Taking a moment for much more important news, though, the folks at Holiday World are raising money for the American Red Cross to provide relief for the many people who've lost their homes, and more, in the tornado that struck the Oklahoma City area this week. Holiday World's put up a package with admission tickets, VIP pampering and a trunkload of memorabilia. If you'd like the details, and to bid, visit the Holiday World website. The auction's open until next Tuesday.
Returning to Orlando news, NBC's Today Show will be broadcasting from Universal Orlando this week, on Thursday morning. (Remember that NBCUniversal owns, well, NBC and Universal.) It's a lock that the Today Show crew will be promoting Universal Studios Florida's new Transformers ride during the show -- which leads one to wonder: If Matt Laurer gets to ride this week, can a public soft opening be too far away?
Switching focus to Disney, our resident Jungle Cruise advocate, TH Creative, appears on the Jungle Crews podcast this week to share the love for his favorite attraction.
And if you're in the mood to share the love for your favorite Disney attractions, Disney's now joined the late 20th century and begun accepting reader reviews of its attractions on the Walt Disney World website. (Just like you've been able to do here since 1999!) And, yes, even Disney's own website users rate Stitch's Great Escape with lousy reviews. The feature's in Beta now, so we'll have to wait a bit to see what Disney chooses to do with this much more public customer input.
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Or just swing by the first attraction open Kings Bowl Orlando and compare and contrast with Disney's Splittsville.
Thanks again!
I'm not sure what happened in the budget and/or storyboard for this redone attraction, but this ride has lost all of its charm and then some. Figment went from a mystical/student like character to one that is just annoying. I miss all the old set scenes that use to be in it. And you need to bring back Dreamfinder. Without him, you really don't have that great connection with the ride itself. Nigel just seems not right for this attraction either. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring back an updated version of the original Journey into Imagination. With the way computers are today, you can now make it work easily. Use the trackless system you used for other attractions at your international parks for it. If you brought this ride back, you would make a WHOLE bunch of people happy. Please restore ImageWorks to original glory as well and use the upstairs again. Please don't delete this comment. This is the truth about this ride. please embrace the harsh facts about it. There's reasons why on Epcot's most busiest days, this attraction still has little to no wait. If you do delete this comment, then please put it in your suggestion box at the very least.... thank you and have a magical day.
I doubt they will leave it up, but at least they know yet another person's feelings about the ride.
If you get a chance - check out SplitsVille in DD.
Have a safe trip..
Also, I would like your thoughts on the new interactive pirate adventure at the Magic Kingdom.
And as always, remember to stop by customer relations at the Animal Kingdom and complain about the Yeti.
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