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When work is a thrill ride
The gig: Tim Burkhart, 54, is corporate vice president of maintenance and construction for Six Flags Entertainment Corp. , the parent company of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia and 17 other parks in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Burkhart's resume is...
Tags: Entertainment, Six Flags Inc., Trips and Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks, Science and Technology
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Legoland Florida: World of Chima area to open this summer
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelLegoland Florida will expand again this summer, introducing an area called the World of Chima, based on a Lego product line with tribes of mystical animal warriors, theme park officials announced Tuesday morning. The new land will feature an... -
Jurassic Park makes a comeback in IMAX 3D
The dino-classic “Jurassic Park” is back on the big screen, in an even bigger way. After 20 long years, embedded with new inventions in cinematography, 1993’s “Jurassic Park” comes back to the silver screen, popping in 3D....Tags: Trips and Vacations, Jurassic Park (movie), Amusement and Theme Parks, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Science and Technology
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Singapore: New theme park focuses on imperiled river habitats
Travelers can go rolling on a river without leaving land at a new theme park that opened this week in Singapore. River Safari, the newest addition to Wildlife Reserves Singapore, showcases eight of the world’s best known river habitats,...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Singapore, Travel
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Show goes on for trio of theme park parades
Parade lovers will have one less option at Orlando's theme parks soon. The Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun, an afternoon staple at Disney's Hollywood Studios, calls it quits on Saturday. Walt Disney World decided last month that the Countdown, which...
Tags: Festive Events, Despicable Me (movie), Pixar Animation, Hop (movie), Music
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Theme park parades past: March down memory lane
Although parades are not my favorite part of the theme-park experience, there have been moments within them that made me smile. It's a shame that I need a time machine (or, in some cases, YouTube) to relive several of them. •I don't recall seeing a...Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Trips and Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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3-D enhances the 'Jurassic Park' dinos ★★★
Forget blowing the images up to Imax size and converting the lunging velociraptors and T. rexes into 3-D. The best reason to revive "Jurassic Park" for its 20th anniversary is Jeff Goldblum. Yes, children, there was a time when Goldblum was sci-fi's...
Tags: Movies, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park (movie), Laura Dern
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Disneyland doesn't want to be your nanny -- and shouldn't be
L.A. NOWHow many years has it been since parents let their kids roam freely around the neighborhood in Southern California? Two decades? Three? How bizarre, then, to read Wednesday morning that Disneyland has just stopped allowing parents to ditch -- I...... -
Disney parks to require that unaccompanied minors be at least 14
The days when parents could drop kids off at Disneyland for the day, leaving it up to Mickey and Goofy to watch over the youngsters, are over. Walt Disney Co. has unveiled a new admission policy requiring that children entering any of its U.S.-based...
Tags: Disneyland Park, Trips and Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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This week at theme parks: Phillip Phillips, Guess Who, Ashley Eckstein, Angry Birds
Music still dominates the special-event scene at Orlando's theme parks and attractions this week, but there's also some "Star Wars" and Angry Birds on the horizon. + Reigning "American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips performs at Universal's Mardi Gras...
Tags: American Idol (tv program), HGTV (tv network), Trips and Vacations, Mardi Gras, Jamey Johnson
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Review: Fantasy Faire a fitting new home for Disneyland princesses
The princess predicament is a problem as old as Disneyland. Moms want a picture of their little girls with a Disney princess while Dads and their bored boys squirm at the very notion of waiting 45 minutes for a photo op. Disneyland seems to have...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Orlando, Google Inc., Disneyland Park, Trips and Vacations
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Disneyland Paris pulls back the veil on Ratatouille dark ride
In perhaps the worst-kept secret in theme park history, the Disneyland Paris resort has finally admitted that the long-rumored Ratatouille trackless dark ride will open in 2014. Photos: Ratatouille dark ride at Disneyland Paris Conspicuously under...
Tags: Restaurants, Ratatouille (movie), Social Media, Paris (France), Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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