A new theme park-related show is premiering this Sunday on the Travel Channel. Look for “Future Scream Machines: Bigger, Wetter, Faster” at 9 p.m. May 19, 2013. The show will mark the Travel Channel debut of “Orlando Attractions Magazine” Publisher Matt Roseboom talking about the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) show and [...]

Spooky Empire’s annual May-Hem horror convention is returning next month from May 24 through 26, 2013 at The Rosen Centre. This year’s event will feature all the horror from previous years including special guests, the vendor room, tattoo festival and zombie walk, but also a new separate ticketed event entitled Halloween Extreme. Most of the [...]

Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the founder of the popular female sci-fi merchandise line, Her Universe, will be holding Q&A panels, autograph sessions and more at the Orlando Science Center on Saturday, March 23, 2013 as part of the final days of the Star Wars: Where [...]

Early this morning, Legoland Florida announced the latest expansion to their park. The World of Chima will be opening this July. Based “Legends of Chima,” the fantastical world presented by Cartoon Network features an interactive water ride experience, the Quest for CHI, the action-filled Speedorz Arena, meet and greets and even a new 4D movie.  “This is [...]

Stars of NBC’s daytime drama “Days of Our Lives” will be attending a fan event at Universal Orlando on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Fans will be able to meet their favorite stars of the show, attend a Q and A session and more at both CityWalk and Universal Studios (theme park admission required). Stars in [...]

Disney has announced that its live-action release previously known as 1952 will be titled “Tomorrowland”. The film is set to be released on Dec. 19, 2014 and George Clooney (The Descendants) is set to star. Tomorrowland is written by Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird. Lindelof (Star Trek, Lost, Prometheus) will produce and Bird (The Incredibles, [...]

Want to be in a Fun Spot television commercial? Now’s your chance. Fun Spot is offering fans a chance to be a part of their next commercial in a Gangnam Style flash mob. They are looking for dancers including adults and those over 12 years old – no experience necessary. Choreography, music and script are [...]

Celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse has partnered with the Cooking Channel on a new television program, Emeril’s Florida. This new show focuses on Florida’s many destinations and unique dining, beginning with Orlando as the focus for the show premier episode. “With two restaurants in Orlando, it is only natural that Chef Emeril Lagasse selects our city [...]

SeaWorld Orlando announced their line-up for the 2nd annual Just for Kids festival featuring concerts by the Imagination Movers and Choo-Choo Soul, the Sesame Street crew rocking it out and much more. SeaWorld’s Just For Kids festival takes place on Saturdays from Jan. 12 through Feb. 2, 2013. The 2013 Just For Kids concert lineup [...]

Franklin and Friends characters are joining the SeaWorld brand. Starting in January 2013, the new SeaWorld Kids brand and the Nelvana company will team up to introduce guests to Franklin characters, TV specials, books and merchandise. Highlights of the partnership include: Franklin will take up residence at the three SeaWorld parks for the year, where [...]

When the 29th annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade airs on ABC on Dec. 25, 2012, hosts Nick Cannon and Mario Lopez will lead a two-hour telecast featuring top musical acts. Grammy Award-winning trio Lady Antebellum will headline the seasonal celebration. Joining the trio during the coast-to-coast party will be international superstars Backstreet Boys, soulful [...]

By Banks Lee “Children, evergreens and sleigh rides too. Carols, shining lights and joy brand new. This is a magic time when dreams do come true, you have a sparkling Disney Christmas party. Castles, characters and lot of cheer. Wishing you and yours a brand new year. Jolly old Santa Claus, eight dancing reindeer. Cause [...]

Construction continues on the recently announced Transformers: The Ride attraction and the former Jaws area, rumored to be a Wizarding World of Harry Potter London area including a Grignotts Bank roller coaster, at Universal Studios Florida. The photo above shows the partially enclosed building for the rumored coaster. Here’s another view of the rumored coaster [...]

The largest expansion in Magic Kingdom’s history, New Fantasyland, is officially open. After five years of development and construction, the expansion adds a new dark ride, restaurant, tavern and unique meet and greet experiences. Early this morning was a two-part opening celebration. It started off with Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs, who was [...]

By Kenny “The Pirate” White, Photo by Banks Lee There’s one thing that Disney knows and does better than any other entity – Princesses. Princesses rule the Magic Kingdoms of Disney theme parks around the world. People are known to wait an hour or longer to meet with their favorite princess. Walt Disney World currently [...]

Construction is nearing completion on the newest expansion at Legoland Florida. The Lego Star Wars models such as the Lambda Shuttle from Episode VI Return of the Jedi, have arrived at Legoland Florida and model builders are busy making final adjustments and constructing the animations. All these models will be installed in Miniland USA’s new [...]

By Kenny “The Pirate” White One the favorite traditions of my children growing up was posing in true martial arts style with the Power Rangers. We would schedule our park time around their meet schedules at Disney’s MGM Studios (now Disney’s Hollywood Studios) so the kids could meet each ranger. The Power Rangers would arrive [...]

Brand new carnival/midway games of skill opened today just outside The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Florida. The games are not only themed to The Simpsons, but almost all of the prizes that can be won are Simpsons-related. Universal Studios’ games used to be located in the Amity area of the park before it was [...]

From Oct. 5 through 7, 2012, a weekend-long sci-fi convention presented by Away Mission is coming to Orlando. The convention will feature many stars, artists, and authors including: Avery Brooks – the smooth as velvet Capt. Benjamin Sisko from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV show and Colin Ferguson from the SyFy Channel’s original series Eureka. Rounding out [...]

Orlando Attractions Magazine – The Show has returned for a new season and we’re back to weekly episodes. Join hosts Banks Lee and J.L. Knopp from Theme Park Connection as they present this week’s theme park and attraction news and much more. On this week’s episode: • Periwinkle joins Tinker Bell at Magic Kingdom • [...]