Attractions – The Show – Oct. 18, 2012 – New Fantasyland Opens; Ghost Tours at Titanic; NASCAR at Disney; plus More
Join hosts Banks Lee and J.L. Knopp as they present this week’s theme park and attraction news and much more. On this week’s episode:
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Stars in the Parks: Gloria Estefan transforms into the undead for Halloween Horror Nights 22
With Halloween Horror Nights in full swing, the “Queen of Latin Pop” Gloria Estefan visited Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 22 and transformed into a “Queen of the Undead.” As a scareactor, she made guests scream and run at Halloween Horror Nights 22.
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Legoland theme park celebrates one-year in Florida
Today, Oct. 15, 2012, marks the one-year anniversary of the opening of Legoland Florida. Park guests enjoyed thousands of free brightly colored cupcakes, birthday buttons and a prize patrol team that passed out gifts such as free food, model shop tours, admission tickets and annual passes. Here’s a video of the birthday (or brickday) celebration…
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Attractions – The Show – Oct. 11, 2012 – SeaWorld Spooktacular, Ripley’s Oddtoberfest, news and more
Join hosts Banks Lee and J.L. Knopp as they present this week’s theme parks and attractions news and much more. On this week’s episode:
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Buccaneers cheerleaders face their fears at Howl-O-Scream 13
It’s become a tradition for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team cheerleaders to challenge their fears in the Dark Side of the Busch Gardens for Howl-O-Scream. This year the cheerleaders toured the new haunted houses, Blood Asylum and Circus of Superstition 3D and screamed all the way through, as you can see in the photos…
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Simpsons games of skill now open at Universal Studios Florida
Brand new carnival/midway games of skill opened today just outside The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Florida. The games are not only themed to The Simpsons, but almost all of the prizes that can be won are Simpsons-related.
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SeaWorld webisodes give behind-the-scenes look at making of Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin
SeaWorld Orlando recently debuted a new webisode series and website for Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the park’s next big attraction opening spring 2013. The webisode series and website reveal previously unreleased details about the park’s upcoming attraction.
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Guests brave the new haunted houses of Howl-O-Scream, plus Scream Cam returns
Back from the grave is Scream Cam, an opportunity provided by Busch Gardens Tampa to strap on a camera and experience one of the new haunted houses. At 1 a.m. this past Thursday morning, I got to experience one of the two brand new houses, Blood Asylum.
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Attractions – The Show – Sept. 20, 2012 – Mickey’s Halloween Party, Horror Nights preview and more
Join hosts Banks Lee and J.L. Knopp as they present this week’s theme parks and attractions news and much more. On this week’s episode:
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Mystery package arrives from Universal Orlando – The stench lets us know Halloween Horror Nights is about to begin
We have come to expect something sinister at our doorstep when it’s close to Halloween time. We usually receive something a few weeks ahead of the start of Orlando’s Halloween events, but that wasn’t the case this year. Just when we thought we were safe to answer our door, the Fed-Ex man arrived today, just…