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After months of waiting, Universal Orlando officials are peeling away more of the mystery surrounding the Wizarding World of Harry Potter , the Orlando theme park's $200 million addition. They have announced June 18th as the grand-opening date of
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Pollo Campero , an international Latin chicken quick-service restaurant chain, has partnered with Levy Campero to deliver a new restaurant concept in the Downtown Disney Marketplace at Walt Disney World Resort. The restaurant, which is scheduled to open
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Fast-food giant McDonald’s is leaving Downtown Disney. The McDonald’s restaurant at Walt Disney World’s shopping-and-dining district will close April 30, Disney said this afternoon. It will be replaced by Pollo Campero, a Latin chicken
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Central Florida will be home to the world's largest Legoland by the end of 2011, Merlin Entertainments Group said Thursday. The park, which is planned for the former site of Cypress Gardens , is expected to include between 40 and 50 main attractions.
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The owner of Legoland has purchased Cypress Gardens , the venerable Polk County attraction that shut down last fall. A spokeswoman for the buyer, British amusements operator Merlin Entertainments Group, said Friday the purchase includes the current Cypress
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Universal Orlando introduced a new ticket-pricing structure Monday designed to capitalize on an attendance surge expected this spring when the resort opens the Wizarding World of Harry Potter . Universal's changes included eliminating a long-running
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Roy Edward Disney, son of Disney Studios co-founder Roy O. Disney, and nephew of Walt Disney, passed away Dec. 16 at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., following a yearlong battle with stomach cancer. He was 79 years old. Disney
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Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando are among the winners of the Themed Entertainment Association’s annual awards. Disney’s Toy Story Mania! was honored as one of two outstanding attractions (along with the Dragon’s Treasure show
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Walt Disney World is about to transform its Wide World of Sports athletic complex to link it with ESPN, the Walt Disney Co.’s cable-sports juggernaut. In a multimillion-dollar rebranding effort, Disney is outfitting the 220-acre venue with dozens
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Walt Disney World officially announced it is retiring the Lights of Winter holiday arches at Epcot, ending this week’s speculation on several Disney-related message boards. The note from DisneyParks twitter reads, “Note: The Lights of Winter
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A cry of “Man overboard” will have a new, less dire connotation aboard the Disney Dream. AquaDuck — the first water coaster aboard a cruise ship — will send passengers sailing 13 feet over the edge, 150 feet above the water’s
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The facelift will be the biggest overhaul in the theme park's history! Walt Disney World is about to embark on a sweeping facelift for the Fantasyland section of the Magic Kingdom, in what the resort calls the biggest overhaul in the theme park's
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Cypress Gardens shut down once again Wednesday, its owner saying it has exhausted "every possible approach" to keep the storied-but-struggling tourist attraction open. The abrupt closing came just seven months after the region's oldest theme
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For two years, fans anxiously awaited any word on the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but few details of Universal’s “theme park within a theme park” at Islands of Adventure were forthcoming – until now. Tuesday, September 15,
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The Richard Petty Driving Experience has lowered the required age for participants in its ride-along program at the Walt Disney World Speedway near Magic Kingdom. Previously, folks had to be at least 16 years old, but now it's down to 14. Participants
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