Our newsiest single tourism day of 2023 was definitely May 18. That’s the day Walt Disney Co. announced it was pulling the plug on Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser as well as the planned $1 billion campus in Lake Nona. There were many factors at play, including the need for staff reductions, lower demand than anticipated, price point, a back-and-forth with a state official and others. None of .
Many of the construction walls of Epcot have been removed, so now Theme Park Rangers Radar detects new crooks and crannies to explore. There’s also a new manatee at SeaWorld Orlando, and that news taught us something about the ears of sea cows that went right into the fun fact folder. Plus there’s more special holiday cheer to enjoy. Radar is a weekly roundup of theme park news and nuggets. It .
With this week’s Theme Park Rangers Radar, we check out what’s for supper at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, venture ‘Behind the Attraction’ with the Disney+ series director and compare the intensity of SeaWorld Orlando’s future Penguin Trek roller coaster using a tape measure. Radar is a weekly compilation of theme park news and nosiness. It publishes on OrlandoSentinel.com on Wednesdays. Browsers A .
In the build-up to National Pumpkin Day, Walt Disney World created pumpkin-based treats for some full-time residents of Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park. Is pumpkin-spice mania spreading in the animal kingdom? “Some of our animals may like the smell of pumpkin spice. I haven’t witnessed this myself. But I’ve heard that the tigers like pumpkin spice,” said Shannon Livingston, an animal .