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Wet Disney Dreams in Shanghai?

Hot on the heals of the Korean Disney park ‘announcement’ comes a bit of speculative news from Shanghai. The article states "the sources said the park will be four times bigger than Hong Kong’s Disneyland," which sounds like someone’s wet dreams to me. Disney Corporate claims to have very valid business reasons for building these… Read More »Wet Disney Dreams in Shanghai?

Cove of wonders at SeaWorld

SeaWorld’s Discovery Cove is an early leader in the next generation of Theme Parks. Guests enjoy a unique experience with a really high ratio of staff to guests (sometimes it’s 5 to 1), no crowds (attendance is capped around 1000), in a highly themed environment. Well, as you might expect, that sort of experience is… Read More »Cove of wonders at SeaWorld

Busch Garden Denies Amputee, is Sued

Busch Gardens in Tampa Florida is facing a lawsuit from an amputee who wasn’t allowed to ride Montu, a roller-coaster where guests sit and legs dangle as they travel through multiple loops. This time its businessman Cary Frounfelter who manufacturers and sells artificial limbs. Frounfelter was taken off the ride while his 10-year old daughter… Read More »Busch Garden Denies Amputee, is Sued

Lost again!

Mark me as very excited about the upcoming season of Lost on ABC. I can’t believe the new fall shows are about to start so soon. For a preview of the season with some slight spoilers read this Orlando Sentinel article. Fans of Desparate Housewives might want to check that article out too. Both shows… Read More »Lost again!

LegoLand Billund, Denmark

Davin’s Legoland Blog is full of great pictures from the Billund, Denmark park. It will be interesting to see if there are any major changes to the Legoland brand now that Blackstone has bought them out. I love this use of blogger where people go in and make one-off blogs that are just trip reports… Read More »LegoLand Billund, Denmark

Disable Girl Urges Theme park Boycott

The headline for this story caught my eye: Disabled girl barred from theme park rides I remembered one woman, an annual passholder at Disneyland, who drove her motorized wheelchair recklessly, was repeatedly warned about it, then was banned for a period of time. So I thought it might be something like that. Turns out this… Read More »Disable Girl Urges Theme park Boycott

A Local’s view of Press Junket at Disney World

Starfish is a recent transplant to the Orlando area. Like most the first thing she wanted to do was get to Walt Disney World and soak in some of the fun. Well, what would happen if that first day was a press junket and celebrity event like the one that happened May 5th of this… Read More »A Local’s view of Press Junket at Disney World

Pirates of the Caribbean II

Looking for the latest news on Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightly, well then look no further than ComingSoon.net. This week they’ve showcased the first glimpse of the villain of the film, Davy Jones. It’s a poster for the upcoming film entitled:  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.