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Photos and video from the Pokemon World Championships

On Saturday I attended the 2008 Pokémon World Championships at the Hilton hotel near Downtown Disney. Although I’m not into Pokemon myself, I brought along my 9-year-old son, who is a big pokemon fan. The day started with the opening ceremony where they showed a short video and talked about the 400-plus trading card game…

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Pokémon championships coming to Orlando this weekend

The 2008 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships as well as the first-ever Pokémon Video Game Showdown will take place this weekend at the Hilton near Downtown Disney. The Pokémon Video Game Showdown will feature 64 of the most talented players from the U.S. and Japan competing in two different age divisions. U.S. qualifiers were…

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Enchanted Oak Tavern Restaurant Leveled at Islands of Adventure

We previously speculated that the recently-announced addition of the Three Broomsticks restaurant to the under-construction Wizarding World of Harry Potter part of Islands of Adventure could be built inside the Enchanted Oak Tavern. Well, it’s painfully obvious that nothing will be going inside the Enchanted Oak Tavern as the entire building, giant face-adorned tree stump…

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Three Broomsticks to be a part of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

As part of the building of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure, Universal held an online poll asking “Where would you most like to get a refreshment of snack in Hogsmead?” The winner was announced today, The Three Broomsticks, and it will be a part of the final world. Early concept…

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Special 'festive' ending for 'Mama Mia!' at Downtown Disney

I’m not exactly sure what this means, but we received this press release yesterday … At regularly scheduled evening screenings of the musical romantic comedy Mamma Mia! , moviegoers will find a very festive finale only available in theaters. This special event takes place tonight and tomorrow night at the AMC Pleasure Island 24 theater….

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Brendan Fraser Makes Appearance, Takes Questions at Universal Studios Orlando

Movie star Brendan Fraser made a public appearance in front of The Revenge of The Mummy attraction at Universal Studios Orlando on July 11, 2008 to help promote the new third installment of The Mummy series of movies entitled, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer.   To find out what happened during his appearance, read…

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Prince Caspian Attraction Grand Opening at Disney's Hollywood Studios

An attraction based on the second film in The Chronicles of Narnia series, Prince Caspian, officially opened on June 26, 2008 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In attendance at the opening were Prince Caspian, who rode in on horseback, Warwick Davis, who plays Nikabrik in the film, and Dave Hoffman, Walt Disney Imagineer and Art Director…