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 [...]

Walt Disney Imagineering is always coming up with new ideas to push the envelope in terms of theme park attractions, and from their new ride system patent, they’re looking to do it again. News site Disney by Mark has shared with us a look at a new ride system that WDI has recently patented. The [...]

May 4 is a date that Star Wars fans worldwide have proclaimed “Star Wars Day” and turned into a celebratory pun, “May the Fourth Be With You!” This year Walt Disney World will be celebrating that day with a special Limited Time Magic event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This one-day-only celebration features special Star Wars [...]

A brand new daytime parade will be replacing the Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade at the Magic Kingdom in Spring 2014, and this parade is full of Fantasy. The Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade will bring the magical stories of New Fantasyland to Main Street, U.S.A., through fantastic and innovative new parade floats, vibrant [...]

Disney has released videos providing your first look inside two anticipated construction projects in New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. Anticipated to debut in Spring 2014, the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train will take guests on a rollicking, musical ride into the mine “where a million diamonds shine” and through the rolling countryside surrounding the mine. [...]

To celebrate the June 21 release of ‘Monsters University,’ Mike and Sulley are dropping in from MU to bring monstrous fun to guests all summer long. At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, guests will be able to meet their favorite monsters in an all-new collegiate setting, the Monsters University Student Union. Over at Magic Kingdom, the gang [...]

Hosts Banks Lee and JeniLynn Knopp bring you this week’s theme park and attraction news and more. On this week’s episode: • News In The Queue: New name for the Disney mom’s panel; Tuskegee Airmen at Fantasy of Flight; True Love Week at Magic Kingdom; TNA wrestling leaving Universal Studios; Bands Brew and BBQ and [...]

Theme park fans will be able to build their dream parks this summer with the help of a new computer game, and the developer is looks for your help. Theme Park Studio is a suite of tools that will allow players to build amazing looking theme parks, roller coasters, flat rides, scenery, landscaping, and more in [...]

If you follow us on Twitter (@attractions) you may have seen us occasionally reTweeting an account called @FakeThemePark. Hopefully you don’t take them too seriously. As their name implies, their account is not real and serves to give a chuckle to a theme park fan’s day. They are usually able to be funny in 140 [...]

Long-time theme park performer and show developer Ron Scheider has released an autobiography. Entitled, From Dreamer to Dreamfinder: A Life and Lessons Learned in 40 Years Behind a Name Tag, the book is currently available in paperback and ebook formats from all major retailers. Ron is probably best known for bringing to life the beloved character “Dreamfinder” [...]

The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Expo (IAAPA) is the largest annual conference and trade show of the $24 billion global theme park and attractions industry. This past week, the Orange County Convention Center was converted into a dazzling marketplace of midway-style thrills that may arrive soon at favorite theme park and attractions [...]

By Andy Guinigundo Jacksonville, Florida’s Sally Corporation may not pop into your mind when you think about theme park rides. Chances are, however, you have been on a Sally Corp dark ride. E.T. Adventure at Universal Studios here in Orlando? – Sally. Maybe Legoland is more your style. Perhaps you have been on Legoland’s Lost [...]

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 • [...]

San Diego hosts the original SeaWorld park. It shares some attractions with our park in Orlando, but many of these attractions have some interesting differences. Just like in Orlando, there is a One Ocean show featuring Shamu. And San Diego also has a Blue Horizons show featuring dolphins. However, notice how the stadium seating …

The Disney Parks Blog recently unveiled two videos giving fans an inside look at Enchanted Tales with Belle, the new interactive meet and greet coming to New Fantasyland later this year. This new meet and greet will be like no other, the multi-room experience will lead guests into Maurice’s cottage, through a magic portal, and [...]

Universal Orlando is testing a whole new system to skip the lines at select attractions. Instead of their Universal Express pass, the Universal Ride Reservation System lets guests reserve the time they want to ride using a small interactive pager. The new interactive pager, dubbed the U-Bot, lets guests make a reservation by scrolling up [...]

A rare and exciting birth recently took place at SeaWorld Orlando. A weedy sea dragon has given birth to his first few baby sea dragons. This is the first time sea dragon eggs have successfully hatched at a SeaWorld park and is considered a very extraordinary occurrence in aquariums around the world. In fact, there [...]

SeaWorld Orlando recently released a new teaser video for their newest expansion, Antarctica – Empire of the Penguin. The video shows off never before seen concept art of the attraction and penguin exhibit. Opening in Spring 2013, Antarctica – Empire of the Penguin is a voyage to the bottom-of-the-world, to the coldest and windiest continent, to a [...]

Yesterday we went to Busch Gardens Tampa to see what’s new and if any construction had started on any of the Howl-O-Scream houses. It turns out that the two new houses are currently being constructed and some other new additions have popped up around the park. The facade for one of the two new houses [...]

Paint and thinner will once again alter the universe on Nov. 18, 2012 as Disney Interactive launches its highly-anticipated action adventure game “Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two”. “Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two” returns Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to Wasteland, an alternate world filled with more than [...]