Picture it: Shaq, Shark Week, Sea Life
There’s all sorts of synergy going on in this picture. It’s faux Shaq meeting real-life sharks at Sea Life Aquarium. The International Drive attraction borrowed the former NBA star’s wax...
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Lockheed Martin to be title sponsor for Kennedy Space Center attraction
Lockheed Martin is the title sponsor for the new Astronaut Training Experience attraction at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. “The ATX Center gives participants a chance to train like an...
Gaylord Palms to tell ‘A Christmas Story’ theme in ICE
“A Christmas Story,” a classic holiday movie, will provide the theme for this season’s ICE, the elaborate ice-sculpture attraction at Gaylord Palms. About a dozen scenes from the coming-of-age film...
Not-so-hot spots in Orlando’s theme parks
I’m not sure that if we willingly go to a theme park in Florida in the summer that we have a right to complain about the heat. But if we’re...
Universal: Sign up for ‘Deal or No Deal’ tickets
Tickets are now available for recording sessions of the revived “Deal or No Deal” game show, which again will feature host Howie Mandel but now will be filmed at Universal...
Pixar exec shares behind-the-scenes thinking for Disney World’s Toy Story Land
Talk about a stimulating work environment. Roger Gould is creative director of the theme-parks group of Pixar Animation Studios, which means his job includes collaborating with Walt Disney Imagineering anywhere...
New list spotlights theme-park influencers, including Rohde, Iger, Coup
Central Florida attractions are well-represented on the new Blooloop 50 Theme Park Influencers List 2018, including creative and business types from Disney, Universal, Merlin and Orlando-based companies. The list, devised...
Big World of Disney store renovation continues
Let’s skip to the chase: Stitch still spits. That answers one of the burning questions about the remodeling of the mammoth World of Disney store that’s currently in progress at...
Legoland Florida: Hurricane-ripped ship back in theme park’s pirate show
Brickbeard’s Bounty, a ship used in the pirate-themed ski shows staged at Legoland Florida theme park, has returned to its place in productions after being severely damaged during Hurricane Irma...
First look: ‘Universal Orlando’s Cinematic Celebration’
Take a deep breath. Now, exhale. The incoming end-of-night show at Universal Studios theme park is a slower-paced production designed to let visitors absorb great movie moments and, not coincidentally,...