Anne GeggisSeptember 4, 2021
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Miami Book Fair, Fantasy Fest and the return of Broadway show COVID-19 effects.
Tag: Fantasy FestGabrielle Russon
Anne GeggisSeptember 4, 2021
Associated PressJuly 10, 2020
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Virus takes big off-season festival for the Keys
Associated PressSeptember 26, 2017
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Royal Caribbean International’s Empress of the Seas, with 878 passengers and about 600 crew members, docked in Key West Sunday marking the first cruise ship visit since before Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys Sept. 10. Officials said resuming cruise ship port calls is significant for the region’s economy, and vital for residents whose livelihood […]
Guest AuthorNovember 24, 20154min181
In the place where folks sport T-shirts proclaiming, “Key West. Where the weird go pro,” the only actual weird about Thanksgiving is that there’s no weird. Here we are, half way between the truly over-the-top weird of Fantasy Fest-Halloween and the run-up to not one, but three jaw-droppingly weird New Year’s Eve celebrations, and there’s […]
Associated PressNovember 11, 20151min242
Key West hotels are reporting that fewer people came to town for Fantasy Fest, but higher room rates compensated for the dip in occupancy. The Key West Citizen reports that the average nightly cost of a hotel room for the main weekend of the 10-day Fantasy Fest jumped from about $238 last year to $413 […]
Guest AuthorMarch 11, 20145min238
Here we are, eight months from Key West’s annual October Fantasy Fest and, right on schedule, we’re talking about naked. More to the point, the definition of naked. Let’s step aside for a moment to bring those who’ve never heard of Fantasy Fest to the party. Cash registers don’t ring much in October. It’s the […]