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Excited to share that “Ticket to Ride- America’s Theme Park Trains” is now available for pre-order!
rivershorepress.com/ticket-to-ride
This book will be a “must have” for train & theme park fans everywhere. Photos from my Great Adventure History collection and my personal collection of are included.

Theme park enthusiast turns love for attractions into LGBTQ+ fundraiser The Stop Hate fundraiser donated close to $100,000 over the last four years to The Trevor Project.

Here’s the story on WESH:

wesh.com/article/them...

So excited to see WESH spotlighting @alicia.social and her annual Stop Hate fundraising efforts for @trevorproject.bsky.social

orlandoparkstop.com/charity/

REVIEW: Epic Universe at Universal Orlando After years of hype, Universal’s Epic Universe is officially now open. Located just a few miles south of the existing Universal Orlando Resort, now dubbed the "North Campus", Epic Universe is not just...

REVIEW: Epic Universe lives up to its name, competing with the best in themed entertainment.

It is Universal's magnum opus.

Video: Stardust Racers with #StardustTrails
• Look for fog at front of the station!
• Hiccup's Wing Gliders makes a photo bomb ... flashes from the ride camera.
• A custom-written After Effects plugin where trains have lasting comet-like trails along the track.

Video: Time lapse of the fish swimming inside of Atlantic restaurant.
Included is when Chronos and Atlantic join the closing show of Epic Universe.

(This viewpoint chosen because in other locations fountain jets block the windows.)

Sesame Street Avoids Cancellation, Is Headed to Netflix After Warner Bros. cut Sesame Street loose last year, Netflix has signed a deal to bring new episodes of the series to its platform.

After Warner Bros. cut Sesame Street loose last year, Netflix has signed a deal to bring new episodes of the series to its platform. www.pastemagazine.com/tv/sesame-st...

From this day in 2008– never imagined both coasters would be gone now…

The Walmart at the corner of Sand Lake and John Young (closest to Epic Universe) rolling out more merch for the park opening.

Loved these on the construction wall around the exit restrooms at Islands of Adventure

A couple of great throwback touches in this display

Love this in Island Trading Company

That will be a collector's item one day when they switch over to generic Universal cups. I still have Seuss Landing branded napkins from when IoA opened and each land had its own trays, cups, napkins, etc...

I would add to all that, make sure your push notifications are enabled! A friend tried to book a VQ and the app prompted him to enable push notifications. By the time he got done dealing with the prompt, the queue was filled for that time slot.

So pretty at night

Le epic

For all the medicos out the Dr. Pretorious branded scrubs in Dark Universe

Newly added Captain Cacao over the door to Moonship

No snow, but the dragon animatronic is impressive!

Stardust Racers dueling with fire and ice

😂

The Constellation Carousel after dark is really beautiful

Starbucks menu boards are on inside the new location:

Wasn’t expecting the water element on these columns. I thought for sure they would have flames in them (like those patio heaters). I still think there will be a fire element on top 🔥

Each of the Concierge Kiosks in the park has a Fuel Rod vending machine on the side, and hidden around the back are small banks of lockers. Very convenient along with the double sided ride lockers for the major attractions.

As beautiful as Epic is during the day, it is spectacular after dark!

The Plastered Owl has a beautiful bar and has a small stage in the corner with the stained glass tree. This promises to be a popular spot to relax in Celestial Park

The North Star Wintry Wonders shop has Christmas ornaments for all but Nintendo (so far). You can even get get Dark Universe tree skirts and stockings to complete your monstrous tree.

Stardust Racers is fantastic to ride or watch

The village of Darkmoor in Dark Universe is spectacular. This already is proving to be incredibly popular in previews.