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Castaway Cay – Disney Cruise Line’s Private Island

Posted on 23/09/2016 by Rick — No Comments ↓

Episode 400 – September 23, 2016

This week I take you to one of my favorite islands in the world, Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island paradise in the Bahamas!

We take you around Castaway Cay on while we are on the Disney Dream on short cruise to the Bahamas. You’ll see the family beach, Pelican Plunge the water park like play area, take a tram out to Serenity Bay, the adult beach and see where you can enjoy island BBQ style lunch Cookies BBQ and Serenity Bay’s BBQ, my favorite place.

If you’ve ever wondered what a Disney’s Castaway Cay was all about, this episode is for you, enjoy!

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Walk through a Beach Cottage at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort

Posted on 16/09/2016 by Rick — No Comments ↓

Episode 399 – September 16, 2016

This week I take you to one of my favorite places in the world, a beach cottage in my home town! Every year for the last few years we plan a beach trip with some friends at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort. The cottages are 2-story, 3-bedroom stand alone homes with an incredible beach view. We’ll take a quick walk through the lobby of Disney’s Vero Beach Resort, by the pool, down to the ocean and tour the beach cottage.

If you’ve ever wondered what a Disney’s Vero Beach resort cottage was all about, this episode is for you, enjoy!

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This is How We Get Ready For Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival

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Episode 398 – September 9, 2016

Epcot’s International Food & Wine Festival begins next Thursday, September 14. A couple of years ago we did a fun video about how we “train” or get ready for the Food & Wine Festival. Obviously 31 days of videos and trying everything at every marketplace is hard work and I couldn’t do it alone. As most of you know I have help from the “usual suspects” sampling the marketplaces. But in this video we take you behind the scenes and show you how we prepare before food & wine, and I have help there also from good friend John Donahue and Rhino Ken.

I hope you enjoy our fun look at getting ready for Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival!

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Seaplane Ride to the Dry Tortugas

Posted on 02/09/2016 by Rick — 1 Comment ↓

Episode 397 – September 2, 2016

Take a ride with us in a seaplane from Key West airport out to the Dry Tortugas where Fort Jefferson National Park is located. We took off from Key West and made the approximately 30 minute flight out to the Dry Tortugas and landed in the water after making a low pass over Fort Jefferson, the largest brick building in North America. Along the way we saw turtles and sharks swimming in the water along with the shipwrecks of the Atocha and the Santa Margarita.

We spent a couple of hours on the island touring around the fort and snorkeling, the area is known for its aquatic wildlife. We took off from the island flew back to Key West and had a wonderful view of that island coming back in. An incredible day, check out the water landings and takeoffs, I loved every minute of this weeks video, enjoy!

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Key West Florida – There’s just something about this Island

Posted on 26/08/2016 by Rick — 1 Comment ↓

Episode 396 – August 26, 2016

This week I’m in one of my favorite places in the world, Key West Florida. I love coming to this island so much, it’s starting to feel a little bit like home. Check out this week’s show, I’ll take you around Key West and show you some of the reasons I love Key West so much and some of my favorite places to eat and hang out!

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Just Tryin’ To Recall The Whole Year – Guest Marc Bigbie and Rick take a look back and a look ahead

Posted on 19/08/2016 by Rick — No Comments ↓

Episode 395 – August 19, 2016

This week my good friend Marc Bigbie and I get together in Vero to talk about some of the places we’ve been this year on Travel with Rick and what we have planned for the rest of this year. Want to know what’s coming up, check out this week’s show!

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Bionic Bar on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas

Posted on 12/08/2016 by Rick — No Comments ↓

Episode 394 – August 12, 2016

The lost episode! I was going through some files looking for show content and I ran across this video we shot that we never made into an episode. So, here it is…see how the Bionic Bar works on Quantum of the Seas. We select our drink and watch as the robotic bartender prepares and serves it. This is just so cool!

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Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros

Posted on 05/08/2016 by Rick — No Comments ↓

Episode 393 – August 5, 2016

This week we have another attraction for you from our day at Epcot. We love this attraction, it’s relaxing, and it’s a great way to cool off during a day in the Florida heat!

Check out the video and enjoy a Gran Fiesta Tour around the Mexico Pavilion with the Three Caballeros!

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Soarin’ Around the World – Epcot Walt Disney world

Posted on 29/07/2016 by Rick — No Comments ↓

Episode 392 – July 29, 2016

This week while Leslie and I were enjoying a day at Epcot, we got our first look at Soarin’ Around the World in the Land Pavilion. This attraction has recently undergone a refurbishment replacing the original Soarin’ over California scenery to locations all over the world!

Check out the video and enjoy the new scenes as you go Soarin’ Around the World!

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Thirsty Pig – Portland, Maine

Posted on 22/07/2016 by Rick — No Comments ↓

Episode 391 – July 22, 2016

This week I visit the Thirsty Pig in Portland Maine. I sit down with Executive Chef Matt who tells us all about how the Thirsty Pig create awesome house-made sausages with the best Maine beer they can find!

We sample some Buffalo Chicken Dip, Thai Chili Sausage and a Spicy Italian Sausage, even a Blueberry Sausage. These tasty treats were amazing! I’ve never seen creations like these anywhere, truly unique!

So check out the video and see some of the best sausage from the Thirsty Pig in Portland, Maine!