By Andy Guinigundo Let’s go over the scorecard: The Blackstone Group describes itself as an “alternative asset manager and financial advisory firm”. In this layman’s definition it is a company that owns companies. Most recently, it acquired Busch Entertainment Corporation – the company that owns Busch Gardens and SeaWorld. Blackstone also jointly owns Universal Orlando…
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is coming to Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure next spring. (Read more about it here.) But if you just can’t wait that long to see a bit of the Wizarding World in person, travel Web site Skyscanner.com has released these top 12 real life locations for experiencing a bit…
Disney celebrated the 40th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion with a special event on 9/9/09 at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. Guests had the opportunity to attend panel discussions featuring Walt Disney Imagineers and Legends as well as a special “wedding reception” dinner party featuring the infamous bride of the Mansion, Constance. While the event…
We’ve attended Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World for the last few years and thought we’d bring you some of the highlights of the family friendly event. The Not-So-Scary event is packed with Halloween-time entertainment featuring Disney character meet-and-greets and dance parties, a special fireworks show and parade, and…
The Tomorrowland Transit Authority has always offered great views of Space Mountain. Now that Space Mountain under refurbishment, the TTA is allowing guests to take a peek inside and around the construction area: This bright green sign was added on Oct. 15, 2009, the night after I shot the full video ride on the Tomorrowland…
The Tomorrowland Transit Authority (TTA) recently received an update at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. It closed for refurbishment at the same time as Space Mountain back in April 2009. While the Space Mountain improvement is still in-progress, the TTA reopened within the last few weeks with added colorful, nighttime lighting (seen above)….
The Sum of all Thrills, a new attraction and ride sponsored by Raytheon, opened today at Innoventions East at Epcot. The Sum of all Thrills lets guests create their own ride experience by choosing a ride theme: a roller coaster, bobsled or jet plane. Using multi-touch object recognition tables, guests use math and engineering-based tools…
By Andy Guinigundo The last few weeks I have been posting Halloween stories, well, because ‘tis the season! As a result, I have a few weeks of backlogged updates to report this week. We’ll travel to Singapore, Africa, and then back home to the USA. Universal to Get Dreamworks Madagascar and Shrek Attractions Universal Studios…
We previously reported that Legoland in California was the first theme park U.S. theme park to have a Street View on Google maps. But now Universal Orlando has been added. There’s no link for the Street View while looking at the normal top-down view on Google maps, but as you can see above, all of…
Amidst being in Orlando for the Spooky Empire “Ultimate Horror Weekend,” Tippi Hedren, star of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” is seen here visiting Dracula and his brides at the entrance to one of the haunted houses in this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios. This photo makes me wish the old Alfred Hitchcock…
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