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Orlando's iconic Lake Eola Park is poised for a major transformation, with plans that could reshape the visitor experience in surprising ways. City seeks firm for $60M in Lake Eola construction ...

On the weekend of the Coming Out with Pride Parade, the former Island Time owners in Thornton Park and Drag Bunch operators announced they had signed a new lease at the former Persimmon Hollow’s ...

Swans at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.There have been no new cases of bird flu at Lake Eola in a month, and Orlando is lifting the restrictions on feeding swans. ...

The brunch extravaganza, sponsored by Nutrl Vodka Seltzers, happens Saturday, April 13, from noon to 3 p.m. at Lake Eola Park. VIP ticket holders will have access starting at 11 a.m.

More than 50 swans in Lake Eola got their annual check-up Saturday morning from specially-trained veterinarians. Volunteers and kayakers helped gather the swans and get them their vaccines and ...

Cholo Dogs At Persimmon. The popular Mexican hot dog cart has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years with a stall at Amway Center and Exploria Stadium and their ongoing Orlando Parking Lot ...

In 1888, Lake Eola was recognized as a city of Orlando public park. It's @LakeEolaPark 's birthday! 🥳⛲️Happy 140th to the home of our swans 🦢.

Orlando’s most well-known city park is celebrating its 140th birthday on Wednesday. The city said 140 years ago, on May 10, 1883, Jacob Summerlin appeared before the Orlando City Council and ...

The tiered fountain at the center of Lake Eola was originally built in 1957. It was designed in similar styles found in England, Spain and Italy, to bolster the city’s prominence.

ORLANDO (WESH) — Downtown Orlando’s Lake Eola Park is famous for its families of swans. There was concern and outrage from the community over the weekend after rare baby swans disappeared. It ...