Gabrielle Russon

Disney World, the biggest theme park resort on the planet, has seen a spike of people arrested and charged with carrying concealed firearms in the past two years, despite being closed for months and operating at reduced capacity because of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Epic Universe will be the largest U.S. theme park in Universal’s portfolio, with attractions tapping into intellectual property from Nintendo and the movie studios responsible for “Shrek” and the “Minions,” a company executive says.

The Universal theme parks are updating the rules to make masks optional and no longer required indoors and in ride queues.

Universal Orlando employees are getting raises next month with starting pay jumping to $15 an hour, the company said Thursday, calling it the largest single wage increase ever made by the theme park.

Theme parks have changed dramatically in the past two weeks, loosening their pandemic rules.

SeaWorld’s new CEO talks about everything from hotels to orcas and new rides.

Heather Morrow died after suffering a brain injury in 2019 when she fell out of a moving vehicle while flying a stunt kite. The Colorado native was in Orlando and testing the kites in July 2019 when the accident happened.

Some Disney visitors were caught off guard by the announcement that masks would no longer be required outdoors for the first time since the attractions reopened in July during the pandemic.

Visitors won’t have to wear face masks outdoors at any of Central Florida’s major theme parks, as Universal Orlando, Disney World and SeaWorld relaxed the COVID-19 rule effective today, sparking a mixed reaction among some fans.

Disney’s CEO disclosed attendance is going up at Walt Disney World. The parks’ mask policy could be going away soon, he hinted, although he didn’t say when.

A federal agency released its investigation into an International Drive worker’s death at StarFlyer.

SeaWorld’s Marc Swanson got his reward for helping the company navigate through unprecedented times. He was named the permanent CEO after more than a year of carrying the interim title.

The Sentinel asked a former political leader, an economist and two Disney historians to weigh in on this hypothetical what-if: What if Walt Disney hadn’t built his theme park in Orlando? What would Orlando be like today?

Here’s new figures on how bad the pandemic hurt Orlando’s tourism industry.

Disney World’s highly anticipated Star Wars hotel is opening in 2022, not this year.

The Disney College Program is back in Orlando.

Heather Morrow traveled the world performing aerial wonders. Her next show was to be the Epcot Forever nighttime fireworks spectacular. Tragedy struck about two months before.

Universal’s owners are excited about the future of theme parks — especially with a new roller coaster opening this summer in Orlando.

A landlord is letting her storefront be used to help hospitality workers in need. At the Cast Co-op in Clermont, a new nonprofit-run shop, laid-off tourism workers can sell their wares and receive direct assistance.

The major theme parks self-disclosed what are supposed to be the most serious injuries that happened at the parks from January through March.