Monthly Archives: February 2012
The 4,000-passenger Fantasy is in New York for its christening ceremony Thursday before making its way down to its home of Port Canaveral, where it’s expected to arrive on March 6.
More than 19,500 runners are expected to take part in the Disney Prince Half Marathon on Sunday. The 13.1-mile race will take runners through the Magic Kingdom and Epcot and will conclude a weekend of races. A health and fitness read more
Snow White’s Scary Adventures will close forever at Magic Kingdom on May 31, Walt Disney World revealed Thursday. As previously announced, the Fantasyland attraction, an opening-day feature of the theme park in 1971, will be replaced by Princess Fairytale Hall, a meet-and-greet read more
Perhaps no other Walt Disney theme-park attraction gets as much ridicule from adults as does the iconic “It’s a Small World” ride. Yet, for all the jokes about the attraction, and especially its mind-numbing musical accompaniment, most adults still seem to take read more
Scootarama announces that it is taking scooter touring—the latest travel craze to hit Orlando, Florida—to a whole new level of professionalism, convenience and fun by providing full-service scooter rental services to all vacationers, whether they require a personal transporter for read more
The Blue Man Group officially introduces its refurbished Universal CityWalk show on Feb. 24 with about 50 percent new content and 50 percent “classic” routines, says Blue Man co-founder Phil Stanton. Many fan favorites survive the retooling but missing from read more
SeaWorld Orlando has quietly made a change in its pricing for rides in its iconic Sky Tower. All theme-park guests now can go up and look around for free. Sky Tower has had various pricing – in addition to theme-park admission read more
Work continues on Hollywood Drive-In Golf, the miniature-golf courses set to open this month at the entrance of Universal CityWalk. The overall theme will be cinematic, with one course being sci-fi in nature (“Invaders from Planet Putt”) and the other read more
Walt Disney World has set an official opening date for its Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom, an interactive game that pits park-goers against Disney villains at several high-tech spots across the theme park. Guests will be able to play beginning Wednesday, Feb. 22. read more
Changes are coming to the Kilimanjaro Safaris, the savanna-based attraction that features live giraffes, elephants, rhinos and other wildlife at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park. A scene near the end of the Africa-inspired experience will be altered to include animal habitats read more