Well, me (Rex) and my family are heading to Hawaii to check out the Disney Aulani Resort for the first time. I have been to Hawaii many times, but have never made it to the Aulani, so this is going to be an exciting trip! I will keep you updated with pictures, tweets, and videos […]
BlooLoop recently posted an article regarding a second solar farm coming to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. There is already one “hidden mickey” solar farm near the Yacht and Beach Club Resort that generates about 5 megawatts of energy (although it is far from clear for various reasons, 1 megawatt can serve about 500-600 […]
Rex and the Beast are recalling our favorite mazes from past HHN events as we get closer to our arrival in Orlando on September 17. Click the event to see our previous favorite mazes: HHN 13 HHN14 HHN 15 HHN 16 HHN 17 Rex’s Favorite Maze From HHN 18: Scary Tales: Once Upon a Nightmare […]
Rex and the Beast are recalling our favorite mazes from past HHN events as we get closer to our arrival in Orlando on September 17. Click the event to see our previous favorite mazes: HHN 13 HHN14 Well, Halloween Horror Nights 15 was the first HHN that Rex and the Beast were not able to […]
As many of you are well aware, our buddy Seth Kubersky has written a great new book about Universal Orlando entitled The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando. We are going to have Seth on an Audio Journeys Podcast shortly to discuss the book, and items related to Universal Orlando. So, as part of that process, we are […]
I had the opportunity this past weekend to drop by what we refer to at RexandtheBeast.com as one of the Amusement Parks in the Sky–Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. My family had spent the weekend in Aspen and on the drive back to Denver you go through Glenwood Springs (where Doc Holliday is buried and partook of […]
A couple of months ago, I was watching the new trailer for the Vacation movie that hit theaters last weekend. This is a sequel of sorts to the original series of Vacation movies in that Rusty, the son of Clark and Ellen Griswold, has grown up and decided to take his own family on a vacation […]
Growing up, one of my favorite shows to watch after school was The Brady Bunch. And one of the classic episodes that even you younger whippersnappers in the theme park would probably remember is The Cincinnati Kids (although I bet many fewer of you have seen or even heard of the classic gambling movie that name is […]
Well, Universal Orlando officially announced what we all knew was coming for some time now: The Walking Dead is returning to Halloween Horror Nights 25 for the fourth consecutive year. The Beast and I are not huge TWD fans and, in general, not as big a fan of the “IP” houses at HHN as we are […]
Ah, the Dragons: Blizzrock (Ice) and Pyrrock (Fire). They were two of our favorite icons and rides at Islands of Adventure from our first trip there in 2001. Having the view of the coaster in the background as Blizzrock and Pyrrock dueled at the entrance to the queue was one of the great views in themeparkdom. In addition to […]
