By Robert Niles: Have you ever gone on vacation by yourself? If not, have you ever thought about it? Solo travel changes your vacation. It's not just the social aspect, either. When you travel alone, you change the economics of your trip. And that just might allow you to visit someplace you though you'd never be able to go before. Your truly, traveling solo to Universal Studios Singapore Think about...
Take a look at some of the fun things guys, and plenty of ladies, will like to do while at Walt Disney World....
Disney's Hollywood Studios will celebrate its 25th anniversary on May 1 and to go along with the celebration, several new merchandise items will mark the occasion....
By Jeff Elliott : Carowinds � The park is getting a new roller coaster for 2015. Here is what we know currently � it will be a B & M roller coaster around 300ft tall and just under a mile long, that will cross between North Carolina and South Carolina. Demolition on the Skycoaster and go-carts is already underway, and construction should start by the end of the month for it to open by this...
Looking for a good cup of coffee while at the Walt Disney Resort? We have put together a list of the top spots....
By Robert Niles: Over on the Theme Park Insider discussion board, reader NB notes that the Knight Bus is now parked in front of the London facade at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. And Jaiden Cohen responded with this embed of a video overview of the construction: Since your fearless editor is in Pasadena, Calif., and not able to get out to Orlando until the expected June opening, I'm relying...
By Robert Niles: Disneyland Paris announced today that the new Ratatouille ride at Walt Disney Studios Paris will open officially on July 10. Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquee de Remi will use a Mystic Manor-style trackless ride system to take visitors through a Paris kitchen, from Remy's rodent-level perspective. The ride anchors a new Ratatouille-themed mini land in the Paris resort's Studios...
Imagine if after the final firework burst at Epcot's Illuminations: Reflections of Earth, your time at the park didn't have to end....
By Robert Niles: The Minions were out to celebrate the official opening of the new Despicable Me Minion Mayhem ride at Universal Studios Hollywood. As was their master, super-villain Gru... And his daughters. After a performance of "Happy" from Despicable Me 2 by the same high school dancers who performed the song at the Academy Awards (minus Pharrell Williams), host Mario Lopez introduced several...
The Easter Bunny is on his way to the Magic Kingdom....
A new collection of cosmetics and beauty products are coming to the Disney parks....
By Robert Niles: Six Flags Entertainment Corporation today announced that it has a deal with Meraas Leisure and Entertainment, a development company in the United Arab Emirates, to bring a Six Flags theme park to Dubai . Scheduled for completion in late 2017, the Six Flags Dubai would be part of a Meraas-backed multi-park development in Jebel Ali. If any of this sounds familiar to you, it should. This...
On Thursday, Disney Parks celebrated the 50th anniversary of the iconic Disney attraction "It's a Small World." ...
By Robert Niles: The Disney theme parks worldwide today are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic It's a Small World ride. It's a Small World debuted not in a Disney theme park, but at the 1964 New York Fair, where the ride was sponsored by Pepsi Cola as a tribute to UNICEF. Featuring design by Mary Blair and what might have become from the world's most famous "ear worm" theme song from Robert...
By Robert Niles: You can just begin to see the skeletons of the Hogsmeade rooftops peeking over the construction walls at Universal Studios Hollywood this week. The peaked roofs provide us with our first look at the village of Hogsmeade taking shape in Hollywood's version of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Walk around the construction site, near the bridge over to the Studio Tour, for a better...
By Robert Niles: Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem won't open officially until this Saturday at Universal Studios Hollywood, but the accompanying Gru's Lab Cafe has been serving lunch for several days now while the park soft-opens the ride and finishes construction on the Super Silly Fun Land playgrounds next door. You'll find Gru's Lab at the corner of Miss Hattie's Home for Girls and Super Silly Fun Land,...
We have posted updates piece by piece of this new attraction, which is the same way Ihu's Breakaway Falls has come together. ...
Something wonderfully wicked is coming to Disney....
By Jeff Elliott : SeaWorld San Diego � (OK, we're staying within California for this first item.) A California bill that would have banned the use of orcas in entertainment failed to get out of committee yesterday, killing the proposal for this year. While the bill expressly doesn�t mention SeaWorld�s name, it definitely was aimed directly at SeaWorld (since no one else has killer whales in California)....
A California bill that sought to end killer whale shows at SeaWorld in San Diego and phase out keeping them in captivity has been put on hold, meaning it's dead for the year....