Disney officially retires the Lights of Winter holiday archway at Epcot
With Christmas decorations beginning to show up all over Walt Disney World, fans have wondered when the popular Lights of Winter archways linking Epcot’s Future World and the World Showcase would be installed. The answer: they won’t. Today Disney announced that the Lights of Winter have officially been retired:…
Out of the Loop: Lego memorial, Disney Shanghai and no Nick park
By Andy Guinigundo Mini Vietnam Memorial for Veterans Day Carlsbad, Calif. – While many attractions around the U.S. have ongoing specials for military and sometimes family, I haven’t personally heard of too many Veterans Day events that are taking place in the parks. Well, Legoland is honoring veterans by…
Video: Ride the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster at night
Now that our clocks have been pushed back an hour, guests at Universal Studios finally have a chance to ride the new Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster after dark. The ride was certainly designed to be ridden this way, featuring a number of lighting effects along the track…
Video, Photos: Wizarding World of Harry Potter construction update for November 10, 2009
It’s been almost a month since our last update on the ongoing construction of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in the Islands of Adventure theme park at Universal Orlando Resort. Since then, it’s been all about the details as scaffolding has popped up surrounding nearly every square inch…
Photos and video from Fantasy of Flight's Roar n' Soar
We had a chance to check out the Roar n’ Soar event at Fantasy of Flight this past Saturday. The two-day event is in it’s third year at the airplane museum located half-way between Orlando and Tampa, just off I-4. This was our first time attending and although it…
Official photos from within Space Mountain's newly-enhanced queue
Following our refurbishment update last night, Disney has posted this pair of images on their blog showing what the newly-enhanced interactive queue looks like inside Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom. From disneyparks.disney.go.com: As you know, with any Imagineering project, the story comes first. And the updated Space Mountain attraction…

