Scott Powers, Author at Theme Park Tribune

Where to eat? Website names Orlando America’s best ‘foodie’ city

10/19/2016

If you love dining, it helps to have 60 or 70 million people pour into your city each year who, each night, are looking for something good to eat. Orlando has been named the best "foodie" city in America by Wa... Read More

Condé Nast Traveler readers name Disney’s Four Seasons as top Central Florida resort

Scott Powers

10/18/2016

Disney World, Hotels

Readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine have named Disney's newest luxury resort hotel, the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort, as the top resort hotel in the Orlando market. Walt Disney W... Read More

World’s largest attractions group moving to Orlando

Scott Powers

09/21/2016

Orlando Tourism

The people who brought the world the Ferris wheel restaurant and most other new amusements from zip lines to mega roller coasters are coming to Orlando permanently. The International Association of Amusement P... Read More

Hotel association, Orlando theme parks pitch for more Orange County tourism tax money

Scott Powers

04/01/2016

Disney World, Hotels, SeaWorld/Busch, Universal

With Orange County's bed tax flush from record tourism, Orlando's tourism community wants to see more of that money spent on tourism marketing, the convention center and area sports and arts venues, including t... Read More

UCF gathers another $2.5 million toward downtown campus pledge, but still short

Scott Powers

02/29/2016

Universal

The University of Central Florida announced Monday it has attracted another $2.5 million in private donations toward its proposed downtown campus but the university remains $7 million short of its pledge for th... Read More

Universal’s second King Kong attraction to be multi-sensory dark ride

Scott Powers

02/25/2016

Universal

King Kong never gets old. Universal Orlando released a few details and a new image Thursday of its latest incarnation of a King Kong ride -- Skull Island: Reign of Kong, set to open this summer at the Islands ... Read More

Orlando’s theme park companies pour at least $2.77 million into state politics

Scott Powers

02/16/2016

Disney World, SeaWorld/Busch, Universal

Orlando's theme park behemoths – mostly Walt Disney companies – have already poured $2.77 million into campaign and political committees and parties for this election cycle so far, preferring Republicans by alm... Read More

Author Scott Powers