Visit Orlando, the official sales and marketing organization for the Orlando area, has teamed up with the social networking site, Gowalla, to provide consumers the chance to experience Orlando from the comforts of their hometown. Running through April 10, consumers in Austin, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. can work with custom Gowalla [...]

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay recently launched a park-specific blog at buschgardenstampablog.com The new blog features stories from all areas of the park, including animal training, engineering, entertainment, horticulture, culinary, merchandise and more. It will also focus on providing behind-the-scenes details and other unique content that can’t be found elsewhere online. The blog will also …

First we had Orlando Attractions Magazine and a website, then we added a YouTube channel, Facebook, Twitter, an e-newsletter and an iPad app. Today I’m excited and proud to present Orlando Attractions Magazine – The Show. We’ve assembled a fantastic cast of hosts that are all theme park fans in their own right. Each week [...]

This past Saturday, Disney Online announced the winner of its “Design a Fairy House Art Contest,” which ran in February on the online world for girls, Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow (www.PixieHollow.com). The winning fairy house design, inspired by 15-year-old Zoe Periale from Frazier Park, Calif., was revealed during a special ceremony in the Pixie Hollow [...]

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and its waterpark, Adventure Island, are now featured in Street View on Google Maps. Virtual visits are now available to all 10 SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment locations, including the SeaWorld parks in Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego; Discovery Cove, a swim-with-dolphins resort, and Aquatica, SeaWorld’s waterpark, both in Orlando; Busch [...]

It’s become an annual tradition around Central Florida’s theme parks to raise ticket prices by a few dollars. However, SeaWorld is now making an enticing offer for Florida residents to keep them coming back all year. Florida residents can now purchase SeaWorld or Busch Gardens 2010 Fun Cards for $69.95, which is $5 less than their most [...]

The Worth1000.com Web site features a community of digital artists that participate in some amazing daily contests. One of their latest contests is to create a Disney/Marvel Hybrid using Photoshop. There are some amazing submissions. What you see here are just a few of the 52 entries. I encourage you to visit the Web site [...]

Universal Orlando has just launched an official fan page on Facebook for their Halloween Horror Nights event. They’ve promised their Facebook fans frequent updates and exclusive details about this year’s event, Halloween Horror Nights 19: Ripped From the Silver Screen. Fans will be able to participate in live Halloween Horror Nights Q&A sessions on the [...]

For the first time in four decades SeaWorld’s star killer whale is communicating in something other than clicks, squeaks, whistles and trills. Shamu has joined Twitter. Twitter.com, a free social networking/micro-blogging community, allows users to communicate in 140-character blog posts, also known as “tweets.” Shamu, who writes under the Twitter handle “RealShamu,” started tweeting at [...]

We now have a MySpace page for Orlando Attractions Magazine. If you’re a member of MySpace or would just like to check out the page, visit www.myspace.com/attractionsmagazine. You can also become a fan of the magazine on Facebook. If you’re a member of Facebook or would like to become a member, click here to mark [...]

The Top 3 candidates for Disney’s first-ever Chief Magic Official have arrived in Orlando and will begin engaging in various competitions tomorrow. Below is the schedule for the CMO events around Walt Disney World for the next few days, in case anyone wants to try to see and/or take part in the various competitions: Thursday, [...]

Orlando Attractions Magazine is now on Twitter. If you’re already signed up and familiar with Twitter, simply head to www.twitter.com/attractions and follow us for all the latest magazine- and Orlando-related information. Of course, many of you likely have no idea what Twitter is, so I’ll explain. Twitter is a free service that is kind …

We’ve just created a Facebook page for the magazine. If you’re a member of the social networking site or would like to become a member, click here to mark yourself as a fan. We’ve also started a photo album on the page where you can upload pictures of yourself holding up the magazine somewhere in [...]

By visiting our site, I assume you have a love of Orlando’s theme parks, whether it’s just Disney, Universal, SeaWorld, or all three. If you are also up on the latest Orlando attraction news, you may be perfect for our guest blogger position. There’s more Orlando attraction news out there than Ricky and I have [...]

We’ve made drastic improvements in our photo gallery, now utilizing the power and technology of Smugmug. You can now easily browse photos related to articles in each issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine as well as others that we upload between issues. All images are available in a variety of sizes and can even be purchased [...]

Yea! We got a long mention on the Orlando Sentinel’s Web page in their Theme Park Rangers Blog. Click below to read it. Thanks to reporter Steven Ford for this. I encourage you to check their blog out regularly. They have some great timely information there and seem to love the theme parks as much [...]

SeaWorld Orlando has launched a Web site just for kids. It’s themed around the kid’s Happy Harbor area at the park. There are different areas on the site for the kids to play games, each themed around of the new kids rides. All ages can enjoy the games although they’re made for the preschool age. [...]