Seminole County Fair 2010

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The Seminole County Fair

I visited the 2009 Seminole County Fair a few weeks ago in the parking lot of the Seminole Towne Center Mall in Sanford, FL. My definition of a county fair must be different than Seminole County's, because I would consider this event a carnival. It needs farm animals to be a fair (besides from a pony)...

International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008

Ahoy! For all of you land lubbers out there that aren't aware, September 19 each year is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. You bilge rats know what today is? The following set of photos are of various pirates or pirate themed locations throughout Florida. Arrr...



Here is a pirate carved out of wood on the dock belonging to the Down the Hatch restaurant in Ponce Inlet, FL.


Pirates at the Pirate's Cove Miniature Golf Course on International Drive in Orlando, FL.






The Ghost Pirate Ride at the Seminole County Fair in Sanford, FL.



More pirates at another miniature golf course. I believe this is the Pirate's Island on 192 in Kissimmee.



More pirates carved out of wood. These two are in the Tin City shopping area in Naples, FL.



Perhaps some of Florida's most popular pirates are at Disney.

Arr...

Seminole County Fair 2008

These pictures were taken at the 2008 Seminole County Fair that takes place in the Seminole Town Center Mall parking lot in Sanford, Florida. The pictures were taken on April 2, 2008...

The Ferris Wheel:








Monkey Maze (House of Mirrors):


Carnie Food:


Graviton:


It seems like small carnivals normally don't have dark rides. This one had two! The murals on the front of these rides are always so much better than ride itself.

Ghost Pirates Dark Ride:




Haunted Mansion Dark Ride:


And that's the Seminole County Fair. It really shouldn't be called a fair though. Fairs should have farm animals and giant vegetable competitions as well as rides. The Seminole County Fair actually did once have the whole fair experience and was held at the site of the old dog track in Casselberry, Florida. After the dog track closed, the fair moved to this mall parking lot, and lost the farm animals. Without this stuff though, it's just a carnival...