This really is one big old bouncing baby! SeaWorld Orlando’s veterinary team is proud to announce the birth of a 150-pound, female Pacific walrus calf on 3 July, to mum Kaboodle and dad Garfield. This is 16-year-old Kaboodle’s second calf and the second calf born at SeaWorld Orlando. Both Kaboodle and her calf are doing well. Under the…
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Brand new detailed aerial images of the theme parks show plenty of progress on the highly anticipated new Tron Coaster taking shape at Disney’s Magic Kingdom Park. Super sleuth Don Gworek, who runs the Twitter account @bioreconstruct makes a habit of going up in helicopters with some decent camera equipment and showing up the biggest…
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Great news for all would be artists who just happen to love the world of Disney animation. Walt Disney World is reviving an animation class at Animal Kingdom that teaches people how to draw several of their all time favorite characters. The original drawing class was actually shut down four years ago, but the Orlando Sentinel newspaper…
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Winter Park is well known as an enclave of great cuisine, culture and some fabulous retail – but great golf? Apparently so! The City of Winter Park maintains what has been voted one of the Top 10 nine hole golf courses in the USA by Links Magazine. The location is just perfect for a round…
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Walt Disney World has been extremely busy thoroughly revamping the way visitors eat at the various theme parks — and that includes replacing long time favorite eateries with newer concepts. This week it was announced that the fast-casual Liberty Inn at Epcot’s World Showcase will close on July 8 and be replaced with a new…
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A new construction permit filed by Disney may well hint at the next phase of work scheduled for the planned Guardians of the Galaxy coaster at Epcot. The paperwork, just filed with Orange County, lists the work as “fabrication and installation of show set elements” at 1350 Avenue of the Stars — the precise location…
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During your stay in Tampa, there are certain must-see attractions that you do not want to miss. Tampa’s ZooQuarium is a terrific combo of TWO of the cities most popular visitor destinations. A dynamic duo covering land and sea – from across continents or beneath the waves they’ve got you covered and it’s fascinating stuff!…
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Bigfire, the new restaurant at Universal’s CityWalk, is now officially open. The new full-service restaurant serves American cuisine and features a rustic setting, inspired by a lakeside summer retreat. “At the heart of the venue is a custom wood fire grill where chefs prepare signature dishes inspired by the style of open-fire cooking—but with a…
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It’s that crazy looking upside-down building that everyone takes a selfie with….you know the one we are talking about! WonderWorks is a very family-friendly amusement park for the mind with 35,000 square feet of “edu-tainment.” This unusual looking attraction combines education and entertainment with more than 100 hands-on exhibits that challenge the mind and spark…
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Now this is different! Long long ago before Mickey Mouse was even a twinkle in Walt’s eye central Florida was a whole different place. The 10 acre Pioneer Village at Shingle Creek Regional Park brings together the best of Osceola County’s natural and cultural heritage. The annual Pioneer Days festival celebrates Osceola County’s first residents…
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