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Wade Meckler hits first grand slam to help the Angels rout Rays 14-3
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (311+ words) ST. PETERSBURG " Wade Meckler hit his first grand slam in the majors for the first of Los Angeles" four homers in the Angels" 14-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Meckler connected off Drew Rasmussen (4-2) in the first inning....
Working at Philadelphia's Fleer factory was a "rite' and the baseball cards flew out the window – Orlando Sentinel
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1047+ words) PHILADELPHIA — The inside job began sometime after midnight at the factory in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood where the work never stopped. The trading card industry boomed in the early 1990s, so the cards produced by Fleer at 10th and Somerville may as well…...
Level99 now hiring, set to open this summer at Disney Springs
3+ week, 1+ day ago (230+ words) Level99, the gaming venue planned for Disney Springs, has announced a summertime opening and an initial hunt for 150 employees. The 45, 000-square-foot, multilevel attraction will featuring 60 physical and mental games that involve feats such as solving puzzles and dodging swing axes. It…...
3 theme park attractions: This is how we re-ride
2+ mon, 4+ day 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…...
Sea World: Seven Seas Food Festival features new on-the-move menu items
3+ 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
4+ mon, 2+ day 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
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (19+ words) orlandosentinel. com More in Restaurants, Food & Drink...
New from Gideon's Bakehouse, Six Ravens takes flight at Disney Springs later this year
4+ mon, 2+ 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
4+ mon, 4+ 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
5+ mon, 15+ hour 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;…...