It's time for the Frog Family's weekly roundup of Disney and Orlando theme park tidbits from the interwebs.
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This week’s highlights:
For those of you who've long drooled over the cone options at Disney California Adventure, you can now find a number Cars Land cone creations -- like the Chili Cone Queso -- at Marketplace Snacks at Downtown Disney.- We've also got scrumptious new details on L’Artisan des Glaces, an artisan ice cream and sorbet shop coming to France at Epcot in mid-June that will feature fresh ingredients made in-house.
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It’s not exactly theme park news, but it is entertainment. The WWE announced it is opening a new 26,000-square-foot training center -- with seven wrestling rings and a sound stage -- in Orlando. Tad has already asked me if he can shoot video!
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SeaWorld Orlando is bringing in live penguins for the Miami Dolphins’ Fin Fest as part of its Epic Voyage Tour ahead of the opening of its new exhibit/attraction Antarctica.
- Speaking of Antarctica, we took a look at construction progress Saturday while we were at Viva La Musica. Here is one of the pics!
- The Disney Parks Blog caught up with “Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show” driver Eduardo Marques, Jr., who will be competing at ESPN’s X Games Foz do Iguaçu.
- Over near Universal Orlando, a new Hash House A Go Go has sprung up. If you don’t have one of these chains near you, the restaurant offers “twisted farm food” for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner.
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Universal’s Mardi Gras is drawing to a close, with All-American Rejects as the final performance for this year. -
Universal released the full lineup for this year’s Rock the Universe, a Christian music festival held Sept. 6 and 7. This year’s lineup includes Switchfoot, Chris Tomlin and Casting Crowns.
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Disney’s Animal Kingdom turns 15 on Monday (also Earth Day). To mark the occasion, the Orlando Sentinel has put together a quiz to test your AK knowledge. If you don’t get them all right, you’ll be in good company ;) I'm not revealing my score, but let's just say Mommy Frog got more right than me.
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I leave you with this spectacular time-lapse video of the Animal Kingdom's Tree of Life coming to life, so to speak.
That’s all for this week. Until next week, happy planning!
— Leap
