This New Year’s Eve 2007, Pleasure Island at the Downtown Disney® area transforms into the ultimate street party featuring live music, dancing, a delicious array of gourmet food and an amazing fireworks display designed to start the New Year with a bang!Get access to a variety of unique clubs and party into 2008 with live bands and DJs mixing it up all night long. Dance to a variety of music, catch a live comedy act and even join the ultimate Pirate Party!  With seven clubs and additional action on the street, there’s a party wherever you turn.  Music includes top 40, rock and hip-hop, ‘70s, ‘80s and techno sounds.  You’ll also enjoy gourmet food including seared beef medallion, grilled skewered shrimp, smoked salmon filets and more.  And let’s not forget the New Year’s champagne toast at midnight during a special fireworks spectacular. 

You won’t want to miss this ultimate party of the year – Dec. 31 from 8 pm to 2 am!  Tickets are $99 plus tax. You must to 21 years old with proper ID.

Experience a night to remember this New Year’s Eve at Universal CityWalk! It’s your chance to bid a fond farewell to 2007 and rock in 2008 with live performances from fan favorites the B-52s and Foreigner.  This exciting event runs from 8:00 pm - 2:00 am at CityWalk - conveniently located adjacent to both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure.  You’ll also enjoy live entertainment in every club and all-you-can-eat gourmet food like filet mignon, chilled shrimp, desserts and more.
As the final minute nears, get your party hats and noisemakers ready to welcome the New Year with a dramatic countdown, midnight champagne toast, and a fireworks display that’ll light up the first sky of 2008. Make your last night of 2007 an unforgettable night at Universal CityWalk!Universal CityWalk is also home to a variety of restaurants and the AMC Universal Cineplex.  Take your pick of first-run movies in one of 20 theaters featuring wall-to-wall screens, state-of-the-art projection and digital sound, and stadium style seating with high-backed rocking chairs.

SeaWorld rings in the New Year on Dec. 31 with a musical celebration that includes the best in pop, Latin and swing music and dancing.

The party begins with Michael Andrew and his 18-piece Atomic Big Band who will keep the crowd on their feet and dancing the night away. Then, at the stroke of midnight, the nighttime sky above SeaWorld will shine even brighter with a vibrant and exciting fireworks display.

For those who prefer to end the year with a splash, the park’s attractions and thrill rides will remain open until midnight.  Don’t miss your opportunity to spend a special New Year’s celebration with Shamu and all the rest of SeaWorld’s many aquatic friends!

With the college football bowl season about to kick off, the city of Orlando is pleased to bring not one, but two exciting bowl games to the Citrus Bowl Stadium.

On December 28, Orlando will play host city to the Champs Sports Bowl between Boston College and Michigan State University.  Kickoff is 5 pm.  Then, on January 1, 2008, the Capital One Bowl pits the University of Florida Gators against the University of Michigan Wolverines.  That’s two games in 4 days for college football fans!

Orlando has a long history of college football tradition - dating back to the first Orlando bowl game in 1947 between Catawba College and Maryville College.  Back then, the Citrus Bowl had less than 14,000 seats.  Now, 60 years later, today’s expanded stadium will bring more than 70,000 fans to the Citrus Bowl for each of these football contests.

Universal Orlando Resort will soon unveil a new attraction called Disaster!SM that will replace the current Earthquake® attraction.  Earthquake is currently closed as work accelerates on the new experience.  Disaster! will offer guests an all-new experience that combines the most dramatic parts of Earthquake with new celebrity talent, new ride elements, new digital technologies, and an all new storyline. A specific opening date for the new attraction and more details about the experience will be released soon.

Plan your next Universal Orlando Resort vacation around the theme park’s Extra Value Weeks. It’s the best time of the year to visit, and the best time to save!Stay three nights or longer at one of Universal Orlando’s on-site Loews Hotels and you will receive a Resort Savings Guide with $150 in food and merchandise discounts throughout the resort. Plus, you’ll receive an extra special bonus depending on when you stay!Extra Value Weeks in 2008 are:
January 2 - February 13: Kids Eat FREE!  (Ages 3-9 enjoy free breakfast, lunch and dinner off a special kid’s menu. Offer is good for the length of your stay, per paying adult meal. Other restrictions apply.)April 13 - June 4: Receive two exclusive The Simpsons T-ShirtsAugust 17 - October 2: Receive an AMC Movie Experience PackNovember 30 - December 18: Receive a $25 Universal Orlando Gift Card

 Celebrate the holidays at Universal Orlando Resort with 3 months free!  For a limited time, you can purchase a 2-Park Preferred Annual Pass with the UPC code from a can of Diet Coke, Coke Zero or Sprite and get an additional 3 months free.

That means you can enjoy all the holiday fun at Universal, plus 15 months of unlimited park-to-park admission to both Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure.  The annual pass also entitles you to free self parking, discounts on food and merchandise, plus additional savings at Universal CityWalk and on-site hotels.

Take advantage of Universal’s Flexible Payment Option and get your annual pass and three months free for less than $17 per month.

Construction walls near Epcot’s icon “Spaceship Earth” are schedule to come down in the next week following 5 weeks of refurbishment at the Walt Disney World Resort theme park. Changes include revisions in content, new interactive components and enhancements of items that have marked the attraction since its inception.The theme of the attraction has shifted from communication through the ages to one of inspiration and innovation. The most recent script, read by Jeremy Irons, has been replaced by a new script narrated by Oscar winner Judi Dench, whose words guide riders through the generations.The plot winds through several scenes familiar to Spaceship Earth fans: the Egyptians, the burning of Rome, the Renaissance, the switchboard and more. All scenes up through the 1960s living room remain, but elements have been repositioned and upgraded. Each scene includes new lights and costumes. In addition, some of the Audio-Animatronics are increasingly lifelike thanks to technological upgrades that allow the figures to move around more than before.Fresh content is most apparent as riders near the top of the sphere. New sets representing the invention of the computer mainframe and the garage where the personal computer was developed lead to the darkened, downward second half of the experience.

Other changes blend old and new. The revised living room steers attention to the 1969 moon landing on television, featuring reports from Walter Cronkite.

The Polar Express is rolling through SeaWorld Orlando this holiday season.

SeaWorld Orlando, Warner Bros. Pictures and Iwerks Entertainment are reprogramming the theme park’s Wild Arctic simulator ride, transforming it into a simulated train ride to “Santa Town,” based on Chris Van Allsburg’s children’s book The Polar Express and the 2004 animated movie of the same name.  The reformatted ride debuts Dec. 7 and will be in place through Jan. 1.  After that, the ride will be returned to its original Wild Arctic format.

The ride uses motion technology and big-screen video to simulate a wild, fast-moving trip. Normally, it offers visitors a simulated helicopter flight to an Arctic animal-research station, complete with swooping maneuvers to spy various animals and to avoid danger. Under the new format, the ride will simulate a train excursion powered by a massive steam-locomotive. In the film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Shangri-La Entertainment, children rode the train, conducted by a character voiced by actor Tom Hanks, up snow-cloaked mountains, across frozen lakes and along perilous, icy passes. Wild Arctic also serves as SeaWorld’s exhibit of polar bears, beluga whales, walruses and other Arctic animals.  They will remain part of the post-ride show, and will still be available for people to view separately if they choose to skip the ride.  But the exhibit area is also being made up as a winter wonderland, to match the film’s locations, for the holiday season.

Now through December 31, 2007, Discovery Cove Orlando is offering special pricing on all-inclusive packages at this relaxing, yet fun-filled park.  With December’s average high temperature in the mid 70’s, now is the perfect time of year to visit Discovery Cove.  Imagine a holiday photo with a tropical oasis as your backdrop while you enjoy a spectacular and personal swim with an exquisite dolphin in the beautiful Florida sunshine!  And what better gift than such a truly memorable adventure.

The dolphin swim package is now just $259 plus tax (now thru 12/31/07) and includes first-class park amenities.  You get: 30-minute dolphin swim; unlimited access to Coral Reef, Tropical River, Ray Lagoon and Aviary; All meals including a light continental breakfast, freshly prepared lunch and all snacks and beverages; use of all swim gear, towels, lockers and beach chairs; a pass for 7 consecutive days of unlimited admission to SeaWorld Orlando or Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.

A non-dolphin package is available for $159 plus tax.  Florida resident rates are $199 for dolphin swim package and $99 for non-dolphin package (plus tax) - now thru Dec. 20.