Orlando Parkhopper

We have a lot of territory to cover this week folks. Epcot may have backpedaled on a previously announced attraction upgrade, but their popular International Flower and Garden Festival is still going strong. In the meantime, Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland and Main Street are both behind construction walls and we quickly sum a few things up for you at that park as well. We check on the progress of the ...

Orlando is the place to be with so many major theme parks heading up plans for this Summer. We look towards the future this week and scope out more of the Fantasyland expansion taking place at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. We next review the recently opened Iceploration show at Busch Gardens Florida and we ponder the epicurean delights offered at the many restaurants in the park. Finally ...

Digital Spiders, soft, flying elephants and 4D turtles are all part of this weeks Orlando Parkhopper. The really big news this week is that Universal's Islands of Adventure re-opened The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman with new Digital projection effects. But does it improve the ride? Next we land in the Magic Kingdom for the soft openings of Dumbo and the Great Goofini Coaster. Finally we stop ...

Today's Orlando Parkhopper is filled with Universal Orlando Mini-Golf Madness, Gatorland goodness and SeaWorld silliness. That's right, the new Drive-In Mini Golf project that we have been following for months has FINALLY opened and we were there to cover every bit of this fantastic new Orlando attraction. Next, we visit the quintessential Orlando destination, Gatorland, for a bit of backwoods fun.

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It has been an interesting week in the Florida theme parks. While we wait for the Fantasyland construction project to start wrapping up at the Magic Kingdom, the Sorcerers in the Magic Kingdom game has launched without a hitch. However, over in Epcot, the new Habit Heros interactive experience was shut down suddenly amid complaints and controversy. Meanwhile, we stroll through Universal Studios Orlando to check on the progress of the projects there like the detailed new mini golf ...