* 1983 – Xanadu House in Kissimmee opened.

The exterior of the Xanadu House in Kissimmee, Florida in 1994

The Wisconsin Dells and Gatlinburg houses were closed and demolished in the early 1990s ; the Kissimmee Xanadu House was closed in 1996 and demolished in October 2005.

Mason had worked on a similar project prior to his involvement in the creation of the Kissimmee Xanadu House — an “ experimental school ” on a hill in Virginia which was also a foam structure.

Masters and Mason decided to open a Xanadu House several miles away in Kissimmee.

By the early 1990s, the Xanadu houses began to lose popularity because the technology they used was quickly becoming obsolete, and as a result the houses in Wisconsin and Tennessee were demolished, while the Xanadu House in Kissimmee continued to operate as a public visitor attraction until it was closed in 1996.

Construction of the Xanadu house in Kissimmee, Florida, began with the pouring of a concrete slab base and the erection of a tension ring in diameter to anchor the domed roof of what would become the " Great Room " of the house.

The Xanadu house in Kissimmee, Florida used an automated system controlled by Commodore microcomputers.

The Kissimmee River Restoration project was approved by Congress in 1992.

In 1985, the team responded by moving its training to Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee.

Cloud has tried to separate itself from neighboring cities, and particularly the theme parks, by promoting an image of small-town life, as well as attempting to make itself economically less dependent on Kissimmee.

The " Give Kids the World: Village edition " of Candy Land was produced by Hasbro especially for the Give Kids The World Village, a non-profit resort in Kissimmee, Florida for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

* A second involved the establishment of a non-migratory population near Kissimmee, Florida by a cooperative effort led by the U. S. and Canadian Whooping Crane Recovery Team in 1993.

* 25 Miles to Kissimmee, a pop album by Fool's Garden

Florida state law chapter 3659, approved February 12, 1885, incorporated the Kissimmee City Street Railway Company, owned by John M. Bryan, C. A Carson, M. C. Osborne, John M. Lee, Andrew J.

Rose, L. P. Hughey, W. A. Patrick, N. C. Bryan, T. A. Bass, E. N. Fell, and W. B. M. Davidson, of the county of Orange, State of Florida, " beginning at such place, within the town of Kissimmee City, as the said company, by its President and Board of Directors, may determine, running thence through and on such streets and highways within said town, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said Kissimmee City may determine.

After the river channel was straightened, 40, 000 acres ( 160 km² ) of floodplain below Lake Kissimmee dried out, reducing the quality of waterfowl habitat by ninety percent, and the number of herons, egrets and wood storks by two-thirds.

Efforts to restore the Kissimmee River to its original flow were approved by Congress in 1992, and began with modification to the headwater lakes in 1997.

It was created by Randy " Yappy " Fox in November 1999 and is broadcast over the Internet on Sunday nights from 16: 00 to 20: 00 EST from his home in Kissimmee, Florida.

The Orlando – Kissimmee – Sanford MSA is further listed by the U. S. Office of Management and Budget as part of the Orlando – Deltona – Daytona Beach, Florida Combined Statistical Area.

It is also served by various weekly and semi-weekly papers, including Orlando Weekly, The West Orange Times, The East Orlando Sun and the The Osceola News-Gazette in Kissimmee.

The Museum also serves as a repository for the discoveries unearthed by members of the Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy.

As part of the Orlando – Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area, Celebration's population was 7, 427 at the 2010 census.

The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project's final construction project was straightening the Kissimmee River, a meandering-long river that was drained to make way for grazing land and agriculture.

Loughman was on the route of the Dixie Highway, which ran parallel to the line of US 17 / 92 and is now Old Kissimmee Road ( Old Tampa Highway north of the Osceola County line ).

The line actually built was rather different, running from Clifton on Lake Jesup west to Apopka, but then turning south to Kissimmee.

It was part of the original Kissimmee Valley Line to Lake Okeechobee south of near Marcy, and a newer cutoff north of there.

Their factory was in Sanford, Maine, USA, and their sales offices were located at Laconia / Gilford, New Hampshire and Kissimmee, Florida.

The river was originally in length, of which was between Lake Kissimmee and Lake Okeechobee.

While the Kissimmee was not a significant source of pollution for Lake Okeechobee before channelization, in the 1970s and later the river contributed about 25 % of the nitrogen and 20 % of the phosphorus flowing into the lake.

By 2001 the Kissimmee house had suffered greatly from mold and mildew throughout the interior due to a lack of maintenance since being used as a visitor attraction, it was put up for sale again for an asking price of US $ 2 million.

The Kissimmee house was also featured in the 2007 movie " Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness ".

In 1991, he was arrested in Kissimmee on a charge of fondling a five-year-old child.

Although Disston's engineered canals aided water transport and steamboat traffic in Florida, he was ultimately unsuccessful in draining the Kissimmee River floodplain or lowering the surface water around Lake Okeechobee and in the Everglades.

The key to Disston's Florida plans was a massive dredging effort to drain the Kissimmee River floodplain that flows into Lake Okeechobee, to remove the surface water in the Everglades and the surrounding lands regardless of season.

The most notable tornado of the night was an F3 that hit in Kissimmee, where twenty five were killed.

Airboats are a very popular means of transportation in the Florida Everglades, parts of the Indian River Lagoon, the Kissimmee and St. Johns Rivers, as well as Louisiana Bayous, where they are used for fishing, bowfishing, hunting and eco-tourism, and in other marshy and / or shallow areas where a standard inboard or outboard engine with a submerged propeller would be impractical.

In addition, several Lynx public bus routes enter the District, with half-hour service between the Transportation and Ticket Center ( and backstage areas at the Magic Kingdom ) and Downtown Orlando and Kissimmee, and once-a-day service to more points, intended mainly for cleaning staff.

The Turnpike exit is the southern end of the longest stretch of limited-access highway without an exit in the United States ( the next interchange to the north being 48. 9 miles away at Kissimmee / St.

On May 21, 2007, Brother Ray and Devon opened the Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment at the X-Cel Fitness Gym in Kissimmee, Florida.

SR 530 ends at the intersection of Vine Street and Main Street ; thus Vine Street carries US 192, US 441 and SR 500 east from Kissimmee.

* Galaxy Spin at Fun Spot USA in Kissimmee, Florida

The Kissimmee River watershed of is adjacent to the Eastern Continental Divide, with triple watershed points at the Miami ( north ), Withlacoochee ( northwest ), and Peace ( west ) rivers ' watersheds and the Lake Okeechobee watershed ( southwest ).

The show is also performed live at the Megaplex furry convention, held in Kissimmee, Florida, as well as at Anthrocon, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

He died following a stroke at his home in Kissimmee, Florida.

The town of Kissimmee, FL is also a major sponsor for the entire Magic Music Days program at the Disney World Resort complex.

During Spring Training for Major League Baseball, he can be heard announcing the line-ups and batters for both the Atlanta Braves ( Disney's Wide World of Sports at the Walt Disney World Resort ) and Houston Astros ( Astro Stadium in Kissimmee ).

The shots in the beginning of the movie featuring Maddie's home was filmed at Orange Lake Country Club in Kissimmee, Florida.