Brandcation Event - Florida Ecosafaris

On Friday during Brandcation we got up really early (at least really early for me   ) and headed deep into St. Cloud to Florida Ecosafaris for an amazing day of adventure.

From their website.....

"Let Us Take You On An Unforgettable Journey into Forever Florida, a 4700 acre eco-ranch and wildlife conservation area boasting beautifully untamed wilderness, natural streams, wetlands and dense cypress forests. Choose your own fully-guided adventure: Coach Safari, Horseback Safari or soar over it all on Florida's only Zipline Safari!


At Forever Florida, we have eco-safaris for the entire family - the thrilling Zipline Safari, the adventurous Horseback Safari and the comfortable Coach Safari. Each offers a unique opportunity to leave the theme parks far behind and experience wild, natural Florida.


Each of our eco-safaris transport you through Forever Florida; an all too rare wild part of the state preserved just as nature intended. This special place boasts nine distinct Florida ecosystems, home to an endless array of natural flora and fauna including alligators, black bears, white-tail deer, nearly two hundred species of birds and the endangered Florida Panther."

Thanks to Matt Duda for giving us the background on the ranch and all of the property at Florida Ecosafaris and answering the million questions that we all had. Along with providing a wonderful lunch for all of us of coleslaw, beans and a delicious BBQ pulled pork (one of my faves).

While most of the ladies went on the zipline tour, because of my disability, I took the Coach Safari tour with Bobbie from One Scrappy Mom and while it was quite cold for Florida in early November, we still had a wonderful time and saw some amazing things....

Thank you so much to Florida Ecosafaris for providing us with such an awesome experience. I will definitely be taking my family back  - I KNOW my boys and their girlfriends will LOVE the zipline and Bill and I can take the Coach Safari tour, because it will be different each time. I'd like to give a shout out to my tour guide Nancy who was just wonderful, she was so knowledgeable and truly had a love of the land and the animals.

Check out their website for all the information on prices and availability.

{Disclosure: My ticket to Florida Ecosafaris was complimentary. I only paid an extremely nominal fee for all the activities that I participated in. I drove my own transportation and was graciously given gas money by the lovely ladies that were at the event with me. All the views expressed in these posts are ALL mine.}

Itinerary for Brandcation... You are Gonna Be SOOOOO Jealous!!

I'm so excited to let you all know that our itinerary for Brandcation has been finalized and man are those of you not going gonna be SO jealous of me. Believe it or not, all of the places (except one) that we are going to are places that I have never been to in the five years that I have lived here which makes it even more thrilling for me. Are you ready???


I have already told you about the fantabulistic accommodations that Global Resort Homes will be providing for us and the Zip-line and Coach Safaris being provided by Florida EcoSafaris on our first day of adventure.

Next on Friday night after our safari adventure, we get back home to our beautiful Global Resort Home, clean up, rest and get ready for an incredible Sleuths Mystery Dinner show.  Then, back home for either movies or karaoke.


Saturday will be another adventurous day... first up an airboat ride through the wetlands on a beautiful wildlife tour viewing exotic birds, turtles and the Florida alligator in their own natural environment with Boggy Creek Airboat Rides.  After that we will have the privilege of visiting the Alligator Capital of the World, Gatorland! This is a place that I have always wanted to go to (it is right across the street from our veterinarian's office and I still have never been there - DUH!) and now I have the chance! I cannot wait to take photos, tweet and blog about this experience. Lunch will also be provided by the wonderful people at Gatorland, how cool is that?

After all that, we will head back to the houses to freshen up and head out to dinner for another exciting adventure at Arabian Nights. An amazing dinner show where we will "enter the magical world of Scheherazade, a young girl with a bigger-than-life dream of becoming a beautiful Princess. Two magical Genies take Scheherazade and her guests on a thrilling and romantic adventure filled with music, lights and daring acts where anything can happen, from a square dance on horseback to chariots racing and Gypsies leaping, flipping and dancing on moving horses’ backs!" {taken from their website} Believe it or not, this attraction is right across the street from the community where I live and I have never been there, you'd think I never get out of the house. HaHa

On our final day, we are lucky enough to be able to go as a group to my favorite place in the whole world... the one place on our itinerary that I have been to, multiple times: Walt Disney World... WooHoo!! 

I am so happy to be able to share all these fabulous places with these wonderful women and have this most incredible opportunity and none of this would be possible without the main sponsorship of Global Resort Homes Adventures in Kissimmee and these three absolutely spectacular women: Trisha of Momdot, Kim of What's That Smell and Nicole of Good Golly Miss Blondie.  Thank you so much to all of you!!



{Photos courtesy of their respective websites}