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Get Your Engineering Cub Scout Adventure Loop at Fun Spot America Kissimmee with Mine Blower!

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Scout leader and scout in front of the Mine Blower roller coaster at Fun Spot Kissimmee

Earning the Arrow of Light “Engineering” adventure loop has the potential to be one of the most fun and exciting activities in scouting, especially with the increased interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). What’s even more exciting is that one of the recommended adventure activities in the cub scout handbook is to have scouts build their own roller coaster! A theme park is a great place for the scouts to explore and learn about engineering and Fun Spot America Kissimmee is perfectly suited for this adventure. Earning the “Engineering” Adventure Loop at Fun Spot Kissimmee can be as simple as watching a few YouTube videos, having a discussion, riding a roller coaster and participating in the park’s “build your own roller coaster” activity or doing your own at your next den or pack meeting.

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Review of The Swamp Tour at Wild Adventures: This Up, Close and Personal Show Will Have You Touch, Feed and Even Hold Some Amazing Creatures!

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Family at Wild Adventures Swamp Tour with skink

On Father’s Day 2025 we had the chance to experience the Discovery Tours – Swamp Tour at Wild Adventures Theme Park. This is not a “tour” in the traditional sense where you’ll be walking around, but instead a small and intimate show limited to just 20 people where you’ll have the chance to see, touch, feed and hold some of the park’s amazing animal ambassadors. It really feels more like an animal encounter than a show. However, instead of just one animal, you’ll get to meet several. From feeding an African bullfrog to holding a snake, you’ll certainly leave this experience with great memories and probably some great pictures too!

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Scout Overnight Adventure Coming to Fun Spot Atlanta in Fall 2025

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Scouts by ArieForce One at Fun Spot America Atlanta

Have you ever wanted to camp next to a roller coaster? Fun Spot Atlanta will give Cub scouts, BSA Scouting America scouts and Girl scouts just that opportunity this fall by camping in the ArieForce One Courtyard at their Scout Overnight Adventure. For those not familiar, Fun Spot America Atlanta is a theme park located in Fayetteville, GA, just south of Atlanta that is home to great rides and go-karts including the world famous Arie Force One roller coaster. The event will consist of a night of camping fun followed by a day at the park with some fun bonus events like a Behind-the-Scenes Tour. The park will offer this event on three different nights catering to each of the different groups. The event is priced at $90 and includes camping, meals and unlimited rides.

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Universal Studios Hollywood Will Be the Squash Venue for the 2028 Olympics in LA

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squash at the 2028 Olympics at Universal

The Universal Studios Hollywood lot will serve as the venue for the racket sport of squash for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Specifically, the court complex is expected to be setup on the Universal Studios Lower Lot which is also the home to the new Super Nintendo World, Jurassic World – The Ride and Transformers: The Ride. Squash will make its Olympic debut at the Los Angeles Games along with flag football. The sports of baseball/softball, cricket, and lacrosse will be returning the games after being absent for some time.

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Adult Review of Peppa Pig Theme Park Florida

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I visited Peppa Pig Theme Park at LegoLand Florida with no kids while visiting Winter Haven on a business trip and had a very enjoyable couple of hours. I mainly went to get the roller coaster credit for Daddy Pig’s Roller Coaster, but found myself really enjoying and appreciating the rest of the park as well. The roller coaster is really phenomenal for what it is (a kiddie coaster), but the overall atmosphere is very lighthearted and pleasant. You’ll basically be able to do everything in a couple of hours and if you plan your visit accordingly you can do it at a reasonable price too.

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Former Disney Employee Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Changing Menu Font to Wingdings

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Mickey symbol on Windings font

A former Disney employee plead guilty to “hacking” charges related to logging into Disney’s menu software and making changes and was sentenced to 3 years in Federal prison and nearly $690,000 in fines. The hacks included altering allergen information, inserting joke names for dishes and changing some fonts to Wingdings. They employee had access to this software as part of their job, but logged in after he was fired. This appeared to be primarily for printed menus and the errors were caught before the menus were distributed to the park restaurants. Some of it appeared to be humorous like changing “shellfish” to “hellfish”, but changing allergen information has the potential to be life threatening and there was a high profile death related to allergies at a Disney Springs restaurant last year.

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Celebrate Friday the 13th at Busch Gardens with Lights-On Tours of the Stanglewood Estate Howl-O-Scream House!

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Stranglewood Estate Howl-O-Scream House at Busch Gardens Tampa

Howl-O-Scream doesn’t start until September, but Busch Gardens is using Friday the 13th to help promote this year’s event a few months in advance. In this case they’re having a faux realtor style “open house” for Stranglewood Estate which essentially amounts to a lights-on tour opportunity. The event is actually two days, running Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th. Halloween is big business at theme parks with year round planning for what are essentially several large extra attractions for those months. Tickets are already on sale for Howl-O-Scream 2025 at Busch Gardens Tampa and no doubt the goal of the June 13-14, 2025 event is to build excitement for this year’s event.

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Run a 5k at the SeaWorld Orlando Rescue Run on June 21, 2025

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SeaWorld Rescue Run (Courtesy of SeaWorld)

You can run, skip, jog, or stroll through SeaWorld on Saturday, June 21, 2025 on the park’s picturesque pathways as part of the SeaWorld Rescue Run 5k.  There will also be kid’s runs varying from a 50 yard dash to a 200 yard dash for those 7 and under. The 5k race starts at 7am with free parking open at 5:45am. Participants get all these great perks.

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Wild Adventures Offers New $69.99 Summer Wild Card Good for Unlimited Summer Visits Sunday Through Friday

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Summer Wild Card Promotion at Wild Adventures
Summer Wild Card Promotion (courtesy of Wild Adventures)

Wild Adventures is offering a new Summer Wild Card pass for just $69.99 that will get you into the park everyday but Saturday until September 1st. The Summer Wild Card is slightly more than the $123.99 silver season pass good until the end of the year. If you predominantly visit theme parks in summer this could be a great bargain, especially with a single day advance ticket being $45.99 and $59.99 for gate purchase you may as well get the Summer Wild Card if there’s any chance you come back before September 1st.

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