Feb. 17, 2011 – Join hosts JD Trussell and Samantha Sanders as they bring you the latest Orlando theme park and attraction news and more on this week’s episode. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYPX_qvT8UM This week’s show covers these topics and more: • Epcot Flower and Garden Festival • Hard hat tour of the new Cheetah Hunt Roller Coaster [...]

It’s almost time once again for the sports fans to take over Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Sports stars from the NFL, MLB, NBA and NCAA, plus TV sports hosts, are headed back to Walt Disney World for the eighth annual ESPN The Weekend March 4 to 6, 2011. This year’s lineup features more than 35 athletes [...]

The Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros baseball teams will soon begin their spring training in the Orlando area. Over at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, the Braves spring training workouts begin on Feb. 15 for pitchers and catchers, with full-squad workouts beginning Feb. 19. For the Astros, spring training takes place at the [...]

Feb. 10, 2011 – Join hosts Samantha Sanders and Jessica Steele Allen as they bring you the latest Orlando theme park and attraction news and more on this week’s episode. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoxXUHoccA8 This week’s show covers these topics and more: • Motorcade for Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers at the Magic Kingdom • SeaWorld’s New Whale [...]

Super Bowl XLV’s Most Valuable Player, Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, made good on the promise he made just minutes after his win. He arrived at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Monday afternoon, Feb. 7, 2011, and rode through the park with Mickey Mouse. This article could have been titled “The Big Cheese Gives [...]

By Don Gworek Orlando’s longest-running local road race, the Dick Batchelor 5K, relocated to Universal Orlando this year. The event raises money for a number of children’s charities. Here’s a look at this morning’s run. Last year’s registration was approximately 1,200, and this year it jumped to 1,800. This was the 30th running of the [...]

By Don Gworek Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend is one of the biggest group events in the Orlando area with a registration of more than 50,000. This is the size of some of the major conventions that come to town. When you factor in non-running guests who join their family members on the trip, it’s [...]

Jan. 6, 2011 – This week’s show comes to you from Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum on International Drive. Join hosts Jessica Steele Allen and Greg Hutson as they bring you Orlando theme park and attraction news. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6PNSlVJ6aA This week’s show covers these topics and more: • Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! • Fire [...]

I had the opportunity to see the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at the crack of dawn, and quickly snapped these photos to share.

Motocross champion and co-owner of Hart & Huntington tattoo Carey Hart found himself held captive by the Queen of Hearts at Halloween Horror Nights XX at Universal Studios on Oct. 28, 2010. Hart was hosted at Halloween Horror Nights while he was in Orlando to celebrate the launch of the new website for Hart & [...]

It’s appropriate that you’ll have to be quick to get the free tickets to meet NASCAR driver Tony Stewart at CityWalk this Thursday. You can get Tony’s autograph at NASCAR Sports Grille from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 28, 2010 at Universal CityWalk. Meeting Tony is free but it’s limited to 525 tickets, which [...]

Fantasy Surf, an indoor surfing facility just down the street from Walt Disney World is open and ready for adventurous waveboarders and surfers of all experience levels. The new building features a 32 foot wide, 49 foot long double FlowRider. The FlowRider uses high-pressure pumps to create as much as a 30 MPH three-inch sheet [...]

It’s always more fun to go through a haunted house with screaming girls. If you watch two big burly guys go through, you usually don’t get much reaction. So if you want some screams and fun, what’s the opposite of big burley guys? – Cheerleaders of course. Last weekend Busch Gardens invited some of the [...]

Article, photos and video by Don Gworek Disney introduced a new Halloween 5K race as part of the opening weekend events of the Epcot Food and Wine Festival. This is the first time the Magic Kingdom has been the site of a 5K race. The race started in the twilight of 7 a.m. Saturday at [...]

Article by Susan and Simon Veness “3-2-1-OPEN!” And, with that short countdown, Orlando’s newest “attraction” was declared open to the public. And a pretty amazing prospect it is, too. Because the new, state-of-the-art $380 million Amway Center is not just a sporting and entertainment venue, it is a sparkling beacon at the heart of downtown [...]

On a visit to Busch Gardens Tampa today, basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal fed giraffes on a Serengeti Safari experience and playfully encountered a pair of African elephants. Shaq and his kids were at the park to enjoy a fun day together during the off-season. After getting up close with several exotic animals, Shaq and family [...]

A new Buffalo Wild Wings sports bar/restaurant opened today just off U.S. 192, near Walt Disney World. The new location is the largest in Central Florida, with a 7,500-square-foot building and a 3,000-square-foot outdoor patio/bar overlooking a lake. Tourist sports fans will be able to enjoy the facility’s approximately 50 video monitors (including 3D), 10 [...]

After the Miami Heat gained two megastar free-agents (LeBron James and Chris Bosh), guard Dwyane Wade celebrated with a vacation to Disney World where he stopped by ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to play a fun 3-on-3 game with Mickey Mouse and AAU girls basketball players from South Florida and Louisiana. The youth teams [...]

Catching a wave in landlocked Kissimmee doesn’t seem likely. But soon tourists and locals will be able to experience the rush of sliding, riding and surfing waves when Fantasy Surf opens this October. The new $4 million indoor aquatic recreation venue will be located near U.S. 192 and State highway 535 on FantasyWorld Resort property. [...]

Five Buffalo Wild Wings sports restaurants/bars in Central Florida have entered into a partnership with California-based Be Media to offer 3D viewing for its customers. The new program will start with at least 25 live World Cup games beginning with the opening match between South Africa and Mexico, June 11. The 3D viewing is a [...]