The National Hurricane Center has officially named Fay as the 6th major tropical storm of the season. Right now Walt Disney World and the rest of Florida is in the 5-day forecast cone. Which means that sometime this coming Tuesday things could get a little… Read More »Tropical Storm Fay forms on the horizon with Florida in her sights.
The Walt Disney World Resort worked behind the scenes to carve itself an exemption to the recently passed Florida law that allows employees to bring a concealed weapon to work with them as long as it remains in the car. That exception was for employers… Read More »Walt Disney World redefines Bring-A-Gun to work exclusion.
Does that Dinosaur look hungry? He’s going to be housed inside a restaurant with his own name on the door and plenty of human sacrifices to fill his belly on a daily basis. Oh sorry, that’s the wrong memo. That’s actually a photo from this… Read More »Giant Dinosaur Attacks Walt Disney World
Over on this Ask.Mefi thread I was giving advice on how to do Disney’s Animal Kingdom in a day if you’re a first time visitor. Which got me thinking, I certainly have my habits, likes, and dislikes. Perhaps I’m in a bit of a rut… Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom in a day
Originally uploaded by indigoskye Last month I took a walking tour of Downtown Disney with the goal of capturing Pleasure Island before more of it vanishes beneath Mickey’s bulldozer. Check out the full photoset.
When “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” opens at Universal Studios Orlando’s Islands Of Adventure it will be the biggest draw yet for a non-Disney attraction. The concept art above is the just announced restaurant for the land, “The Three Broomsticks”, which can be found… Read More »Harry Potter Trailer, Book, and Themepark News
This weekend the Orlando Sentinel ran a long piece on experts opining about potential softness in the tourism market for central Florida. In short, things are softening, but so far, it’s not as bad as some thought. Major players like Walt Disney World, Universal, and… Read More »Cypress Gardens to switch to weekends only
I moved to Orlando from Las Vegas. There is a lot of similarities between the two. Both are dependent on tourism dollars to keep the economy running. The closest thing Orlando has to the Strip in Las Vegas, is International Drive. And yet, it appears… Read More »International Drive missing Tourism Dollar Opportunities