A new exhibit has opened into a “test and adjust” phase at Innoventions in Disney’s Epcot theme park. This new attraction depicts what happens to a typical Florida neighborhood during a hurricane via a computer-generated 3D film. Following the film, guests have the opportunity to make choices on how to build and prepare a house…
February 6 – May 3, 2009 · Limited-run exhibition at the Orange County Regional History Center! Multitalented innovator Jim Henson (1936-1990)-artist, puppeteer, film director, and producer-created stories filled with unique characters, objects, environments, languages, and cultures. Peek into the imagination of the creator of Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, and other beloved characters in an…
From the desk of a designer at Universal Orlando Resort, horror is coming to life. The blueprints and sketches by art and design teams have begun to take real shape as some of the more disturbing elements for the haunted houses at Halloween Horror Nights 18 are under construction. Click to enlarge Halloween Horror Nights…
We previously speculated that the recently-announced addition of the Three Broomsticks restaurant to the under-construction Wizarding World of Harry Potter part of Islands of Adventure could be built inside the Enchanted Oak Tavern. Well, it’s painfully obvious that nothing will be going inside the Enchanted Oak Tavern as the entire building, giant face-adorned tree stump…
Volume 1, Issue 5 of Orlando Attractions Magazine has arrived and is now for sale! Be sure to visit our Volume 1, Issue 5 page for a free page-by-page preview of the entire issue. Articles inside Volume 1, Issue 5 page include: • Nighttime Activities at the Orlando Parks The party’s just getting started as…
As part of the building of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure, Universal held an online poll asking “Where would you most like to get a refreshment of snack in Hogsmead?” The winner was announced today, The Three Broomsticks, and it will be a part of the final world. Early concept…
Three new restaurants have recently opened up in the Crossroads Shopping Plaza. Crossroads is just off exit 68, and at the other end of Hotel Plaza Boulevard, just down the street from Downtown Disney. The newest of the three is Fuddruckers. It just opened this week. It’s part of a chain known for their hamburgers….
As the central Florida temperature approaches 90 degrees, Cecil Gordon of Walt Disney World Holiday Services touches up the face of a six-foot-tall angel tree-topper inside one of the resort’s holiday warehouses. The angel will be placed on the top of the giant Christmas tree at Epcot during the holiday season. Gordon and his colleagues…
From 8 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Aug. 8 at CityWalk, Universal will be holding an Olympic Opening Ceremony Viewing Party. You can watch the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games from Beijing, China on CityWalk’s big Astrovision screen. There will also be street performers, music and more. The competition of the world’s…
SeaWorld animal care specialist Devi Wise bottle feeds a days-old orphan manatee at the parks’ Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. The female calf – just two-feet long and barely tipping the scale at 21 pounds – was rescued from Ormond Beach on Wednesday. She is the third orphan manatee in two months to come under…
