click to enlarge Photo by Rob Bartlett Orlando is still the most visited place in the United States, according to new numbers from tourism officials. That’s right, despite Hurricane Irma essentially removing tourism from the state last September, a record-setting … Read the rest
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even though Hurricane Irma forced the closures of its theme parks and airports and filled its hotels with displaced evacuees, a record-setting 72 million tourists still flocked to the Orlando area last year, tourism officials said … Read the rest
You can feel it. You feel it when you can look in the rearview mirror at the endless car back-up on Interstate 4. You don’t think twice about arriving two hours early at the airport to fight the lines.More people … Read the rest
May 8, 2018, 3:07 PM · Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger said today on the company’s quarterly earnings call that Disney is looking at opportunities to build additional theme parks in China and elsewhere around the world.”We think there’s … Read the rest
by Jim Webster Ground transportation at Orlando International Airport is designed to persuade visitors to proceed directly to the concentration of hysteria on the southwest side of town. But if you make the effort to get yourself to the northeast side … Read the rest
<!– render embed module start–><!– render embed module end –>ORLANDO, Fla. – Bam! A staple at Universal CityWalk will be closing its doors for good. After 20 years, News 6 has learned Emeril's Orlando will officially close this summer. The … Read the rest
© Provided by DeadlineDisney CEO Bob Iger said he sees “opportunities to expand” the company’s theme parks in China and other parts of the world.Iger was asked during the company’s second quarter earnings call if Disney might consider building parks … Read the rest
Walt Disney World overall — and Animal Kingdom — posted record-breaking attendance in the final months of 2017, the company said in a post-earnings call in February.So will the company’s theme park division keep growing when the latest earnings are … Read the rest
Let’s face it. Theme park fans make horrible bosses. We can be insufferable taskmasters, dismissing any new attraction that falls below the highest level of quality that a park has achieved in its past.Now, it is our money that we … Read the rest
View ImagesEola Lake is a hallmark of Orlando’s iconic downtown. Photograph by Sean Pavone, Alamy Stock Photo Orlando is young, upbeat and friendly, where a large percentage of the residents relocated from somewhere else. Families, urban hipsters, members of the … Read the rest
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