Attractions – The Show – Aug. 1, 2013 – Up-Close Penguin Tour at SeaWorld, Blue Man Group
Hosts Banks Lee and JeniLynn Knopp bring you this week’s theme park and attraction news. On this week’s episode:
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Festival of the Lion King moving to make room for new Avatar area at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Next year will mark the biggest change at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in preparation for the addition of the planned Avatar area.
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Photo Finds: Disney’s Hollywood/MGM Studios – A few historical pictures – July 29, 2013
By Kevin Yee We poke through the photo archives to bring you images (mostly from 2004 and 2005) of things you can’t see anymore in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, then known as Disney-MGM Studios.
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Princess dresses, making of Mary Poppins, and ‘lost’ songs announced for 2013 D23 Expo
A display of dresses inspired by Disney’s iconic Princesses will make their U.S. debut and be available for viewing Aug. 9–11 at the D23 Expo in Anaheim Calif. Fans will also hear the true story of how Disney’s Mary Poppins movie was made and hear some “lost” songs.
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Dr. Doofenshmirtz to take over 2013 D23 Expo with ‘The Waffle-inator’
Guests will be able to hop aboard and play “The Phineas and Ferb Waffle-inator Challenge,” over three days at the 2013 D23 Expo Aug. 9-11.
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Legoland Florida to host Cartoon Network’s ‘Move It Movement’ tour
Legoland Florida and Cartoon Network are teaming for a special family-targeted event to help fight childhood obesity.
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American Idol finalists to appear in parade at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
American Idol’s 2013 finalists are touring the U.S. and making a stop in Orlando. Tickets are on sale for their Aug. 1 concert at the Amway Arena, but fans can see them parading down Hollywood Boulevard the day before at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
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Top ten Orlando theme park attractions for children with autism
By Tom Stefanchik Over the course of the past 10 years, my wife and I have taken our son TJ, who has autism, on dozens of trips to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando Resort and SeaWorld Orlando. During the course of these visits we’ve come to realize that there are certain attributes which can make…
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not asks fans to mail their weird items as part of new contest
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! has always been about the strange and bizarre, and their new contest is no different.
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Celebrate International Tiger Day at Busch Gardens Tampa
With July 29 being International Tiger Day, guests at Busch Gardens Tampa are invited to join a weekend-long celebration, taking place daily from July 27 to 29 in the Jungala area of the park.