Key West Business Owners, Employees Hoping For Strong Fantasy Fest After Hurricane Irma
It's Fantasy Fest weekend in Key West – a sign that things are getting back to normal after Hurricane Irma.
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It's Fantasy Fest weekend in Key West – a sign that things are getting back to normal after Hurricane Irma.
Revelers in huge, lavish masks and headdresses -- some towering far higher than their wearers -- made "headlines" at Key West's Headdress Ball, a highlight of the 10-day Fantasy Fest.
Canines, felines, mammals and cuddly rodents took the stage in Key West during the annual Fantasy Fest Pet Masquerade, a wacky costume competition for barking and meowing revelers and their human companions.
Restoration of Key West's Southernmost Point marker, one of the Florida Keys' most photographed tourism icons, is complete after it was damaged when Hurricane Irma struck the island chain Sept. 10.
Several thousand costumed "creatures" pedaled through Key West during the Zombie Bike Ride that concluded the opening weekend of Fantasy Fest, the Florida Keys' first major special event since Hurricane Irma struck the island chain Sept. 10.
Despite Hurricane Irma, 'the show must go on', or in this case the fest - as in Fantasy Fest.
So is it a Key West thing or is it a chicken thing? The short answer is yes.
An iconic sign will soon return to its rightful home in Key West.
Perhaps this is a 'sign' that things aren't quite back to normal in Key West following Hurricane Irma.
The streets of Key West's famous Duval Street are not as packed as they would normally be on a Sunday but considering it's the off-season, the city's mayor is happy with the amount of traffic he sees as the city officially opens back up to tourists three weeks after Hurricane Irma Hit.
The Florida Keys officially reopened to visitors Sunday, three weeks after Hurricane Irma impacted the island chain Sept. 10.
The Florida Keys tourism council is set to launch a $1 million advertising campaign Sunday to promote the return of visitors to the Florida Keys & Key West following Hurricane Irma.
The recovery process will be long but there are some signs of normalcy showing up in the Florida Keys.
Governor Rick Scott has said that he'd like to see storm battered Key West "open for business" within two weeks, but tourism officials marketing the southern end of U.S. 1 indicate it could take longer.
Monroe County leaders are hoping tourists give them a week or so before going down to start pumping life back into the Keys economy.
Key West International Airport will resume commercial service Wednesday morning, Sept. 20.
The Florida Keys remains under boil water notice more than a week after Hurricane Irma hit the area.
There's power to about half the area as residents of the Lower Keys returned home Sunday for the first time since Irma hit a week prior.
Monroe County officials say all residents and business owners of the lower keys will be allowed to return Sunday morning.
The clean up is underway in Key West as residents are just hours away from returning home, but life here will be very different for a while.
Governor Rick Scott and other state officials traveled to the Florida Keys Friday.
Key West's famed Duval Street is lined with debris as residents who stayed behind begin what will most likely be a long clean up and recovery process.
Residents of the Lower Keys and Key West are stunned by the damage and destruction caused by Hurricane Irma.
As search and rescue teams go door to door in the hardest hit areas of the lower Keys, including Big Pine Key and Cudjoe Key, so far they've found 8 people who died trying to ride out Hurricane Irma.
Hurricane Irma has regained strength as it closed in on the Florida Keys early Sunday, expected to hit between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m.
