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Rating spring’s theme park food-fest eats with attractions blogger Jon Self
Adult theme park fans have three food-focused festivals to choose from across the town’s major resorts.
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Orlando Family Stage celebrates its 100th birthday
OFS is still serving today’s audiences — and creating the audience of tomorrow
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‘Drawing Magic’ at the History Center offers a look at how cinematic magic was once made in Orlando
Displays memorabilia from Walt Disney Feature Animation’s former Florida unit, part of Disney’s second animation renaissance
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Theater review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,’ Broadway in Orlando
Even for audiences willing to return to Rowling, the truncated touring version of ‘Cursed Child’ running at the Dr. Phillips Center may not connect
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Mark a new season on your calendar: Wave Season, courtesy of MSC’s Grandiosa
So cruise industry marketeers have dubbed the slow months from January through March, when they now offer attractive discounts
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15 reviews from Orlando Fringe Winter Mini-Fest 2026
A fun-sized festival of Fringe hits and juried picks runs Jan. 7-11
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Fraggle Rock comes to Outer Space with new live show at Kennedy Space Center
John Tartaglia wrote, choreographed and directed the production the new show featuring Jim Henson’s creations
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Orlando’s 2025 highlights and lowlights in theme parks, theater and cannabis
The year in review of covering Orlando’s live active cultures
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The best of this year’s theme park holiday celebrations, and a few lumps of coal to avoid
Highlights include Jollywood Nights, Candlelight Processional, Holiday Parade featuring Macy’s, Grinchmas and more
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Four Orlando holiday shows to keep you warm during the coming weeks
Central Florida’s performing arts community keeps the home fires burning with live entertainment
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The Star Princess cruise liner hides a very special secret
The magic is tucked below and beyond the ship’s original shows, sophisticated performance venues and abundance of dining options
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Q Fest at The Center spotlights queer artists in Central Florida
‘More than ever, we need to be loud, proud and visible’
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Broadway in Orlando review: Touring ‘Water for Elephants’ is almost as enchanting as it was in NYC
Catch this soul-soothing circus before it runs away without you
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Insa dispensaries’ Central Florida cultivation complex is modern and massive
The Massachusetts-based cannabis company’s grow lab looks like Willy Wonka’s candy factory as designed by Stanley Kubrick
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Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Drawn to Life’ at Disney Springs turns 4
We speak to Chloe Diane Polson about creating the role of tween protagonist Julie
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Orlando actress Jennifer Bonner has a thing or two to show you about Kissimmee
“A way to write a love letter or postcard to Kissimmee, without selling it hard”
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Halloween Horror Nights isn’t the only ghoul in town: 4 local haunts to try this spooky season
Howl-O-Scream, Ominous Descent, A Petrified Forest, and Gators Ghosts & Goblins are all spooky alternatives
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As ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ celebrates its jubilee year, a new documentary explores its roots
Andreas Zerr’s unauthorized ‘Sane Inside Insanity’ captures the film’s unique interactive nature
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Theater review: ‘The Wiz’ kicks off Dr. Phil’s 2025/2026 Broadway in Orlando season
This ‘Wiz’ dumps Oz’s darkness and drama in favor of exuberantly expressed Black joy
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Kyona Levine Farmer is always looking for a ‘message of redemption’
The producer-director presents ‘Next to Normal’ at the Dr. Phil’s Pugh Theater this weekend