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View In Browser April 6, 2023 orlandosentinel.com Theme Park Rangers ADVERTISEMENT Disney: Long-awaited Tron ride officially rolls into Magic Kingdom Walt Disney World's much-awaited Tron Lightcycle / Run roller coaster officially opened at Magic Kingdom Tuesday. Read More Disney to resume new annual-pass sales this month Walt Disney World will again start selling annual passes to its theme parks on April 20. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Life-sized dinosaurs return to Leu Gardens in Orlando Nearly two dozen life-sized dinosaurs are back at Leu Gardens for the return of a popular exhibit. The special showcase is on display April 8-July 9. Read More Gatorland: Closer look at Croc Rock, baby goats and a rescue alligator named Winchester Gatorland introduces rock-climbing wall, Winchester the rescue alligator, three baby goats and future crocodile spot. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Theme Park Rangers Radar: Disney Springs Art Walk, Cinderella Castle change, name that Tron tune Theme Park Rangers Radar takes a Disney Springs Art Walk, looks at Cinderella Castle change, hears a Tron ride musical moment Read More Legoland: Annual-pass discounts now available Legoland Florida annual passes, hotel stays available at a discount Read More ADVERTISEMENT A 'journey to freedom': Lolita the orca will be released back into home waters after decades in captivity Lolita, the 57-year-old orca who's been held in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium on Virginia Key since the 1970s, is expected to be returned to her home waters in the Puget Sound, where she... Read More Disney Cruise Line hits construction milestone for new ship Disney Treasure Disney Treasure, the sister ship to Disney Wish is set to take shape after the traditional keel-laying shipyard ceremony to begin the marathon of construction in the works before its arrival in 2024. Read More ADVERTISEMENT 8 Orlando restaurants added to Michelin Guide selection Eleven new restaurants will be added to the Florida Michelin Guide selection in 2023 — eight of them are in Orlando and three in Tampa. Read More Iger vows $17B Disney World expansion, calls DeSantis 'anti-business' Disney plans to invest $17 billion in Walt Disney World over the next 10 years and create 13,000 new jobs, CEO Bob Iger says. Read More ADVERTISEMENT Universal, ride builder settle lawsuit over millions owed for Jimmy Fallon ride Universal Orlando and a company that helped make its "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" ride have settled a lawsuit. Read More How Disney outfoxed DeSantis - and why it's not all so funny | Commentary While Ron DeSantis was screaming about Walt Disney, the company's lawyers were reworking legal contracts. Disney embarrassed DeSantis - for now. But there aren't really any good guys in... Read More Disney strips DeSantis of his fairy tale ending. Good. | Editorial DeSantis has been boasting about how his Reedy Creek takeover stripped Disney of its power. Then the script flipped. Read More Kudos, Disney, for protecting Reedy Creek | Letters Letter-writers say Disney was right to usurp a Ron DeSantis-selected board of its powers. Read More advertisement     Unsubscribe   |   Newsletters   |   Privacy Policy   |   Terms of Service Copyright © 2023 | Orlando Sentinel | P. O. Box 2833, Orlando, FL 32802 | (407) 420-5353 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this email because you are following the Theme Park Rangers newsletter.