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Spring break brings life into I-Drive

Spring break brings life into I-Drive
MILLION JOBS. IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT THAT IT SPRING BREAK, CHECK OUT THE PACKED BEACHES UP AND DOWN CENTRAL FLORIDA’S COAST. STEWAR BUT HOW DOES IT LOOK ON I-DRIVE? IS THAT BUSINESS FILTERING DOWN TO ORLANDO’S TOURIST CORRIDOR? WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH SAYS SIGNS LOOK OPTIMISTIC. MICHELLE: INTERNATIONAL DRIVE. IN SOME WAYS, IT LOOKED LIKE THE OLD DAYS, ACTUAL LINES TO GET INTO PLACES. THIS WAS THE LINE TO GET INTO WONDER WORKS. >> WE’RE SICK OF BEING COOPED DECIDED TO GET OUT AND ABOUT. MICHELLE: THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WAS NOT MUCH GETTING OUT AND ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT THE PANDEMIC HAD SHUTTERED MOST OF ORLANDO. AND WAS ROLLING DOWN TO I-DRIV BUT THIS IS SPRING BREAK 2021. >> IT’S SPRING WEEK, FIGURED WE GET OUT AND SEE SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES IN ORLANDO MICHELLE: BUSINESSES THAT SEEMED TO BE DOING ESPECIALLY WELL ARE THE STAND ALONE ATTRACTIONS, LIKE WONDER WORKS, THE STAR FLYER. ALTERNATIVES TO THE MAJOR THEME PARKS ALREADY AT CAPACITY. >> WE ARE READY TO GET OUT AND HAVE FUN. WE HAVE SEEN THAT BUILDING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. MICHELLE: FAMILIES THAT MIGHT HAVE SPENT SPRING BREAK IN NEW YORK CALIFORNIA, MEXICO, EUROPE, IN MANY CASES, THAT IS NOT AN OPTION AT ALL, OR NOT EVEN A FEASIBLE OPTIO STILL MISSING, MUCH OF THE CONVENTION BUSINESS AND THE SPRING BREAK ACTION THAT'S COM ALONG WITH IT. STILL, THERE WAS NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF COMPLAINING. THE OWNER OF A RESTAURANT IS HAPP >> WHEN THEY COME TO THIS STAT AND THEY COME TO THIS TOWN, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN BE THEMSELV AG
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Spring break brings life into I-Drive
Spring break brought life to Central Florida's beaches, but what about the Orlando's tourist corridor?WESH 2's Michelle Meredith stopped by International Drive to see business picking up.See her full-story in the video player above.

Spring break brought life to Central Florida's beaches, but what about the Orlando's tourist corridor?

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WESH 2's Michelle Meredith stopped by International Drive to see business picking up.

See her full-story in the video player above.