We’re holding our first-ever Twitter contest! We have 5 copies of the Walt Disney World Trivia iPhone game and 5 copies of the Disneyland Resort Trivia iPhone game to give away courtesy of Campbell/Gambill Designs. Each weekday for the next two weeks, we’ll be giving away one a free copy of these apps, valued at…
The Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) have chosen the winning couple in their 67 Days of Smiles contest. Kyle Post and Stacey Doornbos have been selected to spend 67 days this fall experiencing everything Orlando has to offer. They will visit more than 100 Orlando attractions including everything from roller coaster riding to…
The grand opening of the newest addition to Orlando’s mini-golf courses, Monster Mini-Golf, took place on Friday, July 24. The indoor course is located around 15 minutes north of the Magic Kingdom in the city of Winter Garden. While the location may be a bit out of the way from your usual Orlando tourist attractions,…
Fans were able to meet former contestants from the reality TV shows “Survivor”, “Big Brother” and “The Amazing Race” yesterday (July 25, 2009) in downtown Celebration. It was $10 to get in to meet the stars. The money benefited Give Kids The World Village. Here’s a video of the fans getting pictures and autographs followed…
Chef Robert Irvine from Food Network’s Dinner Impossible, gets tips from Chef Mickey for his Oct. 25 appearance at the 14th Annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Sept. 25 to Nov. 8. During the six-week event, park guests can taste fine cuisine and wines from the top “foodie” cities of the world. Some 250…
Details have begun to emerge surrounding the theme of this year’s annual scare-filled Howl-O-Scream event at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. A character named Ms. Vayne appears to be the icon of the event, inviting you to a freaky fashion-themed show. The above teaser is from the official Howl-O-Scream web site, which recently updated to also…
Universal Orlando has updated its Halloween Horror Nights site to reflect the movie-based theme of this year’s event. Apparently the fictional “Universal Palace Theater” will be the host to many “unexplained happenings” and “strange events”. The Web site appears to be slowly emerging, piece by piece: If you want to be a part of Halloween…
A new addition to Orlando’s mini-golf scene is opening soon. It’s called Monster Mini-Golf and it’s unlike any putt-putt course you’ve ever encountered. The indoor course features 18 holes surrounded by a variety of monsters, skeletons, creepy trees, animated creatures, and other ghoulish sights. Think Disney’s Haunted Mansion and Universal Studios’ Classic Monsters meets mini-golf….
The annual U.S. Open World Martial Arts Championship was held on July 3-4, 2009 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort. The event brings martial arts competitors of all ages together to show off their best performances in the areas of sparring, open forms, musical forms, traditional and extreme weapon forms, board and concrete breaking, and much more….
American Idol producers say nearly 10,000 people turned out for their Season 9 auditions at Orlando’s Amway Arena today, and several of them had a coveted Disney Dream Ticket. The Dream Ticket is the prize awarded to the finale show winner at the American Idol Experience each day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Caitlin MacAllister (pictured…
