Celebration, Fla.’s “A Flashback 4th of July” will be an All-American Celebration set to a Big Band Era theme. Celebration was modeled to resemble a small southeastern town with pre-1940’s architecture; the perfect setting for a Big Band Era inspired event. Join Michael Andrew & The Atomic Big Band, along with the Swing Knights, a…
Universal Orlando is offering guests three ways to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. Universal 360: Universal 360: A Cinesphere Spectacular, is a high-tech lagoon show at Universal Studios featuring famous scenes from more than 100 Universal Pictures films. The show uses four-story-tall, 360-degree projection “cinespheres,” original music, outdoor speakers, lasers and pyrotechnic effects to…
A popular July 4th tradition at Walt Disney World Resort will continue this year as star-spangled salutes to America’s independence are presented all across the World. Magic Kingdom: A Fourth of July “Concert in the Sky” will light up the night at Magic Kingdom in honor of Independence Day. Featuring a display of aerial fireworks,…
My family and I went monorail hopping last night to see the Christmas decorations at the various Disney resorts. The Grand Floridian is usually the most impressive with its large tree and life-size gingerbread house. I wasn’t expecting to see much at The Contemporary. While they didn’t have a lot of decorations, their new gift…
Universal officially kicked-off their holiday shows and celebrations today. Universal Studios has a lot of holiday decorations up all around the park and their Macy’s Holiday Parade runs daily until Jan. 1, 2008. At Islands of Adventure you’ll find all of Seuss Landing decorated as Whoville. This is also where you’ll be able to see…
I spent most of today at the Magic Kingdom watching them record parts of the Christmas Day TV Parade. It was a foggy and drizzly day but the shows went on. Today was mostly recording the stage show portions of the ABC special. I missed seeing Patti Labelle performing in the morning. I arrived as…
The new Polar Express Experience recently opened at SeaWorld Orlando as a holiday overlay to SeaWorld’s Wild Arctic attraction, featuring a motion-simulator taking you on a ride on the train from the holiday film, The Polar Express. We were there for the official opening and have posted a video and pictures featuring a brief introduction…
Notice anything missing in the above photo? If you’ve ever tried to take pictures of the castle from the train station at the Magic Kingdom, you’ve no doubt wished the flagpole wasn’t in the way. Well now you’ve gotten your wish – at least temporarily. The flag pole has been taken down in anticipation of…
