Orlando Attractions Update – Universal Orlando’s fifth on-property resort has officially opened its doors. Loews Sapphire Falls Resort greeted its first guests this week. Sapphire Falls, located between the company’s Royal Pacific and Cabana Bay Beach resorts, carries a Caribbean theme. It has 1,000 rooms, bringing the total for Universal hotels to 5,200. It’s Universal Orlando’s first…
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Orlando Attractions Update – The moment that has been years in the making is finally here – Skull Island: Reign of Kong at Universal’s Islands of Adventure is officially open. Starting today, you can venture into the dark jungles of Skull Island. You’ll encounter hostile natives and fend off vicious predators. Finally, you’ll come face-to-face with…
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Orlando Attractions Update – A state of the art Coca-Cola Store Orlando will open to the public Saturday in a prime location at Disney Springs, the company said Friday. The design of the retail outlet’s structure is inspired by a brick 1920s Coca-Cola bottling plant and features an entryway that pays homage…
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Orlando Attractions Update – “Frozen” remains a hot property for Disney, experts say — an opinion bolstered by fan reaction when the much anticipated ride based on the blockbuster animated film finally debuted at Epcot. The line, at its peakstretched out of the park’s Norway pavilion into the China pavilion and across the bridge to…
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Orlando Attractions Update – Busch Gardens Tampa’s highly anticipated new multidirectional spin coaster, Cobra’s Curse, is officially open. This one-of-a-kind spin coaster features a menacing 30,000-pound snake king icon and a 70-foot vertical lift takes riders within inches of its 3 foot-wide eyes and 4-foot-long fangs. During the three-and-a-half-minute ride, the Cobra’s Curse coaster trains speed along…
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Orlando Attractions Update – Mako is officially open for business at SeaWorld and one of our intrepid friends at The Orlando Sentinel Dewayne Bevil described the experience as ‘Breathtaking’. “Coming down that first hill is a more straight-down feeling, more dramatic than I’ve ever experienced on a thrill ride. That descent may have prompted some not-family-newspaper-friendly language….
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Orlando Attractions Update – Prior to the scheduled debut of “The Jungle Book: Alive With Magic” our friends at the Orlando Sentinel were able to preview a soft-opening performance at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park. According to those in attendance “The surprise wore off — and word spread — quickly as the new 5,000-seat open-air theater on…
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Orlando Attractions Update – Sea Life Aquarium Orlando at the I-Drive 360 complex has opened its new Turtle Fest exhibit. The interactive exhibit features several reptiles, including a diamondback terrapin, Northern red-bellied cooter and an Australian snake-necked turtle. “Florida’s coastal regions are home to a wide variety of turtles, and it is only natural that we would create an…
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Orlando Attractions Update – The brand new Mangos’ Tropical Café that just opened in Orlando is an expansion of the popular Mango’s brand in South Beach. According to the Orlando Sentinel it took three years and $40 million to completely rebuild the facility at the corner of I-Drive and Sand Lake Road. County leaders and…
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Orlando Attractions Update – Crayola, the Forks Township crayon-maker behind such shades as Laser Lemon, Dandelion and Sunglow, will bring its colorful experience to residents of Orlando this week. The company on Wednesday will open a Crayola Experience in a two-story, 70,000-square-foot space inside the Florida Mall in Orlando, Fla. The new spot inserts the…
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