Approximately 29,000 amusement park and attractions industry professionals from 110 nations packed the Orange County Convention Center for the IAAPA Attractions Expo 2013 this past November. It ended a record-breaking year as more than 43,000 people participated in IAAPA’s Expos around the world.
Hosts Banks Lee and JeniLynn Knopp bring you this week’s theme park and attraction news. On this week’s episode:
Hong Kong Disneyland continues to grow with the announcement of its newest attraction coming in 2016, Marvel’s Iron Man Experience. This marks the first time since Disney acquired Marvel four years ago that an attraction based off a Marvel character has been announced.
To honor the 60th anniversary of Walt Disney Imagineering, an “open house” will be offered at Disney’s D23 Expo, Aug. 9-11, offering an unprecedented look at its creative processes.
By Jane Dunkelberger The 38th Annual Sun ‘n Fun expo took place last week at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. The annual event is sort of like a spring break festival and air show for pilots and airplane enthousists.
Disney’s D23 Expo 2011 starts this Friday Aug. 19 and runs through Sunday in Anaheim, Calif. Orlando Attractions Magazine staff will be there to meet those of you who can make it and update those of you who can’t. Disney will present special panels and presentations, movie screenings, celebrity appearances and autograph signings, plus new…
Many celebrities were spotted and surprise big announcements were made during the arena events at the first Disney D23 Expo, and more of the same is expected this year. D23, Disney’s official fan club has announced the arena schedule D23 Expo 2011.
The International Association of Amusement Parks Expo, the largest annual gathering of the amusement park and attractions industry, returned to Orlando this week to begin a 10-year run. Although we don’t claim to have visited all 1,136 exhibitors which filled 1 million square feet of space at the Orange County Convention Center, we did our…
AARP (an association for people aged 50 and older) is bringing its annual National Event & Expo to Orlando this fall. Taking place at the Orange County Convention Center from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, Orlando@50+ is a three-day event geared towards those over 50 and will offer something for everyone with entertainment, celebrities, experts…
The above image, released by Disney as part of the long-awaited Star Tours update announcement, may offer some clues as to what destinations guests will be traveling to when the popular Star Wars-based ride is updated in 2011. Seated at a table in front of boards of concept art are Walt Disney Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald (left), Industrial…
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