There's never a dull moment when it comes to the Central Florida theme park scene, so All Things Florida is launching a monthly podcast. The inaugural April edition just went live and it covers:   -- The soft opening of Fast & Furious Supercharged at Universal Studios Florida   -- The official March 23, 2018 opening of The Great Lego Race at Legoland Florida   -- Toy Story Land sneak peeks   -- Universal Orlando expansion news   -- Reviews of Universal Orlando GradBash from a chaperone perspective, Royal Pacific Resort, Animal Kingdom, SeaWorld Orlando, and the Mr. Easter Bunny and Mrs. Easter Bunny at the Magic Kingdom.  Check out the video of the podcast, and stay close to see what's in the works for May's edition.

There's 2 1/2 hours of people in there. The Great LEGO Race -- billed as the first virtual reality coaster for families -- opened on March 23, 2018 in Legoland Florida. We kicked the tires the following afternoon, and unlike the first wave of reviews coming from the March 23 media day that found reporters having the ride to themselves, we put Legoland to the test on a busy day with peak crowds. The wait when we arrived was 2 1/2 hours. Yes, 150 minutes for a kiddie coaster. The good news is that it's the best virtual reality coaster that we've been on in terms of how smoothly the effects correlate with the actual attraction. Anyone familiar with the original ride knows the swoops and sharp turns, and the virtual race between Lego minifigures has some clever scenes to justify the sharp movements. Neither of us felt queasy after the ride, something that mars some VR experiences. The bad news is that the addition of VR slows down the throughput for a ride that was a...

This week's featured Celebration, Florida house is actually a condo. Apartment 310 at 909 Waterside Lane is one of the rare two-story penthouse condos in the building with a second-level loft area. The third and fourth floors that you see in this snapshot are the condo. A covered parking space on the ground floor and a nearby elevator can whisk you up to the third floor for a Mediterranean style home complete with a built-in fireplace and two private balconies. Most of the living area takes place on the lower floor. That's where the two bedrooms and two baths are located as well as a foodie-friendly kitchen and even a built-in fireplace. However, the reason that this property makes the cut -- despite asking roughly $80,000 more than the average Waterside Lane condo at its $312,388 asking price-- is the media room loft where three rows of stadium seating can seat six guests as they watch a movie, the big game, or play video games. Another slick feature is the large c...