Retro Orlando: Remembering The Olive Garden as a destination
By Audrey Brown This month’s Retro Orlando isn’t exactly about an attraction. It’s about a restaurant. A restaurant that once held a mythical status similar to that of an attraction, one created and tested in Orlando, and one that surely picked up attributes from the theme park town where…
New book details the inside story behind the creation of Walt Disney World
It’s a plot Jack Bauer would love – a clandestine project by one of America’s most brilliant business leaders punctuated with multiple code names, fake identities, make-shift affiliations, and unique regulatory arrangements. And while almost every traveler recognizes Walt Disney World as one of the world’s most popular tourist…
Epcot exhibit showed just how heated things can get inside a locked car
By Kenny White Safe Kids Worldwide recently hosted a one-day event at Epcot’s Test Track pavilion. The purpose of the event was to bring awareness of child endangerment when left inside a hot vehicle. Wes Bender, an operations manager with Safe Kids, explained that the mission of Safe Kids is…
More than meets the eye as the Transformers convention hits Disney World
BotCon, the Transformers convention June 25 to 27, 2010 at the Dolphin Hotel.
Universal Studios Florida versus Universal Studios Singapore
By Don Gworek It’s fun to compare signs and architecture in sister theme parks. I recently had a chance to visit the new Universal Studios in Singapore and thought I’d take a look at some of the similarities and differences.
Interviews with the Harry Potter movie stars and Wizarding World designers
During the three-day opening ceremonies for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, we had a chance to interview most of the film stars, Universal creative designers and directors from the films who helped create the new area in Islands of Adventure. Here’s a wrap-up of all our video interviews.
