Melora Hardin with Room Operations Manager Victor Yordan, left, and Food & Beverage Operations Manager Carlos Sarmiento from Disney’s Grand Floridian, winner of North America’s Leading Resort. Photo by worldtravelawards.com. Two area resorts received accolades at the World Travel Awards North and Central America Ceremony black-tie gala held Saturday night at Walt Disney’s Dolphin Hotel….
Orlando visitors can enjoy a month-long culinary thrill ride at top Central Florida restaurants. This month, the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau will hold the 3rd Annual “Orlando Magical Dining Month” to showcase Central Florida’s ever-expanding dining options. Through Sept. 30, participating restaurants will offer three-course prix-fixe dinners for $19 or $29 (excluding beverage,…
The Citrus Line Railroad, a small scale train that guests can ride at Cypress Gardens, is now choo-chooing along its newly laid track. The track encompasses both Paradise Pier and Adventure Groove and a new portion of the track allows the cars to pass under the famous Starliner coaster twice. There are two stations that…
Starting today, the Orlando Attractions Magazine Newsletter will be sent out more often, bringing you a monthly summary of what’s been happening with the magazine, on our blog, and any new information that we have to deliver. We’ve launched a new sign-up page allowing anyone to subscribe to the e-mail newsletter with no purchase necessary….
Contemporary Christian artist Matthew West at Hollywood Studios. Contemporary Christian music fans will have a lot of choices to make this weekend as Universal Studios presents Rock the Universe 2008 and Disney’s Hollywood Studios holds Night of Joy 2008. The details from both events are below. If you’re planning on attending, we’re looking for pictures…
With one of the most important elections for our nation on the horizon, Gap and singer/songwriter Matt White are inviting Orlando shoppers to voice their passions by customizing a free Gap “Vote For__” T-shirt tomorrow (Labor Day) from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. while supplies last. Whether it’s Walt Disney World, Universal Studios or SeaWorld,…
From pumpkin fishes to friendly sea witches, Halloween meets the sea this October during SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular. Children will be able to dance with an ice DJ, learn from a school of fish, and play with a sea fairy. Offering more than two-million pieces of trick-or-treat sweets, the Spooktacular will bring children’s “fantaseas” to life…
As an annual passholder, I was invited by Universal to take part in a focus group yesterday. I can’t tell you what we discussed, but I can tell you it wasn’t anything really exciting. After the survey was over, I took a stroll around the park to take these pictures. Our focus group took place…
Olympic champion and swimming star Michael Phelps visited the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World today. He rode down a balloon-adorned Main Street USA in grand fashion, with guests waving American flags as red, white, and blue confetti flew into the skies. We have posted a video of the entire morning celebration, including the…
The onslaught of Halloween Horror Nights media and information continues with a new promo video for this year’s event at Universal Studios:
