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**PassPorter News** · 01-04-2005, 09:37 AM

By Maureen Austin, PassPorter Guide and Co-Owner of Grand Getaways Travel

It's hard to believe, but the Walt Disney World Resort hasn't always been Florida's premier vacation playground. Fifty years before Walt spotted the swampland in Central Florida on which to build his dream, another Florida city was welcoming visitors to city gates with history and hospitality. Today, St. Augustine is still an enchanting destination that takes you back in time and can offer a vacation you will remember for years to come.

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01-04-2005, 09:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
PassPorter News PassPorter Guide Community Rank: Trekker Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,951	Seeing the \"Other\" Florida: St. Augustine By Maureen Austin, PassPorter Guide and Co-Owner of Grand Getaways Travel It's hard to believe, but the Walt Disney World Resort hasn't always been Florida's premier vacation playground. Fifty years before Walt spotted the swampland in Central Florida on which to build his dream, another Florida city was welcoming visitors to city gates with history and hospitality. Today, St. Augustine is still an enchanting destination that takes you back in time and can offer a vacation you will remember for years to come. continued in next post...