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Orlando Souvenir Guide: Top Toys and Best Buys

Here’s our guide to some of the best souvenirs you can purchase on your Orlando holiday

Here at Attraction Tickets Direct, we enjoy nothing more than helping our customers enjoy the best Orlando theme park experience possible. While many head to the city in search of world-famous rides, the variety of souvenirs on offer means that you will never forget your holiday to the Sunshine State! With this in mind, here’s our guide to some of the best souvenirs you can purchase on your Orlando holiday.

Ten Ways to Save Money on your Florida Holiday!

Save Hundreds by Noting These Money Saving Tips...

Holidays aren't always the cheapest, so we want to make sure our customers are saving money where ever they can. After all, the more you save before you go and in the parks…the more you can spend on having fun!

Diagon Alley Revealed...

Last week Universal held an exclusive VIP preview event to show-off of the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley and finally gave us excitable muggles an official opening date of the 8th July 2014…13 days and counting!

8 Things You Should Know About Donald Duck!

9th June marks the birthday of Walt Disney's Donald Duck!

On the 9th June the world celebrates the birthday of one of the planet's most popular cartoon characters ever created; the much loved Donald Duck! Find out all you need to know about this famous Walt Disney Donald Duck right here!

New Polercoaster, The Skyscraper, Comes to Orlando!

Believe the rumours! The Polercoaster IS coming to Orlando!

The rumours had been swirling for nearly a year: Polercoaster was coming to Florida. But where would it eventually end up? The exact location was kept secret, though there was an overwhelming confidence in Orlando that our fair city was the natural choice; the right choice; the only choice that made sense (to us, anyway).

The Dragon Has Officially Landed on Universal Studios' Gringotts Bank!

Universal starts to put final touches on Universal Studios' Diagon - Alley expansion!

The infamous Ukranian Ironbelly dragon has arrived at Universal Studios Diagon Alley and now sits atop of Gringotts Bank in its rightful place. With the fire breathing dragon comes a whole host of new details and final touches readying Universal Studios' Harry Potter Diagon Alley for its grand launch!

A New Maleficent Emerges at the Disney Parks!

Disney guests enjoy a meet and greet with Maleficent!

This weekend Walt Disney World Florida and Disneyland California invited guests to twenty four hour Disney party 'Rock Your Disney Side'! In attendance was none other than Maleficent herself...

Duplo Valley opens at LEGOLAND Florida

By Susan and Simon Veness

You’ve built castles, Star Ships, trains, and skyscrapers with them. You’ve stepped on them in the dark and cursed the pain coursing through your foot. And you’ve probably given them as gifts to the children in your life. Everyone loves LEGO, and now there’s even more to be excited about, as LEGOLAND Florida welcomes pre-schoolers to DUPLO Valley.

Universal Unveils Brand New Detail on the Escape From Gringotts ride!

Prepare yourself to Escape Gringotts Bank!

Today Universal Orlando FINALLY revealed detail on the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts ride, arriving at Universal Studios Florida as part of the major London Diagon - Alley, Wizarding World of Harry Potter expansion! Hold on to your seats for this one!

Brave the Breakaway!

The time has come to 'Breakaway'!

You can see the tower from many locations in Orlando, with its blue, green, orange, and purple tubes coiling around each other like tails at a gecko-fest. Maybe, if you listen closely, you can hear the slam of a floor dropping away and the screams of its latest victim. Because now—Ihu’s Breakaway Falls is open.