Adrenaline pumping and music thumping, you find yourself heading straight toward the sky. Suddenly, you are doing 65 mph, 17 stories over Universal Studios. Gasping with excitement, you rock out to a song you picked before strapping in. And, it’s all on video. Once the adventure is over, you edit the video to send to your friends. This…
I recently had a chance to make my first visit to Silver Springs, a long-time attraction near Ocala. Silver Springs is most famous for the glass-bottom boat rides above their natural springs. Silver Springs is about an hour and a half from Orlando. I really didn’t know what to expect before I got there. But…
SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Discovery Cove and Aquatica are holding a ceremony at 11 a.m. this Thursday at SeaWorld to announce “the most significant news in our history”. We’ll be there to capture the announcement, but you won’t have to wait on us to report on it here or in our next issue. The event will…
Busch Gardens has launched a full Web site for its new Jungala section of the park. You can read all about Jungala in the Feb./March issue. Jungala.com
Ellen is returning to Orlando again this year to record her show at Universal. Last year she taped her show at CityWalk and recorded many skits inside the parks. Tickets are available by request but they usually go fast. I requested tickets last year and wasn’t able to get them. So sign up fast if…
I got my first chance to go to this year’s Mardi Gras celebration at Universal Studios last Saturday and I came back with a lot of beads and photos. It was really busy, as it was a three-day weekend, but we had a great time. We arrived around 4 p.m., rode a few rides with…
A bit of remodeling has completed just down and across the street from the Revenge Of The Mummy ride at Universal Studios. Starbucks used to be directly across the street in a corner of Louie’s Italian Restaurant. Now it’s a full-sized Starbucks on the corner, and next to, and connected through a doorway inside, is…
Universal Studios Orlando appears to have settled on a name for their upcoming attraction based on the hit television show The Simpsons. Based on their new official web page for the attraction and a quick search on the USPTO Trademark Electronic Search System, it appears that they settled on simply calling it, “The Simpsons Ride”….
