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8 surprising facts about Universal Studios Idaho

It's the Gem State's best-loved combination theme park and working movie studio -- but there are some things which might surprise you about Universal Studios Idaho! Special correspondent Milo Wortham from VisitIdaho.com shares his favorite facts about the park: 8. It is the most remote major theme park - Located centrally in the state, just outside Challis, Idaho, in the shadow of Lone Pine Peak, Universal Studios Idaho is officially the most remote major theme park in the world. It is almost 300 ... Read more
Guests climb Tree of Life at Disney Animal Kingdom plus a seed packe

Disney Store to offer Tree of Life seeds

Following last week's stunning announcement that the Tree of Life will be removed, the Disney Company has announced that the Tree will live on -- possibly in your own backyard! An ignoble end Loggers began removing the Tree of Life, the central icon and symbol of Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park since its opening in 1998, last week, following an incident where several guests tried to climb it. Walt Disney World Resort guests report that as of publication, only some outer limbs have ... Read more
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit lost again – News Brief for Dec. 10

Three o'clock parade fails to begin at three o'clock Panic ensued at Disney's Magic Kingdom Park on Saturday as the three o'clock parade failed to begin precisely at three o'clock. Guests waiting in Frontierland watched the parade starting point for almost four-and-a-half minutes past three before the music sounded and the leading performers of Disney's Festival of Fantasy Parade appeared. During that brief time, over 75 complaints were logged at City Hall. Cast members are also shaken, and are now unsure how ... Read more
Guests climb Tree of Life at Disney Animal Kingdom

Tree of Life on the chopping block; it’s a “hazard” after guests climb

Just three days after unidentified guests attempted to climb the Tree of Life at the Animal Kingdom (pictured above), Walt Disney World Resort announced that the iconic tree will be removed in order to avoid future incidents. A wonder of nature Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park opened in 1998, built around the 145-foot tall Tree of Life, which was discovered there in the late 1970's. Imagineers at the time marveled at the trunk of the Tree, the bark of which had grown in ... Read more
Multiple couples proposing marriage in front of Cinderella Castle

Frustrated boyfriend finds photogenic proposal spots already taken

Quinton Murphy has been planning for months to pop the question to his college sweetheart, and he knew the perfect place for the proposal to happen: Walt Disney World. But when the time came, Murphy found that other couples were already taking up the "good places." A "storybook romance" New Orleans native Murphy, 23, is a grad student at Louisiana State University. It was as an undergrad there that he met his girlfriend Isabel Lockwood of Mesa, Arizona. The two have been dating ... Read more