Photo Finds: A look at SeaWorld’s Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin and more – May 28, 2013

By Kevin Yee This week we focus on SeaWorld Orlando, which has some new nips and tucks (biometric readers at main gate, Freestyle soda machines) as well as the big news – Antarctica is open! We tour the entire land and take in all the sights, from shop to restaurant, from queue to ride finale.

Photo Finds: Star Wars Weekends Merchandise, Pleasure Island construction and more – May 21, 2013

By Kevin Yee There are exciting new products for sale at Star Wars Weekends. We take a closer look around Darth’s Mall set up behind the Tower of Terror. We also explore the construction walls recently added to Downtown Disney, in preparation for its conversion to Disney Springs.

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Detailed look at Diagon Alley and London concept art for Universal’s Wizarding World expansion

Universal Orlando has officially announced The Wizarding World of Harry Potter expansion will open next year at Universal Studios and will include recreations of Diagon Alley and London from the Harry Potter films. So far, they’ve only released one piece of concept art. Let’s zoom in and take a look:

Photo Finds: Animal Kingdom’s 15th anniversary, Monsterrail, and more – April 30, 2013

By Kevin Yee We bounce around the Magic Kingdom, spotting small updates (closed fort escape tunnel, for one) and then head to Disney’s Animal Kingdom to look at its 15th anniversary merchandise. We also explore the Great American Pie Festival in Celebration and a new chain restaurant in town, Chuy’s.

Photo Finds: Vinylmation Easter Egg Hunt and more Disney World changes – March 26 2013

By Kevin Yee From the newest changes to the Seven Dwarfs Mine Coaster to the new stage at Morocco, not to mention the Iron Man 3 monorail, we scour the parks to find the smallest changes this week. We also report on Disney’s Limited Time Magic event of last week, the Vinylmation Easter Egg hunt,…

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Photo Finds: Details in the new areas of Magic Kingdom, plus Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival – March 11, 2013

By Kevin Yee It’s a crazy week of new additions at the Magic Kingdom, with new highly themed Tangled bathrooms opening near the Haunted Mansion and new elements added to the Big Thunder Mountain queue to make it interactive. Epcot joins the action with the Kinsey art collection in the American Adventure and the re-booted…

Photo Finds: Zebras at Animal Kingdom, Pirates mini golf and More – Dec. 12, 2012

By Kevin Yee We swing by the new finale to Kilimanjaro Safari to see the zebras in action, and poke our heads into a few stores to see recent changes. Join us as we also tour Pirates Mini Golf in Crossroads, just outside Downtown Disney (and also visible from Interstate 4). It’s one of the…