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Krush Brau Park in the headlines.
News 6 / ClickOrlando (WKMG) ·
Lists Krampus Con at Krush Brau Park (Dec. 5–21, 2025) with a Krampus March along West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, an art show, a haunted house and Kakes with Krampus.
Read at News 6 / ClickOrlando (WKMG) →Central Florida Lifestyle (sister publication) ·
A regional Krampus guide, bylined by Waylon Krush, that opens with Krampus Nacht and the Krampus March at Krush Brau Park.
Read at Central Florida Lifestyle (sister publication) →Central Florida Lifestyle ·
A preview of Krush Brau Park's 2025 calendar at the Portal Immersion Center, including a St. Patrick's Day celebration, Krush Brau Dogtoberfest and an adults-only Easter egg hunt.
Read at Central Florida Lifestyle →Gotta Go Orlando ·
Oktoberfest ran September 14 to November 3, 2024 under the World Event Center festival tent, with oompah and local bands, folk dances and games, and German food from pretzels to bratwurst.
Read at Gotta Go Orlando →Central Florida Lifestyle ·
A roundup of Greater Orlando Oktoberfest events that leads with Krush Brau Park's September 14 to November 3, 2024 celebration: bratwurst, baked pretzels and Bavarian decor.
Read at Central Florida Lifestyle →FOX 35 Orlando ·
FOX 35's Central Florida Eats segment visits Krush Brau Park as it builds toward becoming the largest bier garden in the United States.
Read at FOX 35 Orlando →ILoveCFL ·
Reports the Portal Immersion Center opened on August 10, 2023, open daily 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Read at ILoveCFL →PR.com ·
Krush Brau Park's press release announcing the Portal Immersion Center opening daily from August 10, 2023.
Read at PR.com →News 6 / ClickOrlando (WKMG) ·
Summertoberfest at the Portal Immersion Center was free to enter, ran Saturdays from June 10 to September 2, 2023, and featured a 5 p.m. keg tapping, costume and bratwurst-eating contests and a stein-holding competition whose winner went to the national finals in New York.
Read at News 6 / ClickOrlando (WKMG) →Orlando Sentinel ·
Oktoberfest under the tent on U.S. 192 with stein hoisting and yodeling, and plans to develop the 10 acres into 13 container-built country areas.
Read at Orlando Sentinel →Central Florida Lifestyle ·
Previewing the second annual Oktoberfest (Sept. 16 to Oct. 30, 2022) in the 600-seat tented biergarten: a ceremonial wooden-keg tapping, alphorn, stein-holding, cowbell and yodeling contests, and live music beyond oompah.
Read at Central Florida Lifestyle →Orlando Magazine ·
Describes the park being built on the former Jungleland Zoo site as a multicultural experience ("If EPCOT and Boxi Park had a baby"), opening in phases with a German-inspired biergarten, festival space and a five-acre around-the-world adventure.
Read at Orlando Magazine →Central Florida Lifestyle (sister publication) ·
Profile of founder Waylon Krush, his three years at Bad Aibling, Germany, and the September 2020 purchase of the former Jungleland Zoo land.
Read at Central Florida Lifestyle (sister publication) →Orlando Magazine ·
Founder Waylon Krush, back from a three-year Army posting in Germany, explains his plan for the former Jungleland Zoo: a Festplatz tent for Oktoberfest and Weihnachten Fest, a biergarten restaurant and an animatronic world zone.
Read at Orlando Magazine →Osceola News-Gazette ·
Early coverage of Krush Brau Park and Biergarten taking shape at the former Jungleland Zoo on U.S. 192, with plans for a German restaurant, brewery, container eateries, shops, a petting zoo and a zipline.
Read at Osceola News-Gazette →GrowthSpotter ·
Reports that Waylon Krush paid $1.3 million for the long-abandoned JungleLand Zoo at 4580 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy and began clearing the site for a German beer garden.
Read at GrowthSpotter →The history of the site, from the Jungleland Zoo years to today, is on our history page. Our sister site keeps the same list at krushbrau.com/press.
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