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New York Post
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Disney World fans puzzled by popular park shutdown with no warning after mysterious mishap: reports
Talk about a total ride-off. Guests at Walt Disney World were in for a shock Thursday morning when one of the resort's most popular parks wasn't fully open. Multiple Disney bloggers shared that they showed up to Hollywood Studios at the Orlando, Florida, theme park just to find that half of it was closed without any prior warning. 4 Half of Hollywood Studios was closed Thursday morning without any warning. Stefano – One blogger on Inside the Magic noted that crew members were seen cleaning up a 'mysterious liquid' in the vast area that was blocked off to visitors. 'Entire sections of the park, normally buzzing with life, were eerily silent and blocked off by Cast Members,' the blog said. 'Guests stood in clusters on Hollywood Boulevard, staring past the ropes with confusion and curiosity.' By late morning, park staff was seen pressure cleaning the ground surrounding Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular show, specifically around the Oasis Canteen kiosk. 'It is assumed, but unconfirmed, that whatever they're cleaning is related to the closure,' Blog Mickey wrote. 'While Disney has not officially confirmed the reason for the shutdown, the cleaning activity suggests a maintenance or safety-related issue rather than a long-term closure,' Inside the Magic wrote. However, Blog Mickey noted that there didn't appear to be any immediate safety concerns as off-duty cast members were still walking through the area at the time. 4 Parkgoers were rerouted through Toy Story Land to enter Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. Savvapanf Photo í© – The Post has reached out to The Walt Disney Company for comment. Half the park — including some of its most iconic attractions — was off-limits, frustrating patrons who didn't have a chance to prepare for the closure. Echo Lake, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, Star Tours, Grand Avenue, and Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway were all closed to guests. 4 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Hollywood Studios remained open. Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge technically remained open, but the usual way to get there from the entrance was cut off, so parkgoers were rerouted through Toy Story Land to enter from the other side. Fan-favorites on Sunset Boulevard stayed open, including The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. At 10:30 a.m., two hours after the park opens to visitors, Blog Mickey said that the closed-off area 'reopened.' 4 Echo Lake, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, Star Tours, Grand Avenue, and Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway were all closed to guests. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Disney's Hollywood Studios is currently in the middle of getting some major changes. The park recently announced that it will be replacing the Star Wars: Launch Bay with a new experience called The Magic of Disney Animation in 2026. The family experience will allow guests to interact with and explore takes on the iconic Disney Animation headquarters. A new Monsters Inc. Land — also known as 'Monstropolis' is currently being build at Hollywood Studios where the Muppet Courtyard used to be. The new land will have a roller coaster that 'will put you right in the middle of the monster action.' 'The first time I saw Monsters, Inc., all I wanted to do was ride on one of those doors like Mike and Sulley,' Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro said last year. 'You'll go into the factory and experience the first suspended coaster ever in a Disney park. Remember in the movie how those claws grab the doors and hoist them up into the air to take them away? We're doing that, too. And you're going along for the ride.'
CTV News
06-07-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Echo Lake Plywood Regatta and Waterfest returns for 3rd straight year
The Plywood Regatta and Waterfest took place at Echo Lake on Saturday. (Damian Smith / CTV News) For the third year in a row, the Plywood Regatta and Waterfest took place at Echo Lake on Saturday. 'What's really important about the Plywood Regatta is it's about team spirit. It's about businesses or organizations coming together to support a single cause,' said John Maczko, the director of operations with Amphibious Response Support Unit One (ARSU1). The message behind the event is not only for team building, but safety in water sports in all representations. Money raised from many different companies attending is donated to ARSU1, who monitor four lakes in the Fort Qu'Appelle area. 'Unfortunately, every year we do respond to a number of incidents in our case, in particular, because we are what is known as the boots on the ground team,' Maczko said. 'We try to capture safety situations in their infancy before they become more critical or before they become known.' ARSU1 does not only look to prioritize the physical side of safety, but the drinks that can be a detriment to those out on the water. With alcohol being a big component in water sport accidents, they're trying to promote beer without the toxin. Maczko was also the lead of creating the challenges for the teams and had to come up with a higher quantity with a growing event. In the first year of the regatta, four teams participated. There were nine last year, and this year saw 14. Organizers say that 25 teams would be the maximum, due to capacity requirements.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tony-Winning ‘MJ' Star Myles Frost Signs With Echo Lake Entertainment
Actor Myles Frost, winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Actor in a musical for his performance as Michael Jackson in Broadway's MJ The Musical, has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment. Just 22 at the time of his Tony win, Frost was the youngest winner of the Best Leading Actor/Musical award, and also was nominated for a Grammy for his performance. He was nominated for an Olivier Award nomination when the show transferred to London's West End. More from Deadline Tony Award Winners: 'Maybe Happy Ending' Takes Best Musical & Five Others; 'Purpose' Best Play; Scherzinger, Criss, Snook & Escola Get Lead Acting Prizes – Full List New York City Center Encores! Season To Include All-Black 'La Cage Aux Folles' Starring Billy Porter 'Smash' Sets Broadway Closing After Tony Award Shut-Out Frost made his feature film debut in Ava DuVernay's Origin playing the pivotal role of 'Trayvon Martin' opposite Aunjanue Ellis and Niecy Nash. The film premiered at The Venice Film Festival in 2023. Myles continues to be repped by UTA and Darrell Miller at Fox Rothschild. Echo Lake Entertainment produces and finances film, television and theater. In 2022 Echo Lake produced its first play, Prima Facie, starring Jodie Comer. Its West End run won the company its first Olivier Award and its Broadway run earned Comer a Tony Award for Best Actress. Echo Lake's Broadway production, Stereophonic, received a record breaking 13 Tony Nominations and won the Tony Award last year for Best Play. Echo Lake's current Broadway production John Proctor Is the Villain was nominated for 7 Tony Awards. Best of Deadline List Of Hollywood & Media Layoffs From Paramount To Warner Bros Discovery To CNN & More Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media
Sydney Morning Herald
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Without realising, I started to live as a character in one of my books
I was living in the Southern Highlands of NSW when I wrote my first novel, Echo Lake, inspired by the misty forests, cosy pubs and antique shops I had grown to love. But circumstances forced me to leave for a few years, and I always longed to return. Recently, I got my wish. The stars unexpectedly realigned and I was able to move back to the Highlands in time for publication of Echo Lake's sequel, Whisky Valley. On the drive down from Sydney, my car piled high with clothes, knick-knacks and books, I felt like my main character, Rose McHugh, who had found a little wooden cottage surrounded by bushland and birdsong, finally realising her dream. While her cottage was in Berrima, I found one in nearby Burrawang. Like Rose's house, mine is surrounded by native and exotic trees, the latter turning orange, red and yellow in the glorious peak of autumn. And, like Rose, I now wake up to the sound of black cockatoos and whipbirds, often muffled by the fog that settles over the low hills and valleys. But am I living in the world of my books or are my books merely an extension of me? One of the great pleasures of reading is travelling to captivating destinations. Whether the Japan of James Clavell's Shogun, the rural American south of Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain, or the islands of Ann Cleeves' Shetlands mysteries, my favourite books are ones set in places with their own unique magic. When I first came to the Highlands, I felt the kind of unique magic I craved as a reader and decided it would be even more fun to explore as a writer. Which is when I started becoming Rose. Loading When creating her, I approached Rose the same way I approached the setting for the novels. I wanted her to be compelling, inviting – someone readers might like to spend time with. She needed to be warm, but with a dark side, down-to-earth but eccentric, vulnerable without being pathetic. I also endowed Rose with some of my own quirks of character: a passion for bushwalking, an obsession with the films of Alfred Hitchcock and an addiction to cinnamon buns. I thought I was on pretty firm ground. As I wrote, Rose's actions were usually predictable, which is unsurprising considering I invented her, but sometimes she would go off-piste. My fingers would tap away on the keyboard and I'd stare in shock as Rose did something I hadn't planned. At first, I was unsure about letting her deviate from my outline, but I learnt to follow my instinct. Or rather, to follow Rose.
The Age
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Without realising, I started to live as a character in one of my books
I was living in the Southern Highlands of NSW when I wrote my first novel, Echo Lake, inspired by the misty forests, cosy pubs and antique shops I had grown to love. But circumstances forced me to leave for a few years, and I always longed to return. Recently, I got my wish. The stars unexpectedly realigned and I was able to move back to the Highlands in time for publication of Echo Lake's sequel, Whisky Valley. On the drive down from Sydney, my car piled high with clothes, knick-knacks and books, I felt like my main character, Rose McHugh, who had found a little wooden cottage surrounded by bushland and birdsong, finally realising her dream. While her cottage was in Berrima, I found one in nearby Burrawang. Like Rose's house, mine is surrounded by native and exotic trees, the latter turning orange, red and yellow in the glorious peak of autumn. And, like Rose, I now wake up to the sound of black cockatoos and whipbirds, often muffled by the fog that settles over the low hills and valleys. But am I living in the world of my books or are my books merely an extension of me? One of the great pleasures of reading is travelling to captivating destinations. Whether the Japan of James Clavell's Shogun, the rural American south of Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain, or the islands of Ann Cleeves' Shetlands mysteries, my favourite books are ones set in places with their own unique magic. When I first came to the Highlands, I felt the kind of unique magic I craved as a reader and decided it would be even more fun to explore as a writer. Which is when I started becoming Rose. Loading When creating her, I approached Rose the same way I approached the setting for the novels. I wanted her to be compelling, inviting – someone readers might like to spend time with. She needed to be warm, but with a dark side, down-to-earth but eccentric, vulnerable without being pathetic. I also endowed Rose with some of my own quirks of character: a passion for bushwalking, an obsession with the films of Alfred Hitchcock and an addiction to cinnamon buns. I thought I was on pretty firm ground. As I wrote, Rose's actions were usually predictable, which is unsurprising considering I invented her, but sometimes she would go off-piste. My fingers would tap away on the keyboard and I'd stare in shock as Rose did something I hadn't planned. At first, I was unsure about letting her deviate from my outline, but I learnt to follow my instinct. Or rather, to follow Rose.
