Orlando, Florida is filled with all sorts of special moments with traditions and stories that I beli

Orlando, Florida is filled with all sorts of special moments with traditions cheap philippines hotels and stories that I believe deserve attention. There is a great story behind the "World Famous March of The Peabody Ducks" and you can witness this march twice a day, 365 days of the year at The Peabody Hotel.
The true story is that in the early 1930's, the General Manager of The original Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee came back from a hunting trip to Arkansas cheap philippines hotels with his good friend. Back in those days it was legal for hunters to use live decoys and the buddies thought it would be fun to place live duck decoys cheap philippines hotels in the Peabody Fountain. They used three small English cheap philippines hotels Call Ducks and the reaction was very enthusiastic. That was how the tradition began and since 1933, you can take part of this event every day. The original ducks have long since passed, cheap philippines hotels but their descendents still grace the beautiful marble fountain in the hotel's Atrium Lobby.
cheap philippines hotels The 5 marching North American Mallard Ducks are wild. They don't spend enough time in the hotel to keep them from adapting back into their natural, cheap philippines hotels wild habitat. At 5 years old, the ducks retire and there is a farm near each hotel. Currently, there are three families of ducks and on the day I was there, we had the youngest family of ducks at around 1-year-old.
After the ducks march in to the tune of John Philip Sousa's "King Cotton cheap philippines hotels March" you are welcome cheap philippines hotels to speak with the Duckmaster, and take pictures. You can even take the elevator to the Rooftop, past the tennis courts and see their Royal Duck Palace. cheap philippines hotels The ducks are available in the lobby atrium for 6 hours a day, from 11am to 5pm.
In the original Memphis, Tennessee location you can see Anthony, the Duckmaster. In Little Rock, Arkansas (the newest hotel location) you can see Lloyd the Duckmaster. And in the Orlando, Florida Peabody Hotel, we are proud to have Donald the Duckmaster.
I truly enjoyed this wonderful slice of Great American History as well as hearing Donald the Duckmaster tell of the wonderful historic tradition. cheap philippines hotels And yes, his name truly is Donald - what a great job to be a Duckmaster cheap philippines hotels in Orlando with a name like Donald...I love it! You do not need to be staying at the hotel to watch the march of the ducks, but parking in their garage is $14 for 30 minutes - 8 hours. cheap philippines hotels If you don't want to park in the garage, there are not a lot of parking areas around but they are on the I-RIDE Trolley cheap philippines hotels system.
I'd like to say a special thank you to Donald the Duckmaster cheap philippines hotels for his time and say hello to the nice ladies from Rhode Island that I met as we awaited the grand entrance...Orlando is always a great place to meet wonderful people from around the world!
My hope is to help you with your travel planning to the Orlando area. Disney is my hobby I would love to have a central location for Disney happenings as well as the other local fun things you may want to check out from A Disney Girl in Orlando.