FAQ Orlando

All-in-one-place park guides Looking for need-to-know Orlando theme park info organized by park? Click on your destination below. Disney’s Magic Kingdom Disney’s Epcot Disney’s Hollywood Studios Disney’s Animal Kingdom Universal Studios Orlando Universal’s Islands of Adventure Sea World Orlando Each park guide has an overview, and information on dining, surviving, and need-to-know details about each [...] Read more...

For many families, SeaWorld is the top choice for Halloween family fun for a simple reason that doesn’t make it onto billboards: It doesn’t cost anything beyond admission to the park. And while SeaWorld clearly gears the celebration to kids, adults get one perk they lost somewhere around the age of 10: They can collect [...] Read more...

September 2011: The Ride Describe guides tell you everything important about a single park’s rides, including details that could ruin the experience for people who want to be surprised. If that’s you, go directly to the Ride Guide. The Ride Describe for Sea World is ideal, however, if you want a complete overview in order [...] Read more...

September 2011: Once inside the Sea World gates you can turn left or right, but the Sea World Ride Guide assumes you travel left and circle the lake counterclockwise. (If you turn right, read from bottom to top.) However, a clear clockwise path gets a bit muddled on the left side of the lake, so the [...] Read more...

Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights lives up to the hype – almost. On the one hand, it’s really just the Orlando version of a haunted house, which can be found in every American city each October. However, Halloween Horror Nights is the gold standard of haunted houses, even though they’re not all houses and they’re not [...] Read more...

April 2012: Universal Studios’ rides generally circle a lake. This Ride Guide assumes you walk straight in and bear right when you must. If you start by turning right inside the gates, read everything in reverse. For an explanation on reading the park Ride Guides, click here. For the Ride Describe guide, click here. Note: [...] Read more...

April 2012: This Universal Studios Ride Describe explains everything important about the rides, including details that could ruin the fun for people who want to be surprised. This Ride Describe is ideal, however, for visitors who want a complete overview before deciding what to see – and what to avoid. The descriptions assume you ride the [...] Read more...

This Islands of Adventure Ride Describe explains everything important about the rides, including details that could ruin the experience for people who want to be surprised. (If that’s you, go directly to the Ride Guide.) This Ride Describe is ideal, however, for people who want a complete overview before deciding what they should see and [...] Read more...

October 2011: Islands of Adventure is a big circle around a lake. At only one point in the entire trip does the path diverge from the circle, and that’s a small offset within Toon Lagoon. The following section assumes you make a left once inside the gates, subdivided by the individual “islands” you encounter. Click here [...] Read more...

CityWalk sits between Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios, making it the preferred spot for an upscale dinner if visiting either attraction. Leave the park; eat and relax; go back for more stomach-churning fun. While CityWalk can’t escape its roots – thousands of guests wearing T-shirts and toting cameras – some restaurants draw in [...] Read more...