Column by Andy Guinigundo Well, after a bit of a hiatus, the Out of the Loop online edition has returned to bring you some attractions news from outside the Orlando area. As always, you can get a full dose of Out of the Loop in the Orlando Attractions Magazine print and iPad editions. 2011 is [...]

Column by Andy Guinigundo At Disneyland Paris, they are getting ready to wrap up 31 days of the 2010 Halloween Festival where guests are invited to immerse themselves in the “Halloweenmosphere”. Although Paris offers many events for all ages as Disney does in the U.S., Disneyland Paris is so scary when it presents a Terroriffic [...]

I’ve been to all of the Universal Studios theme parks (Orlando, Osaka, Singapore and Hollywood) and it’s interesting to see the similarities and differences between them.

Column by Andy Guinigundo The build up leading to the premier of Tron Legacy that comes to theater in December continues. In Florida, we have seen the Light Cycle wraps on the monorail for months now. Tron has had a huge presence at the past two Comic Con conventions. Out in Anaheim at Disney California [...]

Column by Andy Guinigundo Labor Day marks the official end to many parks’ summer seasons. Conneaut Lake Park in Western Pennsylvania has seen more than 100 such seasons come and go. Conneaut Lake, Pa. sits almost 100 miles north of Pittsburgh. Opened in 1892 as Exposition Park, it served mostly as a picnic and gathering [...]

Column by Andy Guinigundo Amusement park company Cedar Fair announced the addition of WindSeeker to its ride lineup at four Cedar Fair parks for 2011. The high spinning ride will grace the landscapes of Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio near Cleveland, Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio, Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, Calif., and Canada’s [...]

Column by Andy Guinigundo As Pixar favorites have continued to grow in popularity, they have been taking up an increasing amount of real estate in the Disney Parks. Toy Story Midway Mania has been in place in Florida and California for a few years now. Pizza Planet has been dishing out the slices of pie [...]

For the past several years, Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios have been very popular. This past weekend in seemingly a galaxy far, far away, California, Star Wars Days commenced, but not at Disneyland. Legoland California hosted its 5th annual Star Wars Days.

So what’s the secret to good health into one’s 8th decade of life and beyond? Is it eating right? Staying off the booze and cigarettes? Exercise? Apparently for one 88-year-old, the answer is frequenting an amusement park and hopping on her favorite coaster. In this case the park is Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio and the favorite coaster, The Diamondback.

The huge world premier for Disney California Adventure’s World of Color has come and gone. World of Color is Disney’s newest nighttime show. The show celebrates the beautiful colors seen in Disney movies, but it is really a multi-sensory experience.

The Summer 2010 issue is now available. Subscribers should receive their copy and the issue should be available at Barnes & Noble, Borders and Books-A-Million book stores nationwide within the next few weeks. Here are some of the stories you’ll read in the latest issue: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter This most anticipated new [...]

Get your front row seats right here as Disneyland unveils its latest attraction “World of Color”, the nighttime water and light spectacle in the California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California. If the technology works like it’s supposed to, you can watch it live right here at 11:30 p.m. eastern time (8:30 p.m. pacific). [HTML1]

Out of the Loop columnist Andy Guinigundo takes a look at the new Legoland water park in California and new rides for Luna Park in New York.

Take a look at Disney’s first ever social media meet-up and find out about some Toy Story Mania scenes that didn’t make the cut.

Guest Column by Don Gworek Universal Studios new theme park in Singapore was in soft opening when I visited in early May. It’s a compact park and easily dismissed as “small”. But really the park is ingeniously designed for light amounts of walking between attractions tucked behind the facades. Two areas are roofed to protect [...]

By Andy Guinigundo On Dec. 16, 2009, the Disney family lost a legend. Roy E. Disney was son of Roy O. Disney and nephew to Walt Disney. More than possessing a famous last name, Roy made some real contributions to the Disney Company. He has been described as the “conscience of the company”. He had [...]

A few years ago some new technology was added to the characters in the Dream Along with Mickey stage show at the Magic Kingdom that allowed the characters mouths to move and eyes to blink. Well it looks like Disney has improved on that technology by enhancing a Mickey meet and greet by allowing him [...]

By Andy Guinigundo Anaheim, Calif. – June 11, 2010 is the day. World of Color, the next generation Disney nighttime water spectacular, is set to debut. Maybe you’ve seen Fantasmic; maybe even the fire-breathing dragon in Disneyland. I’ve seen it. It’s cool. Maybe you’ve seen the fountains of the Bellagio in Las Vegas. These fountains [...]

By Andy Guinigundo We’ve had a few beautiful spring days in Southern Ohio. The temperature has been close to 80 degrees. I cautiously embrace the coming summer and the coming theme park season. I say cautiously because, over the past week, I have awoken to frost and temperatures in the low 30s a few times. [...]

By Andy Guinigundo Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio is my hometown amusement park. I grew up and still reside in the area. I believe all folks deserve a gas tank amusement park to tide them over until they can get to Orlando or other amusement destinations. A gas tank amusement park is a park that [...]