Wheel of Fortune Coming to Orlando

Wheel spinner Vanna White was in Orlando yesterday, mostly at SeaWorld Orlando, as Wheel of Fortune prepares to bring its show to SeaWorld in December.

An advance promotional team for Wheel of Fortune is in town shooting teasers and background segments, starring White, at locations around SeaWorld, Aquatica and Central Florida in general over the next few days.

White and Pat Sajac will host 20 shows to be taped in front of live audiences at SeaWorld in December, to be aired in 2009. Wheel of Fortune is one of the most popular and long-running syndicated game shows in TV history. White and Sajac have starred together on the show since 1983.

The show also plans to promote other Orlando locations to illustrate a broad range of Central Florida experiences, and, with help from the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, will be filming spots at Winter Park shops, cafes and galleries, the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes resort and Harry P. Leu Gardens, according to a Wheel of Fortune press release. (There are no plans for the crew to visit Walt Disney World or Universal Orlando.)

At SeaWorld, White will be featured swimming with beluga whales, interacting with sea lions and coming face-to-face with Shamu the killer whale.

Information courtesy of Orlando Sentinel