When Cypress Gardens announced in November that they were closing down for nearly five months while they retool the park, Silver Springs announced that Cypress Gardens passholders could have free admission to their Festival of Lights. Now that the festival is over, two more local attractions have stepped up. Fantasy of Flight and Bok Tower…
When it opens to the public on February 14, The American Idol Experience will take its inspiration from TV’s “American Idol” and invite park guests to take a shot at performing or take their place in a state-of-the-art theater and vote for their favorite singer. In the finale performance each day, the singer getting the…
Since we have no way of knowing which of our magazine stories were the most popular in 2008 (although we could probably guess), here is a list of our top 10 blog entries for 2008 and our top 10 most viewed videos on YouTube of all time. Keep in mind that some of our stories…
It looks like it’s never to early to start promoting a Halloween event, which is fine by me. We just received this email from Busch Gardens Tampa: The graphic linked to a 2008 wrap-up of Howl-O-Scream here. I suppose with the holiday season ending, it’s a great time to start thinking about October!
Happy Holidays from Orlando Attractions Magazine. Thanks to freelance videographer Matthew Pezzula.
The opening of the new American Idol Experience attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios has been pushed back to mid-February with possible Walt Disney World Annual Passholder previews near the end of January. A sneak preview of the inside of the Idol theater and audition areas was offered to Passholders today (Dec. 14, 2008) during which…
Twenty episodes of the popular game show “Wheel of Fortune” are currently being taped at SeaWorld Orlando. Five episodes were taped each night on December 11 and 12, 2008 leaving ten more episodes to be taped on December 13 and 14. In attending the first night’s tapings, we chatted with host Pat Sajak, co-host Vanna…
On Saturday, December 6th, 2008, Mannheim Steamroller held two concerts inside the Universal Studios Orlando theme park, free for all park guests. Mannheim Steamroller had previously recorded the music for Universal’s annual Grinchmas Musical. During the recent concert, the group performed with the ‘uncostumed’ cast of the musical, including the Grinch, seen in the video…
SeaWorld construction crews put the last piece of track (adorned with balloons) into place today, finishing the structure of Manta, their new flying roller coaster. Manta will bring riders through underwater animal habitats, then soar them face-down, in a horizontal position, aboard a manta-inspired steel coaster. Manta is slated to open summer 2009.
We’ve just uploaded our photo gallery from Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at the Magic Kingdom. There you can see pictures from Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade, Holiday Wishes fireworks, Mickey’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas” show and the “Celebrate the Season” show. If you’d like to go, you’d better get your tickets soon,…
