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3 theme park attractions: This is how we re-ride
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (719+ words) Regular theme-parkgoers may find themselves in ruts, making favorites their top priority while avoiding others out of habit. I recently revisited a handful of rides that had dropped off my radar to see what, if anything (including my attitude), was…...
SeaWorld: Seven Seas Food Festival features new on-the-move menu items
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (797+ words) The theme park has added rotating menu items at several of its walk-up marketplaces. Some items now available at the fest, which began Jan 30, will go away at a predetermined (and published) date, replaced by other items that will, in…...
Celebrate Lunar returns to Orlando’s Luminary Green Saturday
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (609+ words) Celebrate Lunar, one of Orlando's premier Lunar New Year events, returns with a super-sized, one-day festival from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday (Jan. 31). "It is a very big Asian tent," David Sudarma, president of Heritage & Hope, tells me with a laugh....
Artistic Eats! 5 faves from Epcot’s International Festival of the Arts
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (19+ words) Artistic Eats! 5 faves from Epcot's International Festival of the Arts'orlandosentinel.com More in Restaurants, Food & Drink...
New from Gideon’s Bakehouse, Six Ravens takes flight at Disney Springs later this year
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (693+ words) Steve Lewis, owner/founder of Gideon's Bakehouse, famously started his company as a one-man band in his small College Park apartment. In the time since, Gideon's has grown from a bicycle-delivery operation to an East End Market stall to a…...
Orlando attractions 2026: Muppet thrill ride, Galacticoaster, sloths in action
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (746+ words) If all goes according to the 2026 plan, Orlando-area theme parks and attractions will welcome updated animatronics, a new roller coaster, more Muppet mania, revived rides and a slew of sloths. Yes, sloths. But slow down a second. Nearby, "Disney Jr....
Cold front closes down Orlando water parks
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (223+ words) Cool weather conditions and continually dropping temperatures have prompted Central Florida water parks to close for a few days. Forecasts for overnight temps in the 30s pushed many attractions to adjust their schedules. Walt Disney World's Typhoon Lagoon; Universal's Volcano Bay;…...
Sensory-friendly holiday show joins CFCArts anniversary lineup
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (33+ words) Central Florida Community Arts kicks its 15th-anniversary celebration into high gear with two big concerts in the coming weeks that go to the heart of its mission: Connecting people through music. In ......
Neat service, nice bites at Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak Orlando at Disney | Review
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (34+ words) Two-time James Beard Foundation Award-winner Michael Mina opened the tenth Bourbon Steak at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin in July and has since been introducing it to vacationers and con...
More holiday to-dos at SeaWorld, Legoland, Disney Jollywood Nights
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (614+ words) The jack-o-lanterns are not yet rotting, but we have fresh information about holiday happenings at three Central Florida theme parks. Visitors may see the return of the sea lion show at SeaWorld Orlando, a 360,000-brick Christmas tree at Legoland Florida…...