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“100-Year Starship Study” Conducted in Orlando
– A starship without an engine? It may seem a fantastical notion, but hardly more so than the idea of building a starship of any kind, especially with NASA’s future uncertain at best. Yet here in Orlando, not far from the launching site of the space program’s most triumphant achievements, the government’s Defense Advanced [...]
James Cameron’s AVATAR is coming to Walt Disney World
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide is joining forces with visionary filmmaker James Cameron and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring the world of AVATAR to life at Disney parks. Through an exclusive agreement announced today by Disney, Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and Fox, Disney will partner with Cameron and producing partner Jon Landau to create [...]
Walking Tour of Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
Via the Inside the Magic Channel on Youtube, we find this walking tour of the entire Coronado Springs Resort, starting at the main building/registration and taking in the pools, lagoons, rooms, restaurants and amenities. While watching the video, please note a few of the following things: The entire video runs 26:56 in length. At [...]
New Map of Coronado Springs Resort
We’ve had a few questions on the Facebook page (and elsewhere) regarding the nature of the resort and convention center, specifically this question: ‘With all the villas for accommodations, how is this location any different than a convention center surrounded by a bunch of hotels?’ Scale. Scale is the difference. Using Google’s pedometer mapping [...]
Our First Bid Poster – by Frank Wu
Frank Wu, four-time winner of the Best Fan Artist Hugo Award (and 13th greatest SF artist in the world as proclaimed by Locus magazine readers) was kind enough to present the bid committee with this excellent rendition of our revolutionary convention bid. (Frank is also the curator of the Frank R. Paul website, devoted [...]
From the Desk of the Chairman
Welcome to a little bit of Florida on your computer screen! On behalf of the rest of the committee, I want to welcome you to the Orlando in 2015 Worldcon bid website. And now, a bit of history and a bit of the future… In the July 10th, 1939 issue of Time, a short article [...]
Hold the Asparagus, Please
The Orlando in 2015 Revolutionary Council greatly appreciates everyone’s concerns, comments, criticisms and kibitzing. Really, we do. There have already been some great suggestions put forth and some fantastic data has been gathered by some of the best and most experienced in the business. But we don’t want you to waste time or energy [...]
Kennedy Space Center’s “Sci-Fi Summer 2011″
From now until September 5th, experience the Kennedy Space Center’s “Sci-Fi Summer 2011″, celebrating over fifty years of science fiction and human spaceflight. Exhibits and attractions you can experience include ‘Star Trek – the Exhibition’, an interactive exhibit of authentic Star Trek artifacts from the past 45 years, featuring one-of-a-kind costumes, props and filming models from Star Trek television series and [...]
