Photo Finds: Starbucks on Main Street, Boardwalk Bakery, France Ice Cream, Rainforest Volcano – June 24, 2013

By Kevin Yee We take a whirlwind tour around Magic Kingdom and Epcot this week, glancing at all the stuff that’s new: bakeries in two places, the Epcot Character Spot, the ice cream shop in France, the moved Curl store in Downtown Disney, the Lava Lounge and spitting volcano at Rainforest Cafe, and even a…

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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…

Photo Finds: Osborne Lights, Ice at Gaylord Palms and much more – Nov. 13, 2012

By Kevin Yee The Festival of the Masters at Downtown Disney, new signage for Princess Fairytale Hall at the Magic Kingdom, the first sign of the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean interactive game in Adventureland, and theme-busting canvas above the boarding zone for Splash Mountain are only part of this update. We also bring you…

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Disney to offer Limited Time Magic in 2013 – Each week of the year will offer a new experience

With a castle made of 45,000 pounds of ice in Times Square, today Disney demonstrated the premise behind their new campaign for 2013 – Limited Time Magic. Park guests will find a differently-themed events each week when they visit Walt Disney World and Disneyland resorts next year.

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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…

New Iceploration show at Busch Gardens mixes skating, animals and puppets

A brand new show started today at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Iceploration continues the theme park’s tradition of broadway style shows and ice shows in one. A cast of 20 brings to life a new adventure filled with world-class skaters, more than 75 original costumes, aerial performances, puppetry and live animals, with shows daily in…

Photo Finds: Shrek the Halls at Ice! – Updates for the week of November 22, 2011

By Kevin Yee Gaylord Palms, a major hotel and convention center right at the entrance to Walt Disney World, brings back Ice once again for the holiday season. Walk in the nine-degree temperatures as you marvel as ice sculptures crafted by experts from Harbin, China. This year, Shrek has taken over the theme, and the…