Year: 2008
Places
Orlando Naval Training Center
Growing up in my house meant sharing the holidays with family, friends and sometimes complete strangers. Although she could not bring all of them home for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, my grandmother would contact the USO at the Orlando Naval Training...
Topics
Remember when ...
Remember when ...
JC Penney's store was located in downtown Orlando at the corner of Orange Avenue and Washington Street? If you worked downtown in the 1970's, it was a great place to go to during your lunch break.
An overtime parking...
Organizations
Orlando Cadet Squadron
ABOVE: Cadet Cortes from the Orlando Cadet Squadron meets Astronaut Charlie Bolden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex before the NASA Air Show practice on November 7, 2008.
The Civil Air Patrol has been in the Orlando area working through...
Topics
You know you're from Orlando...
You know you're from Orlando if ...
You know the meaning of OBT, and don't drive down it after 5pm.
You are at Wal-Mart more then you are at your own home.
You find yourself humming the jingle for Premier Adult Factory Outlet.
You...
Places
Rigoletto at the Orlando Municipal Auditorium
ABOVE: Kim Fischer and Oliver Peters standing on the steps outside the entrance to the Orlando Municipal Auditorium on January 30, 1972.
The Orlando Municipal Auditorium, now the Bob Carr Auditorium or Bob Carr Center for the Performing Arts, was the...
Places
Jaws - Universal Studios Florida
Jaws - Universal Studios Orlando
The Jaws attraction is one of the original to the park when it opened in 1900. It had rocky beginnings, however, with problems that delayed it's opening for a number of months. The ride is still...
Places
Fievel's Playland and Water Slide - Universal Studios Orlando
This is a photo from 1992 taken at Fievel's Playland. I just love water slides and if you had a "little kid" with you, they would let big people go down the slide. I was always mindful of this and...
Places
StarTrek Experience - Universal Studios Orlando
The Star Trek experience was located in the New York area near Kongfrontation. It opened in 1992 (some sources say March 1991) and closed in 1996 (November 11, 1996). It allowed paying guests to take part in a 10-minute Star...
Places
Ghostbusters Spooktacular - Universal Studios Orlando Florida
ABOVE: From 1990 when the Ghostbusters Spooktacular and the stage show were part of Universal Studios in Orlando, Dr. Peter Venkman and his other Ghostbusters made appearances in their ambulance and posed for photos with park guests. The Ghostbusters attract...
Places
Back To The Future Ride - Universal Studios Orlando
The Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida opened in May 1991 just across the lagoon from the "Jaws" ride. The ride was closed on 30 March 2007 to make way for the Simpsons ride.
The premise...
Events
Pine Castle Pioneer Days
ABOVE: In 1974, Channel 24 - WMFE-TV, participated in the Pine Castle Pioneer Days Parade. The royal blue dune buggy was the float with signs promoting the station's first Auction - November 18-23, 1974. The driver is Oliver Peters and...
Places
EPCOT - American Pavilion
ABOVE: On Saturday, December 5, 2009, my daughter Ashley Peters and I spent the day park hopping at Walt Disney World. This was our Christmas present to each other. It rained the first half of the day and then it...
