Photo Finds: IAAPA, Legoland Star Wars and SeaWorld Christmas – Nov. 20, 2012

By Kevin Yee There aren’t many slow seasons in Orlando, but the holiday months are certainly not it. We visit the industry trade show IAAPA, the SeaWorld Orlando Christmas offerings (plus a few shots of the construction of Antarctica), and the new Star Wars section of Miniland in Legoland Orlando.

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‘Merry Madagascar’ themed Ice! is the highlight of Christmas at Gaylord Palms Resort

Brrr! Do you feel that chill in the air? It’s time to bundle up in those cozy winter coats, hats and scarves and slip on over to Central Florida’s coolest one-of-a-kind Christmas attraction: Ice! featuring DreamWorks Animation’s “Merry Madagascar” at the Gaylord Palms Resort. Celebrating its 10th year, Ice! is exhibiting more than 20,000 square…

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A look at Walt Disney World’s 2012 holiday plans

Walt Disney World is bring the Christmas cheer early this year as their annual holiday events will start earlier than ever on Nov. 9, 2012. At the Magic Kingdom, there is an extra night of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party with 20 nights, at Epcot, singer/actress Olivia Newton John makes her debut as a celebrity…

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Merry Madagascar Ice! coming to the Gaylord Palms this holiday season

Some of the characters from the Dreamworks Animation Madagascar movies were on hand during a Christmas in July event at the Gaylord Palms Resort this morning to help announce the theme for this holiday season’s Ice! attraction. But another kind of Ice made a surprise appearance as well. Old school rapper Vanilla Ice sang his…

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Busch Gardens Tampa announces details of their first Christmas Town event

It’s Christmas in July at Busch Gardens Tampa as they revealed more details for their largest Christmas celebration ever, Christmas Town. The park will be transformed into a nighttime holiday wonderland of all things Christmas, filling guests senses with seasonal sights, sounds and flavors of the holiday season.