Busch Entertainment moving headquarters to Orlando
Busch Entertainment Corporation, the family entertainment division of Anheuser-Busch Companies, is planning on moving its corporate headquarters from St. Louis to Central Florida, home to four of the company’s nine theme parks. The transition to Orlando is scheduled for completion by July 2008. Busch Entertainment Corporation has 26,000 employees,…
Meet Handy Manny at Disney-MGM Studios
Handy Manny, the popular Playhouse Disney character, is the newest member of the Disney-MGM Studios family. He will begin making regular meet-and-greet appearances in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park the week of Nov. 18. Also, coming in 2008 to the theme park, Handy Manny will debut as part of…
Magazine subscriptions now available
It took longer than we expected, but subscriptions to Orlando Attractions Magazine are now available. To subscribe: https://attractionsmagazine.com/subscribe.php Or, if you’d prefer to purchase just a single issue, you can do so in our newly redesigned store: https://attractionsmagazine.com/store.php Remember… subscribing saves you more than $15 off of ordering each…
The Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart opens at Universal Studios
I didn’t expect it to open so soon, but the new Kwik-E-Mart is open for business (no loitering). Located in the former Back To The Future building, the store carries all sorts of Simpsons merchandise such as T-shirts, DVDs, mugs, glasses, action figures, and lots more. Even though there’s…
Kids affected by the Chernobyl disaster visit Disney World
For eight Ukrainian children, dreams became reality on Oct. 12 as they entered Main Street U.S.A. at Magic Kingdom Park. The children, ages 9 to 20, were born with birth defects as a result of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. They spent the past couple of weeks in Central…
Base21 – Siemens VIP Center at Disney's Spaceship Earth
From createmagazine.com: i.d.e.a.s. has completed the creation of the guest experience for Base21 – the new Siemens VIP Center located at Spaceship Earth in Epcot, at the Walt Disney World Resort©. “This project has grown from helping Siemens determine what story they wanted to tell into what it is…
