Theme Park Tribune’s mission is publish quality reporting on the biggest theme parks in the United States. The emphasis here is on theme park journalism, not trying to be influencers or self-promoters.
Theme Park Tribune’s roots date back to the 2016 establishment of Orlando Rising, which was originally a general local news site. In January 2019, theme park reporter John Gregory took over the site and focused it entirely on Orlando and Central Florida theme parks. It was rebranded as Theme Park Tribune in 2020 to reflect that it had expanded its coverage to cover not Disney World and Universal Orlando, but Southern California theme parks such as Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood and Knott’s Berry Farm, as well as major theme parks across the U.S.
Theme Park Tribune was a proud recipient of the Peter Lisagor Award for Best Deadline Report, Specialty/Trade, in 2020, for our reporting on suggested COVID-19 policies at Orlando theme parks. The Lisagor Awards are handed out annually by the Chicago Headline Club, the nation’s largest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
John Gregory is a theme park expert, journalist, and the owner and editor of Theme Park Tribune. He got his start covering theme parks as a blogger for the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast and began reporting on theme parks for Theme Park Tribune’s predecessor, Orlando Rising, in May 2018. He has been interviewed on Disney, Universal and SeaWorld theme parks by the likes of the Orlando Sentinel , the New York Post, and Orlando NBC affiliate WESH.
John has also covered sports, politics, and health care for news outlets such as the Illinois Radio Network. He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and still resides in Chicago.
Corrections Policy: Theme Park Tribune is committed to transparency when we make mistakes. No reporter is infallible and maintaining trust in journalism depends on telling you, our readers, when we get something wrong. When a correction is necessary, a correction note will be added to the relevant article, fully and clearly disclosing the error and how it was rectified.
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