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A nearby weather cam caught this last night Looks like fireworks + drones.
https://ambientweather.net/dashboard/63cc0bd05eff518bac4170b0e886d57b?show=webcam
There was a photo posted earlier, but the "Okeechobee Rampage" coaster at Cypress gardens was extended and a second train added when Legoland took it over as "Dragon". It's a vekoma just like nuthosue coaster. Oh, and the extension they added was indoors and that section like a dark ride...
2024 is going to be interesting as that's the lull year before Epic, and if it's slower this year I expect next summer to be even moreso. 2025 will probably flip things around heavily. I expect another AP promotion to add on extra months (that stop just short of epic opening). Although how...
Forbidden Journey, Kong were build on expansion Pads. There's also the area left of Cat in the Hat. Toon Extra store in Toon Lagoon itself has some space behind it in Toon Logoon (I think it may have originally where the Flash Gordan ride would have gone) , along with the toon lagoon...
Area 15 is planning to open in Orlando too next year (Off Daryl Carter just south of the Cheesecake factory you can see from I-4) But I can't imagine this would ever be at that location.
Looks like they announced the Christmas dates and lineup this morning, but still no official HHN house announcements. (Edit I'm behind, that was yesterday morning)
Barney's Playground (Called Barney's Backyard, search for it on youtube if you never went in there) was already a bit foresty/swampy looking, I wonder if Shrek could slip into that with some minor adjustments and reopen the indoor (AC) playground for the kiddos.