Originally Posted By alisserae Maybe this one will work. <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com" target="_blank">http://www.orlandosentinel.com</a> /travel/sns-holyland-themepark,0,7506976.story
Originally Posted By alisserae One more time. And then I give up. <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com /travel/sns-holyland-themepark,0,7506976.story">article link</a>
Originally Posted By mele ^^LOL, frustrating! I've always wondered why some links work and others don't.
Originally Posted By trailsend Well, guess what!? I've been to Dollywood and it is one of the most fun places! We started going when she began opening for Thanksgiving weekend back in the 90's. The decorations were just awesome in that cold mountain air. The smell of hot cinnamon bread freshly baked that melted in your mouth! The food ~ yum, just good ol' comfort food and lots of it. Carriage making, glass blowing, quilt making, an eagle sanctuary, and the most fun of all was Santa's Barn. A real locomotive train that ran through the mountains and came upon ~ surprise! ~ Santa's big red sleigh! Oh, it was so much fun! I've haven't been in quite a few years, but for several Thanksgiving holidays, we thoroughly enjoyed the being in the Smoky Mountains in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee and visiting Dollywood!
Originally Posted By mele I was actually joking about Dollywood. I grew up listening to Dolly Parton and her variety show aside, I like her. ;-)
Originally Posted By mele I was actually joking about Dollywood. I grew up listening to Dolly Parton and her variety show aside, I like her. ;-)
Originally Posted By brotherdave Even for those who don't like country music, Dollywood is a great park! Great rides and shows, not to mention some of the best 'home cookin' food you'll find in a theme park! The theming is very nice and the park is clean and well kept. It's also one of the more affordable theme park experiences out there. Anyway, back on topic...
Originally Posted By Lake Nona The exit off I-4 from WDW is the Mall Of Millienia, once you get to the offramp, make a left. At the next light make a right, Holy Land Experence is on your right. A great mall for the beautiful people. <a href="http://www.mallatmillenia.com/html/" target="_blank">http://www.mallatmillenia.com/ html/</a> As for the Orlando Bus Network,Lynx... <a href="http://www.golynx.com/" target="_blank">http://www.golynx.com/</a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I didn't think WDW buses would go there .I was just wondering if public transportation would be easily available within WDW property to get us there.>> The last thing Disney wants is to make it convenient to leave their World.
Originally Posted By Rebekah I've been to the Holy Land Experience a couple of times. One thing to keep in mind is that it was created to proselytize a specific message by a specific group of Christians. Walking in with that expectation I found the park to be quite interesting and navigated away from certain presentations. Their attempts to bring the Holy Land to life is quite interesting... and yet idealized as well to appeal to the theme park visitors. I found the model of Jerusalem during this period and the exhibit featuring the history of the preservation of the Biblical texts to be quite interesting. I also found their presentation of the Wilderness Tabernacle as an allusion to role of Christ to be effectively presented. Obviously their personal views of the Biblical message color it and at times I disagree with certain of their assertions but I knew going in I'd differ so took gleaned from the experience what was of interest to me. Another Christian based experience here in Orlando that I found quite interesting was visiting the WordSpring. This features a demonstration of the efforts of Christian missionaries who live among peoples around the world and bring the Bible to them. What interested me was the study of language presented here. In some cases the peoples had no spoken language so the missionaries would assist with the creation of the written language. I found that process to be quite interesting. Rebekah.
Originally Posted By gmp919399 Rebekah I'd never heard of WordSpring.Thanks for mentioning it I will check it out.
