Filed under: Animal Kingdom, Busch Gardens, Disney World, Disney World Video, Gatorland, Vacations, Water Parks, disney, orlando, orlando vacation, sea world, theme parks, travel | Tags: Animal Attractions, Aquatica, Brevard Zoo, Busch Gardens, central florida zoo, Discovery Cove, Disney World, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Jungle Adventures, SeaWorld, SeaWorld Orlando, silver springs
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
SeaWorld Orlando
Discovery Cove
Aquatica by SeaWorld
Busch Gardens Tampa
Central Florida Zoological Park
Jungle Adventures
Brevard Zoo
Silver Springs
Filed under: Roller Coasters, Vacations, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel | Tags: Boardwalk and Baseball, Central Florida Attractions, Orlando Attractions
Filed under: Disney World, Disney World History, Disney World Video, Epcot, Vacations, disney, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel | Tags: Disney World, Disney World Video, Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort
Filed under: Animal Kingdom, Disney World, Disney World Video, Vacations, disney, orlando, orlando vacation, travel | Tags: disney, Disney Live Entertainment, Disney World, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Festival of the Lion King, Finding Nemo, Finding Nemo The Musical, Flights of Wonder, Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade
Finding Nemo – The Musical
Festival of the Lion King
Flights of Wonder
Mickey’s Jammin’ Jungle Parade
Filed under: Vacations, orlando, orlando vacation, travel | Tags: Florida, Mystery Fun House, orlando
Filed under: Disney World, Disney World History, Disney World Video, Roller Coasters, disney, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel | Tags: Disney World, Disneyland, Space Mountain, Tomorrowland
Filed under: Vacations, hotels, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel | Tags: Central Florida Attractions, Orlando Attractions
For more information about Central Florida attractions, visit http://www.orlando-florida.net.
Filed under: Halloween Horror Nights, Universal Studios, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel, universal orlando | Tags: Florida, Halloween Horror Nights, Halloween Horror Nights Video, orlando, Orlando Vacations, Universal Fright Fest, universal orlando, Universal Studios
Filed under: Disney World, Disney World Video, Epcot, Vacations, disney, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks | Tags: Epcot
Filed under: Disney World, Disney World Video, Magic Kingdom, Vacations, disney, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel
Filed under: Animal Kingdom, Disney World, Disney World Video, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Downtown Disney, Epcot, Vacations, disney, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel | Tags: Disney World, Festival of the Seasons, Holidays Around the World, Mickey's Jingle Jungle Parade, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, New Year's Eve, Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights, Walt Disney World Resort
Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
November 10 – December 18, 2009
Holidays Around the World
November 27 – December 30, 2009
The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights
November 10, 2009 – January 4, 2010
Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade
November 27, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Festival of the Seasons
November 17 – December 24, 2009
New Year’s Eve at Walt Disney World Resort
December 31, 2009
Filed under: Roller Coasters, SeaWorld Tickets, orlando, orlando vacation, sea world, theme parks, travel | Tags: A'Lure, Believe, Blue Horizons, Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island, Dolphin Cove, Florida, Journey to Atlantis, Killer Whales, Kraken, Manta, orlando, SeaWorld, SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld Roller Coaster, Shark Encounter, Wild Arctic
1. Manta
Swooping over sea and sky, Manta inspires riders with incredible underwater animal habitats, then soars them face-down, in a horizontal position, aboard a manta-inspired flying coaster.
2. Kraken
An exhilarating roller coaster, Kraken speeds up to 65 miles per hour and reaches a height of 151 as it loops its way high over Serpent’s Lagoon.
3. Believe
An amazing live show, Believe combines the talents of SeaWorld’s resident killer whales with spectacular music, choreography, multimedia and set pieces.
4. Journey to Atlantis
A one-of-a-kind “watercoaster,” Journey to Atlantis akes you on a water flume adventure aboard an eight-passenger boat that features a re-creation of the mythical city of Atlantis and a 60-foot-drop into a splash pool (prepare to get soaked!).
5. A’Lure The Call of the Ocean
A one-of-a-kind show at Nautilus Theater, A’Lure is a mystical odyssey boasts lively music, acrobatics and comedy, along with state-of-the-art special effects.
6. Wild Arctic
Experience a simulated jet helicopter ride to “Base Station Wild Arctic,” a walk-through animal habitat that features polar bears, walruses, beluga whales and harbor seals.
7. Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island
Billed as a tale of “lost loot, pirate plunder and misadventure on the high seas,” Clyde and Seamore Take Pirate Island takes you on a hilarious swashbuckling adventure that stars a talented group of sea lions, otters and an immense walrus!
8. Blue Horizons
A theatrical spectacular, Blue Horizons showcases majestic animals such as dolphins and false killer whales, as well as talented divers, trapeze artists and exotic birds.
9. Dolphin Cove
A 700,000-galloon lagoon, Dolphin Cover is home to a variety of playful Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Feeding sesions take place at designated times throughout the day.
10. Shark Encounter
Travel along the world’s largest underwater acrylic tunnel at Shark Encounter and view an assortment of shark species, as well as barracuda, eels and venomous fish.
Filed under: Disney World, Disney World Video, Downtown Disney, disney | Tags: Cirque du Soleil, Disney World, Downtown Disney, La Nouba
Filed under: Animal Kingdom, Disney World, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Downtown Disney, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Westgate, Westgate Resorts, disney, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks | Tags: Disney World, orlando, Westgate Resorts
Walt Disney World Resort will host a fantastic lineup of fun-filled activities to help bring in the New Year 2010! Mark your calendar for the following Disney World events:
Bay Lake & Seven Seas Lagoon
The Electrical Water Pagaent (9 PM; plays to Magic Kingdom entrance area at 10:25 PM)
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Mickey’s Jingle Jungle Parade (3:45 PM)
Park hours on New Year’s Eve (9 AM-7 PM)
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Fantasmic! nighttime musical special effects extravaganza (6:30 PM)
Live performances by in-park band “Mulch, Sweat and Shears,” back-to-back with a DJ at Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Hat (Mulch, Sweat and Shears sets are 8, 9, 10 and 11 PM; DJ starts at 63;) PM)
A special “Lights, Camera, Happy New Year” fireworks show starring Mulch, Sweat and Shears (11:55 PM)
Park hours on New Year’s Eve: 9 AM-midnight
Disney’s Magic Kingdom
“Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It!” parade and street party (11 AM, 12:30 PM and 5:40 PM)
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade (12 PM and 3:30 PM)
SpectroMagic parade of lights and music (7 PM and 10:30 PM)
Holiday Wishes fireworks (8:30 PM)
Fantasy in the Sky fireworks (11:50 PM)
Park hours on New Year’s Eve: 9 AM-1 AM
Epcot
Special version of “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” (7:30 PM and 11:40 PM)
Park hours on New Year’s Eve (9 AM-1 AM)
Filed under: Disney World, Disney World History, Disney World Video, Magic Kingdom, disney, orlando | Tags: Disney World, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Florida, Grim Grinning Ghosts, Haunted Mansion, Madame Leota, Magic Kingdom, orlando, Phantom Manor, Thurl Ravenscroft, Tokyo Disneyland
Haunted Mansion at Disney’s Magic Kingdom
Haunted Mansion at Disneyland
Haunted Mansion at Tokyo Disneyland
Phantom Manor at Disneyland Paris
Haunted Mansion: The Making of a Masterpiece
Grim Grinning Ghosts
Leota
Madame Leota Tombstone
Haunted Mansion History, Part 1
Haunted Mansion, Part 2
Haunted Mansion Commercial
Thurl Ravenscroft Interview
Filed under: Disney World, Epcot, disney | Tags: Abigail Breslin, America Gardens Theatre, Andy Garcia, Angela Bassett, Anika Noni Rose, Brian Dennehy, Courtney B. Vance, Edward James Olmos, Epcot, Epcot Candlelight Processional, Epcot Celebrity Narrators, Isabella Rossellini, John O'Hurley, Steven Curtis Chapman, Vanessa Williams, Whoopi Goldberg
Celebrity narrators have been announced for the Epcot Candlelight Processional, which will take place November 27 through December 30, 2009. The Candlelight Processional, which includes a mass choir and 50-piece live orchestra, will take place at America Gardens Theatre nightly at 5 PM, 6:45 PM and 8:15 PM.
Celebrity Narrator Schedule
November 27-29, 2009 – Isabella Rossellini
November 30 & December 1-2, 2009 – John O’Hurley
December 3-5, 2009 – Steven Curtis Chapman
December 6-8, 2009 – Anika Noni Rose
December 9-11, 2009 – Andy Garcia
December 12-14, 2009 – Vanessa Williams
December 15-17, 2009 – Abigail Breslin
December 18-20, 2009 – Whoopi Goldberg
December 21-23, 2009 – Brian Dennehy
December 24-26, 2009 – Edward James Olmos
December 27-30, 2009 – Angela Bassett/Courtney B. Vance
Note: Performances are included with Epcot admission. Guests are advised to arrive early. Schedule subject to change without notice.
Filed under: Disney World, Disney World Video, Downtown Disney | Tags: Disney World Restaurants, Disney's Boardwalk Restaurants, Downtown Disney Restaurants
Contempo Cafe – Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Kouzzina by Cat Cora – Disney’s Boardwalk
Paradiso 37 – Downtown Disney Area
T-Rex Cafe – Downtown Disney Area
The Wave
For more information about Disney World restaurants, visit www.orlando-florida.net.
Filed under: Animal Kingdom, Blizzard Beach, Disney World, Disney World Video, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Downtown Disney, Epcot, Typhoon Lagoon, disney, theme parks, travel | Tags: Disney World, Disney World Video, Walt Disney World Resort
Filed under: Animal Kingdom, Disney World, Disney World Video, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Roller Coasters, Vacations, disney, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel | Tags: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Disney World, Expedition Everest, Mission: SPACE, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, Soarin', Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Test Track, Thrill Rides, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Expedition Everest
Mission: SPACE
Rock ‘n Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
Soarin’
Space Mountain
Splash Mountain
Test Track
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
For more information about Disney World thrill rides, visit www.orlando-florida.net/press-releases/disney-world-thrill-rides.htm.
Filed under: Blizzard Beach, Disney World, Disney World Video, disney, orlando | Tags: Blizzard Beach, Disney World, Disney's Blizzard Beach, Florida, orlando, Summit Plummet, Walt Disney World Resort
For more information about Disney’s Blizzard Beach water park at Walt Disney World Resort, visit www.orlando-florida.net.
Filed under: Disney World, Disney World History, Disney World Video, Magic Kingdom, disney | Tags: If You Had Wings, Magic Kingdom, Tomorrowland
Filed under: Animal Kingdom, Disney World, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Downtown Disney, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, disney, orlando, theme parks | Tags: Disney's Hollywood Studios, disney, Disney World, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Downtown Disney, T-Rex Cafe, Animal Kingdom, Disney's Boardwalk, American Idol Experience, Kim Possible, American Idol, characters in flight, Pirates League, Toy Story Midway Mania, Toy Story, FOX TV, Sum of All Thrills, Raytheon, Innoventions, Disney Street Party, Disney World Restaurants, Disney World Dining, TrenD, Kouzzina, Cat Cora, Pardiso 37
If you haven’t treated the family to Walt Disney World Resort during the past few years and visited its four world-class theme parks – Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom – check out all of the great new Disney attractions you’ve been missing:
1. Toy Story Midway Mania! – Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Inspired by the classic Disney•Pixar animated film, Toy Story, Toy Story Mania! features state-of-the-art, 3-D technology to create an interactive ride-through video game.
2. The American Idol Experience – Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Based on the immensely popular FOX TV series, “American Idol,” the new American Idol Experience attraction will allow guests to “watch, perform and vote” for their favorite singers.
3. Sum of All Thrills – Epcot
Presented by Raytheon, Sum of All Thrills is a simulated thrill ride that involves a state-of-the-art robotic simulator at Epcot’s Innoventions.
4. Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party – Disney’s Magic Kingdom
A fun-filled interactive show, the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Street Party features your favorite Disney characters dancing and singing in front of Cinderella Castle.
5. Characters in Flight – Downtown Disney
A 72-foot diameter tethered balloon, Characters in Flight soars up to 400 feet above the waterfront at Downtown Disney and provide passengers with a spectacular 360-degree view.
6. High School Musical 3: Senior Year – Right Here! Right Now! – Disney’s Hollywood Studios
This lively 15-minute stage show is based on the immensely popular Walt Disney Pictures’ movie, High School Musical 3: Senior Year and takes place in the Hollywood Boulevard area of Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
7. Disney’s Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure – Epcot
Using the latest technology, Disney’s Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure invites guests of all ages to become secret agents, teaming up with members of Team Possible to save the world from various comical villains and their mad inventions.
8. The Pirates League – Disney’s Magic Kingdom
Located right outside of Pirates of the Caribbean in Adventureland, The Pirates League offers “pirate makeovers” for all ages.
9. New Disney World Restaurants – Downtown Disney Area & Disney’s Boardwalk
New Disney World restaurants include Kouzzina by Cat Cora at Disney’s Boardwalk, as well as Paradiso 37 and T-Rex Cafe at Downtown Disney Area.
10. TrenD – Downtown Disney Area
A stylish boutique that features “chic, edgy and up-to-date” Disney fashions and accessories, TrenD is located in the Downtown Disney Marketplace.
Don’t miss Howl-O-Scream Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights through October 31, 2009, at Busch Gardens Tampa!
Filed under: Orlando concerts, Vacations, hotels, orlando, orlando vacation, theme parks, travel, universal orlando | Tags: Hard Rock Hotel, I Wanna Rock, Twisted Sister, Universal Orlando Resort, Velvet Sessions, We're Not Gonna Take It
The October Velvet Sessions at Universal Orlando Resort will feature Twisted Sister as they perform such hits as “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” “I Wanna Rock,” “The Price” and more. Velvet Sessions will take place at Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday, October 29, 2009. Cost is $40, which includes free specialty drinks, finger foods and warm-up tunes from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM and cash bars and live band from 8:30 PM onward. Visit www.velvetsessions.com for more details.
