From orlandosentinel.com: Attention, fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals. You, too, Super Bowl freaks. And even you Al Roker devotees. All those factors will come together Saturday when Roker broadcasts live for NBC’s Today show from Universal Orlando. They’re looking for enthusiastic folks to be in the background, not unlike folks who crowd the plaza in [...]

Photo by Matt Marriott/Busch Gardens Bengal tigers in Jungala at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay get a taste of the excitement that comes with the Super Bowl being held in their city. The tigers are part of Jungala at Busch Gardens, where you can get clear views of the tigers in subterranean caves and underwater windows, [...]

Universal Orlando Resort is inviting Gator fans to continue their celebration this Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 as it hosts the Gators National Championship Celebration Day with special savings and entertainment throughout the day. Universal will become Gator Country as they congratulate the National Champion University of Florida Gator football team. The festivities will include: • [...]

The Indy Racing Experience is expanding its operations to the Walt Disney World Speedway beginning Monday, Nov. 17. Race fans and thrill seekers will have the opportunity to both drive and ride in actual cars that were used in past Indianapolis 500 events. Since 2001, the Indy Racing Experience has been giving patrons nationwide the [...]

Cypress Gardens will host Footin’ Fever, a barefoot endurance competition starting at 8 a.m. this Saturday. Competitors will go head-to-head around the Cypress Gardens show circle on Lake Eloise. Two competitors will go at a time and the first competitor to fall will be eliminated. The entry fee for competitors is $50 and includes free [...]

Motocross champion and co-owner of Hart & Huntington tattoo shops Carey Hart tries to talk his way out of a creepy encounter with a scareactor at Halloween Horror Nights 18 during a visit to Universal Orlando Resort on Oct. 18.

SeaWorld Orlando welcomed 14-year-old British Olympic diver Tom Daley this week. Daley wowed guests yesterday in a special performance of his Olympic dives prior to SeaWorld’s Blue Horizons show. Daley, who competed in Beijing this summer, was the youngest British Olympic competitor in 60 years. Update: Video added

Busch Gardens provided us with this video of Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders Tiffany Jimenez, Ayae Hamanaka, Marlana Aref and Sahara Sears at their Howl-O-Scream event over the weekend. You’ll see the cheerleaders encounter a horde of Killer Klownz, tour the brand-new Death Row Vengeance haunted house and Zombie Junction scare zone, and join the famous [...]

We’ve had readers ask us what’s happening with the long-planned, never progressing Ron Jon Surf Park at the Festival Bay Mall. By this summer, they were supposed to have a huge surf area with a full-size wave pool, two smaller ones and a lazy river that brings you back to the start after you’ve surfed [...]

The 2008 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships as well as the first-ever Pokémon Video Game Showdown will take place this weekend at the Hilton near Downtown Disney. The Pokémon Video Game Showdown will feature 64 of the most talented players from the U.S. and Japan competing in two different age divisions. U.S. qualifiers were [...]

Squeeze in one more “summer” getaway without breaking the bank through Orlando’s second annual Endless Summer promotion. Running from Aug. 15 through Nov. 15, the program offers more than 80 “Get One Free” offers. Created by the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau for the long-weekend getaway traveler, Endless Summer provides such deals as “Stay [...]

From 8 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Aug. 8 at CityWalk, Universal will be holding an Olympic Opening Ceremony Viewing Party. You can watch the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games from Beijing, China on CityWalk’s big Astrovision screen. There will also be street performers, music and more. The competition of the world’s [...]

Veteran wide receiver Joey Galloway gives his autograph to a fan during 2007 training camp at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will come back for their seventh NFL training camp at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex starting tomorrow through Aug. 14. The team’s daily practices are free and open [...]

Check out our photo gallery of pictures from the World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) weekend WrestleMania XXIV events. First up is the Hall of Fame ceremony which was held at the Amway Arena Saturday night. Next up on Sunday morning was the benefit for Make-A-Wish, the Bacon, Bagels & Biceps Brunch held at The Rosen Centre [...]