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Pleasure Island Brochure – Spring 1993
Unlike some of the brochures we’ve highlighted recently, including this one on Pleasure Island’s older sister, this one from Disney’s Pleasure Island is easy to pin down to Spring 1993. For one thing it flat out tells us that its prior to Summer 1993 (see the Coming Soon pic for Pleasure Island Jazz Company), and…
Putnam Hotel – DeLand, FL – post fire pics
After the suspicious fire at the historic Putnam Hotel earlier this year, just weeks after it was sold, I figured I’d better get by there again to get some more snaps before it falls to the inevitable, regardless of what the new owners say.
Florida | Hotels | New Smyrna | Restaurants | Roadside
Shangri-La Motel – 805 N Dixie Fwy, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 (and Dairy Queen)
I made a quick stop on US 1 in New Smyrna Beach to get a few snaps of the classic “Dairy Queen”, but the joint next to it, the Shangri-La Motel, was even more classic. I did manage to get one from the DQ, but they were cleaning the outside and looking at me suspiciously,…
Florida | Hotels | Jacksonville | Restaurants | Roadside
Chopstick Charlie’s
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Amusement Parks | Bars | Closed | Demolished | Disney | Florida | Restaurants | Stores
Walt Disney World Village Relics
Following on from a couple of recent posts (here and here) I came across some relics of the original Walt Disney World Village in a book I got back in 1988 when I attended an art class at Disney World (for Junior High Art Club, an early boondoggle). First we have Louie Bellson in “The…
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