Monthly Archives: March 2010

Star Wars weekends 2010 guest list

Disney has announced the guest list for the upcoming Star Wars weekends.  Star Wars weekends run from May 21st through June 13, with to me the best weekend being the last weekend.

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Busch Gardens Donates Fish

Busch Gardens Tampa is cleaning out one of their lakes and giving the fish to a non-profit organization that teaches people in developing countries about how to raise fish in a sustainable fashion.

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Give a day, get a day ends

Disney has given away the 1 million tickets they had committed for this program, so it has officially ended.    The thing that surprises me more than anything about this is how quickly they gave them out.  It was supposed … Continue reading

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Light cycle monorails

As a promotion for the upcoming Tron movie, Disney is making a couple of the monorails on the EPCOT line look like lightcycles.  I guess I’m a nerd enough to think it’s cool, even though I never really liked the … Continue reading

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SeaWorld fights to keep video private

SeaWorld is fighting what will probably be a losing battle to keep the video of the whale grabbing the trainer private.  Unfortunately, once it was given to the police, it became a public document and as such is subject to … Continue reading

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Busch Gardens arrests employee

You can tell it’s  slow newsday, but I’m amazed that this worker managed to steal 25,000 from them by voiding transactions and pocketing the cash.  You’d think their systems would notice that a ticket was sold and used to enter … Continue reading

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Topiary construction

Ever wonder what goes into putting those topiaries up in Epcot?  Wonder no more, here’s a time lapse video of them being set up overnight.

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Intimidator 305 shaping up nicely

The coast critic has posted a short article about Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion.  I’m really looking forward to this one since it’s essentially Millenium Force without having to drive all the way to Ohio.   That, and Busch Gardens … Continue reading

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