Days after announcing a redo for the Country Bear Jamboree, a real bear has shown up at the Magic Kingdom, shutting down half the park. Perhaps he was just there to audition? You love to see and hear about signs that wildlife is doing well in places like...
We're hearing about a new secret menu item at Starbucks to honor the memory of Betty White on her 100th birthday. The Betty White Frappuccino is a grande vanilla frappuccino with one pump caramel and one pump hazelnut, add caramel crunch on top. Reported by Disney...
I've seen some crazy things at theme parks in the past. I don't know that I have seen much as crazy as the situation with the Figment popcorn bucket. For those of you who don't know, figment is the dragon mascot for Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park. And for the...
From Disney Parks: "Spaceship Earth will be painted nightly in a spectrum of light. As the festival celebrates the artistry of the world, color and imagination play an important role and the latest Spaceship Earth lighting design reflects those ideas. The core values...
We're not sure what has occurred, but That Park Place is receiving information that an animal incident on the Kilimanjaro Safari attraction at Walt Disney's Animal Kingdom has led to two major attractions shut down on the same day. Officially it's being called an...
I had the opportunity to write about my family's experience traveling on Christmas Day to Daytona Beach. This article is going to be more about the stay at Hampton Inn and bringing in the New Year in the Ocala area. With the weather being absolutely gorgeous during...
Universal Studios Orlando has released the full lineup (subject to change) for their 2022 Mardis Gras Concert Series. There are some big names in the list, and even some bands that will be returning to the stage for the first time since the pandemic began. It should...
Children of Blood and Bone, the trilogy that was supposed to be the first non-Star Wars non-Indiana Jones project by Lucasfilm since its acquisition by Disney, has been cut from The Walt Disney Company and is now under the umbrella of Paramount. The property was a...
Smaller tourist locations, and even some of the bigger spots like Disney or Universal Studios, may need to prepare for a very harsh few years upcoming. The US producer price index for 2021 has just been released and it's a monster. From CNN: The US producer price...
The Voices of Liberty have been performing at the American Adventure pavillion since the beginning of EPCOT. Always they've been dressed in colonial attire, except for special occasions, and they've always performed songs associated with American liberty, patriotism,...
Universal Studios Hollywood in California is offering a limited-time discount on annual passes, signaling that the theme park may be having difficulty bringing people back during the upcoming third year of the pandemic. This isn't surprising given the cultural,...
The cost of going to Walt Disney World is going up. Yesterday, the parks and hotels saw a significant increase in the costs for food items and beverages. It seems that nearly everything a guest would like to do has a fee associated with it. Even parking at a hotel has...
I don't normally do video game stuff, but this goes beyond video games. It goes way beyond gaming. And it's dangerous. Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox at Microsoft, did an interview with the New York Times in which he advocated for cross-platform bans. To put that in...