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Legoland Florida Says a Ticket Can Become a Standard Annual Pass for a Flat $99, the Same Price Passholders Pay to Renew Legoland Florida

Legoland Florida Says a Ticket Can Become a Standard Annual Pass for a Flat $99, the Same Price Passholders Pay to Renew

Legoland's help center now lists flat upgrade prices for turning a Legoland Florida ticket into an annual pass within 30 days of your visit: $99 for Standard, $139 for Preferred and $189 for Premium, no matter what you paid for the ticket. An archived 2025 copy of the same article offered a $100 credit instead. Upgrades are in person only.

September 21, 2026 News
Hollywood Drift Opened in California at 72 MPH and 3.6 Gs, and Universal Says Orlando's 2027 Version Will Be a Different Ride Universal Orlando

Hollywood Drift Opened in California at 72 MPH and 3.6 Gs, and Universal Says Orlando's 2027 Version Will Be a Different Ride

Universal Studios Hollywood officially opened its Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift on Wednesday, seven weeks after guests started riding it in technical rehearsals. The release lists 72 MPH, up to 3.6 Gs and four launches along 4,100 feet of track. Orlando is building its own version on the old Rip Ride Rockit site, and Universal has said the two will not be the same ride.

September 21, 2026 News
Hollywood Drift Riders Will Launch Under a Jackknifed Truck's Trailer, and the New Coaster Skips the Ghostbusters Firehouse Rip Ride Rockit Used Universal Orlando

Hollywood Drift Riders Will Launch Under a Jackknifed Truck's Trailer, and the New Coaster Skips the Ghostbusters Firehouse Rip Ride Rockit Used

New aerial photos of Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift at Universal Studios Florida show shipping container theming along the launch, where WDW News Today says cars will drive under the trailer of a jackknifed truck. Steel is also rising for a new facade beside the Ghostbusters firehouse, which Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit went through but the new coaster does not, and a new sidewalk under the track by the lagoon is getting supports likely meant for a net.

September 17, 2026 News
Alien Swirling Saucers Gets a New Soundtrack From Toy Story 5's Lilypad, With Remixed Classics and a Pizza Planet Song, Starting September 25 Disney World

Alien Swirling Saucers Gets a New Soundtrack From Toy Story 5's Lilypad, With Remixed Classics and a Pizza Planet Song, Starting September 25

Starting Friday, September 25, Alien Swirling Saucers at Disney's Hollywood Studios becomes Alien Swirling Saucers: Lilypad's Jams, with a new soundtrack hosted by the frog-shaped tablet from Toy Story 5. Expect remixed Toy Story classics, new songs like Pizza Planet Promo, and a DJ show for guests whether or not they ride.

September 17, 2026 News
SeaWorld Orlando's 2027 Summer Day Camps Are Already Bookable, and Every Grade Is $100 Off SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld Orlando's 2027 Summer Day Camps Are Already Bookable, and Every Grade Is $100 Off

SeaWorld Orlando has put its 2027 summer day camps on sale with $100 off every grade level: $395 for kindergarten through 5th grade camps (regularly $495), $445 for middle and high school camps (regularly $545) and $290 for the preschool adult and camper pair (regularly $390). Weekly sessions starting every Monday from May 31 to August 2, 2027 are already bookable.

September 17, 2026 News
Luke Combs' Category 10 Renderings Now Cover the CityWalk Construction Walls, and They Don't All Show the Same Building Universal Orlando

Luke Combs' Category 10 Renderings Now Cover the CityWalk Construction Walls, and They Don't All Show the Same Building

Concept art for Luke Combs' Category 10 now wraps the construction walls at Universal CityWalk Orlando, with at least two panels under a Coming to CityWalk Late 2027 banner. The pieces show at least two noticeably different versions of the three-story venue: the gold-capped design released in February and a flat-roofed look with a red-clad corner tower and a giant Luke Combs mural. Aerials show the riverfront land has been raised, with little vertical construction so far.

September 17, 2026 News
A Lightning Strike Stranded Disney World Monorail Riders for 90 Minutes, and the Driver Talked Them Through Removing a Window Disney World

A Lightning Strike Stranded Disney World Monorail Riders for 90 Minutes, and the Driver Talked Them Through Removing a Window

A Walt Disney World monorail headed to EPCOT on September 8 lost power after a lightning strike, and a passenger says riders were stuck for an hour and a half. She says the driver talked them through taking out a window, and that guest relations handed out water, $50 Disney gift cards and Lightning Lane passes once they were off the train.

September 17, 2026 News
Epic Universe's Celestial Goodnight Is Running Without Its Fireworks, and Universal Can't Yet Say When They Come Back Universal Orlando

Epic Universe's Celestial Goodnight Is Running Without Its Fireworks, and Universal Can't Yet Say When They Come Back

Universal Celestial Goodnight played without fireworks at Epic Universe on Monday, September 14, and one aerial photographer says the fireworks had already been missing for weeks. Universal's X account says the fireworks portion is temporarily unavailable while it works to resolve a technical issue, and that a return date is not available yet. The fountains, lights and music still run.

September 17, 2026 News
Toothsome Chocolate Emporium Turns 10 With a Saturday Celebration at CityWalk and an Anniversary Menu That Ends September 30 Universal Orlando

Toothsome Chocolate Emporium Turns 10 With a Saturday Celebration at CityWalk and an Anniversary Menu That Ends September 30

The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen hosts a 10th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, September 19, from 3 to 6 p.m., with a chocolate dipping station, a Chocolate Origins showcase and engraved chocolate coins. A five-dish anniversary menu plus a Cheers to 10 Years! shake runs through September 30. Universal has not posted prices.

September 17, 2026 News
Disney World's Website Is Testing an AI Guided Search Tab Built With Google Cloud and Gemini, and Selected Guests Can Describe the Trip They Want Disney World

Disney World's Website Is Testing an AI Guided Search Tab Built With Google Cloud and Gemini, and Selected Guests Can Describe the Trip They Want

A Guided Search BETA tab is rolling out in a limited beta to randomly selected guests in the US and Canada. Type something like "I want to stay at a resort with a nice pool" and it pulls up resorts and tickets, applies the best offer for each room type, and adds a pricing calendar and a resort map. It cannot book multiple rooms together yet.

September 17, 2026 News
Fort Wilderness Guests Report Updated Check-In Rules Banning Bartending for Others and Sales Without Written Approval Disney World

Fort Wilderness Guests Report Updated Check-In Rules Banning Bartending for Others and Sales Without Written Approval

Guests checking in at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground report receiving an updated rules handout with a Guest-Initiated Activities section, according to KennythePirate. It bans bartending or serving alcohol to other guests and events that impede resort operations, such as blocking roads or parking, requires written approval to sell or advertise goods or services, and lets Disney cancel guest activities without notice or refund.

September 17, 2026 News