Carnival Cruise Lines bringing a new cruise ship to Mobile

Posted on August 18, 2008
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Earlier today, Carnival Cruise Lines announced that the Carnival Cruise Lines ship known as the Fantasy will be moving to Mobile In November 2009.  The Fantasy will replace the Holiday which currently operates out of the Mobile Homeport.  The Fantasy is 42% larger than the Holiday.  The new cruise ship wCarnival Fantasy Cruise Shipill have a 2,056-passenger capacity and will replace the oldest ship in Carnival’s fleet.  Carnival expects to carry approximately 170,000 passengers annually from the Mobile port once the Fantasy is put into service.  The Fantasy will be undergoing extensive renovation this fall as part of Carnival’s “Evolutions of Fun”  refurbishment program for its eight Fantasy-class vessels.  The “extreme makeover” will include a new Carnival WaterWorks aqua park that will feature a 300-foot-long corkscrew water slide, dual-lane 82-foot-long racing slides and various water spray apparatus.   The Holiday will be transferred to Iberocruceros, a Spain-based sister cruise brand under the Carnival Corporation & plc umbrella.

Former Tameron Honda Site Auctioned

Posted on August 14, 2008
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The former Tameron Honda site on Hwy 98 in Daphne was auctioned today at 1:00 PM.  The auction for the 4.04 acre site with 29,000 SG under roof only drew three registered bidders.  The hammer price for the successful bidder was $1.125 million, which did not meet the non-disclosed reserve price set by the seller.  The high bidder and seller were able to negotiate a contract immediately following the auction.   The property had previously been listed for $2.9 million after Tameron Honda vacated the location for their new site at Hwy 181 and I-10 in Daphne.

 

San Carlos Gulf Shores Condominium Auction Cancelled

Posted on August 13, 2008
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The planned Saturday August 17th, 2008 auction of San Carlos condominiums in Gulf Shores, Alabama was cancelled earlier today.  Sheldon Good & Company, which was handling the auction, stated the developer has withdrawn all of the condiuminiums from the auction and directed Sheldon Good & Company to cancel the auction event.  The auction was to occur at the Renaissance Hotel in Mobile, AL.  The Mobile, Alabama auction site was chosen in an effort to make the auction more accessible for out of town buyers.  Sheldon Good is known as one of the largest national auction firms in the country.   The auction had been advertised to be offering 35 San Carlos units, with 15 of those being offered absolute.   San Carlos Condominiums is a 20-story, high-rise building fronting the beach. It was built in 2006 and has nine residences per floor. The two and three bedroom units in the San Carlos condominium were to have suggested opening bids of $200,000.

Mobile makes top 50 list for best places to ‘live and play’

Posted on August 12, 2008
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Excerpted from:  Mobile Press-Register  Tuesday, August 12, 2008 By KAIJA WILKINSON, Business Reporter

Mobile joins the likes of Seattle, San Francisco and Chattanooga, Tenn., in the September issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine as one of the “50 next great towns” in which to live and play.   Magazine editors said their annual choices “aren’t just on prime relocation spots now, but smart choices for the future.” National Geographic asked the Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau for its recommendation of interesting, offbeat local destinations, according to bureau President Leon Maisel. Editors made their choices after visiting the various locales. In Mobile, tours of the local river delta system were a major draw, Maisel said.

Mobile was the only Alabama site among the magazine’s 50 choices. Most of the areas were in the western part of the United States. Tourist spending is big business in Mobile, according to the Convention & Visitors Bureau, which put 2007 tourism spending at $888.6 million in Mobile, which welcomed an estimated 2.6 million visitors. Other Mobile highlights in the top-50 list included the outdoor patio at Café 615 on Dauphin Street and the Kate Shepard House bed and breakfast.

The Mobile area has been in the pages of other National Geographic publications, including an article earlier this year in National Geographic Traveler that focused on the Eastern Shore on Mobile Bay.

Wintzell’s Oyster House opens in Spanish Fort

Posted on August 2, 2008
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Wintzell’s Oyster House opened it’s newest store in Spanish Fort, AL on Friday.  The new restaurant is located in the Eastern Shore Centre at I-10 and Hwy 181.  Wintzell’s is famous for their oysters -  serving them via Wintzell’s renown slogan of “Oysters - fried, stewed, or nude”.  Their restaurants walls are decorated with signs that contain  Oliver Wintzell’s homespun sayings.  These signs are now characterized as “Wit and Wisdom from Winzell’s Walls”.  Wintzell’s Oyster House has been serving seafood dishes to the Gulf Coast for over 70 years.   The Eastern Show Centre location marks Wintzell’s sixth location.  Wintzell’s Oyster House franchise opportunities are now available. 

For more information on Wintzell’s Oyster House, please visit www.wintzellsoysterhouse.com

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