Orlando Sentinel: Travel
- Disney set to unveil giant screen, new store near I-Drive
Friday - 05/20/2022 - 11:56 AMDisney characters will soon cavort atop an I-Drive parking garage, as testing begins on the new curved screen installed there.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney: ‘Lightyear’ preview coming to Hollywood Studios
Thursday - 05/19/2022 - 10:49 AMA preview for Disney-Pixar film “Lightyear” is set for Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney Presents attraction
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney shares partial Eat to Beat concert lineup
Thursday - 05/19/2022 - 01:54 PMDisney releases partial schedule for Eat to the Beat concerts , part of Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, which starts in July.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Universal: Superstar Parade ending next month
Wednesday - 05/18/2022 - 10:59 AMUniversal’s Superstar Parade will end in early June, Universal Orlando website says, concluding a decade-long run at theme park.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Universal: HHN house to feature Dracula, Mummy, Wolf Man
Tuesday - 05/17/2022 - 01:02 PMUniversal Orlando announces first haunted house for Halloween Horror Nights 2022. Dracula, Mummy, Wolf Man loom.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State will likely take over Disney World’s Reedy Creek, DeSantis says
Monday - 05/16/2022 - 04:25 PMThe state will likely assume control of Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District, rather than local governments absorbing it, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SeaWorld’s chief financial officer to retire amid company’s ‘bright future’
Friday - 05/13/2022 - 03:58 PMElizabeth Castro Gulacsy, Orlando-based SeaWorld’s Chief Financial Officer, is retiring after nine years with the company.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Robot bartender aboard Wonder of the Seas won’t flirt with your date, but you still have to tip
Thursday - 05/12/2022 - 06:14 AMIt doesn't wear cute clothes. It won't make small talk. But you still have to tip it. Royal Caribbean is bringing it futuristic Bionic Bar to Port Canaveral aboard the new Wonder of the Seas this fall.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Gatorland Global: Reaching out for reptiles
Tuesday - 05/10/2022 - 10:57 AMGatorland Global makes worldwide conservation efforts but also rescues, releases reptiles in Florida.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney makes Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind souvenirs a la 1980s
Monday - 05/09/2022 - 11:59 AMSouvenirs for Epcot's Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind coaster will be very '80s at Disney
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- At Universal Orlando’s Volcano Bay, a tourist with 1 hand seeks raft ride access
Friday - 05/20/2022 - 03:02 PMNew Hampshire tourist born with one hand wants to ride a raft attraction at Universal's Volcano Bay water park.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brightline train makes 1st test appearance at Orlando airport station
Thursday - 05/19/2022 - 10:53 AMAs Brightline continues work to complete the 170 miles of track from South Florida to Orlando, one of its new trains made its first test appearance at the nearly complete station at Orlando International Airport.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Expanded travel, money flow to Cuba will roll out slowly, analysts say
Wednesday - 05/18/2022 - 06:51 AMNew U.S. travel and remittance policies toward Cuba are likely to be implemented slowly and will be more restrictive than those under President Obama as the Biden administration steers through choppy election year waters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney World limits availability, ends advance sales of skip-the-line Genie+ service
Wednesday - 05/18/2022 - 01:12 PMWalt Disney World guests soon could face limited availability of skip-the-line service Genie+.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney: Barbershop, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique reopening
Tuesday - 05/17/2022 - 04:13 PMDisney World says Magic Kingdom’s Harmony Barber Shop will reopen in July; Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique coming back this year too.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - From a luxury castle to under the sea: 10 quirky Florida overnight stays
Sunday - 05/15/2022 - 05:30 AMFlorida has no shortage of quirky lodging, from boats to shipping containers to a castle. Here are 10 stays found around the Sunshine State.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney gears up ‘Fantasmic,’ ‘Finding Nemo’ shows
Thursday - 05/12/2022 - 04:48 AMDisney World revamping “Fantasmic” at Hollywood Studios and “Finding Nemo” show at Animal Kingdom.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former UCF, NFL star Shaquem Griffin named godfather of Margaritaville at Sea cruise ship
Wednesday - 05/11/2022 - 04:53 PMThe man who helped lead UCF to its undefeated football season in 2017 and inspired NFL fans with his success story playing pro football despite an amputated hand is taking on a new role as godfather of the rebranded Margaritaville at Sea cruise ship.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cruise fares are suddenly cheap as ships resume sailing with full capacity. But you’d better hurry.
Tuesday - 05/10/2022 - 06:05 PMSuddenly, cruise fares are cheap as cruise lines rush to fill cabins freed by a return to sailing at full capacity. But cabins are going fast and prices won't stay low long.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney World guests may have to wait for help under new Reedy Creek fire department rule, union says
Monday - 05/09/2022 - 04:51 PMThe head of the Reedy Creek Fire Department union says a policy new could make Disney World visitors in need wait longer for help.
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- PODCAST: Universal shares HHN details, Disney changes Genie+ and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique brings the glitter (Ep. 145)
Friday - 05/20/2022 - 01:09 PMThis week tourism reporters Dewayne Bevil and Katie Rice discuss the first Halloween Horror Nights house of 2022, changes to Disney’s Genie+, a parade that is leaving and the return of some establishments that bring the glitter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SeaWorld: Electric Ocean gets new fireworks show, nighttime ‘Rescue Tails’
Thursday - 05/19/2022 - 12:06 PMSeaWorld Orlando's Electric Ocean adds new fireworks and a way to watch them from Sky Tower.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Theme Park Rangers Radar 20: Haunted Mansion treats, passholder parking, peeves
Wednesday - 05/18/2022 - 05:48 AMTheme park radar detects new SeaWorld parking, passholder entrance at Islands of Adventure, pop-up cakes for Haunted Mansion
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney World parades have their following: They bring up the rear
Tuesday - 05/17/2022 - 12:03 PMDisney Festival of Fantasy Parade unofficially includes swarm of park visitors that bring up the rear, strolling behind final float.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Space launches vs. cruise lines: Coast Guard concludes investigation into Royal Caribbean ship
Tuesday - 05/17/2022 - 02:42 PMOne of the world’s largest cruise ship ran afoul of SpaceX earlier this year when Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas wandered into waters it was supposed to avoid because of a launch attempt.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carnival Cruise Line breaks ground on private Bahamas destination
Friday - 05/13/2022 - 02:43 PMAfter delays from both COVID and the recovery from Hurricane Dorian, Carnival Cruise Line has broken ground on a new private destination in the Bahamas.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As USA Games near, some Special Olympics athletes in limbo over COVID-19 vaccination policy
Friday - 05/13/2022 - 06:50 PMWith the Special Olympics USA Games coming in June, some athletes who haven't gotten the COVID-19 vaccine were told they can't participate.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disney theme park revenues double even amid scuffle with DeSantis, GOP
Wednesday - 05/11/2022 - 07:20 PMWalt Disney Co. executives boasted about another blockbuster quarter Wednesday at its theme parks even as they remained mum about their feud with Gov. Ron DeSantis.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal judge dismisses 1st lawsuit against DeSantis over Disney World’s Reedy Creek district
Tuesday - 05/10/2022 - 05:16 PMA federal judge on Tuesday quickly dismissed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis over the dissolution of Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Visit Orlando, partner launch $28.5 million effort to brand the city as ‘Unbelievably Real’
Monday - 05/09/2022 - 05:22 PMOrlando’s wealth of things to do make it an “Unbelievably Real” destination, according to a $28.5 million marketing campaign.
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