There has been plenty of coverage of Disney’s American Idol Experience attraction over the last few months (including gracing the cover of one of our recent issues), but now it’s time for the real thing. American Idol Season 9 auditions are coming to Orlando’s Amway Arena this week. Registration takes place on July 7 and [...]

Some members of coastercrew.com have posted the below video showing the video playing on the recently installed video screens in the waiting area at Universal Studios’ Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit coaster. From watching the video, it appears some of the artists you’ll be able to choose to listen to while riding are: The Beastie Boys [...]

This gives the “King of Pop” a new meaning. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is putting a Michael Jackson portrait made from gum balls on display in the lobby of the Orlando Odditorium. The special exhibit will begin this afternoon and the portrait will remain on display through at least July 13. Created …

Universal Orlando is taking social media to another level with the creation of “rock legend” Syd Vinyl. The character of Syd, “one of the most famous death metal cyper punk fusion stars of the ’80s,” has been consulting with Universal on their upcoming Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster. Syd even has his own Facebook [...]

The whole family can boogie down at Epcot starting tonight as popular tribute bands take the stage throughout the summer at the America Gardens Theatre. Seven tribute bands will recreate classic hits from musical icons under the stars as part of the Sounds Like Summer concert series. Concerts, which are included in regular Epcot admission, [...]

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 [...]

You can join the party every night this summer at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay as the park celebrates 50 years of fun. “Summer Nights” offers extended hours, special entertainment and festive food and drink every night, through Aug. 16. An infectious dance designed expressly for park guests will amp up the energy every night, and [...]

Want to see people try to lose weight by dancing? Want to try it yourself? A new dance/weight loss competition series on the Oxygen network called Dance Your A** Off will make a stop on their promotional tour this Friday and Saturday at Universal’s CityWalk. (I’m sure you can figure out what the **’s stand [...]

Members of the pop group No Doubt: Singer Gwen Stefani, left, bass player Tony Kanal and guitarist Tom Dumont pose with Goofy at the Magic Kingdom June 4, 2009. The group was taking a break from their current concert tour to enjoy a day at the theme park. Photo by Diana Zalucky

John Oates chilled out with his son, Tanner, inside Penguin Encounter while meeting some of SeaWorld’s well-known friends. The legendary duo, Hall & Oates, performed some of their classic hits at SeaWorld’s Bud & BBQ earlier this year.

Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit will be a high-speed rush of first-ever maneuvers, hit music and specially created take-home videos starring each rider. These experiences have never been brought together on a coaster before – and rely on extreme technologies being used in entirely new ways. The ride vehicle is a high-performance hot rod …

Several Grammy-winning bands highlight the lineup of popular music acts during this year’s Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Sept. 25 to Nov. 8. The Eat to the Beat! concert series will bring 17 acts – showcasing everything from rock to jazz, funk to pop – to the America Gardens Theatre stage during the 45-day [...]

Following American Idol winner Kris Allen’s motorcade and song today at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, he popped in on the 11:00 a.m. performance of The American Idol Experience attraction, offering advice to the three park guests who were singing in the show. He also timidly announced that show’s winner who would advance on to the finale [...]

This is the second post in a series from Disney’s Hollywood Studios in which American Idol winner Kris Allen arrived today via motorcade and answered a few fan questions from the screaming crowd. Allen appears to be quite a laid-back, quiet guy who has now been thrust into superstardom by way of his winning the [...]

American Idol winner Kris Allen previously exclaimed that he was “going to Disney World” and today he did, in fact, appear at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. He arrived via motorcade down the park’s main street, Hollywood Boulevard, greeted by hundreds of fans. He ultimatedly made his way onto a stage in front of The American Idol [...]

Moments after becoming the newest American Idol, Kris Allen let the world know that he would be “going to Disney World.” Now we’ve found out that he’ll be making an appearance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on May 29 at 10 a.m. in a celebrity motorcade. There’s no word yet as to whether he’ll sing at [...]

One of the most popular (and most entertaining) parts of the annual Star Wars Weekends events at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is the day-ending performance of Hyperspace Hoopla. The highlight of this character-filled show is the Dance-Off with the Star Wars Stars during which characters from the Star Wars universe have a chance to bust a move [...]

Just hours before America voted Kris Allen the new American Idol and he announced he was going to Disney World – performers, stars, and Idol alums walked the red carpet outside the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and talked about The American Idol Experience attraction in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Kris Allen shouted the famous words “I’m Going to Disney World!” immediately after being crowned the newest American Idol in the show’s star-studded season finale on May 20, 2009 in Los Angeles. Disney camera crews captured Allen’s celebratory pronouncement on the Nokia Theatre stage mere moments after American Idol host Ryan Seacrest announced the champion’s [...]

By Derrik J. Lang, AP; Photo of The American Idol Experience stage by Matt Roseboom LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Allen or Adam Lambert won’t just be crowned the next “American Idol” — one of them is going to Disney World. Whichever singer wins will shout the famous phrase “I’m going to Disney World!” in [...]