Actor Dylan McDermott (The Practice, In the Line of Fire) visits the Grinch at Universal’s Islands of Adventure (above) and plays the drums at Disney’s Animal Kingdom (below) with daughters Collette (12) and Charlotte (3). McDermott was vacationing in Orlando during Thanksgiving weekend.
The Polar Express Experience has rolled into SeaWorld this holiday season and will continuing through Jan. 4, 2009. SeaWorld’s Wild Arctic has been transformed into the fabled Santa Town taking guests on a magical trip to the North Pole. The Polar Express Experience is based on the Warner Bros. Pictures and Shangri-La Entertainment film, inspired…
Here’s a look at the new meet and greet characters from the upcoming Disney movie Bolt. You can meet Bolt and Mittens (and get a photo and autograph) inside The Magic of Disney Animation at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Rhino the hamster will also be making appearances at special events. For more about Bolt, visit www.Disney.go.com/BOLT.
Here’s a short photo update from Disney’s Hollywood Studios taken during my visit this evening. We arrived just in time to see the last performance of the brand new High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Right Here, Right Now! The performance runs the same as the last one, heading down Hollywood Boulevard a few times…
Among two hours of talks delivered to the media this morning in a “Business Behind the Magic” presentation by Disney, two gems of information emerged. First, Disney revealed some concept art surrounding their recently announced 2009 promotion called, “What Will You Celebrate?” The year-long tribute to celebrations will feature plenty of in-park decorations. Here’s a…
Regal Cinemas Pointe Orlando Stadium will be holding a “Farewell to The Dark Knight in IMAX” event from 2 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, Sept. 20. The event will benefit the American Autism Alliance. During the festivities there will be a Batman bounce house, Batman and Joker appearances, free giveaways and raffles. The IMAX replacement of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
