Amusement Park News

There’s a vast array of changes afoot at Epcot at Walt Disney World in Florida. The third-most visited theme park worldwide, Epcot was initially imagined as a utopian city with cutting edge technology – and the latter is certainly still true. One of the changes at Epcot is a new Guardians of the Galaxy attraction to be added to Future World. According to Bob Chapek, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, the ride will be a large indoor roller coaster, one designed as a family attraction. It won't open until 2021; the long construction and design time has undergone some criticism, with other new rides on a much faster track at Disney. By 2021, the last in the Guardians of the Galaxy film trilogy will be complete; the story-line for the coaster will be unique from the films, a concept developed by Walt Disney ...   [read more]

Is it keeping up with Disney, or just time for a change? Either way, Universal Orlando is adding new visitor-drawing attractions to the Florida park. Universal has opened a wide range of new attractions in the last few years, including the debut of Fast and the Furious: Supercharged, Race Through New York, starring Jimmy Fallon, at Universal Studios Florida, and Skull Island: Reign of Kong at Islands of Adventure.  For 2019, park attendees can look forward to a restaurant inspired by of all things, Comcast NBC entertainment offices in New York with a theme based on the Today Show. The dining spot is made to look like Studio 1A in the Big Apple, where Today broadcasts. Guests can sit inside and watch a live Today broadcast, or seated outside, in an area that looks like the Today plaza in NYC.  The restaurant replaces an ...   [read more]