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Welcome to Oddlando
This blog will be your fuselage for all the harebrained stories that rise out of Orlando. It will be full to the brim with kooks, freaks and crackpots. We’ll run the whole gamut of oddball stories...
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Sunday Film News Roundup — January 20th, 2013
There are a few stories this week that won’t die. Lance Armstrong cheating, Mant T’eo and his Catfish girlfriend, and the debacle that is Paul Schrader’s “last chance” film, The Canyons – more...
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Disney history goes on tour with D:23 Disney Fanniversary Celebration
source: d23.disney.go.com Even if you’re not into the whole theme park experience, it’s hard not to appreciate the history of the Disney phenomenon. After all, the old-school Disney stuff, as we...
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UPDATED: Rich families using disabled tour guides to cut lines at Disney?
via disneyworld.disney.go.com Today, the New York Post reported that “Rich Manhattan moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disney World.” According to the story, some well-off...
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Star Wars Weekends return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Friday, May 17 – Star Wars Weekends through June 9 Disney’s Hollywood Studios Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista 407-939-7211 disneyworld.com/starwarsweekends included with park admission It...
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11 insane things we’d like to do at Disney after dark
If you’re a Disney fan, you may have heard that Disney is keeping three of its parks – the Magic Kingdom here in Orlando, as well as Disneyland Park and Disney Adventure Park in California – open for...
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Gun found on Dinosaur ride at Disney
We’re not sure why you’d feel the need to bring a gun with you to Walt Disney World, but this guy did. And a nice grandma and her grandson, who were about to get on the ride found it. You’re not...
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Rising Walt Disney World ticket prices, 1971-2013
This week, Walt Disney World announced that the price of a ticket to the Magic Kingdom had risen to $95 – a pretty steep jump, considering the cost of visiting the Magic Kingdom was roughly half that...
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Star Wars Land to hit Walt Disney World? They didn’t pay $4b just to make movies
TheForce.Net, one of the largest Star Wars fan sites on the web, is running with a story that expands on Robert Niles’s piece on Theme Park Insider stating that the idea for a Star Wars themed area of...
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It’s a small word after all: Disney and the perpetuation of rape culture
photo courtesy xojane.com In the wake of a pyrrhic human-resources victory in its fight for what’s best for its staffers (which certainly isn’t earned sick time), it looks like this week Disney has...
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8 insanely dated education and propaganda movies made by Disney
Disney wasn’t always solely affiliated with theme parks, happiness and light – in fact, a big part of Disney’s history has been its educational fims, which ranged from hygeine films to wartime...
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Two “Escape From Tomorrow” posters paint a grim picture of Disney World
Randy Moore’s Escape from Tomorrow – the film surreptitiously filmed inside of Walt Disney World’s various theme parks and resorts — isn’t messing around when it comes to its Disney iconography, is...
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“Escape From Tomorrow” trailer is a ballsy middle finger right to Disney’s face
I thought the posters for Escape from Tomorrow, the film shot clandestinely at Disney World, were a pretty blatant middle finger to the House of Mouse, but they don’t have anything on the actual...
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Disney puts smackdown on using disabled patrons to cut lines
via micechat.com In May, we told you that the New York Post was reporting that some well-to-do people who didn’t like to wait in long lines at Disney parks had resorted to hiring disabled tour guides...
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Scenes from our DIY pub crawl at the Epcot International Food & Wine Fest
Typically in our monthly Another Round nightlife column, we traverse different Orlando neighborhoods in search of lively watering holes and tasty cocktails. But in this rendition of Another Round, my...
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Photo Gallery: Walt Disney World Festival of the Masters at Downtown Disney
This weekend (Friday 11/8 through Sunday 11/10/2013) was Walt Disney World's Festival of the Masters at Downtown Disney. The mouse's annual free outdoor arts fair brings over 130 award-winning...
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My top five former Walt Disney World attractions
For as long as I can remember, my favorite thing about Walt Disney World has been that there’s always something new — an attraction, a character, a restaurant, a special event, etc. Maybe this is why...
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Major League Baseball lands in Orlando for Winter Meetings
Major League Baseball doesn’t often come to Orlando outside of Spring training, when the Atlanta Braves take over Disney’s Wide World of Sports Resort. But in one of the busiest, craziest offseasons in...
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Food, drink and restaurants I wish existed at Walt Disney World
I love to eat and drink, and I love Walt Disney World. For me, one of the best things about visiting the parks is experiencing the different cuisines offered, especially at Epcot’s World Showcase....
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10 gifts for the Disney Parks-obsessed
There are certain Disney Parks items I always see average tourists wearing and toting alongside their fanny packs, Crocs and brightly colored shirts that say “JONES FAMILY REUINION 2013” in Disney...
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