SeaWorld has always offered a way to drift off to sleep while snuggling up near penguins, snoozing by sharks and dreaming with dolphins as part of an overnight experience. But now guests can discover the sea like never before during sleepovers at Manta, a flying roller coaster and animal habitat all in one. Families and…
A dolphin baby boom is happening at Discovery Cove, with four dolphins giving birth in the past month. The name and gender of the calves will be determined shortly, usually within a month after birth. Discovery Cove is an all-inclusive park where guests can swim with dolphins, snorkel with rays and tropical fish, hand-feed exotic…
Details have begun to emerge surrounding the theme of this year’s annual scare-filled Howl-O-Scream event at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. A character named Ms. Vayne appears to be the icon of the event, inviting you to a freaky fashion-themed show. The above teaser is from the official Howl-O-Scream web site, which recently updated to also…
SeaWorld is offering an new exclusive opportunity to come face-to-face with the stars of SeaWorld’s most popular shows. During the four and a half to five hour “Animal Shows and Photo Tour”, guests will sit in priority reserved seats for the “Believe” Shamu show, Blue Horizons whale and dolphin show, and Clyde & Seamore Take Pirate Island sea lion and otter show. Immediately following…
Since the new iPhone 3GS came out, with the ability to record video and upload it right away, we’ve been experimenting. Our mobile videos won’t be up to par with our usual quality and they’ll be shorter than usual, so we’re marking them with the “Mobile:” tag. Sometimes we’ll just have the mobile video and…
Here’s what’s happening around the tourist areas of Central Florida for July 4 this year. Magic Kingdom “Celebrate America Fireworks” will fill the sky at 9 pm. July 4 (guests who’d like to begin the celebratory weekend a day early can enjoy the special fireworks on July 3 at 9 p.m.). After the fireworks, guests…
The Carpenter family, from Richmond, Va. and Green family from Durham, NC kick off the first day of summer on icy lounge chairs at Aquatica in Orlando. Crafted from a solid block of ice and weighing more than 2,000 lbs each, the lounge chairs lasted for only a few hours in the Florida sun. But…
The Summer 2009 issue of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for preview and pre-order. It’s our first quarterly issue and the first of our new and improved editions featuring nearly 20% more pages, thicker paper, more high-quality photography, and more articles than ever before. Feature articles in this issue include: • COVER STORY: Hitch a…
Orlando Magic fans donned game-day gear to ride head-first, face-down on SeaWorld’s new roller coaster Manta. Fans painted their faces, arms, legs (and even hair) and sported Magic-inspired shirts and shorts to root on their hometown team as they cheered aboard Manta.
You can join the party every night this summer at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay as the park celebrates 50 years of fun. “Summer Nights” offers extended hours, special entertainment and festive food and drink every night, through Aug. 16. An infectious dance designed expressly for park guests will amp up the energy every night, and…
