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Riverside has got one also. And I know Art Of Animation has the four player one.

I think mine ended up being SWO's Manta.

The last piece of adjacent, cleared, land they own is directly next to Cabana Bay on the East side, on the south end of the resort complex. There is really no chance of them extending the water way out to here as there is a pretty major road between most of the complex and the Cabana Bay plot. They are combatting this by building a large pedestrian bridge over the road. This was highly contested when it was revealed they were getting mucho government funding for it. I would imagine they would make the guests from a fifth resort use this same walkway. I would love to see them add some sort of monorail system that would run to Cabana Bay and the fifth resort and into City Walk, but that seems like a pipe dream. Maybe they could have a tram instead. And as far as adding more hotels beyond that? They're gonna need to acquire some more land.

I went and checked out Wild Days this Sunday, mainly to see Jack Hanna, but I figured I check the other stuff out as well. Had a funny moment with some Asian tourists at Dolphin Point right when the park opened. I'm sure some of you are familiar with the asian tourists and their weird ideology that it's more important for people to know you were some place then to actually enjoy your time there. This is why they take sooooo many pictures of themselves standing in front of things, gotta show off to the people back home. Well this lady is standing next to me with her family, waiting for the dolphins come by so they can pet them. She's there for a good 15 minutes, but they aren't really getting close to the edge. Eventually her husband turns her around and wants to get a picture of her in front of the dolphin tank. As he's setting up the shot, a dolphin comes by and actually stops on the little ledge on the edge of the pool, right in front of me and right behind her. I start to pet it, until it starts splashing its tail. I take a couple quick steps back to avoid getting soaked, but this lady hangs in their and lets her back get completely drenched just to take this photo. The way the wall is set up, the dolphin was hidden from the cameras view, but she still had to get that shot. On with the event though. I did the special showing of Blue Horizons first. This is probably my favorite year round show in Orlando and while the show itself was as awesome as always, the special Wild Days tag was disappointing. They brought the Pilot Whales out and had a trainer basically brag about how great SeaWorld is and how the government wanted them to house the whales. Total feel good campaign for the park, and the whales didn't do anything but eat some fish along the edge of the pool. Not a great start to the event for me. I dipped out of the stadium after the show, over to the Nautilus Theatre to get a good seat for the 11:00 Jack Hanna show. They had some hilarious bloopers during the pre show, but most of it was more "look how great SeaWorld is". He kicked off the show by talking about the documentary for about five minutes and pointed out Dawn's mother in the crowd. He had nothing but great things to say about the park, and their conservation efforts. I'd like to think a guy his age, who's been doing this for so long, isn't just doing it for the money and actually means what he says. It was a really touching moment and a great way to start off the show. The show itself involved a lot of animals being brought out onto the stage where he would give a little background on each and tell a few funny stories. He's a fascinating guy and I could have listened to him talk about different animals all day long. But the show ended and I hopped in line to meet him. Got a chance to thank him for his remarks about Blackfish and let him know that I support SeaWorld. He seemed to really appreciate it, and shook my hand three times, lol. This was the highlight of the event by far. Went to do Shamu Up Close next, and this was the lowpoint of the day. They advertise it as a continuos show in the back pool. Well I stood around for an hour and the only excitement I got to see was a trainer throwing some ice chunks to the orcas. They kept repeating over the PA that if anyone had any questions they should ask one of the employees walking around. Of course whenever they did that, the employees would get bombarded with people wanting to know when the show would start. They just kept saying it was up to the trainers, but I only ever saw that one trainer get close to the pool. Very disappointing. I finished out my afternoon with Pet's Ahoy, one of the other Wild Days shows, and the only show I hadn't seen at SeaWorld. Unlike Blue Horizons, there was no preshow tag. The show itself is hilarious, and has a TON of animals in it. I enjoyed it much more than say Clyde and Seymour, where the emphasis seems way more on the script than the animals. The trainers talked for maybe three minutes total in the whole show which I was happy with. I feel like One Ocean and the Clyde and Seymour shows don't focus nearly enough on the animals. It's a whole lot of talking. Blue Horizons has a lot of non-dolphin portions, but at least the cast are doing wicked acrobatics during these portions. Anyway the special tag on Pets Ahoy began after the show ended when at least half the theatre had already left their seats; not great planning. It really only involved the trainers talking about adopting pets, and was about as entertaining as an infomercial on the subject. I skipped the Clyde and Seymour Wild Days show, just because I'm not a huge fan, and I figured there's three more weeks to see it. Overall I was disappointed in the event, but the Jungle Jack show itself was awesome! Something I'll remember forever! He talked a lot about Cheetah Run over at Busch Gardens here. Pumba! Snow Leopard The Pilot Whale tag. Seriously, this is it. I wanted to get some more pictures, but they just led them to their back pool after this and started the regular show. Love the Pet's Ahoy set! That awning thing was filthy. Seems like bringing guests backstage would have been a perfect excuse to clean up back here...

You built at 400' tall, 6000' B&M sit down? Ask yourself, has anything like this ever been done? Has anything half this tall ever been done?

Mango Pie in the dark on Dinosaur!

Had a Her and Lone Survivor double feature on Friday. Her is a must see and deserves all the hype it's getting. Lone Survivor is a cut above a lot of the modern war movies. Both had great character interaction and both were very emotional. I liked Her more, but they are both worth seeing.

http://www.avatar-forums.com/ Well, here's 13,000 Avatar fans...

There is no designated side for FastPass. Guests can be sent to either side. The hourly percentage of FastPass guests is much higher than 50%. So what your saying is, the standby wait for Space Mountain is greatly increased by the FastPass line? What would average waits be if FastPass never existed?

The story of Cars was stupid as well. It worked because it was pretty to look at, and was very translatable to a 3D landscape. That being said, Cars sold a buttload of merchandise. I would bet it's a top five property of all time when it comes to merchandise sales. Avatar is nowhere near that, but supposedly the new films are going to have some more "kid-friendly" animals and weapons that will translate better to toys. I think we'll have to wait until the new movies to really tell what the land is going to be like. For now we can all just assume it will be pretty to look at, have some nice themed toilets, and have plenty of places to spend money.

Jeez guys, the name was announced like four months ago... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/11/jurassic-world_n_3905890.html The movie itself was announced long before that.

I'm kind of hoping they go with a Lone Ranger theme for the topper and just throw a bird on the top. Big ol' falcon just perched up there.

Well you can probably knock off new rides, because I doubt Diagon, Falcon's Fury, 7 Dwarves, or the new Aquatica slides will be open. Either way you'll have a fun time, which I'm guessing you know. Those extra couple of days you'll get with the Flex Ticket may help sway the decision. Not sure if you have other things you'd like to do outside the parks if you do go for the shorter Disney option. Have you done Potter or Transformers yet? That would automatically sway me towards the Flex Ticket, more than New Fantasyland or Tron Track would sway me the other way. And how leisurely are you planning on taking this? All four Disney parks, plus both water parks in four days is gonna be kinda hectic, especially during Spring Break time. Though there's really no substitute for Drinking Around the World with the Flex Ticket, if you like animal interactions that would go the other way. It's really all up to you on this one; it just excites me that this is even a question. Five years ago no one would have even considered skipping Disney when in Orlando. The times, they are a changin'.

http://blogs.orlandoweekly.com/index.php/salivation-army/universal-citywalk-antojitos-preview/ Preview of Antojitos. Sounds to die for!

And I heard it had more to do with the new geysers and the bad water they shot out.

Just watched it a few days ago, and I felt the exact same way!

Son of Beast to Banshee!

With the removal of the IMAX theater I expect a water park expansion. The question I have is how big of an expansion? Will they just use the old IMAX area? Or will they go bigger, use the IMAX space and relocate the Looping Starship for more space? Will they use the adjacent Hydroblaster area as part of the expansion as well? Too bad they will not mark the anniversary with a new coaster, maybe 2016. I've heard Dave Frazier is a big fan of Looping Starship... Hydroblaster, not so much.

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They took out the IMAX theatre which is right next to the wavepool. If it's not a water park expansion next year, I'll eat my pass.

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Not really getting what's dumb about that. Pretty much what's been happening lately.

I haven't read anything about this on here and a quick search showed nothing, but has anyone heard about the Polar Plunge event that they're doing at Aquatica next month? Basically they are chilling the wave pool down to near freezing temperatures and having fundraisers run into the icy water to raise money for Special Olympics of Florida. I know TPR is all Gung-Ho about Coasting for Kids so I figured this would be a popular event for the site as well. http://specialolympicsflorida.org/get-involved/fundraise/polar-plunge/ If anyone would like to donate, here is my page. It works just like the Coasting for Kids donation system does. Thanks! https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/trygvenelson/2014-florida-polar-plunge

Polar coasters are great and everything, but they're really just for breaking height records, there really isn't much thrill in a Polar coaster. What color is your Delorean? Or are you just speculating?

I've been to Lucas Oil a few times. It's alright. Nice, but kinda boring looking inside. As for IN Beach, I used to love that park! Seems like shit has gotten out of hand with how downhill it's gone. My first visit, the place had the charm of a Herschend park, and the rides to compete with one. Now it's seems like the ghetto has taken over. Can't wait to see how much Duck Dynasty merchandise they sell through out the park in your next update, lol