Latest news from Walt Disney World, Universal & Seaworld

Mar 9 - Special event at Animal Kingdom

As people in most of the U.S. get ready to set their clocks one hour ahead for Daylight Saving time, Guests visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom will “spring forward” to save frogs and other amphibians. On March 10, just a few days before Daylight Saving time begins... read more

Mar 8 - Video of Epcot's Flower & Garden Festival

It takes 24,000 cast member hours to make the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival happen. This video shows how much work is actually involved. The overnight time lapse video shows how an area containing three of more than... see video

Mar 7 - Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland expansion

At this weekend's D23 anniversary event at Disney's Magic Kingdom, a few more details on the Fantasyland expansion were revealed. The Dueling Dumbos attraction is expected to be built on the area currently occupied by the Mad Tea Party. The plans are to move the... read more

Mar 6 - New image from the Wizarding World

Universal Orlando has released another official photograph from within the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The new image shows the Hogwarts Express train complete with steam. It will be one of the first sights to great guests as they enter the new area... see the picture here

Mar 5 - $10 fee for visitors to the US

Yesterday U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill which will mean visitors to the USA will need to pay an extra $10 each. According to the U.S. Travel Association the Travel Promotion Act is needed to help address the problem of visitor numbers falling... read more

Mar 4 - Changes coming to AMC Theater

As well as new stores and restaurants opening at Downtown Disney there will also be new 3D technology coming to the AMC Pleasure Island 24 theater. “We’re excited to build upon our existing portfolio of unique offerings and are committed to... read more

Mar 3 - New Playstation Pavilion at Disney's WWS

As part of Disney’s re launch of the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex a new pavilion has opened. The PlayStation Pavilion features the latest PlayStation games and favourites including MLB 10: The Show, inFAMOUS, Buzz! Quiz World, LittleBigPlanet, and... read more

Mar 2 - 'Sticky Note' Mickey celebrates volunteers

As part of Disney's "Give a Day. Get a Disney Day." Walt Disney World cast members decided to celebrate volunteerism by creating an unusual sticky note Mickey Mouse. The video was created by using thousands of individual photos featuring... see video

Mar 1 - Endangered Gorilla born at Animal Kingdom

Guests visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom are getting a special treat along the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail where they can get a rare glimpse of a newborn gorilla born Feb. 19. The critically endangered western lowland gorilla, whose gender is still unknown, is... read more

Feb 28 - Seaworld's Believe resumes with tribute

Yesterday SeaWorld resumed the Believe shows following the tragic death of trainer Dawn Brancheau. No trainers were allowed into the water with the whales and the show began with a fitting tribute to Dawn.The trainers received a standing ovation... read more

Feb 27 - Believe show resumes at Seaworld today

SeaWorld has released a statement confirming the Believe show will resume again today and the Dine with Shamu experience next week. Here is the official statement released by SeaWorld. For now the trainers won't be allowed to resume in-water interaction with the animals... read more

Feb 26 - "Green Carpet" Premiere at Disney's WWS

On Thursday, February 25, celebrity athletes such as Chad Ochocinco (Cincinnati Bengals), Shawn Johnson (Olympic Gold Medalist), Jennie Finch (Olympic softball gold medalist), Santonio Holmes (Steelers 2009 Super Bowl MVP), Chipper Jones... read more

Feb 25 - LEGOLAND Florida website launched

Last month it was announced LEGOLAND Florida would be opening in 2011. The new website for the theme park has now been launched. LEGOLAND Florida will be built on the recently closed Cypress Gardens site in Winter Haven Florida and should be open by the end of 2011... read more