"Bloody Mary" Video for Halloween Horror Nights 2008
The onslaught of Halloween Horror Nights media and information continues with a new promo video for this year’s event at Universal Studios:
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New Quick Queue and mobile phone site for Busch Gardens
There are a couple of new options at Busch Gardens in Tampa. Both may be a time savings. Quick Queue Quick Queue allows access through the express entrances the major rides for $24.95 per person. There are limited quantities available daily. SeaWorld Orlando also has this new option. BGTmobile.com Now you can check the latest…
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Halloween Horror Nights Billboards Coming Soon
Universal Orlando’s in-your-face Halloween Horror Nights billboards stay with you long after you drive past them. And they make for great, “I can’t believe they did that this year!” conversation. This Thursday, Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights billboards will use a combination of creativity and sheer scare-factor to introduce a new face behind the horror; a…
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Magazine lists free things to do in Orlando
The below list is just part of a long list of free things to do in Orlando I recently came across on National Geographic Traveler magazine’s Web site. Fitting for our magazine, I’ve highlighted their attractions section, but you can click to their site for other suggestions in the categories of art, culture, families, food/drink,…
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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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Many 'Get One Free' offers available through mid-November
Squeeze in one more “summer” getaway without breaking the bank through Orlando’s second annual Endless Summer promotion. Running from Aug. 15 through Nov. 15, the program offers more than 80 “Get One Free” offers. Created by the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau for the long-weekend getaway traveler, Endless Summer provides such deals as “Stay…
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Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit Photo Update for 8/9/08
I was at Universal Studios and noticed some signs for the upcoming Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit roller coaster around a construction wall just around the corner from The Revenge of The Mummy attraction. The signs are in the style of concert posters.
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Epcot Photo Update for 8/8/08 – 2008 Summer Olympics!
Today marks the beginning of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, so in honor of that, here’s a photo update from around Epcot’s World Showcase, including several snapshots from the China Pavillion. These photos were actually taken yesterday, on 8/7/08, but I felt that it was more appropriate to post them today in honor of…
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StormStruck Strikes at Epcot
A new exhibit has opened into a “test and adjust” phase at Innoventions in Disney’s Epcot theme park. This new attraction depicts what happens to a typical Florida neighborhood during a hurricane via a computer-generated 3D film. Following the film, guests have the opportunity to make choices on how to build and prepare a house…
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Bringing Nightmares to Life at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights
From the desk of a designer at Universal Orlando Resort, horror is coming to life. The blueprints and sketches by art and design teams have begun to take real shape as some of the more disturbing elements for the haunted houses at Halloween Horror Nights 18 are under construction. Click to enlarge Halloween Horror Nights…