Sure, it’s an honor just to be nominated… but we’d like your help in winning a few categories in The Orbbies, awards created by the Orlando Sentinel honoring “Orlando’s Rockin’ Blogs.” We’re nominated in the Theme Parks & Tourism category and if you enjoy this blog, you can vote for us by clicking the graphic [...]

Since we started the magazine a couple of years ago, we’ve had a limited number of Orlando Attractions Magazine T-Shirts available. They’ve been quite popular, as we’re down to only a handful of small and large sizes remaining. But we realize not everyone wants a shirt with just our logo on it. We’ve planned on offering [...]

Thanks to the suggestion of a reader, our magazine covers are now available for purchase in a variety of ways. A reader wrote in wanting to buy one of our covers as a poster for her son and we had one of those “Why didn’t we think of that?” moments. All of the photos in [...]

By Audrey Brown Cory Doctorow is the author of several books, one of which takes place in the Walt Disney World of the future. It’s called “Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom”. It not only displays Doctorow’s keen insights on the future of entertainment, but also his true love of Disney theme parks, in [...]

The Fall 2009 issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now shipping! Feature articles in this issue include: • COVER STORY: Rock ‘n’ Ride Blast off with Orlando’s newest, most high-tech roller coaster, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios. • Filling Florida with Fright Busch Gardens & Universal Studios give Central Florida some of [...]

Here’s a great video summary of yesterday’s Walt Disney Studios presentation at the D23 Expo including film clips, celebrity appearances, and, of course, Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmkzdJAB3_4 Be sure to read our summary of the whole presentation.

The Fall 2009 issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for preview and pre-order. Feature articles in this issue include: • COVER STORY: Rock ‘n’ Ride Blast off with Orlando’s newest, most high-tech roller coaster, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios. • Filling Florida with Fright Busch Gardens & Universal Studios give Central Florida [...]

We’re holding our first-ever Twitter contest! We have 5 copies of the Walt Disney World Trivia iPhone game and 5 copies of the Disneyland Resort Trivia iPhone game to give away courtesy of Campbell/Gambill Designs. Each weekday for the next two weeks, we’ll be giving away one a free copy of these apps, valued at [...]

The Summer 2009 issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for preview and pre-order. It’s our first quarterly issue and the first of our new and improved editions featuring nearly 20% more pages, thicker paper, more high-quality photography, and more articles than ever before. Feature articles in this issue include: • COVER STORY: Hitch a [...]

Much like the ever-changing landscape of Orlando’s theme parks and attractions, we always like to keep things new and fresh. We have a few changes we want to let our readers know about. On the Web As a visitor to this blog, you may have already noticed we have updated and improved our popular Orlando Attractions [...]

First the book store in Celebration closed, then it was announced that the Virgin Megastore is closing, now the B. Dalton book store in the Pointe Orlando shopping center is closing. The store is set to close in mid-May. The B. Dalton has been a part of the Pointe Orlando center since it opened. The [...]

Volume 2, Issue 3 (April / May 2009) of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for preview and pre-Order. FEATURES: • COVER STORY: Idol Opportunity Visitors to Disney’s Hollywood Studios get into the act in the new American Idol Experience. • Unleash Your Inner Celebrity VIP tours offer a unique way to see Orlando’s theme [...]

Today is the last day to enter the Mystery Photo contest in our current (Feb./March 2009) issue. The picture in the magazine must have been a bit too hard to figure out, so we’ve expanded the photo here. The clue is: To find this hanging decoration, you must travel halfway around the world, yet remain [...]

From distantcreations.com: The mystery behind Disney’s “Are you 23?” viral question is quickly unraveling leading up to the March 10 reveal date. At least one Barnes & Noble store has put out the new quarterly “Disney Twenty Three” magazine a few days earlier than they were supposed to and DC blog reader Joseph has sent [...]

Here are links to our newest Photo Gallery sets. Many of these go along with our newest issue. Cinderella Castle Suite Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure Epcot International Food & Wine Festival 2008 American Idol Experience (More pictures coming after the grand opening this week.) Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground Festival of the Masters [...]

Our current issue (Feb./March 2009) features a story called Happily Ever After by Julie Saunders. The article profiles different couples who’ve had some sort of romance in the theme parks, such as proposals, weddings and renewals. Unfortunately the article went a little too long for the space we had allowed and one couple was left [...]

If you haven’t subscribed yet and you’ll be in the Orlando area, the newest issue (February/March 2009) is now available at the following stores: B. Dalton Booksellers in Pointe Orlando on International Drive. Katie’s Candy Company at Universal CityWalk.

Volume 2, Issue 2 (February / March 2009) of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for pre-order! We’re expecting it back from the printer very soon, so orders should be mailed out this week. This new issue includes: • Solving Top Secret Missions with Kim Possible New adventure at Epcot turns guests into undercover agents. • Vehicular [...]

Reading Trout Books in Celebration, the small community’s only book store, is unfortunately closing at the end of the month. The owners, Amy and Adam Parrish, said the store was just taking too much time to run. They both have been running the store along with their full-time jobs with Disney and if that wasn’t [...]

Since we have no way of knowing which of our magazine stories were the most popular in 2008 (although we could probably guess), here is a list of our top 10 blog entries for 2008 and our top 10 most viewed videos on YouTube of all time. Keep in mind that some of our stories [...]