Photo Finds: Mardi Gras versus Bands, Brew, and BBQ, plus Disney updates – Feb. 12, 2013
By Kevin Yee This week we examine the two promotions of late winter: SeaWorld’s Bands, Brew, and BBQ and Universal’s Mardi Gras.
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Attractions – The Show – Feb. 7, 2013 – WonderWorks, Super Bowl MVP at Disney and more!
Hosts Banks Lee and JeniLynn Knopp bring you this week’s theme park and attraction news and more. On this week’s episode:
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Theme Park Studio will allow users to design and experience their own amusement parks
Theme park fans will be able to build their dream parks this summer with the help of a new computer game, and the developer is looks for your help. Theme Park Studio is a suite of tools that will allow players to build amazing looking theme parks, roller coasters, flat rides, scenery, landscaping, and more in…
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Photo Finds: Long Lost Friends at Disney and Universal Updates – Jan. 29, 2013
By Kevin Yee Join us for a look a the Limited Time Magic offering last week, meet and greets with Long Lost Friends at the Magic Kingdom. We also examine the new ending to it’s a small world and several new additions to the queue at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – though they aren’t active/interactive…
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Photo Finds: Retooled Habit Heroes at Epcot plus a few construction updates – Jan. 23. 2013
By Kevin Yee This week we return to Habit Heroes, recently re-opened after an 11-month retooling, to sample the new show. We also swing by the other three parks to see minor construction (Tangled bathrooms), ongoing refurbs (Kali River Rapids), and subtle changes (ending to Indy Stunt Spectacular).
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Photo Finds: IBM Think, new bakery in France at Epcot, Splitsville and more – Jan. 18, 2013
By Kevin Yee We are all over the map this week, as we bring you IBM Think (which replaced IBM Runtime in Innoventions at Epcot), the new bakery in France at Epcot (which replaced the older, smaller bakery), and Splitsville (which replaced the empty warehouse once home to RideMakerz).
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Theme Park Foodie: New Year’s resolutions for vacation dining
By Ashley Nichols Mid-January is that wonderful time of the year when people begin to reevaluate their New Year’s Resolutions and either commit to them, or scrap them all together. I know that you were probably thinking about your personal resolution (losing weight, saving money, quitting smoking, etc.) around New Year’s Day, but now that…
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Fake Theme Park pokes fun via Twitter – Interview with their ‘CEO’
If you follow us on Twitter (@attractions) you may have seen us occasionally reTweeting an account called @FakeThemePark. Hopefully you don’t take them too seriously. As their name implies, their account is not real and serves to give a chuckle to a theme park fan’s day. They are usually able to be funny in 140…
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Photo Finds: FastPass+, Giggle Gang, Wowzer, Adventureland construction, plus more – Dec. 24, 2012
By Kevin Yee This look around Disney’s Magic Kingdom shows new peeks at Seven Dwarfs Mine coaster, an upcoming game for Adventureland, new turnstiles at the main entrance, progress at the Rapunzel bathrooms, and two new clown shows for Storybook Circus.
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PARKsaver: Special offers all around Central Florida make great holiday gifts
By Suzannah Mitchell DiMarzio and Beci Mahnken Time to ring the new year with some lucky deals for 2013! With New Fantasyland now officially open at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, the time has never been better to save up to 35 percent at select Walt Disney World Resort hotels this winter.