Guests who purchase advance discount tickets for a Nov. 19 visit to Ice at Gaylord Palms Hotel can also support a worthwhile charity. Fifty-percent of each ticket sold during the promotion will be donated to Give Kids The World. Ice features over 20,000 square-feet of ice sculptures in a room that is kept at a [...]

Universal Orlando will be celebrating the holidays from Dec. 3 until Jan. 1, 2012 with special events and activities inside both theme parks as well as all three on-site hotels. At Islands of Adventure, families can enjoy different Grinch-themed shows and activities. “Grinchmas Wholiday Spectacular” is a daily show starring The Grinch and the Whos [...]

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 [...]

By Kevin Yee In this week’s video version of Photo Finds, we look at construction in Magic Kingdom (including several shots of Fantasyland over the construction wall) and spy a few locations for the upcoming Sorcerers in the Magic Kingdom interactive game (like Kim Possible, but in the Magic Kingdom). Then we tour Fort Wilderness, [...]

Join hosts Banks Lee and Audrey Brown on this special Halloween episode. They’ll bring you all the week’s attraction news from Old Town’s Halloween celebration. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC8zmojf7us On this week’s episode: • Halloween at Old Town in Kissimmee • Haunted Grimm House • Spooky Empire Horror convention • News in the Queue • SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular [...]

SeaWorld’s annual Halloween Spooktacular is underway each weekend in October. All the trick or treating, characters and fun is included with admission to the park. It’s geared towards kids, but adults can have fun as well. We’ll have a full report in episode 47 of “Orlando Attractions Magazine – The Show”, but below are some [...]

Some of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders took a break from the sidelines to visit Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens this past weekend. In addition to screaming their way through many of the haunted houses, they also met up with some zombie cheerleaders. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyV_3LsoEXY Cheerleaders Karen Bittinger, Elisa Eichbauer, Darla Faye Nolan, Milly Figuereo, Kelli Jones, [...]

They’ve come all the way to Florida just to be subjected to freezing temperatures. But not everyone can produce the magnificent ice sculptures that guests see every year at the Gaylord Palms Resort. This year’s theme for the annual ICE! display is Shrek the Halls, based on the holiday television special. In fact, Christmas at [...]

Busch Gardens will host a family friendly Halloween lunch and party on Oct. 22. The Halloween Monster Mash Dine will encourage lunchtime guests to do the Monster Mash and join in a costume parade. During the lunch the Count and his Sesame Street friends will interact with the crowd. The lunch is from 12:30 to [...]

Old Town is celebrating Halloween with complimentary activities the entire family can do together. Enjoy costume contests, live entertainment, haunted streets, trick-or-treat stations and Halloween themed characters each weekend the rest of October. There will be nightly street performances by bullwhip artist Philip Daley, “The Cursed Cutlass” sword battle by Seven Circle Productions and the [...]

Celebration Town Center will present the Fifth Annual Oktoberfest featuring falling leaves on Oct. 7 and 8. Along Market Street there will be live music, pumpkin painting, hayrides, and falling leaves. Parking and admission is complementary during the event. The old-world German sounds of Dan Witucki & Heimatland Musikanten will kick off the event on [...]

The Spooky Empire Ultimate Horror Weekend returns to the Wyndham Orlando Resort on Oct. 7 to 9. The weekend will start off on Friday with the annual Zombie Walk. The Zombie Walk invites zombies of all ages to take part in a walk from Uno’s Chicago Grill to the Wyndham Orlando Resort. Other entertainment at [...]

Busch Gardens’ scary Halloween event, Howl-O-Scream, has begun. The theme this year is the Dark Side of the Gardens – Zombies Live Here. As soon as you enter the park that becomes evident as roaming hoards of zombies and other creatures are all throughout the park. Here are some photos and videos from this year’s [...]

I attended Universal’s first ever Halloween Horror Nights Tweet-up last week and was lucky enough to win a ticket to their Team Member Advance Screaming last night. Here are some photos and video from the preview to give you a taste of the event this year.

Universal Orlando has released their first-ever official mobile app to help fans enhance their experience at Halloween Horror Nights 21. Available as a free download for iPhone and Android users, the app offers an array of features. The all-new Halloween Horror Nights 21 mobile app will allow guests to: • Pinpoint their exact location and [...]

Halloween is coming to Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. One of Tampa’s largest family Halloween events is getting ready for its 13th year. Meander through monstrous marshes and escape carnivorous creeping vines during ZooBoo. The Lowry Park Zoo is offering guests a “Shriek Peek” preview of ZooBoo on Sept. 23 and 24 for $10 per person. [...]

On Oct. 6. Steve Tango and Dave Gonsalves, from SYFY’s Ghost Hunters show, will host a Q&A and autograph session at Halloween Horror Nights in Universal Studios. This event is included with admission to Halloween Horror Nights. Both events will take place at the Pantages Theatre inside Universal Studios. The question and answer session will [...]

We’ve highlighted the very scary fun on tap at Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream and Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, but for the little ones and the horror adverse, SeaWorld and Disney’s Halloween fun may be more your style. Disney’s Halloween parties take place from 7 p.m. to midnight on 23 select nights between Sept. 13 and Nov. [...]

Before heading out on her five city Modelland book tour, Tyra Banks spent some down time at Universal Orlando with her family on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. While there, Tyra came face-to-face with Lady Luck, the blood-thirsty seductress and icon of Halloween Horror Nights 21. Halloween Horror Nights runs 25 nights at Universal Studios beginning [...]

All has been revealed with this year’s Halloween Horror Nights 21 at Universal Studios. Watch below (If you dare) as Lady luck forces Universal Show Director Patrick Braillard to spill the details on eight new haunted houses and six new scare zones. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAAPmjKrols Here are more details on each of the houses and scare zones: [...]