason might appear from behind a million differen...

If you have been scouring South Florida for a scary place to visit this Halloween, Horrorland offers a half dozen attractions in one stop outside of South Beach. Jungle Island gets transformed into horror land as the sun goes down. The Ghouls lurk from whatever corners corners, crevices, crawling out from whatever rocks they were hiding underneath, Lurking around to try their best to scare the wits out of you. Si has estado recorriendo el sur de Florida en un lugar aterrador para visitar este Halloween, HorrorLand ofrece media docena de atracciones en una parada fuera de South Beach. Jungle Island se transforma en tierra de terror a medida que se pone el sol. Los Ghouls acechan desde cualquier esquina, grietas, arrastrándose fuera de cualquier roca que se escondieran debajo, acechando para hacer todo lo posible para asustarte. There are a variety of different haunted houses, with themes that very from a haunted hotel with leather phase as the in keeper, two, the haunted pool with a z...

‘ Tis the season for chilling screams and extra thrills at Busch Garden’s Howl-O-Scream in Tampa. This year, they’ve kicked it up a notch with not only a steam punk theme with Rockin’ favorite metal and industrial bands blaring at various places throughout the park, but they combined this with extreme performances where people dangle from the ceiling while dancers don ripped fishnets. Top this with Martian invasions, a twisted take on Alice in Wonderland, and Big Foot lurking in the woods to make for an exquisitely gruesome experience worthy of seeing. Es la temporada para gritos escalofriantes y emociones extra en Howl-O-Scream de Busch Garden en Tampa. Este año, lo han subido de nivel no solo con un tema de steam punk con las bandas favoritas de Rockin' de metal e industrial que están en varios lugares de todo el parque, sino que combinaron esto con actuaciones extremas en las que la gente cuelga del techo mientras los bailarines no rompen las redes. Remata esto con invasiones ma...