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This past year was a wild ride in every sense of the world! We are finally ready to bid farewell to 2020, and we look forward in anticipation of some of the spectacular themed attractions set to open across the country in the new year. With coronavirus vaccines now beginning to be distributed, travel and tourism are looking to make

Bob Sehlinger, founder of the Unofficial Guides Series, shares with us his sense of humor in every Unofficial Guide. Today, he delivers his latest installment of The Importance of Being Goofy, which has been a staple in The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World over the years. You see, what really makes writing about Walt Disney World fun is that the Disney people

Universal Orlando has positioned itself as an edgier, more adult alternative to the Mouse. Even Disney diehards will admit that UOR sports more attractions aimed at older teens and young adults than Walt Disney World (WDW) currently does. But the commonly heard rejoinder is that there’s “nothing” for little kids to do at Universal’s parks. Seth Kubersky, author of The

Today Bob Sehlinger, coauthor of  The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World, presents us with a little history of Florida tourism before and after Disney. Get ready to discover all about the attraction that ate Florida. Before Walt Disney World, Florida was a happy peninsula of many more-or-less-equal tourist attractions. Distributed around the state in great proliferation, they constituted the most perennially

A major milestone was recently reached in Universal Orlando’s pandemic recovery with the December 1 reopening of Loews Portofino Bay Hotel. Now that the resort’s ritziest rooms are again ready for guests, join us on a stroll around the revitalized Portofino Bay for a taste of Mediterranean sunshine in the center of Florida.