More food and beverage options are coming to Epcot this year with the arrival of the International Festival of the Holidays! The festival is essentially a re-branding of ‘Holidays Around the World’ and begins on November 19th and runs until December 30th 2017 and is set to include live music, costumed performers and of course, seasonal […]
Continue readingUniversal seem to be going through a bit of an attraction culling phase at the moment (yet E.T Adventure remains?). First we had Dragon Challenge closing earlier this week at Islands of Adventure and now the announcement that Terminator 2: 3D will be closing in order to make way for an all-new live action experience based […]
Continue readingWe will be sure to keep the post updated with all the latest updates to how Hurricane Irma is impacting the operation of Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando. 11th September 2017 update: Though Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and other surrounding parks have suffered from some damage caused by Irma, to our knowledge all […]
Continue readingDespite all of the work currently underway for Star Wars and Toy Story Land, Disney is pushing forward with refurbishment on Echo Lake. The work begins tomorrow and will include a slight rework to the landscaping as well as a drainage of the lake. Repainting will also occur and will apply to Dinosaur Gertie’s Ice […]
Continue readingThat’s right everyone, Universal are closing Dragon Challenge at Islands of Adventure at the end of today. Opening originally in 1999 as Dueling Dragons before the Harry Potter overlay changed the name in 2010, the attraction has been in operation for almost 20 years! Though most guests (including us here at Theme Park Trader) loved […]
Continue readingJoin us for the 85th episode of the Theme Park Trader podcast. This week we have a bit of a Halloween (and PSL) introduction to the podcast where we discuss a few items of spooky news that happened over the past week. Spooky news includes: Costume rules for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party 4 Original houses announced […]
Continue readingWe reported back in August that Disney was looking to expand Mobile Order further at Walt Disney World. It seems we finally have dates on when some of these expansions are occurring. The Lunching Pad in Tomorrowland will join Mobile Order on September 5th with Aloha Isle in Adventureland joining on September 6th. Both of […]
Continue readingThe replacement to One Man’s Dream has been confirmed to open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on September 8th. This updated attraction will now include models of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and Toy Story Land. Concept art for upcoming attraction, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway will also be on display. Character meet and greets with the […]
Continue readingWe now finally have a complete look as to how Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando is shaping up this year. Universal just announced four new original houses (houses not based on IPs) and they all sound incredible. Lets take a look at them: Scarecrow: The Reaping In this house, guests will step into a […]
Continue readingThe Halloween season is well underway at Walt Disney World so I thought it would be good to share the costume rules in place to avoid disappointment for anyone attending Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party this year. MNSSHP 2017 Costume Guidelines for Kids (13 and under) Costumes and masks are permitted but the mask isn’t allowed […]
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