Kids can be just like Margo, Agnes and Edith in “Despicable Me” and sleep in hollowed out missiles among hundreds of Minions once the new Despicable Me renovated kids suites debut this fall at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando Resort. The Despicable Me Minion Mayhem attraction at Universal Studios Florida takes guests on [...]
Merida, Disney•Pixar’s first princess from the film “Brave”, was officially crowned as the 11th Disney Princess in a coronation ceremony held in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom today, May 11, 2013. Merida arrived in style atop her horse Angus, and all 10 prior Disney Princesses were on hand to welcome her to [...]
Universal Orlando has officially announced The Wizarding World of Harry Potter expansion will open next year at Universal Studios and will include recreations of Diagon Alley and London from the Harry Potter films. So far, they’ve only released one piece of concept art. Let’s zoom in and take a look:
Today Universal Orlando officially announced their well known secret, Diagon Alley is coming to Universal Studios Florida. From Universal Orlando’s Facebook page: Scheduled to open in 2014, the world’s first centrally themed, multi-park experience expands The Wizarding World of Harry Potter across both Universal Orlando theme parks and allows Universal’s creative team to bring an [...]
It was a busy, fun day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Saturday as Disney’s Limited Time Magic celebrated Star Wars “May The 4th Be With You”. Let’s take a look back in photos and videos. Throughout the day there were many Star Wars characters (and Disney characters dressed as Star Wars characters) roaming the park. [...]
Are you a fan of Tony Stark or the Iron Man armor? After watching “Iron Man 3″, I found out I’m a fan of Tony Stark in the Iron Man armor, which doesn’t happen a whole lot in this movie, but that’s OK. The latest incarnation of the Iron Man movie series takes place after [...]
Merida, Disney/Pixar’s first princess from the film “Brave,” will be officially joining the Disney Princess family at a special ceremony taking place at the Magic Kingdom. At 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, Merida will be joined by all 10 existing Disney Princesses – Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana and [...]
May the Fourth be with you this Saturday and Sunday at Legoland Florida as they celebrate Star Wars Day. Guests will be able to help build a large Lego model of Yoda, participate in a Yoda scavenger hunt and more. Activities on both Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5, 2013 will include: • Lego [...]
May 4 is a date that Star Wars fans worldwide have proclaimed “Star Wars Day” and turned into a celebratory pun, “May the Fourth Be With You!” This year Walt Disney World will be celebrating that day with a special Limited Time Magic event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This one-day-only celebration features special Star Wars [...]
It was Spaceship Mike Wazowski, as the monster from ‘Monsters University’ took over Spaceship Earth at Epcot to help announce a Monstrous Summer at the Walt Disney World. The Magic Kingdom Park in Florida plus Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park in California will stay open from 6 a.m., May 24 to 6 a.m., [...]
To celebrate the June 21 release of ‘Monsters University,’ Mike and Sulley are dropping in from MU to bring monstrous fun to guests all summer long. At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, guests will be able to meet their favorite monsters in an all-new collegiate setting, the Monsters University Student Union. Over at Magic Kingdom, the gang [...]
Today Walt Disney World debuted a new wrap for one of their monorails. The monsters from ‘Monsters University’ have taken over Monorail Teal in anticipation of their new Disney/Pixar film coming out June 21, 2013. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC2UznBssOg This marks the fourth time Disney has wrapped one of their monorails as a promotion for an upcoming movie. [...]
Spooky Empire’s annual May-Hem horror convention is returning next month from May 24 through 26, 2013 at The Rosen Centre. This year’s event will feature all the horror from previous years including special guests, the vendor room, tattoo festival and zombie walk, but also a new separate ticketed event entitled Halloween Extreme. Most of the [...]
From April 15 through 21, 2013, it’s ‘Fairies Week’ featuring the Disney Fairies at Walt Disney World apart of Limited Time Magic. Tinker Bell will be joined by some of her friends including Iridessa, Rosetta, Silvermist, Fawn, Vidia and even Terence at Tinker Bell’s Magical Nook in Adventureland. The Disney Fairies will be meeting and [...]
If you haven’t watched the original Jurassic Park movie recently, the new 3D version, in theaters now, is worth seeing. Overall the movie looks great in 3D and still holds up on the big screen 20 years later. This isn’t a review of the movie itself. Most of you have already seen it. But I [...]
It’s no April Fool’s joke – The sequel to Disney – Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” has been announced. Entitled “Finding Dory,” the sequel will be released on Nov. 25, 2015. The new adventure takes place about a year after the first film and features returning favorites Marlin, Nemo and the Tank Gang, among others. Set in part [...]
On April 13 and 14, over 80 quidditch teams from around the world will flock to Austin Tindall Park in Kissimmee, Fla. for the 2013 Quidditch World Cup. The event will feature two days of games, live entertainment, and food vendors at the action-packed sports event themed to JK Rowling’s “Harry Potter” novels. Real-life quidditch [...]
Earlier today, Universal Parks & Resorts launched their latest app entitled, Universal ScreenPlay. It is an augmented reality experience for guests visiting Universal Parks & Resorts by letting them experience their favorite Universal movies and characters in a new way. The app is free and currently available in both the App store and the Google [...]
The first monorail to be used for a movie promotion was the Tronorail in 2010 for Disney’s Tron Legacy movie, then last year was the debut of an Avengers monorail. Both those are now gone but Monorail Black at Walt Disney World has been given a makeover. Set to debut any day now, the front [...]
The “Tangled” themed rest area is now open at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. The new highly themed area features: restrooms, a ‘D-Zone’ charging station, and a game to find the ‘hidden pascals’ throughout the area. The centerpiece to this area is the iconic “Tangled” tower above a rocky waterfall, this is situated [...]