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Disney World: Hear about Space Mountain's new music from an Imagineer
Sentinel Staff WriterDisney World visitors this week are among the first to hear something new: Space Mountain set to music. An uptempo, futuristic soundtrack has been added to the Magic Kingdom roller coaster. I talked with Alex Wright, a show designer with Walt Disney...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Walt Disney, Walt Disney World Resort, Entertainment, Music
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Bring the thrill home: new Space Mountain, Dumbo ride toys
Theme Park Rangers» Orlando Sentinel – Theme Park RangersI can’t believe it, but I’m actually thinking about Christmas in June. Disney Parks just revealed two new K’NEX toys based on the iconic Space Mountain and Dumbo The Flying Elephant rides. And I know without a doubt that my son would... -
Get your fill at Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World
A Mom and The MouseOn Friday, we headed into Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party with two 7-year-old boys, two 5-year-old girls and a plan for the start of the evening to maximize our Halloween fun. Although the separate-ticket event begins at 7 p.m., guests can enter.... -
A Park With a Powerful Spell
Times Staff WritersTo build his dream theme park in Anaheim a half-century ago, Walt Disney borrowed against his life insurance policy and cashed in property, including a vacation home in Palm Springs, to pay the $17-million construction bill. When the Anaheim theme park...Tags: The Walt Disney Co., eBay Inc., Dining and Drinking, Piracy, Crime, Law and Justice
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Space Mountain in rehab -- enjoy photos from yesteryear
Sentinel staffThe Magic Kingdom's in-the-dark coaster soon will go dark for several months. Space Mountain, which debuted at Walt Disney World in 1975, will be closed while undergoing renovations, which the company says will include a new rail (but same layout), new...Tags: Interstate 4, Amusement and Theme Parks, Walt Disney World Resort
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Letters to the editor
Fighting fire from the skies Re "Winds drive Southland wildfires," Oct. 22 Another year, another terrible fire situation, another season when the authorities will not utilize the Russian IL-76 water bomber, one of the best firefighting airplanes. If you...Tags: Orange County (California), Orange (Orange, California), Heads of State, Amusement and Theme Parks, Wildlife
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Sentinel Writing Contest: Elementary Winners
FIRST PLACE WINNER Alexis Gomes, Cheney Elementary School, Orlando Dear Great-Grand-daddy-Chester, Wow! I have great fortune. The newspaper published my song and put it on the front page. The newspaper also gave me an all-expenses paid trip to Busch...Tags: Homes, Natural Disasters, Sports, Amusement and Theme Parks, Newspaper and Magazine
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March 16, 2007: Disney visitor collapses on water-park ride, dies
Sentinel Staff WriterA visitor to Walt Disney World's Blizzard Beach water park collapsed of an apparent heart attack Thursday afternoon and later died at a hospital, theme-park officials said. Deputy Chief Bo Jones of the Reedy Creek Fire Department said the man began...Tags: Florida Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Family, Heart Attack, Heart Problems
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Trips, slips dominate theme-park lawsuits
Sentinel Staff WriterFor most people, the words "theme-park lawsuit" conjure up images of tourists complaining of serious injuries from thrill rides. But an Orlando Sentinel review of hundreds of personal-injury lawsuits found that Central Florida's theme-park guests are far...Tags: Busch Entertainment Corp., Litigation, Health and Safety at School, Titusville, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ryan's reel life
Sentinel Movie CriticRyan Gosling has his first Oscar nomination under his belt (for Half Nelson), and a very hot thriller now in theaters. But there was a time, long before Fracture, before his sleeper hit, The Notebook, before his two-year relationship with Rachel McAdams,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Movies, James Dean, Television, Crime, Law and Justice
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Disney for grownups
Chicago Tribune ReporterOK, boys and girls, including all you chiffon-wearing princesses -- it's time to go to your rooms and close your eyes and dream of whatever it is little darlings dream about these days. They gone? Good. Fellow adults, we're going to spend some time...Tags: Cartoons, Movies, Lifestyle and Leisure, ESPN (tv network), Julie Andrews
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