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By Robert Niles: About.com's Arthur Levine this morning offered his list of the most overrated roller coasters in America , which inspired me to respond. First, I decided to look beyond roller coasters, and instead offer the most overrated attraction at each of the parks I've visited in the past year or so. If I've not listed a park, it's either because I haven't visited it recently,...
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Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
By Robert Niles: It's time for another theme park vacation makeover. This time, our reader is a teen boy in a family of three, looking to fly from Salt Lake City to Orlando for a week (or more?) at the Central Florida theme parks. Let's meet the family: Me: 14- Love theme parks and roller coasters as well as shows and unique attractions. Sister: 12- Loves roller coasters but also the...
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Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
By Robert Niles: If you volunteered to join Theme Park Insider readers in building homes for Habitat for Humanity in Orlando on December 19, please contact Gareth H ASAP so he can pass your name and contact information to the organization. (The button to e-mail him is at the bottom of his profile page.) And if you haven't volunteered, and would like to join us in this worthy holiday endeavor,...
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Violinist.com (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
By Robert Niles: I'd like to thank violin shops, retailers, music schools and teachers who have helped bring you Violinist.com this month. Laurie's been posting some great interviews over the past month, with more to come this month. But none of that happens without advertiser support for our community. So thank you to our returning advertisers for their financial support: The Juilliard...
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Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
By Robert Niles: Universal Orlando next Tuesday will reveal (officially, at least) more details about its Wizarding World of Harry Potter attractions, which open in Islands of Adventure next spring. The reveal will happen in the bonus extras on certain editions of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD and Blu-ray discs, which drop tomorrow, Dec. 8. From Universal's press release:...
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Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
By Robert Niles: Even in December, the weather in Central Florida remains pleasant most days. But once a decade or so, a nasty cold front penetrates the state, freezing orange trees, tourists and even residents. The morning of December 23, 1989 brought one of those fronts. With the forecast calling for temperatures to fall into the 30s that day, I put aside my Florida pride and hauled...
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Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By Robert Niles: The big news this week has been cable TV operator Comcast's purchase of 51 percent of NBC Universal, with an option to buy the rest of the company from GE in a few years. NBC Universal is the full or part owner of the several Universal theme parks, including parks in Orlando, Los Angeles, Japan and soon, Singapore. How will this latest change in ownership (GE bought Universal...
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Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
By Robert Niles: I've been a bit occupied with preparing for this year's tournament project, and missed reporting several tweets I saw over the long weekend from folks who'd noticed pieces from the disassembled Demon Drop showing up at Dorney Park in Pennsylvania. Well, Cedar Fair has confirmed it - Demon Drop is going to Dorney Park, not Knott's Berry Farm, as originally announced .
