{"id":63586,"date":"2025-11-28T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/63586\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:20:08","slug":"heres-what-else-is-new-in-the-city-besides-the-new-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/63586\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s what else is new in the city besides the new park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando hosted a record-setting 75.3 million visitors in 2024, according to the folks at www.visitorlando.com<\/a>, making it the most-visited tourist destination in the United States. What else is popping, besides the first new theme park in a quarter-century?<\/p>\n

Walt Disney World (https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com<\/a>) offers two new shows, \u201cThe Little Mermaid \u2014 A Musical Adventure\u201d and \u201cDisney Villains: Unfairly Ever After,\u201d at Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios. Over at Magic Kingdom Park, check out the first-ever nighttime parade, Disney Starlight.At SeaWorld Orlando (https:\/\/seaworld.com\/orlando\/<\/a>), discover the new Expedition Odyssey, billed as \u201cthe world\u2019s first fully immersive Arctic-themed flying theater.\u201dAt LEGOLAND Florida Resort (www.legoland.com\/florida\/<\/a>, check out Sea Life Florida, a new aquarium attraction with marine life and interactive exhibits. Orlando\u2019s vibrant food scene continues to shine, with 11 new additions to the 2025 Michelin Guide Florida. Sorekara (https:\/\/sorekarafl.com<\/a>), in Baldwin Park, received Orlando\u2019s first two Michelin stars, while \u00d4MO by J\u00f4nt (www.omobyjont.com<\/a>) in Winter Park garnered one star. In the Bib Gourmands category, heralded restaurants include Smokemade Meats + Eats (www.smokemade.com<\/a>), B\u00e1nh Mi Boy (@banhmiboycafe), Coro (www.cororestaurant.com<\/a>), and UniGirl (www.unigirlfl.com<\/a>). For the complete list, visit www.visitorlando.com\/blog\/post\/orlando-michelin-restaurants\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Tip: To experience some of the best bites in Orlando, head to Mills Market (www.mills-market.com<\/a>), a local hub for Asian eats and shops. Set within the Vietnamese-American community of Orlando, these chef-owned eateries offer an excellent DIY tasting menu, including Michelin sweethearts B\u00e1nh Mi Boy Caf\u00e9 & Bakery (four words: caramel pork fish spread) and UniGirl, Orlando\u2019s first onigiri shop. Fun fact: The culinary director of Mills Market is \u201cTop Chef\u201d season 3 winner Hung Huynh, owner of B\u00e1nh Mi Boy. Check out his new dessert shop at Mills Market, Saigon Snow. Eat your way around Asia here \u2014 it\u2019s a theme park for your palate. <\/p>\n

Diane Bair and Pamela Wright can be reached at bairwright@gmail.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando hosted a record-setting 75.3 million visitors in 2024, according to the folks at www.visitorlando.com, making it the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[38104,38105,38106,28,14949,38107,38108,38109,38110,139,141,140,38111,38112,38113,38114,38115],"class_list":{"0":"post-63586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-benny","9":"tag-chip-litherland","10":"tag-emmet","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-lego","13":"tag-lego-movie-world","14":"tag-legoland-florisa-resort","15":"tag-legoland-hotel","16":"tag-lock-land","17":"tag-orlando","18":"tag-orlando-headlines","19":"tag-orlando-news","20":"tag-the-lego-movie","21":"tag-tlm","22":"tag-uni-kitty","23":"tag-unikitty","24":"tag-wyldstyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}