I am sad to say that another genre-travel attraction looks like it’s biting the dust. Erik Yates of ThemeParkInsider.com reported Wednesday that Skull Kingdom*, a year-round haunted attraction on Orlando’s International Drive has closed its doors, “seemingly for good.” “And what’s even more,” he wrote, “it seems that the property will be demolished and its […]
Now there’s a place to store all your travel dreams online. It’s called Suitcase and is brought to you by Concierge.com, the online presence of Conde Nast Traveler. This handy online tool “lets you collect all the trip information you need – hotels, restaurants, museums, articles, transportation details – and save it all in one […]
I’m in the process of moving The Genre Traveler‘s blog from Bravenet to Blogger. This will give me much more flexibility, as well as get rid of those annoying pop-ups that the other service has. Please forgive the slow down of posting while this process moves forward. Until all the posts are moved over, you […]
The state of Georgia (U.S.) just won my admiration. On Thursday, the Associated Press reported, the Georgia Board of Education voted to uphold a local school board’s decision to leave Harry Potter books on library shelves, despite a mother’s objections that they promoted witchcraft. Laura Mallory, mother of three children who attend elementary school in […]
The San Francisco Film Society will celebrate of the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco International Film Festival next year. This makes it the first film festival from Alaska to Argentina to reach the half-century mark, according to a press release. One of the highlights of the festival will be the awarding of the one-time-only […]
I found this little tidbit in a science news feed I get. Since it blends a bit of science, fantasy and travel, I thought you’d all enjoy it. Engineer Explains How Santa Can Deliver Gifts in One Night Newswise  If you’re skeptical of Santa’s abilities to deliver presents to millions of homes and children […]
In the July 2006 issue of The Genre Traveler, I mentioned that Singapore might be getting a theme park on Sentosa Island. Now, the Malaysian-based bidder Genting Group has announced it will be partnering with Dreamworks for the gaming resort it has proposed for the island. "I am particularly excited about plans for the Dreamworks […]
The science fiction, fantasy and, yes, even horror, imagination is pervading the popular (read mundane) world. Take theatre for instance. I’ve written about a wide variety of genre plays and musicals in both The Genre Traveler and in this blog. Here are just a few that are opening soon in theatres across the U.S. I’m […]
Hey! Did anyone attend After Dark Films horror movie fest, “8 Films to Die For”? Josh Green of firstshowing.net gave it a pretty bad review: Our resident horror expert Josh was planning on attending all 8 films over the long weekend to see first hand what kind of experience this was going to be. Unfortunately […]