WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — A spokesperson for LEGOLAND Florida said it was not an easy decision to make to discontinue the theme park’s water stunt show, which was viewed as an homage to the ...

A Polk County ... according to the Florida Lottery. 44-year-old Sarah Caceres of Winter Haven purchased her winning ticket at the Citgo Express, located at 4850 Cypress Gardens Road in Winter ...

“I hitchhiked from Pennsylvania to Cypress Gardens, and sooner or ... been the director of Visit Central Florida for three decades and started the Polk County Tourism and Sports Marketing ...

The show at Legoland started in the 1940s, when the theme park was known as Cypress Gardens. The park is ending the show with ...

Legoland Florida theme ... Hall of Fame in Polk County. Tourism pioneer Dick Pope Sr. (left) skis alongside family members daughter Adrienne, wife Julie and son Dick Jr. at Cypress Gardens.

Legoland Florida continues to maintain the namesake of Cypress Gardens, a 30-acre botanical section bordering Lake Eloise. Polk County owns the flowery expanse through a deal engineered by the ...

It started in the early 40s, at Florida’s first theme park – Cypress Gardens. When the founder ... it’s a huge industry here in Polk County,” Jackson said. Meanwhile, in 2003, after ...

A water-skiing show has been an on-and-off presence at Legoland since it opened in 2011, taking over the space where Cypress Gardens operated ... Ski Hall of Fame in Polk County.