The Weekly Rewind @Attractions – April 29, 2016
By Banks Lee A look back at the week of Tweeted photos from @Attractions Twitter feed
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Kentucky Kingdom opens April 30 with new Storm Chaser coaster
Thrill ride fans will be unleashed in Louisville this weekend as Kentucky Kingdom premieres Storm Chaser, a unique steel roller coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction.
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2016 runDisney Virtual Running Shorts series announced
With seemingly every weekend now occupied by a runDisney event at one theme park or another, Disney’s popular foot races are expanding into your neighborhood with the newly announced 2016 runDisney Virtual Running Shorts series.
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Disney-inspired comedy The Animatronicans opens May 18 at Orlando Fringe Festival
The worlds of theme parks and theater will collide next month when Jeff Jones’s new comedy The Animatronicans debuts on May 18 at the 2016 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival.
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Artist Guy Harvey partners with SeaWorld on Mako to support wild sharks
World-renowned marine artist and conservationist Guy Harvey will host Mako’s queue line video and paint a mural for the ride’s debut as part of his new partnership with SeaWorld Parks, focused on raising awareness about ocean health and researching the plight of sharks in the wild.
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Big Hero 6 & Beauty and the Beast attractions coming to Tokyo Disney Resort by 2020
American fans of Disney theme parks might find themselves green with envy when they see the ambitious new expansions — including unique attractions inspired by Beauty and the Beast and Big Hero 6 — that the Oriental Land Company has announced are coming to the Tokyo Disney Resort by 2020.
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Comcast buys DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion
The movie and theme park industries were rocked today when Comcast, parent company of NBC and Universal Studios, announced it was acquiring Dreamworks Animation — home of Shrek and Kung Fu Panda — for $3.8 billion dollars.
DreamWorks Animation, which creates animated feature films, television series and specials, live entertainment and related consumer products, will become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes Universal Pictures, Fandango, and NBCUniversal Brand Development.
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Attractions – The Show – Turtles at Sea Life; Imagineer interview; latest news – April 28, 2016
Hosts Banks Lee and Elisa Goldman bring you this week’s theme park and attraction news. On this week’s episode:
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Disney | Television | Theater
The Octonauts and the Deep Sea Volcano Adventure plays Orlando on December 3
Get set to explore, rescue, and protect, because a brand-new interactive children’s stage show based on the hit Disney Junior television show and popular children’s book series The Octonauts dives into Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center on December 3.
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Turtle Fest exhibit now open at Sea Life Orlando aquarium
Merlin’s Sea Life Orlando aquarium at the Orlando Eye has hatched a new attraction with the opening of Turtle Fest, a new interactive exhibit paying tribute to turtles, tortoises and terrapins. The family-friendly exhibit features several new reptiles, including the Diamondback Terrapin, Northern Red-bellied Cooter, the Australian snake-necked turtle and more.
