Archive for the 'Theme Parks' Category
What Can Disney Do?
I’ve been posing this question a lot since Universal Orlando announced that they’ll be adding a Harry Potter-themed land to their Islands of Adventure theme park.
But before I answer this question, I would like to elaborate on why I care. I live in Orlando–theme park capital of the world. Here we have Disney, Universal, Sea [...]
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REVIEW: Blue Man Group Orlando
Well–the time has finally come for Floridians and their tourists to begin flocking to Universal Orlando to experience “the new face of today’s entertainment,” as Universal puts it in their new marketing plan for the Blue Man Group show that just opened up at Universal Citywalk.
The show opened in the new Sharp AQUOS Theatre, which [...]
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Let The Theme Park War Begin!
If you paid any attention to the news on Thursday, you know that Universal Orlando Resort and Warner Bros. announced plans to open The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in 2009. This is big news, folks…if you haven’t heard this by now, you’re missing out on one of the greatest [...]
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Well…aside from the Simpsons announcement about a month ago, I wasn’t really expecting too much from Universal for a while. I knew that a project relating to Harry Potter was strictly underwraps, but, I did not know details about it. This morning, Universal finally announced that “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” will be opening [...]
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I love theme parks. A lot of people love theme parks. But the one thing that I truly know more about is how they operate. Many people fail to see how much work ride operators really do to ensure that things are running as smoothly as possible. They fail to see [...]
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In the theme park world, not too much is happening this year–the Blue Man Group show opens in about a month at Universal Orlando, and aside from that–nothing big is happening. No new attractions (unless you count Monster’s Inc Laugh Floor [MILF] at Magic Kingdom, but I don’t want to count that). In [...]
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Orlando, FL and Universal City, CA (April
24, 2007) — “Woo Hoo!” Universal’s theme parks add animated fun and excitement to their roster as FOX’s blockbuster hit series, The Simpsons, becomes the inspiration for the world’s most highly anticipated new theme park ride.
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson – stars of TV’s longest running series [...]
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Remember back in 1991 how Universal changed the world with Back to the Future: The Ride? The new ride (at the time…it’s no longer open) featured the most advanced and sophisticated ride system ever seen for a motion simulator. Instead of being enclosed in a large, moving box, you were in your own [...]
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Back to the Future: A Tribute
Alright, so as I announced on the blog a couple weeks ago, Universal finally dropped the big news—Back to the Future: The Ride would be closing at Universal Studios Florida on March 30, 2007. That’s tomorrow, people. After tomorrow, the Future becomes a part of the past, and to me, it’s quite upsetting.
The [...]
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We were starting to think it would never happen. This week, a new image popped up on the Back to the Future page at www.universalorlando.com. It stated:
March 30, 2007 will be the last day that this popular attraction will be operating, to make way for a new attraction (which, according to rumors I’ve [...]
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Sea World Announces “Aquatica”
The past couple of posts have been a lot of my love for Orlando’s theme parks, right? I’ve been going insane lately with the theme park world here in Orlando, and the announcement of a brand new park is somewhat special to me. Yesterday, Sea World announced Aquatica, its new theme park that [...]
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It’s getting closer and closer. Blue Man Group is moving into Universal Orlando Resort, and the final result is sure to be remarkably amazing. The new show is opening on June 7, 2007, and today, Universal Orlando released new images depicting what the theater is going to look like, from the inside and [...]
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WDW Trip Report: Magic Kingdom
Wrapping up this four part series on my trip to Disney World last week, I bring you the Magic Kingdom. Time was running short on our trip, so we definitely weren’t going to be able to see everything…but, here’s just a short list of what we did see. Oh, because of the weather conditions deteriorating [...]
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Ah, yes…my favorite Disney park. People always question me on why MGM is my favorite park, and not EPCOT. And the only true answer that I have for them is that I grew up with Universal–and Disney-MGM Studios is the next best thing to the beauty that is Universal Studios. The park has some good [...]
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I just realized how long its been since I’ve let everyone know what’s in the Freakin’ Sweet Countdown…I’m disappointed with myself in this. Anyway, here’s the newest Freakin’ Sweet Countdown.
10. Dane Cook’s Tourgasm. The DVD came out about a month ago, and I just got it about a week ago. The DVD features all 9 [...]
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WDW Trip Report: EPCOT
This is part 2 of my 4 part series highlighting my trip to Walt Disney World last week. EPCOT, which has been open since 1982, will celebrate its 25th year this year…wow, a big year for Disney, right? Their “theme” for this year is The Year of A Million Dreams, in honor of all sorts [...]
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Wow…a theme park trip report. This is something that I have not done in quite a long time, but, this week, there’s going to be quite a few…that’s because on Wednesday of this week, I’m taking a trip to all 4 of the Disney parks (it will be a massively large trip report with [...]
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Theme Parks in 2007
Well, we’re about two weeks into 2007 now, and so far, it looks like this year might be a pretty quiet year for most of the Orlando-area theme parks. As most would know by now, I base most of my theme park related content around the Orlando-area parks, since they’re so close by and I’m [...]
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Review: Soarin’ (EPCOT)
Soarin’? More like Snorin’.
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2007 Bagel Awards
Welcome, welcome, one and all, to the Third Annual Bagel Awards! 2006 was a great year for all of the Six Faces of Blogging, and tonight, we’re here to present the winners of both the Bagel’s Choice and Reader’s Choice Awards! For the very first time, I allowed my readers to vote for their favorites [...]
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