The Walt Disney World Speedway is home to the Richard Petty Driving Experience as well as the newer Indy Racing Experience, both of which allow guests to ride in and/or drive real race cars at speeds of over 100mph. This video is a quick summary of the racing experiences now available: IndyCar & Stock Car…
The Zipline Safari at Forever Florida is the only zipline experience available in Florida and the only pole-based flat land zipline adventure in the world. This video gives a quick summary of what the zipline safari is all about, including a first-person trip down one of the zips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkoB65pvQrg You can read more about the…
The Orlando Sentinel has a two-part series that ran yesterday and today on theme park lawsuits. Yesterday’s story profiled accidents on the rides themselves. Today’s story focuses on lawsuits that stem from trips, slips and other accidents around other parts of the parks. While some may have legitimate cases, these are just ridiculous. From orlandosentinel.com:…
SeaWorld animal trainers in Orlando have their hands full with four baby Asian small-clawed otters. Born just three weeks ago to parents Simon and Sophie, the pups are nursing and will open their eyes in about a week. Asian small-clawed otters live in the rivers, creeks, estuaries and coastal waters of Southeast Asia, from northern…
Earning distinction as two of the world’s best Jungle Cruise skippers, Walt Disney World cast members Beth Schafer and Alex Williams were recently chosen to represent the resort at Tokyo Disney Resort’s 25th Anniversary Celebration. Emerging from their helm in the darkest wilds of the Magic Kingdom, Schafer and Williams earned their overseas excursion thanks…
I spend the later half of the day at Universal Studios yesterday. It was a Mardi Gras day and Kelly Clarkson was set to perform at 9:15 p.m. • For more pictures from Universal Mardi Gras, visit our Photo Gallery. • For more pictures of Kelly Clarkson and other American Idol stars, visit our American…
I stopped by the Lego Imagination Center at Downtown Disney tonight and noticed this very cool Digital Box display. If you hold certain Lego boxes up to the camera, it’ll show you an animated 3D model of the completed set right on top of the box you’re holding. This augmented reality technology is from a…
A design company out of California had posted (and has since removed) a compilation of images from apparent design work they created for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, slating to open at Universal Studios’ Islands of Adventure theme park in 2010. While I am personally not a big enough fan of Harry Potter to…
Cypress Gardens is on track to reopen this Saturday, March 28 and will operate its new Splash Island Water Park through the season ending Oct. 18. The park closed late last year and has removed all of the rides, choosing to concentrate on their gardens and water park. “You will see many changes and improvements…
Fantasy of Flight will hold the second event in its three-part “Living History” Symposium Series, “A Passionate Pursuit,” featuring the WASP — Women Airforce Service Pilots tomorrow, March 27 and Saturday, March 28. The WASP are a spirited squadron of pilots who left their homes and jobs at the height of World War II to…
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