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In recent weeks, we’ve shared looks at this year’s socially distanced holiday celebrations at Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando, but there’s a third theme park resort in Central Florida where the season is merry and bright. Come along as we attend an invite-only media event at SeaWorld Orlando’s 2020 Christmas Celebration, and explore everything this festive event has to

There’s one day each year when family and friends gather to exchange gifts, share songs, and celebrate around a ceremonial tree. We’re talking, of course, about Life Day—the Star Wars-inspired holiday celebrated on November 17—which served as an unofficial kickoff to the 2020 holiday season at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

COVID-19 has changed many of this year’s traditional holiday events, but guests at Universal Orlando can still celebrate the season with Macy’s and the Grinch, albeit with a bit of social distancing. We checked out the opening weekend of the 2020 Holidays at Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure, and we have brought you this guide to enjoying the

Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant at Disney Springs Landing is set to celebrate the holidays with a traditional Irish Christmas dinner throughout the day on December 25. On the menu is butter- and herb-roasted turkey, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, duck fat roasties, honey-glazed carrots, bacon-braised Brussels sprouts, sausage-and-walnut stuffing, and red wine jus with cranberry sauce.   You can book the socially distanced

Bob Sehlinger, coauthor of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World and founder of The Unofficial Guides Series, in a series of two articles, takes us on a tour of the world of theme-park rides. Today’s installment is about the evolution of non-coaster thrill rides.  Though Disney changed the vernacular to “attractions” and “adventures,” we’re really talking about rides. They are