Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 02:11:00 -1000 From: bdryhntr@nwrain.com Message-Id: Organization: Harvard University Office of Information Technology Subject: Orlando I've been cursed with the horrible assignment of going to a convention in Orlando in late May. Curses, oh the horror of it, darn, drat and doggone it! Okay, so I asked to go, well volunteered actually! Anyway this darn thing is at Disney World, of all the rotten places, and the hotel I'll be stuck at is the Dolphin. And darned if arrangements are being made so that I arrive a day early and leave a day after! Gosh, what rotten timing. Any place to fly nearby? Wife and kids won't be going, and she won't let me take her secretary (all right "Administrative Assistant") Hate crowds and lines (unless attached to sticks and fabric), so Disney World isn't my idea of fun. If I bring my kites, in lieu of baggage, and for carry-on, a couple of quads and a pair of shorts (cut-offs) any place nearby to fly? I am NOT short, I'm vertically challenged! bdryhntr@nwrain.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 13:17:16 -1000 From: bforest@bliss.co.uk (bforest) Message-Id: <3mkbds$o6@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> Organization: The Direct Connection (Call London, 0181 317 2222 for demo) Subject: Re: Orlando Hallo.. I go to Orlando a lot. I stay at the Grand Cypress. The folks there are really nice, and they let me fly on their pitch n putt golf course anytime. Wonderful! Check it out.. cheers bruce = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 09:27:07 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: Re: Orlando bdryhntr@nwrain.com writes: >I've been cursed with the horrible assignment of going to a convention in >Orlando in late May. >[...] >fun. If I bring my kites, in lieu of baggage, and for carry-on, a couple of >quads and a pair of shorts (cut-offs) any place nearby to fly? Ok. I'll try and show off and tell you about the local spots in a location several time zones away from me... The only Flying Field is next to the Holiday Inn. Not the Holiday Inn on International, but rather go north up International, turn left over the free-way and the field is on the right, next to *that* Holiday Inn... It's not a particularly good spot and it was kinda long grass when I was there, kite it's all there is... There is a good Kite Store in a complex of little stores towards the South of International. I found it through the tourist-guide book that seems to be in every hotel room. Cypress Gardens is kinda dull as theme parks go (my gran loved it!) but the word is that they are putting on an impressive kite show several times a day. I really wish that I'd had the bottle to fly Natalie over Disneyworld... No doubt a local will post corrections... Andrew -- New to rec.kites? START HERE! | To: www@kfs.org send an email message like this->| Subject: service /-\ () >< () |\/| () >< () /-\ | http://www.kfs.org/kites/welcome/index.html = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 09:31:58 -1000 From: tgrable@fast.net (Tom Grable) Message-Id: Organization: You Tools / FASTNET(tm) Corporation Subject: Re: Orlando Good Luck, was just in Disney and the only open spaces I saw were either water or parking lots. Who knows you might find something, don't let my negativity get you down. I was more involved with the attractions than the kiting, sorry everybody my life doesn't revolve around kites. You might be able to find an area to fly small kites and such, good luck. *************************************************************************** Tom and Donna Grable tgrable@fast.net Allentown, PA "the end of a string is a wonderful thing" The Watermelon People e.e. cummings *************************************************************************** = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 19:48:21 -1000 From: windwiz@rain.org (Dan Rubesh) Message-Id: <3mvjr5$hjd@coyote.rain.org> Organization: the RAIN Network Subject: Re: Orlando There was a pretty nice park that was used as a demo field when I was in Orlando for the KTA convention in January, but I couldn't tell you for sure where it was as I went on a shuttle bus.. Try contacting Krazy Kites.. They should be able to point you to some local flying spots.. name: Krazy Kites address: 8445 International Dr, #112, Orlando phone: +1 407 352 2234 aka: A state: Florida country: USA -- Dan Rubesh GO Wind Wizard windwiz@coyote.rain.org FLY A P.O. Box 5747 danr@crash.cts.com SPORT KITE Ventura, CA 93005 (805) 659-5769 (voice & fax) T.B.N.K. Member: AKA & KTA = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 10:11:03 -1000 From: derwin@mach2.wlu.ca (Daryl Erwin) Message-Id: Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University Subject: Re: Orlando In article tgrable@fast.net (Tom Grable) writes: >Good Luck, was just in Disney and the only open spaces I saw were either water >or parking lots. Who knows you might find something, don't let my negativity >get you down. I was more involved with the attractions than the kiting, sorry >everybody my life doesn't revolve around kites. > >You might be able to find an area to fly small kites and such, good luck. > Sorry to tune into this one a bit late....I couldnt find the original. Sites around Disney? The site off the corner of Universal Studio is where people gather. The people from the nearby kite store go there to do demos and such. I wish I could remember the street name but its a major roadway where it intersects with the highway towards Disney. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 15:31:31 -1000 From: skywardmfg@aol.com (SkywardMfg) Message-Id: <3n4dhj$2r4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: Orlando Status: O It"s at the corner of international drive and I-4 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 13:31:21 -1000 From: Captain Message-Id: Organization: Tallahassee Free-Net Subject: Orlando? Curious to see if we have any kite enthusiasts in the Orlando, FLorida region. I have a class of middle schoolers who are going to try to launch some home made kites this Friday. parmenj@mail.firn.edu = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 03:54:22 -1000 From: sc5@prism.gatech.edu (SPC) Message-Id: <4gf86e$rad@acmey.gatech.edu> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Subject: Re: Orlando? In article , Captain wrote: >Curious to see if we have any kite enthusiasts in the Orlando, FLorida Contact Crazy kites. They should be able to help. I know Manuel Mercado, flier extrodinaire, is down there. 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