Photo Finds: Typhoon Lagoon, Test Track, Disney Event’s warehouse and more: Feb. 25, 2013
By Kevin Yee This week we jog around Typhoon Lagoon to see the minor improvements from the annual refurbishment, view the ongoing prep for Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival, and look at an experiment Test Track did with moving the FastPass line. We also tour Disney’s Park Event Operations,…
Fourth annual forum offers a chance to speak with theme park designers and bid on rare props
The Entertainment Designer Forum is coming back to the Orange County Regional History Center for the fourth year in a row on March 8, 2013. It will feature some of the top creative minds behind Central Florida’s theme parks giving panels, talking to fans and auctioning off rare theme…
PARKsaver: Save at Ripley’s, Mardi Gras and the remodeled Quality Inn International
By Suzannah Mitchell DiMarzio and Beci Mahnken February is here and that means cold temperatures for most of the country, but warm and sunny weather is still the forecast here in Central Florida. Here are some of the great deals you can find in our part of the Sunshine…
Mickey and Minnie to meet guests in new ‘Adventurers Outpost’ at Animal Kingdom
Beginning later this spring, Mickey and Minnie will be meeting and greeting guests in their all new exploration headquarters at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Dubbed the “Adventurers Outpost”, the famous Disney couple will be featured in the former Beastly Bazaar store on Discovery Island.
More of Springfield is coming to Universal Orlando – Restaurants inspired by ‘The Simpsons’ are being constructed
Universal Orlando hasn’t officially announced what’s being constructed around The Simpsons Ride and Kwik-E-Mart at Universal Studios Florida, but the markings on one of the buildings is unmistakable to fans of the television show. More of the fictional town of Springfield is coming to the area as Moe’s Tavern…
Dapper Dans to sing boy band songs for Limited Time Magic
You usually hear them singing old time songs that fit the time period Main Street is set in, but from Feb. 25 through March 3, the Dapper Dans will be singing popular boy band tunes at the Magic Kingdom.
