Blake Taylor

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Managing Editor at Attractions Magazine

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Photos: Nintendo, 'Harry Potter' store + Butterbeer now at Universal CityWalk Orlando

1 week ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

The Universal Studios Store at Orlando’s CityWalk expanded with more merchandise for Nintendo and “Harry Potter” — plus Butterbeer. The Universal CityWalk shopping and dining district in Orlando, Fla. expanded its flagship Universal Studios Store on May 8, 2025 with wings devoted entirely to Super Nintendo World and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The store sells the “second-generation” Wizarding World of Harry Potter wands that debuted earlier this year.
Disney 'archiving' Muppet*Vision 3D, coming to Disney+?

1 week ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

Muppet*Vision 3D is closing at Walt Disney World, but not before Disney preserves the historic attraction with a professional filming. The curtain is closing on Muppet*Vision 3D at Disney’s Hollywood Studios near Orlando, Fla., as the attraction enters its final days of operation. The last day to experience the show is June 7, 2025. Doing good on a previously shared promise to “preserve” Muppet*Vision, Disney will host a cast member-only event overnight, in the wee hours of the morning on May 14.
Six Flags to reorg, no plans to close more parks after Six Flags America

1 week ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation will reorganize its corporate workforce to eliminate 10% of full-time staff, and the company will not close any other parks after Six Flags America shutters. Six Flags is undergoing a corporate restructuring, CEO Richard Zimmerman said during a quarterly earnings call on May 8, 2025. The reorg will reduce the company’s “full-time head count,” as Zimmerman phrased it, by more than 10%.
Why Disney in Abu Dhabi? Iger talks 'huge endorsement' of location

1 week ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

Disney’s next theme park will be in Abu Dhabi, and CEO Bob Iger described the choice as a “huge endorsement” of the location. The Walt Disney Company announced on May 7, 2025 its plans to build a new theme park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with entertainment company Miral. During Disney’s quarterly earnings call on the same day, Iger elaborated on the selection of Abu Dhabi as the location for the project.
New Disney theme park coming to Abu Dhabi on Yas Island

1 week ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

Disney Experiences and entertainment company Miral will open a new theme park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Disney and Miral announced the project on May 7, 2025. Walt Disney Imagineering will design the new Abu Dhabi theme park and resort, which will be built and operated by Miral, and Abu Dhabi-based company. This is similar to the operations of Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan, which is designed by Disney and operated by Oriental Land Company. Yas Island is currently home to SeaWorld, Warner Bros.
Six Flags America permanently closing after 2025 season

2 weeks ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

Six Flags America will close permanently at the end of its 2025 operating season, along with its accompanying water park, Hurricane Harbor. The parks — located in Bowie, Md., near Baltimore and Washington, D.C. — “will be marketed for redevelopment as part of Six Flags’ ongoing portfolio optimization program,” a Six Flags press release stated on May 1, 2025. The final operating day for Six Flags America prior to it closing is currently listed as Nov.
'Incredibles,' 'Up' possibly coming to Tokyo Disneyland by 2035 in Adventureland redesign

2 weeks ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

Attractions inspired by “The Incredibles” and “Up” may open in the distant future at Tokyo Disneyland as part of a possible redesign of Adventureland. The Oriental Land Company (OLC) shared its long-term goals as part of a 2035 management strategy presentation on April 28, 2025.
Epic Universe park hours for opening week in May 2025

3 weeks ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

Universal Epic Universe park hours are now available for the new theme park’s opening week in May 2025, including early entry for hotel guests. The official calendar for Universal Orlando Resort now displays the park hours for Epic Universe starting on May 22, 2025, the theme park’s official grand opening date. Epic Universe will be open from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. every day from May 22-31, 2025. Park hours for June 1 and beyond are not posted at the time of this writing.
Epic Universe and the state of Universal theme parks

3 weeks ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

Epic Universe ticket sales and public reaction is going better than anticipated, according to Universal executives. Michael J. Cavanagh, president of Comcast Corporation (the parent company of Universal Destinations & Experiences), shared updates on Epic Universe and other in-progress projects — such as Universal Horror Unleashed, Universal Kids Resort, and the upcoming Universal park in the U.K. — during a quarterly earnings call with investors and business analysts on April 24, 2025.
New Universal theme park near London to break ground in 2026, if U.K. approves

1 month ago | attractionsmagazine.com | Blake Taylor

Universal plans to build a theme park near London with construction starting in 2026, pending approval by the U.K. government. Universal Destinations & Experiences formally announced its plans on April 8, 2025. The company purchased the property of the intended theme park — located close to Bedford in England, about 45 minutes from London — in late 2023 as a possible spot for future development. Now, it’s full steam ahead.