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Orlando tourism: No mass cancellations now but future unsure

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Experts say it’s too soon to gauge whether a week of horrific news out of Orlando will hurt tourism there. But travel agents are not seeing widespread cancellations, and many travelers say they’re committed to visiting. “I had more people worrying last year about, ‘Should I postpone my trip because of Ebola?’” than are worried about going to Orlando, said Cindy Minor, owner of Small World Big Fun, a travel agency specializing in Disney vacations based in Little Rock, Arkansas.…

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Report: Magic Kingdom world’s top theme park, drawing 20M

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Disney World’s Magic Kingdom continues to be the top amusement park draw in the world with 20.5 million visitors in 2015, according to a report released Wednesday. Disneyland in Anaheim, California, was No. 2 with an estimated 18.3 million visitors, followed by Tokyo Disneyland, which had an estimated 16 million, according to a report from AECOM and the Themed Entertainment Association. Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld all saw a jump in attendance in 2015 over the previous year, according to…

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The Might of Mickey: Orlando still top U.S. destination

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It’s a crowded world after all – at least in Orlando’s hotels and theme parks. Tourism officials announced Monday that the number of visitors coming to Orlando last year jumped 5.5 percent to more than 66 million visitors. That figure sets a record for tourists in Orlando and helps the central Florida city hang onto its bragging rights as the top tourist destination in the United States for the second year in a row. The head of Orlando’s tourist marketing…

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Irma effect on tourism mixed

Florida could recover from Hurricane Irma’s wrath in time for its busy tourism season this winter, but that’s likely not

Mickey Mouse-shaped solar facility unveiled at Disney World

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It’s only fitting that solar panels that will help with the power needs of Walt Disney World are shaped like the famous ears of the mouse that started the whole Disney enterprise. Officials with Disney World, Duke Energy and Disney’s private government on Tuesday flipped on the switch to a Mickey Mouse-shaped solar facility located on 22 acres near the Epcot theme park. The facility is made up of 48,000 solar panels and is operated by Duke Energy. Duke Energy…

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Florida tourism officials remain concerned about proposal to divert bed taxes

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At Disney World last week, Governor Rick Scott announced that 105 million tourists had made their way to Florida last year, a new state record. Leading the way has been Hillsborough County, which generated more than $26.8 million during the fiscal year that ended last September, up 13 percent over the fiscal year 2014, also a record year. The bed tax has climbed 26 percent in Hillsborough over the past two years. But Santiago Corrada, who heads Visit Tampa Bay, Hillsborough’s tourism agency,…

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Super Bowl champions haven’t always been ‘super’

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They have the gaudy rings and the rest of the swag that comes with being a Super Bowl champion. The prism of history, however, isn’t so kind. Some years, the team that rampaged through the fall doesn’t celebrate on a confetti-strewn field in winter, Lombardi Trophy thrust aloft in giddy celebration. For every ’85 Bears and ’72 Dolphins, there’s a group whose grasp on the national imagination faded not long after the MVP’s parade at Disney World. Sure, everybody loves…

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Disney World plans to end Osborne Family Christmas lights

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Darth Vader’s in. Santa Claus is out. Walt Disney World on Friday announced this will be the last year of the Osborne family’s Christmas lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights has been a Christmas tradition at Disney World for the past 20 years. Disney officials say the theme park is unable to put on the lights after this year because of plans to use the space for new Stars Wars and Toy Story themed…

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