Courtyard by Marriott Orlando Lake Buena Vista at Vista Centre Completes $9 Million Redevelopment Courtyard by Marriott Lake Buena Vista - Vista Centre
ORLANDO, Fla., April 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Courtyard by Marriott Lake Buena Vista at Vista Centre is excited to announce the completion of their extensive $9 million full redevelopment. Centrally located on Palm Parkway, directly in the heart of Orlando’s world-famous attractions, this Walt Disney World Good Neighbor® Hotel, is the perfect destination for leisure travel and intimate meetings and events.
The Resort style hotel, which boasts 308 guestroom accommodations and features 86 beautifully appointed suites, is proudly owned and managed by an operating affiliate of GF Hotels & Resorts, one of the nation’s leading hospitality management and ownership companies based in Center City, Philadelphia, PA. The company acquired the hotel in August 2019.
Behind-the-teeth: Inside look at queue line for Jurassic World VelociCoaster
By FOX 35 News Staff
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Video shows Jurassic World VelociCoaster running with humans onboard
Universal Orlando Resort announced earlier this month that Jurassic World VelociCoaster will open this summer on June 10.
ORLANDO, Fla. - June 10 seems so far away!
That s when Universal Orlando s highly anticipated Jurassic World VelociCoaster opens to the public. On Friday, the theme park shared new photos of what riders can expect when they walk inside the attractions queue line leading up to a heart-pounding roller coaster ride!
From the moment you enter, riders will be confronted by Velociraptors the blockbuster Jurassic World films – including fan-favorite Blue, along with Charlie, Delta and Echo – as they prepare to join the hunt alongside the ferocious pack in an epic, high-speed coaster chase.
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When it comes to social media, many brands try to stand out from the crowd by being funny as well as informative. In the theme park world, Universal Studios, both in Florida and California, have taken this concept to heart in a big way. You ll frequently see Universal accounts throwing a bit of shade not just at competitors like Disney, but even sometimes at each other, like when the Universal Orlando Resort account starts treating the Halloween Horror Nights account like it s an annoying sibling that won t go away. But now it looks like Disneyland is looking to give Universal a taste of its own medicine, by joking about a new construction project, that certainly nobody will notice.
Celebration Theatre Company continues its fifth season with Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn s Tony Award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, running from April 30 - May 9, 2021 at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts Alexis and Jim Pugh Theatre. Audiences will buzz along with six highly (and some not-so-highly) intelligent children and their personal relationships with life, love, family, and their passion for spelling.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee features an eclectic group of six mid-pubescents going head-to-head in the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming ding of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box.
Universal Studios Hollywood reopened at 25% capacity on April 16. Photo Credit: Anton Ivanov/Shutterstock.com
Barring pre-opening costs of its new park in Beijing, in the first quarter of 2021, NBCUniversal s theme parks broke even for the second consecutive quarter.
During parent company Comcast Corp. s most recent financial earnings call on Thursday morning, Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast, said that was driven by remarkable attendance at Universal Orlando. We can see firsthand pent-up demand for high-quality entertainment and family fun outside of the home, and we remain incredibly bullish on the parks business, Roberts said.
Theme park revenue was down 33.1% to $619 million in the first quarter. During the quarter, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Japan were operating at limited capacity, CFO Michael Cavanagh said. Universal Studios Hollywood, which reopened at 25% capacity on April 16, was closed for the entire first quarter.