|

Video: Princess Diana exhibit open at Downtown Disney

Hundreds of royal artifacts are on view in “DIANA – The People’s Princess,” a limited-time experience showcasing the life and story of Diana, Princess of Wales – open now at Downtown Disney West Side. The exhibition, in the former Virgin Megastore location, includes royal dresses Diana chose to auction for charity, photos and personal effects….

| | | |

Sample the full Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit song list

Universal Orlando has released the full song list for its new Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster. The coaster’s playlist features 30 hits from artists that span across five genres of music and generations of fans. Each genre of music includes contemporary and classic artists, with songs for every age group. To hear samples of each song,…

| | | | |

July 4th weekend wrap-up, video reports on the scene

Since the new iPhone 3GS came out, with the ability to record video and upload it right away, we’ve been experimenting. Our mobile videos won’t be up to par with our usual quality and they’ll be shorter than usual, so we’re marking them with the “Mobile:” tag. Sometimes we’ll just have the mobile video and…

| | |

The latest on the early-morning crash between two Disney monorails

(Photo from Wikipedia.org) We generally focus only on the fun and exciting news from Orlando’s theme parks and attractions but today we feel its necessary to report on the tragic incident that took place at Walt Disney World early this morning. Two monorails collided at around 2 a.m. at the Transportation and Ticket Center, which…

| |

Reports of a robocoaster coming to Harry Potter land

Today’s Orlando Sentinel front page story is on the future Wizarding World of Harry Potter land at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. After some digging and talking with people “in and around the project”, they’re reporting some details on the main ride that will be housed in Hogwart’s Castle: From orlandosentinel.com: The castle will also house…

| | | |

Interview with Disney Imagineer Kathy Rogers about the updated Hall of Presidents

Following yesterday’s naturalization ceremony at the Magic Kingdom, we had a chance to talk to senior show producer at Walt Disney Imagineering Kathy Rogers about the recent updates to the Hall of Presidents attraction. Here is our interview: Q: What was your role in the Hall of Presidents update? A: I’m responsible for coordinating the creative…

| | | | | |

Audition for American Idol Season 9 this week in Orlando

There has been plenty of coverage of Disney’s American Idol Experience attraction over the last few months (including gracing the cover of one of our recent issues), but now it’s time for the real thing. American Idol Season 9 auditions are coming to Orlando’s Amway Arena this week. Registration takes place on July 7 and…

| | | | | |

Video and Photos: 1,000 Immigrants Celebrate U.S. Citizenship at the Magic Kingdom

More than 1,000 immigrants gathered on Main Street, U.S.A. early this morning to become American citizens. From more than 100 countries and ranging in age from 18 to 82, the immigrants took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States during a morning ceremony jointly hosted by Disney Parks and Resorts and United States Citizenship…

| |

Rip Ride Rockit video screens tell some of the coaster's songs

Some members of coastercrew.com have posted the below video showing the video playing on the recently installed video screens in the waiting area at Universal Studios’ Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit coaster. From watching the video, it appears some of the artists you’ll be able to choose to listen to while riding are: The Beastie Boys…