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Disney Finally Announces: the Star Wars Lands Will Open in 2019

The Star Wars attractions are scheduled to open at California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Walt Disney World in 2019, Disney CEO Bob Iger made the announcement during an investor call a few days ago.
The 14-acre attractions were first announced in 2015. They are currently under construction at the parks and represent Disney’s largest single-theme land expansion ever. According to the DisneyParks blog, the lands will feature aliens and droids, various markets, landing zones, and buildings, as well as an epic attraction like Han Solo’s life-sized Millennium Falcon spaceship while on a mission that visitors will be able to pilot. The lands will also include a signature Star Wars adventure that puts visitors in the middle of an epic battle between First Order stormtroopers and the Resistance, and they will be given the chance to visit a remote trading port. Continue reading “Disney Finally Announces: the Star Wars Lands Will Open in 2019”

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Ringling Bros Closes ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ after 146 Years

After 146 years, Ringling Bros will close the iconic “Greatest Show on Earth.”
Employees were told the sad news a few days ago in Orlando. Its last performance is scheduled for May 21 at the Nassau Coliseum. The circus will have 30 more performances. Some of them will be in Atlanta, Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia. Other stops on the show’s last tour include Long Island and Brooklyn.
The owners said the main reasons included high operating costs, decreasing tickets sales and changing public tastes. Continue reading “Ringling Bros Closes ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ after 146 Years”

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Universal Announces Opening Date for Jimmy Fallon attraction

800px-Universal_Studios_Japan_18Universal Orlando has announced that its brand new attraction, called Ride Through New York With Jimmy Fallon, will officially debut on April 6, Thursday.

The grand opening date was announced by Jimmy Fallon on his late-night NBC talk show last Thursday. Moreover, Fallon will be taping “The Tonight Show” at the theme park from April 3 to April 6.

The new ride which is currently under construction is touted by the theme park as “the world’s first-ever flying theater.” Continue reading “Universal Announces Opening Date for Jimmy Fallon attraction”

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Disney and Cameron Share Behind-the-Scenes Look at New Avatar Land

800px-huangshanDisney World and James Cameron offer a deeper look into the new themed land tied to the hit film “Avatar.”
Just a few months ahead of the planned summer 2017 debut of Pandora, the long-awaited Avatar theme park at Disney World in Orlando, a new preview video has been released and fans were offered a sneak peek at on-ride footage from the two new rides.
After almost three years of construction, Continue reading “Disney and Cameron Share Behind-the-Scenes Look at New Avatar Land”

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Skyplex to Add a New Sky-High Attraction

800px-mangos_tropical_cafe_miami_florida_usaJoshua Wallack is bringing a sixth major attraction to the much-anticipated project on International Drive.

Skyplex developer is now characterizing his $460 million massive entertainment, retail and dining complex as a full-day theme park and claims the new addition, called SkyLedge will be the first of its kind in the U.S. allowing tourists to walk around the outside of the tower.

More on the topic here.

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Universal’s Volcano Bay to Use Magnetic Technology

800px-jurassic_park_the_ride_at_universal_studios_japan_5Volcano Bay water park will get new wearable technology and
bright lava effects, said Universal when the new Orlando’s coming attraction was revealed last week.
Unniversal announced new details about its coming Volcano Bay water park. A wristband will alert guests when it’s time to get to the next ride.
The new magnetic technology that will be introduced by Universal is called Tapu Tapu. Continue reading “Universal’s Volcano Bay to Use Magnetic Technology”

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Orlando International Airport to Shut Down Operations at 8 p.m. Thursday

Boeing_737-2B7_Adv._US_Air_N279AU,_MCO_Orlando,_FL_(Orlando_International_Airport),_USA_PP1164719158Thursday morning, Orlando International Airport officials announced that the airport will be closed to commercial operations starting at 8 p.m. because of Hurricane Matthew. The announcement was made on the airport’s official twitter page.
An airport spokesman confirmed that OIA will close at 8 a.m. and hopes to reopen on Saturday but only after damage assessment is done. However, Mathhew has been unpredictable until now and it is not known for sure when it will resume flight operations. Continue reading “Orlando International Airport to Shut Down Operations at 8 p.m. Thursday”

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Universal Orlando Opens Its Fifth Hotel Sapphire Falls Resort

hotelLoews Sapphire Falls Resort, located between Royal Pacific and Cabana Bay Beach resorts, officially opened its doors and greeted its first guests on Thursday morning.

The other two Universal Orlando hotels are Portofino Bay and the Hard Rock Hotel. All the five hotels are operated by Loews Hotels & Resorts, which has 26 hotels in the United States and Canada, including in Miami Beach, Chicago, St. Petersburg, Atlanta, New York. and Washington, D.C. Continue reading “Universal Orlando Opens Its Fifth Hotel Sapphire Falls Resort”