I was recently lucky enough to be invited by my neighbor to visit Kennedy Space Center to watch the Space Shuttle take-off this past Tuesday. We not only got to be at the Center, but we were able to watch from the closest spot anyone’s allowed to stand. While I’ve watched launches from my Orlando…
From orlandosentinel.com:
Universal Parks & Resorts has partnered with the Environmental Media Association to present the week-long “Green is Universal” events in Orlando and Hollywood Nov. 5 to 10. The program will include celebrity kick-off events at both parks, “Eco-Fairs” featuring related information, entertainment and displays, daily events for employees and guests and giveaways of recycled or…
Busch Entertainment Corporation, the family entertainment division of Anheuser-Busch Companies, is planning on moving its corporate headquarters from St. Louis to Central Florida, home to four of the company’s nine theme parks. The transition to Orlando is scheduled for completion by July 2008. Busch Entertainment Corporation has 26,000 employees, $1.25 billion in revenue and operations…
Handy Manny, the popular Playhouse Disney character, is the newest member of the Disney-MGM Studios family. He will begin making regular meet-and-greet appearances in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park the week of Nov. 18. Also, coming in 2008 to the theme park, Handy Manny will debut as part of the cast in a new show…
It took longer than we expected, but subscriptions to Orlando Attractions Magazine are now available. To subscribe: https://attractionsmagazine.com/subscribe.php Or, if you’d prefer to purchase just a single issue, you can do so in our newly redesigned store: https://attractionsmagazine.com/store.php Remember… subscribing saves you more than $15 off of ordering each issue individually online! Our first issue…
I didn’t expect it to open so soon, but the new Kwik-E-Mart is open for business (no loitering). Located in the former Back To The Future building, the store carries all sorts of Simpsons merchandise such as T-shirts, DVDs, mugs, glasses, action figures, and lots more. Even though there’s a sign, you can’t buy Squishies,…
For eight Ukrainian children, dreams became reality on Oct. 12 as they entered Main Street U.S.A. at Magic Kingdom Park. The children, ages 9 to 20, were born with birth defects as a result of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. They spent the past couple of weeks in Central Florida meeting with physicians, receiving occupational…
From createmagazine.com: i.d.e.a.s. has completed the creation of the guest experience for Base21 – the new Siemens VIP Center located at Spaceship Earth in Epcot, at the Walt Disney World Resort©. “This project has grown from helping Siemens determine what story they wanted to tell into what it is today,” Executive Vice President of Business…
It’s official: Kwik-E-Mart is coming to Universal Studios. While attending Halloween Horror Nights last night, I saw that the construction walls were down that were covering up the old Back To The Future store, next to the old ride. I was hoping they’d turn it into a Simpsons store, but they’ve done one better and…
