Monthly Archives: November 2009

Updated Fantasy land concept drawings

Disney has release updated concept art for Fantasyland at Disneyworld.  It’s not too different from the previous release, but has a little more detail fleshed out for the new Cinderella  and little Mermaid buildings.

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Universal Orlando fined for ride accident

Universal studios in orlando was fined for the accident where a park employee was hit by the dueling dragons roller coaster on the morning of July 1, 2009.

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Aquatica to add new waterslides

Aquatica is going to be adding four new waterslides in 2010, including a pair that run uphill thanks to a magnetic launch system.

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Disney adds theme park merchandise online

Disney is adding items that previously used to only be available in the theme parks to their online store.  This is a great idea because I know I’ve seen something I wanted, but didn’t wnat to carry it around at … Continue reading

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Busch Gardens Tampa welcomes a new Baby Rhino to the park.  It was born on Nov 11th and has yet to be named.

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Mobile Magic

Disney has unveiled an application for Verizon wireless customers where they can access information about the parks directly from their cell phone, including things like FastPass return times and GPS enabled maps with locations of things in the parks. The … Continue reading

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Fireworks from Bay Lake Tower

Disney is allowing DVC owners at the new Bay Lake Tower resort watch the fireworks at night from the top of the building.  They’ve even piped in the music from the show there so you won’t miss anything by seeing … Continue reading

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Disney Mom’s aren’t necessarily female

Doug Ingersoll is one of the lucky 15 people selected to be a Disney Mom.

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Seaworld San Diego gets 82 new turtles

SeaWorld San Diego had 82 turtles hatch on shipwreck beach.

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