During these days of some pretty high temperatures Aquatica provided some relief for some of it’s visitors. Albeit for a few hours, these ice seats were a hit with this family. Each section of seating weighed over a ton.

(Photo by Sea World)

President Obama has now joined the revamped Hall of Presidents in Walt Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom. The show is to reopen on the 4th July.

There have also been some new speeches added A film narrated by Morgan Freeman with video of presidents speaking during turbulent times, including Lyndon Johnson after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing and George W. Bush encouraging citizens at ground zero after 9-11. Midway through the film, a screen lifts to reveal the animatronic Abraham Lincoln, alone on the stage. He now delivers the full Gettysburg Address.

Here is an interesting story that was reported recently in the Orlando press. Like most of us, Brent Pope of Jacksonville gets frustrated by long queues at Walt Disney World in Florida . So when Mr Pope, 44, was laid off from his job at an ad agency a few months ago, he decided to see if he could do something about it. So he developed “Wait Times”  a really clever iPhone application that will tell you just how long the queues are for the rides and attractions at Magic Kingdom. The app was approved for sale by Apple on Tuesday of this week. The “app” relies on other app users to supply wait-time information.

They can choose from a list of rides and then enter or view the current wait for that ride. The more information that people report, then the more useful Pope’s 99-cent app becomes. He’s also planning to release Wait Times apps for the other Disney parks in Orlando and California as well as for Universal Studios in Orlando and California.

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