Three stars recently took some time off to visit Walt Disney World for the holidays: Actress and activist Maria Bello, above, who stars as Detective Jane Timoney on the NBC crime drama Prime Suspect, posed with Duffy the Disney Bear on Nov. 25, 2011 in front of the holiday tree at Epcot. Bello also is [...]

Walt Disney World will soon be adorned in holiday décor. Each theme park and resort will have a holiday glow. Here is a list of what to expect from Disney’s holiday events. Magic Kingdom Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party The “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade” will star Santa Claus, gingerbread men, marching soldiers, and [...]

Disney has announced they have entered into a long term partnership with James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring characters and settings from the hit movie Avatar to Disney’s theme parks. It will all begin at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in the next few years. James Cameron, his partner Jon Landau and their [...]

Universal Orlando’s has released a free mobile app for Apple and Android phones, joining SeaWorld, which also released a free app earlier this year and Disney World, which offers a paid app for Verizon customers. Busch Gardens officials say their mobile app is in the works. Both the SeaWorld and Universal apps offer some of [...]

Column by Kevin Yee There are lots and lots of bathrooms at Walt Disney World. So many in fact, that it’s not hard to locate the nearest one. You can always ask a nearby Cast Member for help; usually the closest lavatory is mere steps away. But it can be difficult to find one that [...]

Grammy Award-winning singer Christina Aguilera poses with her son Max, April 11, 2011, in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. In the early 1990s, Aguilera starred on The New Mickey Mouse Club, a musical variety series taped at Walt Disney World. On April 26, Aguilera will debut as one of four musician coaches on the new NBC vocal [...]

Last Thursday during an investor conference, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs talked about long-term plans for the theme parks. Among the good news presented about interactive queues and expansion plans was some future technology news that has some theme park fans worried. Here are some excerpts from Staggs’ speech, “We know that [...]

Jan. 20, 2011 – Join hosts JD Trussell and Jessica Steele Allen as they bring you Orlando theme park and attraction news and more on this week’s episode. This weeks show covers these topics and more: • Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus • Wild Africa Trek at Disney’s Animal Kingdom • Gwazi Roller [...]

Disney’s Animal Kingdom has a brand new tour. The Wild Africa Trek allows guests to experience the animals you see during the Kilimanjaro Safaris ride, but on foot and in a much more personal and cooler way.

Column by Derek Burgan It’s a good news, bad news situation for Florida residents as Walt Disney World announced it has brought back a very popular four day ticket option from last year, but it has raised the price almost 20 percent. The new “Wild 4 Disney Pass” allows Florida residents four visits to any [...]

By Don Gworek Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend is one of the biggest group events in the Orlando area with a registration of more than 50,000. This is the size of some of the major conventions that come to town. When you factor in non-running guests who join their family members on the trip, it’s [...]

While visiting Africa with renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall would be the ultimate safari, Disney and The Jane Goodall Institute are offering a trip that’s closer to home for most. A special VIP trip with Jane Goodall at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is being offered from Feb. 18 to 21, 2011. For $8,500 per adult and [...]

Dec. 31, 2010 – This week’s show brings you 2010 in review. Join hosts Samantha and JD as they bring you all the Orlando theme park and attraction highlights of the past year, with some news thrown in. We’ll review all the big news at Disney World, Universal, Busch Gardens and SeaWorld. Then they’ll let [...]

The Winter 2011 issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available to order. The magazine is at the printer and will be shipping out within the next week or two. Look for it in our iPad app soon, and in major bookstores nationwide sometime in January. Subscribers should receive their copy within the next four [...]

It’s time for the Christmas decorations to start popping up all around Walt Disney World. You may be saying to yourself, “Wait a minute … Wasn’t it just Halloween?” Yes, but forget about all that scary stuff, Mickey’s first Christmas Party starts in less than a week. The current Fall 2010 issue of Orlando Attractions [...]

I don’t make it to Disney’s Animal Kingdom as often as I’d like to since it usually closes early. But I squeezed in a few hours on Halloween. Here are some of the more interesting things I noticed. The trams that bring you to and from the parking lot now have doors on them. The [...]

Guests wanting to venture off the beaten path at Disney’s Animal Kingdom will have the chance during a new, immersive, add-on experience in early 2011. Wild Africa Trek will take a small group of adventurers on personalized guided excursions that include a bushwalk through unexplored areas of the Kilimanjaro Safaris forests. These expert-led treks will [...]

Disney has announced their theme park ticket prices are rising a few dollars. A one day, one park ticket has gone from $79 to $82, a 3.8 percent raise. Read on for the full breakdown of changes. Annual ticket price increases have been a normal occurrence for all the theme parks in Central Florida the [...]

To amusement park lovers, Orlando may be the mecca for dark attractions. In a recent survey of the Darkride and Funhouse Enthusiasts (DAFE) (Yes, there’s a club just for fans of indoor attractions), members chose Magic Kingdom as their “Favorite Dark Attraction Park”. Members were also asked for their favorite dark attractions in the Orlando [...]

Guests at Disney’s Animal Kingdom are getting a special treat along the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail where they can get a rare glimpse of a newborn gorilla born Feb. 19. The critically endangered western lowland gorilla, whose gender is still unknown, is doing well and has already become an integral member of the gorilla family [...]