Disney has gone miniature-crazy as they release their third tilt-shift video shrinking Walt Disney World through a clever photography technique. This time, their cameras were set up at the Magic Kingdom, during the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade tapings, capturing the entire parade as well as performances by the Jonas Brothers, Kris Allen, Celine Dion, [...]

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Last week, we told you about Disney testing a queueless meet-and-greet system in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom in which parents would wait in line while their children played in a playground until it was time for everyone to meet a character.
Now it appears that testing continues this week but on a larger [...]

Chef Emeril Lagasse met fans and signed copies of his latest cookbook at Universal Orlando CityWalk on Dec. 14, 2009.
The book signing took place in front of Emeril’s Orlando (his restaurant) in CityWalk. Emeril’s new cookbook, called “20-40-60: Fresh Food Fast” includes simple techniques and quick tips to create healthy meals for the family on the go. [...]

In Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom this week, a few of Disney’s Imagineers and cast members held a test at Pooh’s Playful Spot, the playground located across from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh dark ride.
Pooh characters were made available for meet and greets, but new queueing rules were attached. Parents were instructed, [...]

After a couple of days delay, the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade television taping finished up yesterday at the Magic Kingdom. We brought you photos from the first day of recordings featuring Yanni and Kris Allen last Thursday, and the tapings were to continue the next two days, but Mother Nature had other ideas with [...]

The Winter 2010 issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for preview and pre-order.
Feature articles in this issue include:
• COVER STORY: A Whole New World
Reimagined and expanded Fantasyland to deliver more magic than ever before.
• Blast Off Into Superspace
Disney’s Space Mountain reopens with new enhancements.
• Star Tours II: The Imagineers Strike [...]

“American Idol” winner Kris Allen and composer/pianist Yanni performed at the Magic Kingdom on Dec. 3, 2009 as part of this year’s taping of the annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade.
Taping continues on Dec. 4 and 5 and will be aired on Dec. 25 on ABC.
Here are a few photos of today’s performances, courtesy of [...]

December is one of the best times to visit Orlando. Even though there’s no real snow, you’re sure to be able to get into the Christmas spirit with all of the festivities. Whether want to visit the Grinch, go ice skating, see thousands of dancing holiday lights, Orlando has you covered. Here are the events [...]

We previously told you about being able to virtually walk through the streets of the Universal Orlando Resort via Google Maps. Now SeaWorld parks in Orlando, San Antonio and San Diego have also been captured by Google and are navigable via their Street View technology.
From worldsofdiscoveryblog.com:
Working with Google’s Street View team, nearly every inch of the parks [...]

It was nearly two months ago that the sale of Busch Entertainment Corp. and its theme parks to The Blackstone Group was made public. Now a new name for the company has been revealed.
“SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment” replaces “Busch Entertainment Corporation” with the closing of the sale announced jointly today by Anheuser-Busch InBev and The [...]