More exciting show with more equipment running! Exhibitors will experience markedly lower costs in Orlando than Chicago (NPE’s previous home). This expo will be a more dynamic show that will be attended by 49,000 participants. It will encourage bigger and better exhibits and includes larger and more numerous machines in full-scale operation. NPE is organized by The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., which is one of the largest manufacturing industries in the United States.

Expectations for the NPE 2012

The fair trade is to be consisted of 14 hours of back-to-back activities, including technical sessions, panel discussions, networking events, an industry golf tournament, and an evening Opening Gala, featuring the Plastics Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony, with award presentations to industry icons who have made superior contributions to plastics production throughout their crafts.

This is the showcase you can’t afford to miss! This event features innovative technologies and new applications from 2,000 suppliers, top-notch educational programming brought by industry experts, and networking discussions among experts representing 120 countries from beyond the supply chain. Here is the list of the events’ highlights:

• Wide variety of plastic making technologies on display;
• Application-Specific Developments for Processors, Designers
and OEMs;
• International Plastics Design Competition at the event;
• Over 2,000 plastics suppliers on exhibit;
• Development of plastic component for vehicles will be
showcased;
• Best plastic related event in USA;
• Attendees with great buying power will attend the event;
• A place to create new networks in the industry; and
• Listen to high-profile industry leaders in keynote sessions.

New geographic markets and fun for the family! It’s not only where world-acclaimed attractions are concentrated, Orlando is also very accessible to travelers from anywhere in the United States, making this year’s attendance more attractive to industry professionals throughout the nation. Considering the venue’s nearness to the world’s most popular destination, it will offer participants the probability to take advantage of business travel and extra time for personal or family leisure.

For more information on the details of the event, visit the organizer’s site here

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This event is very significant not only for those in the sign business; this will enable all businessmen to envision different innovations and trends that will make one’s venture be more feasible, visible and popular. Also, this is a global event, so it is your chance to meet and greet different tycoons in these certain lines of works and services. Learn from them, and discover how they were able to cope with different competitions in the market. Surely, their insights count to the pursuit of your goal, and that can contribute to a drastic increase in your sales and income.

The Exhibitors and Participants

ISA 2012 is known to be one of the largest annual events in this particular field, with 17,000 expected attendees. Undoubtedly, the three-day program will be a melting pot of different sign company owners, sign business, executives, and managers. It is anticipated that about 89 exhibitors around the globe will attend the event and will showcase their products and services to the center. Expect a multitude of magnates from the following areas:

• Outdoor Publicity
• Media Consultants
• Sign Boards
• Advertising Banners
• Outdoor Advertising
• Journal Publishers
• Display Signs
• Printing Film
• Neon Poster Boards
• Newspaper Publishing
• Magazine Publishers
• Display Light
• Printing Equipment
• Neon Sign Boards
• Sign Painting
• Advertising Displays

The Venue

International Sign Association 2012 will take you to a very vast and perfect place for this kind of event. Orange County Convention Center will surely suffice to every attendee and exhibitor’s expectation, for it has assembly areas as wide as 92,000 square feet. It also features 74 meeting rooms, Chapin Theater with 2,634 seats, 200-seat lecture hall, several fast food courts and restaurants, on-site garage for 6,227 automobiles, and many others.

This particular event will be held at OCCC’s North Building, Halls NA & NB.

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More or less 70 teams of paddlers, local and foreign will be witnessed to accomplish a single goal. They will gather in Orlando all the way from North America, and as far as Nova Scotia.

It will be exciting to witness competing teams driving their boats forward and rowing to the rhythm of pounding drums. The boat is 40-foot canoe furnished with dragon head and tail that holds 20 paddlers. Inspired by the great record performance and mass spectator, the participants will move their paddles in row with precision, competing right away to the finish line.

Everything is about teamwork, strength and body-endurance. Loud drums and big-sounding cheers of crowd will be heard echoing across the Lake.

How Dragon Boat Festival Came into Being

The Dragon Boat Festival is a customary water-sport fest originated from the Ancient Chinese. As for Chinese custom, dragon represents wisdom and is a powerful symbol of spring rain growth in Chinese culture. Thus, Disney World created this event to refresh one’s mind and body for amusement and health.

Highlights of the Festival

The opening ceremony of the Walgreen’s Orlando International Dragon Boat Festival will set the fire of competition through live performances, demonstrations and team introductions. The event will embrace racing, pre and post event celebrations, as well as other activities offered by Walt Disney World Resort. There are also shore-side entertainments like food, beverages, merchandise, entertainment and kids’ play areas for everyone. The event is open to the public and for all ages.

The Highlights are:
• Athlete’s Village
• Exhibitor’s Village
• Mixed, Men and Women Division Races
• Industry Challenges
• Breast Cancer Survivor Division
• Video Replay from Start to Finish (electronic)
• Wonderful Spectator/Viewing Areas
• Food Concessions
• World Class Equipment
• Awarding (Medal and Trophy) Ceremony

Witness the power of the dragon to combine with the magic of Disney. This is certainly a fun and exciting experience just right for you and your whole family. It will give you a kind of entertainment that you will never forget. So never miss the intense excitement that this Festival will bring.

To know complete details, fees and registration, visit the organizer’s site here.

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This fantastic event promotes women’s perseverance, empowerment, health, fitness and determination. It enhances passion to running. Running relieves stress, gives you time to yourself and practice self-esteem. It’s a perfect blend of enjoyment, excitement,relaxation, adventure and weekend getaway—all together.

Why Join the Disney Princess Half Marathon?

This challenge is also ideal whether you are a first timer or seasoned runner. But what is the most interesting about this challenge, is that you will be in a company of thousands of women from all over the world of different ages giving you the inspiration to focus on your goal. Among the advantages of joining this challenge are: you will gain and develop self-confidence, meet new friends from different places and revive the spirit of womanhood.

The Disney Princess Half Marathon is an ideal vacation destination event for families looking for fun, outstanding and healthy retreat. It will be a full blast to every participant to run through the castle and get cheered on by family and friends. Every pace they will take will be magically memorable! It gives chances to every woman to experience the thrilling fun brought by the happiest place on Earth.

Every woman ages 14 and above has the opportunity to run. Men participants are also welcome to accompany their wife and children but they are exempted to get into and be one of the top runners. Of course only women are eligible for awards; there are no men’s categories. They will just have to assist their women to this race and to have fun seeing them persevere.

The event will take place at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida on February 24-26, 2012. It is a 13.1 mile course of the Magic Kingdom and Epcot Theme Park that is set to celebrate women who prove that anything is possible in life’s fairytale.

Prizes await the lucky winners of the challenge. Finishers will receive a Princess Crown Medal. No matter you win or you lose, the best thing is that you took part in the country’s most popular women’s event.

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Get healthy and have fun!

The Iceploration Busch Gardens Tampa goers will primarily witness a 30-minute skating show. It’s like everyone will be exploring the four corners of the earth only within the four corners of Busch’s Gardens’ Moroccan Palace Theater. This winter wonderland show is a skating exhibition that will unleash the adventure of a digital savvy teenager and his grandfather, both wonderfully dressed in Broadway-styles. They, together with the audience will be exploring the African Serengeti, Great Barrier Reef, Arctic, and the Amazon!

Overview of the Iceploration at Busch Gardens Tampa Show

The adventure of this boy and his grandfather opens up when they arrive in the African Serengeti, where larger than life puppets and spectacular set designs bring  wonderful animals on center-stage. There will be solo and chorus skating performances telling the story of a cheetah stalking elegant meerkats and gazelles.

Afterwards, Austin and his grandpa leap into the Great Barrier Reef to see and explore the harmonious creatures living on the ocean floor. Here, awesome black light transitions and the first seen helium-filled puppets will submerge the audience to the wonderful world of the sea with lionfish, sea urchins, parrotfish, turtles, and moray eels.

The next adventure is going to the Arctic. Splendid skaters become striking snow flurries as winter storm threatens the travelers. Austin and his grandpa will see breathtaking scenery as they meet Aurora Borealis phenomenon presented with astounding lighting and projections. Siberian lynx and sled of Siberian huskies will share the stage with them as they all traverse the tundra.

Austin and Grandpa’s last adventure is in the tropical Amazon rainforest. They will be mingling with lots of squirrel monkeys, sun conures, colorful macaws, playful frogs, and dragonflies. All these wonderful creatures will skate their way into the stage for the grand finale. This thirty-minute show will absolutely amaze spectators and will leave unforgettable memories for visiting families.

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Must See Events at the International Flower and Garden Festival 2012

Are you planning to reinvent your garden but you do not know how to do it? Well, worry no more and join the program. Sponsored by HGTV, popular horticulturists and landscapers will support the event to impart knowledge on tourists. These designers will aim to impart knowledge on effective ways to beautify your gardens, tips on enhancing and transforming your gardens without spending much. Designers include Genevieve Gorder, Lisa LaPorta, Kim Myles, Vern Yip, and many others.

As many as 100 topiaries around the theme park will enthrall the guests of Epcot Flower and Garden Festival. It comes in many designs and characters that you would love but wonders how they are being created. Here you can see Disney characters, sand castles, playground toys, animals, and other genres that you would see as spectacular. The topiaries will stand as high as seven to eight feet tall.

Epcot will feature our beloved movie characters from Toy Story such as Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and Lotso. Moreover, Cars characters Lightning McQueen and Mater are edified out of plants.

Moreover, celebrate the beautiful music of the past as Flower Power Concert Series will include rendition of our retro bands. To those who love and miss the 60’s and 70’s music, it is your chance to sing along with the large crowd and be hippie for a moment. The performers are Jose Feliciano, The Guess Who, Chubby Checker and the Wildcats, Starship starring Mickey Thomas, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Davy Jones, and Herman’s Hermits. The Flower Power Concert Series shall take place at American Gardens Theater nightly on 5:15, 6:30, and 7:45 in the evening.

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Prepare yourself for a bunch of beautiful memories and magical moments!

The Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Program

FRIDAY (January 06, 2012) will be the Kids’ Races. All pre-registered kids ages 13 and below can be a part of the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. They can participate in these three different categories: the infant diaper dash, 100m dash, 200m dash, 400m dash, the Mickey Mil, and Disney Family Fiesta 5k featuring the Three Caballeros.

SATURDAY (January 07, 2012) will be the Walt Disney World Half Marathon. This is a 13.1 mile run that will lead the runners through Magic Kingdom Park going to a thrilling finish at Epcot®. This is always a special event, and it will even be made more special as they celebrate the 15th anniversary of the half marathon race with special edition of commemorative Donald Duck medal for all the participants. There will also be another simultaneous events, such as the Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge.

SUNDAY (January 08. 2012) will be the highlight of this weekend happening. This will feature a magical 26.2 miles of running and walking. The whole course will pass you through all the four wonderful Walt Disney World Theme Parks. The starting line is at Epcot going to the Magic Kingdom Park, to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park, to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, until you reach the finish point at Epcot. There will also be a Walt Disney World Marathon Relay on the same day that it will be held simultaneously.

Walt Disney World Marathon Commemorative Items

By joining this event, you have the chance to collect Walt Disney’s commemorative items even if you don’t grab the top places of the race. It’s in the bag! The promise of joy and magic of this event will spread throughout the race and for everyone to enjoy. As you celebrate the magic of Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, you can get special commemorative items that will help you preserve your magical experience.

There are a lot of items you can choose from, like special edition commemorative pins, Mickey Ears, Donald Duck medal, Goofy bags, and more. Certificates and photos will also be given to all the racers.

Registrations and Accommodations

Do not miss the chance to join this Disney World annual event. You can have yourself and the kids join the upcoming event by registering online. Be counted now. Check the event’s Registration page here.

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Want to experience this spectacular feast? You don’t have to go to New Orleans, France, or Mexico. Go straight to Universal Studios, the “Entertainment Capital of Orlando.” The Mardi Gras Universal Studios Orlando offers free admission and is included in the park admission ticket. Be there on February 11 to April 14, 2012, and feel the fun!

What it Feels like at Mardi Gras Universal Studios Orlando

The celebration of Mardi Gras here is a family friendly event, so people of all ages are allowed to take part. Nonetheless, the fun will still remain as good as any other Fat Tuesday celebration. Expect a dashing crowd of skillful street performers, stilt walkers, and decorations in purple, gold, and green.

French Quarter Courtyard

Indulge yourselves with the feel of good music and foods that are patterned to the celebration. Be sure to try their authentic New Orleans cuisine that will boost your vigor in commemorating at Mardi Gras Festival. Don’t miss this place since it serves as the main core of Fat Tuesday.

Krewe of Dionysus

It is bizarrely huge and splendid! This is what you will anticipate as you witness the parade. At this event in Universal Studios Orlando, you can see big floats that will reel during 8:00 pm until 9:00 pm. You can gaze at the majestic title float, Riverboat, King Gator, the Jester, the King and Queen Float, the Boeuf Gras, and the Universal float.

Mardi Gras Memorabilia

Do you want to buy yourselves a souvenir of this fun-filled experience? Or do you want to give out presents to your loved ones? You can purchase a wide selection of shirts, glasses, and a lot of event collectibles.

Concerts

French Quarter Bands will croon every reveler as they join in in this celebration. They are local bands from New Orleans and they will bring their own music in Orlando. Watch out for these bands at 5:00 pm.

Merrymakers will form huge crowds and will sing their hearts out as the nightly concerts of your favorite bands and performers happen. A lot of world-acclaimed artist will rock your night. Catch the live acts of One Republic, Ne-Yo, Lifehouse, Pitbull, The Beach Boys, and so on! Seize this musical moment and make sure that your “Fat Tuesday” will end up painting a smile on your face!

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There will be 3 SeaWorld Orlando future attractions that will drastically change the vacationers’ reception or opinion to the water park. Included in the three are huge sea turtle exhibit plus a domed 3D auditorium, a close encounter with penguins, and a very ambitious expansion of a section-full of various shops and rides.

TurtleTrek: An Exploration of Sea Turtles

TurtleTrek is a huge aquarium of sea turtles and manatees that will captivate visitors, and will put forth an imagination that every tourist is underwater with these friendly animals. Eventually, visitors will take a gaze and be educated on a movie about the odyssey of a sea turtle, and its struggle to cope with the conflicts that it will encounter.

The movie “SeaWorld: The Incredible Journey” will be shown in a 3-D format and in 360 degrees. The film hopes to be successful in their advocacy to save not only a sea turtle, but every creature that are endangered. TurtleTrek is anticipated in spring of 2012.

A Swimming Experience at Freshwater Oasis

Next to Turtletrek is an equally anticipated SeaWorld Orlando future attraction: Freshwater Oasis. Living upon its name, this is an astonishing area for relaxation and winding up in the middle of a sunny day.

The Freshwater Oasis is inspired by what you can see in a typical rainforest; it has treetops and other creatures such as otters and marmosets. And it is not your ordinary swimming pool. It offers a wild encounter with the said rare animals. And as you get to this planned attraction, you seem to be swimming in the tropical ambience of Africa or Asia.

Likewise, the Freshwater Oasis will be expected in spring of 2012.

The Spectacular Project: Antarctica—Empire of the Penguin

SeaWorld Orlando will again break a record for the largest single project ever undertaken at the Orlando Park. The Orlando theme park will open Antarctica—Empire of the Penguin this coming spring of 2013.

As the name of the park suggests, the visitors will be “brought” to Antarctica, a cold continent where nobody dared to take a trip for it is the coldest place on earth. The guests will be able to gaze at a penguin’s life, and most especially, to value the excellent beauty of Antarctica. Besides, they will attempt to integrate animal elements to the interactive and innovative rides at the center of the attraction. Around the additions will be several shops and restaurants to choose from.

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-Fridays to Sundays on November 25—December 11, 2011: 5:00 pm until 11:00 pm

-Every night on December 16—December 31, 2011: 5:00 pm until 11:00 pm.

The SeaWorld Christmas Celebration Shows to Watch Out

Listen to the story of Christmas and fall in love with it as if you are young again. Bring your kids to the show “O Wondrous Night” and let them experience the majestic tale of Jesus’ birth. This 30-minute show is accompanied with live animals, which are involved in the nativity (camels, goats, sheep, alpaca, and white doves). Besides, the spirit of Christmas will smother the whole park with yuletide hymns and cherubic angels.

Have you ever seen a Christmas tree on water? SeaWorld becomes a sea of 100 Christmas trees. This unbelievable event called Sea of Trees is the only holiday celebration that trees on water boast lights dancing into the beat of Holiday music.

Killer whales shall disprove their frightening appellation as they show their natural and lovable skills on soaring high. The SeaWorld Christmas celebration called “Shamu Christmas—Miracles” will make everyone astonished and get thrilled with the brilliance of killer whales as they synchronically swim with Christmas music.

Your kids will be delighted in witnessing A Sesame Street Christmas. Laugh with the gang of puppets and watch how Sesame Seed friends teach Abby Cadabby about the Holiday season. Definitely, this show is filled with grooves, jokes, and chants that you and your family would love.

The famous sea lion duo is going to entertain you, as well, this Christmas season! The amusing Clyde and Seamore’s Countdown to Christmas is a time for this two sea lions to show off their tricks that enthrall every human being. Moreover, they are accompanied by the equally smart creatures, such as otters and the walruses.

On Winter Wonderland on Ice, behold a perfect performance of ice skaters who shall show their gracefulness and skills inside the rink. Aside from that, you are free to shout and be elated by the spectacular fountains of water dancing on the lake.

The SeaWorld Christmas celebration will end magnificently on the show “Holiday Reflections: Fireworks and Fountain Finale.” The incredible and colorful fireworks display is matched with a catchy holiday tune. This is also paralleled with soaring and extravagant fountains that you will never see in other theme parks.

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Happy holidays!!