A new pirate will be appearing in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Magic Kingdom. Starting on May 20, the projection of Capt. Blackbeard will replace Davy Jones on the fog waterfall in the attraction. The Disney Parks Blog reported that actor Ian McShane, who plays Capt. Blackbeard in the upcoming “Pirates of the [...]

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard posed with Star Wars character Chewbacca in front of the new “Star Tours – The Adventures Continue” attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on May 6, 2011. Howard was just honored with his third straight NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award and finished second in the NBA MVP voting this [...]

A classic car show is coming to Downtown Disney this weekend, but as with most things Disney does, it’s more than a usual car show. The three-day event (May 13 to 15) called Car Masters Weekend is devoted to all things cars, with activities from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day at Downtown Disney [...]

Disney has released the full list of celebrities that will be attending the annual Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It was already announced that Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) would be in attendance the first weekend to help reopen the new 3D Star Tours ride, and thanks to the Disney Parks Blog, we now know [...]

Starting this November, guests at the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando will be spotting lions, penguins, pandas and ogres around the large resort. Gaylord has teamed up with DreamWorks Animation to bring some of their best known characters in to meet hotel guests. Dubbed the DreamWorks Experience, Gaylord plans to bring some unique experiences to [...]

Look for an extra special classic car show at Downtown Disney from May 13 to 15. Fans will be able to not only see lots of classic cars but also some of the character cars from the upcoming movie Cars 2. The Disney Parks Blog is reporting that Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater and new spy [...]

Starting this fall, guests staying at two Walt Disney World resorts will have a new room option. Guests at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort may opt to be treated like royalty, while guests at Disney’s Contemporary Resort can feel relaxed – with their mind and body. Continuing the popular “storybook” room concept launched in 2009 at [...]

Last week Universal Orlando announced on their Facebook and Twitter pages that they’d be dropping weekly hints as to the name of their new attraction. Today, their first hint arrived and the obvious clue points to either King Kong or Despicable Me. Universal announced that Jimmy Neutron’s Nicktoon Blast ride at Universal Studios would be [...]

The fans’ excitement is growing as it’s just one month until the May 20 official opening of “Star Tours -The Adventures Continue” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Disney has been helping to grow that excitement with a mall tour, new online presence and offering more details on the ride itself. Taking place between Star Wars movies [...]

Not only will fans get to hear from many of Orlando’s theme park designers, writers and artists this Friday during the Entertainment Designer Forum, they’ll also have a chance to take home many one-of-a-kind collectables. In addition to the two forum sessions (6:30 and 9 p.m.) at the Mad Cow Theatre in downtown Orlando, there [...]

Disney has started a four city Star Tours tour in Florida to promote their new Star Tours ride, which opens May 20 and kicks off this year’s Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The first tour stop was held yesterday at the Aventura Mall in Miami. The next stop on the tour is Saturday, [...]

April 2011 – There’s a lot of construction activity right now at Downtown Disney. Stores are moving as expansions are done, and to make way for Pleasure Island’s change into Hyperion Wharf.

Video by Jeff Lange Photo by Denise Preskitt Penelope Cruz may play Angelica in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, On Stranger Tides, but the real Angelica is now meeting guests daily at the Magic Kingdom. We were able to speak with her today and bring you this video. Angelica, daughter of the legendary [...]

Horror and zombie fans will want to be at the Wyndham Orlando Resort Memorial Day weekend, May 27 to 29. Spooky Empire, the organization behind the annual Ultimate Horror Weekend each fall, has added a second show, May-Hem. The event will feature a 30th Anniversary reunion of The Evil Dead cast, featuring Bruce Campbell, as [...]

Disney has big plans for their Pixar characters the weekend of May 13 to 15, 2011. That’s the last few days of the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival and it’s dubbed Disney-Pixar Weekend. Although Disney hasn’t officially released much information about the event, an Attractions fan told us they’re planning on having multiple meet [...]

Shrek can now be seen on stage, in addition to his appearance in “Shrek 4D” at Universal Studios. Opening on Tuesday, May 17 and running through Sunday, May 22, Shrek the Musical will be playing at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre in downtown Orlando. “Shrek the Musical” is based on the Dreamworks Animation movie [...]

This weekend, March 25 to 27, the Orange County Convention Center will welcome back MegaCon, a science-fiction/fantasy and comic book convention, featuring celebrity appearances and photo-ops, panels and presentations, merchandise and collectibles and more. Most media and comic book guests are available for autograph signings (prices vary depending on the celebrity), and some are also [...]

Editor’s Note: Disney’s D23 fan club held a special screening event for “Bambi” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago Ill. on Feb. 21, 2011. “Orlando Attractions Magazine” fan Blaine Cummings was in attendance and filed this report. When I was a kid I was completely amazed by hand drawn animation. My thoughts haven’t [...]

The Terminator is back, just like he said he would be, but this is no ordinary Arnold Schwarzenegger-looking Terminator. This Terminator is on display in the Orlando Ripley’s Believe It or Not, so you know there has to be something odd about it. This Terminator statue pays tribute to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, fictional [...]

Actress/singer Vanessa Hudgens posed with the Beast on Feb. 13, 2011 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Hudgens’ co-stars in the upcoming motion picture Beastly, which will be released in theaters March 4, 2011. Photo by Todd Anderson