The Other Orlando

There have been some soft openings, but now it’s official. Aquatica opens this weekend. First new park in Orlando in eight years! Where does the time go?

(Photo courtesy of WESH-TV.) The Central Florida Zoo has a new baby in the family. It’s a “lesser spot-nose guenon,” which is zoo-speak for cute little monkey critter. WESH has put up a great slideshow and is having a survey to name the little darlin’.

Dodgertown, the Brooklyn L.A. Dodgers’ Spring Training camp, in Vero Beach is closing after this March season. The soulless hacks at the LA Times couldn’t be happier. No, seriously. I don’t care. I’ll happily quaff the shells and caramel corn all the way to Glendale, Ariz., where the Dodgers are moving at the end of [...]

Mission:SPACE getting boring? How about a total lunar eclipse? It’s tonight, Wednesday, February 20. The total eclipse will be viewable from 10:01 p.m. to 10:51 p.m., according to NASA’s Web site. A partial eclipse will be viewable from 8:43 p.m. to 12:09 a.m. A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon’s path enters into the shadow [...]

I’ve noticed that the section of The Other Orlando that gets the most visits is the Orlando shopping section. So I was intrigued when I was tipped to a new Orlando site (new to me, at least) called Avalon Yard Sale. It’s a free classified ads site that covers Orlando as well as the Avalon [...]

According to the Sentinel, there’s a new attraction at the Millenia Mall. It’s the Exotic Car Gallery, with a hefty admission of $20 for adults and $10 for kinds. But that’s a lot less than you’d pay for the Bugatti Veyron on display there. The new attraction replaces the Millenia Art Gallery.