Legoland Florida has opened on a 145 acre site formerly occupied by Cypress Gardens off the I-4 midway between Orlando and Tampa, 4.4 km N of Polk County and 5.6 km SE of Winter Haven, 7.5 km W of Waverly Florida (co-ordinates N 27.98917 W 81.68994). As well as more than 40 Legoland rides already familiar to users of the parks in Billund and Windsor, four of the Cypress Gardens rides are retained, the Island in the Sky rotating platform, Triple Hurricane wooden rollercoaster, the Okeechobee Rampage family coaster and Swamp Thing family inverted coaster. http://florida.legoland.com/
The options for getting to Talllinn for the Estonia v Ireland play off on November 11 have increased, have two night package to Tallinn for Estonia v Ireland Joe Walsh Tours for €399, 747 Travel for €399, Abbey Travel for €539 and €569 and Ryanair have added an extra same day flight, returning home at 3am. Bear in mind there are only 1,400 tickets available to the Irish fans in a stadium that holds 10,500.
Listen to Eoghan Corry on Morning Ireland discussing the options for fans
The monthly hotel price index by Trivago shows that hotel prices for October are down in 35 cities of the top 50 listed, Majorcan resorts are worst hit with Alcudia down 33pc, Calla Millor down 38pc and Playa del Palma down 41pc. The European average is down 7pc from €135 in to €125.
A fourth airline now allows mobile phone check in at Dublin Airport. SAS have joined BMI, Lufthansa and Aer Lingus in offering the facility at Dublin’s Terminal 1.
Switzerland’s tourist board has moved to counter the damage to inbound tourism caused by the high franc by offering free ski passes and free board to children under nine.
