Friday, December 20, 2019

Star Tours updated; WWII veteran gets special Epcot tour; Holiday treats at Disney fest

Star Tours updated; WWII veteran gets special Epcot tour; Holiday treats at Disney fest

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December 20, 2019

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Disney: Star Tours ride receives splashy 'Rise of Skywalker' update

Disney's Star Tours ride gets updates based on the new 'Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker' movie

A World War II veteran who helped build Epcot returns to see a hidden side of the park

In 1982, Epcot was the biggest construction undertaking of its time. Stephen Nemeth, one of the construction workers, called it "the best job I ever had." Now at age 94, Nemeth returned to the park on a special tour.

Sweet, savory & seasonal! Taste Epcot's International Festival of the Holidays

The Epcot International Festival of the Holidays is in full swing, but time is running out to sample seasonal tastes. Check out these 10 offerings and taste Epcot before the event ends on Dec. 30.

Epcot: New 'Ratatouille' topiary set, Garden Rocks concerts unveiled

Disney announces Garden Rocks concerts, new Remy topiary for 2020 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival.

PODCAST: 2019 theme park highlights – Star Wars land, Hagrid coaster, Sesame Street, Skyliner (Ep. 30)

It has been a huge year for Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld. The Theme Park Rangers discuss the highs and lows of Central Florida's attractions in 2019.

Retro Disney T-shirt draws sales with old logo, new media

Plain yellow Disney T-shirt goes retro and becomes a top seller. It's an Instagram hit. Here's why.

Disney's Villains After Hours adds Cursed Caravan, keeps Maleficent

Disney World's Villains After Hours event will flank Maleficent float with Cursed Caravan at Magic Kingdom.

Disney tweaks virtual-queue procedure for new Star Wars ride

Disney Star Wars: Virtual-queue rules for Rise of Resistance ride are changed.

Disney's trash cans aren't garbage to longstanding website

Disney: Magical Trash website spotlights theme parks' garbage cans worldwide.

Epcot countdown: Our top 5 Candlelight Processional songs

Disney World: Epcot's Candlelight Processional makes joyful noise for the holidays

SeaWorld sweetens the holidays with Christmas Celebration treats

There's nothing fishy about SeaWorld's snacky sweets this holiday season.

In a theme park parking lot at night, a worker sleeps in her car. This is life in America's most visited city

In Orlando, home to Disney, Universal and SeaWorld, workers struggle with the lowest wages of the top 50 metropolitan areas in the country.

Their teen daughter sleeps in the living room. How America's worst affordable housing shortage is hurting tourism workers

Orlando's affordable housing shortage is the worst in the country and it's impacting the tourism workers who are crucial to the economy.

Disney goes artsy, European with its new Riviera Resort

Disney Vacation Club: Riviera Resort opens with art, European influences

At Disney Marathon, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Warrick Dunn will give inspiration

Athletes Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Warrick Dunn are speaking - and running - during Walt Disney World Marathon weekend.

It takes her 3 hours to travel 15 miles by bus. Orlando's public transit is failing tourism workers

Central Florida's public transit system is failing the low-wage workers who help drive the region's tourism-based economy.

Epcot tourist who says he was run over by a scooter settles lawsuit

Zachery Corn's lawsuit was one of several featured in a Sentinel report about the rise in litigation stemming from the motorized scooters commonly seen around the theme parks.

Orlando hotel taxes don't pay for roads or housing like in other cities. One reason: Disney and Universal's political power

Disney, Universal and the tourism industry at large are powerful political contributors in Florida, where, unlike other regions, hotel taxes are used largely for convention centers, big venues and tourism promotion.

Beaches & Cream Soda Shop set to reopen at Disney's Beach Club Resort

More space an improved layout and other features will wow fans of this beloved Walt Disney World ice cream haven, but more importantly: the Kitchen Sink sundae remains!

Kind of a blast: Kennedy Space Center goes retro for holiday theme

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex celebrates holidays with a retro, 1960 vibe

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