Escape the cold at the Travel & Adventure Show this weekend!

Interact with SeaWorld’s penguins and sled dogs in the morning and scuba dive in the afternoon. Attend inspirational travel seminars about Europe with Rick Steves and about '1,000 Places To See Before You Die' with Patricia Schultz. Taste international cuisine, see flamboyant dance performances and hear exotic foreign songs. It’s all possible without leaving town, or spending much money. The 2013 Travel & Adventure Show is your ticket to adventure this weekend.

The show takes place at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Hours are Saturday, January 26, from 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, January 27, from 11:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $9 online with Promo Code: CHPR or $15 at the Door. Kids 16 years old and under are free of charge. Purchase tickets here.

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Last year’s show set an attendance record, with more than 18,000 guests, and the 2013 show brings fresh excitement and enticing attractions, like SeaWorld’s Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, opening in Orlando in 2013. There’s a heated, 15,000-gallon scuba tank for diving, Alaskan Sledding Dogs waiting to greet you; more than 150 exhibitors, in addition to multiple theaters for cooking, music, and dance events.

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