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Article: THE GULF WHERE STEPHEN KING HAS HIS PERFECT PLOT; A CLASS LOCATION: Saratosa, top, boasts some excellent hotels, restaurants and shops as well as the sandy beach, above SPINE-TINGLING: Stephen King owns two homes near Saratosa, the setting for his latest book.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2008
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Byline: Frank Barrett
LONG before Walt Disney spotted the theme park potential of Orlando in the mid-Sixties, central Florida was already well-established on the tourist map. Even a farming community like Orlando, like many other towns in the state, was doing business as a winter sun place.
When Mickey Mouse turned up, of course, things got a little busier.
While Miami Beach in the south attracted much of the attention of anyone planning to flee the winter snows of northern America, there were many resorts on Floridas Gulf Coast that enjoyed an equally good living from winter tourism.
From Naples and Marco Island in the south up to ...