Photo Finds: A Pirate’s Adventure and Adventurers Outpost – A closer look – Aug. 5, 2013

By Kevin Yee This week we linger on two recent additions (one in Magic Kingdom, one in Disney’s Animal Kingdom) that we’ve covered originally but didn’t bring complete tours and photos. We fix that now, and also glance around the parks to see other small updates

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,…

Photo Finds: Inside Ripley’s Believe it or Not Odditorium – Feb. 5 2013

By Kevin Yee For this week’s Photo Finds, we take a trip through one of the boutique museums along International Drive. Ripley’s Believe it or Not is a franchise, with the Orlando location duplicating the types of exhibits that made it famous: human oddities, tricks of perception, mock torture chambers and real implements, and a…

Photo Finds: Mine coaster construction, Splash Mountain, animals and more – Jan. 8, 2013

By Kevin Yee From the construction wall artwork on Seven Dwarfs Mine coaster to the recently closed Splash Mountain, there’s a lot of activity around the parks this week. We tour the changes, which also include some minor additions to the animal walkthroughs in Disney’s Animal Kingdom and the no-longer-new (but kind of new) relocated…

Photo Finds: Casey Jr. progress, new FastPass readers, and more Magic Kingdom and Epcot updates – April 30, 2012

By Kevin Yee There are incremental changes as always in the parks (more pylons for Seven Dwarfs Mine Coaster, a new play area for kids outside Innoventions’ Vision House, railings installed at Big Thunder along the track), but the big news this week will be the test of Fastpass Plus, the reserve-rides-from-home technology previously called…

Photo Finds: Walt Disney World and Dinosaur World updates – Jan. 23, 2012

By Kevin Yee The roadside attraction Dinosaur World, about halfway to Tampa from Walt Disney World, has recently upgraded its facilities and gift shop. We take a quick photo tour of the entire location and also pause on their innovative use of QR codes. At Walt Disney World, the Exotic Driving Experience posts new signs…

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Photo Finds: SeaWorld Orlando Christmas and new nativity show – Dec. 13, 2011

By Kevin Yee Photo Finds this week returns with a tour around SeaWorld Orlando, looking at area decorations, the Sea of Trees show, the Shamu show “Miracles”, the sea lion holiday show, and the new show in the Nautilus theater, “O Wondrous Night: The Greatest Story Never Told”.

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…