Last chance to meet the 'Up' characters before Lotso arrives at Hollywood Studios
You have a couple of more days to meet and greet Russell, Carl and Dug from the movie Up inside the Magic of Disney Animation at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. They’ll be heading back to Paradise Falls on May 1. But a character from the upcoming Toy Story 3 movie…
Photos: Coco Key Water Resort now open for vacationers and day guests
Coco Key Water Resort, a hotel and water park in one, opened today in Orlando. This is the 10th Coco Key Water Park and the first located in the southern part of the U.S.
Mmmmmm pie – Great American Pie Festival this weekend in Celebration
For the ninth year in a row, the small town that Disney built (Celebration) will become the pie capital of the world this Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and 25, when thousands of pie lovers, tasters and bakers gather together the Great American Pie Festival. The highlight, as always,…
Photos, video and results from video game competition at ESPN Wide World of Sports
Major League Gaming’s (MLG) Pro Circuit tournament opened its 2010 season at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at Disney World this past weekend with an intense three day competition full of unexpected twists and upsets. Ultimately fourth-seeded Instinct prevailed over the rest of the 200 team field,…
Be one of 67 people to win a trip to Orlando for World Smile Day
Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau has decided to prove the axiom, “smile and the whole world smiles with you.” The Orlando CVB has launched a global search for 67 smiling people who will win a vacation to Orlando for World Smile Day on Oct. 1. Sixty-seven is the…
Retro Orlando: New column takes a look at Disney's Monster Sound Show
By Audrey M. Brown For the first Retro Orlando column, let’s take a look back at “Monster Sound Show,” an attraction that no longer exists at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. In fact, when it did exist (1989-1997), Disney’s Hollywood Studios was still Disney-MGM Studios. Theme parks are mysterious organisms that…
