Posted on Sunday, 30th October 2011 by Wayne Toigo

As the Halloween season comes to its climax, I thought I’d offer some scenes and impressions of my recent visit to one of the best Halloween entertainment events in Southern California.  Halloween Horror Nights 2011 at Universal Studios Hollywood brings together some of Hollywood’s most creative designers with the movie studio that is well known [...]

Tags: Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure, Eli Roth’s Hostel, halloween, Halloween Haunt, Halloween Horror Nights, La Yorna, Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpuses, The Thing: Assimilation, The Wolfman, Universal, Universal Studios Hollywood
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Posted on Monday, 7th March 2011 by Aaron DelPrince

No lines here, no lines there, no lines anywhere!  What?  No lines in a theme park?  That’s unheard of!  Well, let me elaborate a little.  I’m not talking about an attraction line where you wait for your turn to ride.  I’m talking about visual lines.  The kind of lines you see with paint covering structures, [...]

Tags: Blue Fish, Caro-Seuss-el, Cat in the Hat, Islands Of Adventure, One Fish, Port of Entry, Red Fish, Seuss Landing, Two Fish, Universal, Universal City Walk, Universal Construction, Universal Orlando, Universal Studios Orlando
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Posted on Friday, 27th August 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Fear Himself.  Universal Orlando Resort revealed the theme for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) XX is the embodiment of Fear.  Universal Orlando has been releasing bits and pieces (no pun intended) of their new icon for HHN, Fear.  Their latest video follows below. Video Update September 16, 2010: Fear Revealed II Original Article from [...]

Tags: Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure, Fear, halloween, Halloween Horror Nights, Legendary Truth, Mike Aiello, Patrick Braillard, TJ Mannarino, Universal
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Posted on Thursday, 24th June 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Previously I wrote about a private party Disney Destinations hosted for the U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow Wow.  Well, not to be outdone, Universal Orlando wanted its opportunity to impress the visiting travel industry delegates from around the world, and show them why their clients should come to Universal when they visit Orlando.  Continue reading [...]

Tags: Blue Man Group, International Pow Wow, Islands Of Adventure, Universal, Venus Hum, Wizarding World of Harry Potter
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Posted on Saturday, 29th May 2010 by Pete Werner

POV video from Dragon Challenge (formerly Dueling Dragons) at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure.

Tags: Universal, Universal Orlando, Wizarding World of Harry Potter
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Posted on Monday, 7th December 2009 by Kathy Werling

Universal Orlando Resort started their Holiday celebrations December 5, 2009. Both parks have plenty of activities for the family. Our favorite park is Universal Studios so we headed there on Saturday to see the Macy’s Holiday Parade and the Holiday Concert Series.

Tags: Chris Isaak, Islands Of Adventure, Mainheim Steamroller, Natalie Cole, Universal, Universal Orlando
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Posted on Sunday, 15th November 2009 by Dave Parfitt

Shhhhhh, be vewy vewy qwiet, there’s a new roller coaster in town.  That’s what it felt like as I walked up to Universal Studios’ new roller coaster Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit.  No screams of joy, no squeals, no excitement… I’ve never heard of a roller coaster not causing screams of pleasure or terror.  Even the [...]

Tags: music, roller coaster, Universal, video
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