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Volume 2, Issue 2 Now Available for Pre-Order and Preview
By January 26, 2009

Volume 2, Issue 2 (February / March 2009) of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for pre-order! We’re expecting it back from the printer very soon, so orders should be mailed out this week. This new issue includes: • Solving Top Secret Missions with Kim Possible New adventure at Epcot turns guests into undercover agents. • Vehicular…

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Preview and Pre-order Volume 2, Issue 1 Today!
By November 24, 2008

Volume 2, Issue 1 of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for pre-order! You can flip through and preview the entire issue here before you buy it. Features included in this fun new issue are: • Chill out in Orlando with ICE! Holiday fun at the Gaylord Palms Resort. • 21st Century Christmas How Disney…

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Grand Floridian's life-size gingerbread house opens for its 10th year
By November 18, 2008

The life-size gingerbread house at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season. The house is constructed each fall in the lobby of the Walt Disney World resort hotel and is decorated almost totally with edible materials under the direction of Executive Pastry Chef Erich Herbitschek. The house opened a…

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Former Splendid China site to become commercial center, apartments
By October 10, 2008

From bizjournals.com: The shuttered Splendid China theme park may get a new life soon. Boca Raton-based Falcone Land & Development LLC is working with Kissimmee-based R.J. Whidden & Associates Inc., a planning and civil engineering firm, on plans for a multiphase redevelopment of a 366-acre site in Osceola County that includes the former theme park…

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Fourth baby giraffe born at Animal Kingdom this year (pic)
By October 10, 2008

Walt Disney World Resort is having a bit of a baby boom this year with the birth of a fourth baby giraffe. Entering the world at 6-foot-tall and 155 pounds, Bonsu delighted members of the animal programs team at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in the early morning hours on Sept. 28. Bonsu’s name is inspired from…

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Nick Hotel now offering day passes
By October 8, 2008

For the first time ever, Nickelodeon Family Suites in Orlando has introduced two new day passes for families that allows them access to all of the amenities and nick-themed fun without having to pay for a night’s stay. Families are able to experience a day of Nickelodeon entertainment at the 24-acre resort any Monday through…

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Visit us at the Disneyana Show and Sale this Sunday
By October 1, 2008

Ricky and I will be manning a table all day this Sunday during the NFFC (National Fantasy Fan Club) Giant All Disneyana Show and Sale at the Regal Sun Resort near Downtown Disney. We’ll have our newest issue as well as back issues available for sale. More information from the NFFC’s Web site below. Come…

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New Disney Vacation Club properties: Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary and Treehouse Villas at Saratoga Springs
By September 16, 2008

Two long rumored resort developments were announced today for Disney’s Vacation Club, Disney’s vacation-ownership program: Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary and Treehouse Villas at Saratoga Springs.

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Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort pool reopen
By September 15, 2008

Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort has reopened their main pool after a major overhaul. A new kids’ area with a pirate ship, a giant water bucket and water sprayers have been added. Be sure to read the full Resort Report in the upcoming October/November issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine. Another photo is below as well as…

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Orlando resorts honored at World Travel Awards
By September 10, 2008

Melora Hardin with Room Operations Manager Victor Yordan, left, and Food & Beverage Operations Manager Carlos Sarmiento from Disney’s Grand Floridian, winner of North America’s Leading Resort. Photo by worldtravelawards.com. Two area resorts received accolades at the World Travel Awards North and Central America Ceremony black-tie gala held Saturday night at Walt Disney’s Dolphin Hotel….

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