New Wet ‘n Wild slide to be the tallest and fastest of its kind

New Wet ‘n Wild slide to be the tallest and fastest of its kind

Yet another tallest and fastest is coming to Orlando this summer. This time in the form of a race slide at Wet ‘ Wild. The Aqua Drag Racer will be six stories tall and propel guests through four lanes of head-to-head competition at 15 feet per-second before splashing them across the finish line. Guests will…

Photo Finds: Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, Mardi Gras and Potterwatch – Feb. 10, 2014

Photo Finds: Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, Mardi Gras and Potterwatch – Feb. 10, 2014

By Mikey Monheit This week we take you to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and beyond. We’ll look at FastPass+ stations, construction in CityWalk, Mardi Gras and #PotterWatch. Photo Finds: Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, Mardi Gras and Potterwatch – 2-10-14Watch this video on YouTube Follow Mikey on Twitter at @justMikeyHRC and @MagicCityMayhem.

Push, the talking trash can, makes his final appearance after 19 years at Walt Disney World
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Push, the talking trash can, makes his final appearance after 19 years at Walt Disney World

A talking trash can known as Push has been surprising and delighting Disney guests since 1995, most recently in the Tomorrowland area of the Magic Kingdom. But that long run came to an end this week as Disney’s contract the man behind Push ran out Saturday and was not renewed. We first reported hearing rumors of…

Movie Review: ‘The Lego Movie’ is definitely worth the admission price
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Movie Review: ‘The Lego Movie’ is definitely worth the admission price

By Matt Roseboom When “The Lego Movie” was announced, all my friends said it looked awesome and they couldn’t wait to see it. So did I. But now that it’s actually about to be released, I started having second thoughts. Is it really going to live up to its hype? Is it going to be…

New tests at Disney World signal the end of paper FastPasses and FastPass machines
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New tests at Disney World signal the end of paper FastPasses and FastPass machines

Disney stopped offering paper FastPasses at Animal Kingdom in mid-December, forcing all guests to book FastPass+ if they wanted to skip the lines, and now they’re set to expand the “test” to the most visited theme park in the world, Magic Kingdom.