Oversight of thrill rides such as Stardust Racers is a convoluted patchwork of regulations. The federal government only oversees traveling carnival rides, while states take different approaches toward regulating fixed-site amusement park rides.

Cristian Lourenço/Getty Images Orlando, the theme park capital of the world, is a huge destination for families, attracting tens of millions of visitors to Disney World and Universal Orlando every year.

Halloween is one of my favorite times to visit theme parks around the country. Many of the best theme parks in the United States have incredible Halloween-themed parties or haunts to attend, and even better,

People don’t die or get seriously maimed on theme park rides in Orlando very often. But it does happen. And most every time it does — whether it’s the death of a roller coaster rider, a child suffering a mangled foot or a water-slide rider reporting a fractured pelvis — people ask the same question: So which agency is in charge of ride safety at theme parks and making sure the public knows

While Halloween Horror Nights and Howl-O-Scream capture a wide audience of both Floridians and tourists, there are plenty of other local haunts to visit as Oct. 31 approaches.

There’s never been a better time to experience Orlando, packed with big adventures for even the smallest family members

"It does not seem logical to me that they could close that, or that they would be so shortsighted to do that," Matt Selman tells EW.

Arte Museum, the internationally acclaimed digital art exhibition created by Korean design firm d’strict, will open its first Florida location in 2027 on the new Universal Boulevard side of ICON Park,