Events in Celebration Town Center

Join us for three days in Central Florida as the Ferrari Club of America hosts some of the world’s most incredible exotic cars, muscle cars and hot rods in a major concourse event! The Show takes place along the winding waterfront of Celebration, located right across from Walt Disney World Resort ®

The 5th Annual Celebration Exotic Car Festival to benefit Make-A-Wish rolls back into Central Florida the weekend of April 18-20, 2008, with prolific character actor Christopher Lloyd hosting. The festival has established itself as one of the largest of its kind in the country, and is also one of the leading fundraisers for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida. Nearly $400,000 has been donated to Make-A-Wish in the first four years of the event, granting the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditions.
The weekend will start with the duPont Registry Live Jet Reception on Friday April 18th. Held at a private jet hanger at Signature Aviation at Kissimmee Airport, the evening will feature a display of private jets, exotic cars, custom choppers and race boats. Hosted by Les Chefs de France, guests will be treated to Taittinger champagne, fine wines, and sumptuous cuisine at 15 chef stations from Wolfgang Puck Cafe, Emeril’s Tchoup Chop, the Ritz Carlton and many others.
The concours will take place on Saturday, April 19, with the cars lined up along the picturesque boardwalk of the Disney-built town of Celebration, Florida. The world-class show of 230 exotic, limited production automobiles was attended by an estimated 40,000 spectators in 2007. Cars from Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Bugatti, McLaren, Lotus, Saleen, Pantera, Aston Martin, Bentley, DeLorean and many others will be displayed.
The 2008 event will feature a display of movie cars, including the Lamborghini Countach driven by Adrienne Barbeau in the 1981 film “Cannonball Run,” the “Dukes of Hazard’s” General Lee, a customized Shelby GT500 “Eleanor” as used in the film “Gone in 60 Seconds” and the original KITT from “Knight Rider,” now owned by former ‘N Sync star Joey Fatone. The show will also feature Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder from the original “Star Wars” film as well as an appearance by many of the Star Wars characters.
The famous “Back to the Future” DeLorean will be displayed and available for photo opportunities. To celebrate the event, a special screening of the original “Back to the Future” film will be shown at the AMC Theater in Celebration during the concours. The film will be preceded by an “Inside the Actors Studio” type discussion with film cast members including Christopher Lloyd (“Doc Emmett Brown”), Claudia Wells (“Jennifer Parker”) and Jeffrey Weissman (“George McFly”)
Saturday night the Festival Dinner and Party fundraiser will take over Atlantic Dance on Disney’s Boardwalk. The evening will include silent and live auctions, a five star dinner, open bar and a private concert by the Little River Band. The evening will also include a presentation given by a Make-A-Wish child.
The event will conclude with a competitive rally, departing Celebration on Sunday morning for the 100+ mile course.

Additional details about the weekend, as well tickets for the event can be found at www.celebrationexoticcars.com

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Additional details about the weekend, as well tickets for the event can be found at www.celebrationexoticcars.com