Photo(Nomeus, 2007 – Flurbex.com): Orlando first festival marketplace, it featured specialty shops, restaurants and entertainment. The Mercado Shopping Village opened March 1986, Orlando’s first festival marketplace, which emphasized specialty shops, restaurants, and entertainment. With over 50 stores, they ranged from Old Tyme Photos, where you got your photo taken while wearing old time rags to [...]
Photo: A mock-up of what the hotel would look like after renovations First opening under the name, Riu Orlando Hotel in 1988, they claimed to have been a 3-star hotel with the luxuries of a 4-star luxury resort. Over the years though, the building required remodeling as guests complained of mold in the showers, outdated [...]
Photo(Nomeus, 2006 – Flurbex.com): The old Jungleland Zoo sign has seen better days. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee, Florida is sometimes known as it’s “tourism corridor”, which features many tourist attractions and businesses. Competition is tough along the stretch, and as competing with nearby Walt Disney World makes it even more difficult, it wouldn’t [...]