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'Saw' officially confirmed for Halloween Horror Nights 2009
By June 25, 2009

While the graphic above is an official promo for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights in California’s Universal Studios theme park, it has been confirmed that the Saw film series will indeed be featured at the popular Halloween event in Orlando’s Universal Studios park as well. In a press release, details for the California version were released: Saw…

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Magic Kingdom Photo Update including Stitch's SuperSonic Celebration popularity
By June 19, 2009

I spent a few hours at the Magic Kingdom today, as I was invited to come watch the Donegal High School Marching Band from Mount Joy, Penn. perform before the 3:00pm parade. Be sure to tune in to the upcoming June 21 episode of Inside the Magic (show #220) for a binaural recording of the…

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SeaWorld helps two families beat the heat with cool chairs
By June 19, 2009

The Carpenter family, from Richmond, Va. and Green family from Durham, NC kick off the first day of summer on icy lounge chairs at Aquatica in Orlando. Crafted from a solid block of ice and weighing more than 2,000 lbs each, the lounge chairs lasted for only a few hours in the Florida sun. But…

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Possibility of Legoland theme park to be built in Central Florida
By June 18, 2009

While the LEGO Store at Downtown Disney (pictured above) offers guests a glimpse at the world of LEGO, an entirely new theme park devoted to the colorful building blocks may be in store for Central Florida. Here’s the report from screamscape.com: One of our readers was invited to take quite an interesting online survey the…

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Three new animated videos of Universal Studios' new Rip, Ride, Rockit roller coaster
By June 18, 2009

Three new video simulations of the upcoming Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit roller coaster at Universal Studios have been released. First up: An animation depicting what you’ll see while riding in the front seat. This view shouldn’t be too different from that offered from the other rows as all the seats are raised, stadium style. Next…

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VIDEO: Tour Disney's Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach water parks
By June 14, 2009

In preparation for our Summer 2009 issue (available for pre-order now), we toured Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach water parks and brought our cameras in order to take you along with us. Here are a couple of brief video tours of both parks: Typhoon Lagoon: Blizzard Beach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx75WDzksk0 You can also download standard and…

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Summer 2009 Issue Now Available for Preview and Pre-Order
By June 13, 2009

The Summer 2009 issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for preview and pre-order. It’s our first quarterly issue and the first of our new and improved editions featuring nearly 20% more pages, thicker paper, more high-quality photography, and more articles than ever before. Feature articles in this issue include: • COVER STORY: Hitch a…

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Official POV animation video of Rip Ride Rockit coaster from Universal Studios
By June 4, 2009

The Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster at Universal Studios is sure to draw the attention of any guest entering the theme park, with its twists and turns winding around and through buildings. To give thrill-seekers an idea of what the attraction will be like, Universal has released this official POV animation video of the entire…

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T-Rex gets a face lift for Dinosaur World's 10th anniversary
By June 4, 2009

The T-Rex at Dinosaur World in Plant City is sporting a new look on its prehistoric frame. The outdoor dinosaur museum celebrated its 10th anniversary recently and their dinosaurs are getting face lifts to celebrate. Artist Joakim Svensson is overseeing the procedure that began with the popular tyrannosaurus rex. The velociraptors have also recently gone…

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Win a chance to experience every Orlando attraction
By June 3, 2009

The Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) has decided to test the axiom, “smile and the whole world smiles with you.” The Orlando CVB has launched the first worldwide search for an adventurous pair with great smiles. Their winning couple’s assignment – to experience every attraction in Orlando over the course of 67 consecutive…

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