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Walt Disney World has gotten the go-ahead from the state of Florida to open its four Orlando theme parks starting July 11 along the lines of plan executives presented to Orange County officials on Wednesday. The phased reopening starts with the Magic Kingdom and Disney Animal Kingdom on Saturday, July 11 and Epcott…

Walt Disney World Resort executives on Wednesday unveiled a phased plan to reopen its Magic Kingdom and Disney Animal Kingdom on Saturday, July 11 and Epcott and Disney Hollywood Studios on Wednesday, July 15. Jim MacPhee, Senior Vice President of Operations, Walt Disney World Resort unveiled the timeline at a virtual…

SeaWorld Entertainment and Sesame Workshop are teaming for Sesame Place, a new theme park in San Diego that is scheduled to open in spring 2021. It will be the second Sesame Street-themed park in the U.S. from the companies; the other is in Philadelphia which has been operating since 1980. The new site will sit on 17…

SeaWorld and its former CEO, James Atchison, have agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle federal charges that they covered up the negative impact of the documentary film Blackfish on the company. The 2013 Magnolia-CNN Films release took viewers behind the scenes of SeaWorld’s popular killer-whale shows to expose…