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Ten Tips For Avoiding Lines At Disney Theme Parks

By adding interactive features to queues — such as the latest updates to Haunted Mansion and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at Walt Disney World — the fine folks at Disney have done their best to alleviate the transgressional boredom that most often results from waiting in line. But here are some tips you can take advantage of to beat the line.

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Tennessee Theme Park Shootout Round Two: The Annexation Edition

Not that kind of annexation… we’re talking about the good kind here!

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With Video: Ursula Arrives At Disney California Adventure

Coming in at 7.5 feet tall and 12 feet wide, Ursula is one of the biggest animated characters Disney Imagineering has ever created. But she’s just as agile as she is big — something you’ll have to see for yourself in this video.

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First Look At LEGOLAND California Star Wars Miniland

Let’s hope that all the Star Wars geeks out there are getting ready to take a well-deserved trip to Cali to witness this tour de force.

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Disney Releases New Trailer For Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

“I’m Captain Jack Sparrow.”

Well, I’m not… but Disney did release a new trailer this weekend for the fourth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean.

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Tennessee’s Maury County Could Get Two Theme Parks!

Question: would you rather have one theme park… or two? Why do we ask? Because Tennessee’s Maury county may get two amusement parks only a few short miles away from each other.

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Dine With Shamu Returns To SeaWorld San Diego

SeaWorld San Diego has announced that it will resume its Dine With Shamu program on April 23 on a year-round basis.

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Children’s Ride In Spartanburg, S.C. Crashes

The derailment of a children’s ride at Cleveland Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina left one boy dead and dozens injured this Saturday.

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Blackstone Offers To Sell 50 Percent Stake In Universal Orlando

Private equity firm Blackstone has offered to sell its 50 percent ownership of Universal Orlando theme park and resort to NBCUniversal — the owner of the other 50 percent.

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SeaWorld San Diego To Get Manta Coaster In 2012

Come 2012, SeaWorld San Diego will open Manta — a highly-anticipated $10 million roller coaster that should deliver some much-needed thrills to a park that has a modest amount of rides.

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