Magic Kingdom visitors hang on during the Tron Lightcycle / Run coaster during a Disney After Hours event at Magic Kingdom theme park. (Steven Diaz/Walt Disney Co./TNS)
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An exclusive view before the daily opening of GEO-82, the new adult-exclusive lounge located inside the iconic Spaceship Earth geodesic dome at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
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Guests play a game during Orlando Science Center’s Science Night Live on Saturday, May 30, 2026. The event was for ages 18 and to enjoy optical illusions, board games, trivia, guest experts, art displays, exhibits, telescopes and more. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS
Guests check out a warped mirror display during Orlando Science Center’s Science Night Live on Saturday, May 30, 2026. The event was for ages 18 and to enjoy optical illusions, board games, trivia, guest experts, art displays, exhibits, telescopes and more. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The attractions industry and its fans are growing up, but the old “kid at heart” adage is creating tourism business opportunities seeped with nostalgia.
At their golden jubilee, the mules got an original song in their honor and a horseshoe-shaped cake of apples, oats, carrots and flaxseed.
Magic Kingdom visitors hang on during the Tron Lightcycle / Run coaster during a Disney After Hours event at Magic Kingdom theme park. (Steven Diaz/Walt Disney Co./TNS)
An exclusive view before the daily opening of GEO-82, the new adult-exclusive lounge located inside the iconic Spaceship Earth geodesic dome at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Guests play a game during Orlando Science Center’s Science Night Live on Saturday, May 30, 2026. The event was for ages 18 and to enjoy optical illusions, board games, trivia, guest experts, art displays, exhibits, telescopes and more. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
Guests check out a warped mirror display during Orlando Science Center’s Science Night Live on Saturday, May 30, 2026. The event was for ages 18 and to enjoy optical illusions, board games, trivia, guest experts, art displays, exhibits, telescopes and more. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)