Aquatica is hosting the 4th annual Special Olympics Florida Polar Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013. Individuals and teams, alongside Special Olympics athletes, families, sponsors and community members, will be able to take a plunge into the cold Aquatica wave pool to raise money for Special Olympics Florida.
Hosts Banks Lee and JeniLynn Knopp bring you this week’s theme park and attraction news and more. On this week’s episode:
By Suzannah Mitchell DiMarzio and Beci Mahnken The holiday decorations may be put away but that’s no reason for the fun to end in Florida. Here are some amazing ways to chase the winter blues away and enjoy some great deals in the process.
By Kevin Yee This week we return to Habit Heroes, recently re-opened after an 11-month retooling, to sample the new show. We also swing by the other three parks to see minor construction (Tangled bathrooms), ongoing refurbs (Kali River Rapids), and subtle changes (ending to Indy Stunt Spectacular).
‘A Pirate’s Adventure: Treasures of the Seven Seas’ is coming to the Magic Kingdom this spring. This new interactive game will be played at various locations in the Adventureland section of the park.
SeaWorld Orlando is kicking off an “Epic Voyage” campaign to launch Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the park’s largest expansion, scheduled to open this spring. The campaign which stops in seven cities, also includes an all-new mobile app, both of which are designed to give families a sneak peek into the upcoming attraction.
Legoland Florida has announced a line-up of events for 2013 including the first ever “Lego Star Wars Days”. These events, geared toward children ages 2 to 12, range from Lego Friends Weekend to Kids’ New Year’s Eve.
The Habit Heroes attraction that opened about a year ago, then quickly closed after controversy over its portrayal of overweight kids, reopened this week with a whole new storyline, characters and games. There’s no more Will Power and Callie Stenics. Say hello to Director Jin and her agents.
The Boulangerie Patisserie (bakery) in the France Pavilion at Epcot has moved into a larger space and has been renamed the Les Halles Boulangerie and Patisserie, serving soups, salads, sandwiches, coffees, breads, desserts and more. Let’s take a look.
By Kevin Yee We are all over the map this week, as we bring you IBM Think (which replaced IBM Runtime in Innoventions at Epcot), the new bakery in France at Epcot (which replaced the older, smaller bakery), and Splitsville (which replaced the empty warehouse once home to RideMakerz).
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