As part of the building of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure, Universal held an online poll asking “Where would you most like to get a refreshment of snack in Hogsmead?” The winner was announced today, The Three Broomsticks, and it will be a part of the final world. Early concept…
Three new restaurants have recently opened up in the Crossroads Shopping Plaza. Crossroads is just off exit 68, and at the other end of Hotel Plaza Boulevard, just down the street from Downtown Disney. The newest of the three is Fuddruckers. It just opened this week. It’s part of a chain known for their hamburgers….
As the central Florida temperature approaches 90 degrees, Cecil Gordon of Walt Disney World Holiday Services touches up the face of a six-foot-tall angel tree-topper inside one of the resort’s holiday warehouses. The angel will be placed on the top of the giant Christmas tree at Epcot during the holiday season. Gordon and his colleagues…
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…
SeaWorld animal care specialist Devi Wise bottle feeds a days-old orphan manatee at the parks’ Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. The female calf – just two-feet long and barely tipping the scale at 21 pounds – was rescued from Ormond Beach on Wednesday. She is the third orphan manatee in two months to come under…
We previously posted photos from this year’s Hot Import Nights event which took place on July 19. Now, here’s a video summary of the event: Visit our Videos page to download high-resolution versions of this video.
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…
I’m not exactly sure what this means, but we received this press release yesterday … At regularly scheduled evening screenings of the musical romantic comedy Mamma Mia! , moviegoers will find a very festive finale only available in theaters. This special event takes place tonight and tomorrow night at the AMC Pleasure Island 24 theater….
I didn’t make it to SeaWorld until late afternoon yesterday. I was just in time for the rain unfortunately. Of course it’s Florida in the summer, so we expected the rain, but we hoped it would stop. It didn’t. But I was able to get a few pictures and see the new Bayside Ski Jam…
Local investors Patz and Ron Turner along with several dignataries will be breaking ground at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13 on Orlando’s newest entertainment venue, Icebar Orlando. They claim it’s the first permanent bar made of ice in the USA. “While traveling throughout Europe, we visited icebars in other countries and wanted to bring…
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