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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Posted on Sunday, 11th January 2009 by Will Perry

Wanted to see the progress of Harry Potter World so I headed over to Islands Of Adventure and took a few photos for everyone (couple spy shots included). Looks like its definitely going to be huge. I also wanted to check out the entrance for D&D and was completely disappointed to see what was once [...]

Tags: Harry Potter World, Islands Of Adventure, Universal
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Posted on Monday, 5th January 2009 by Will Perry

I was at Universal today, and snapped a few spy shots for everyone of the new Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket construction site.  Here is a nice shot of the track, inside is a look over that dredful wall down Production Central. Can’t wait for this!

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Posted on Tuesday, 30th September 2008 by Kathy Werling

I had the opportunity to attend Universal Studios, Orlando  FL.  Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) last Friday. First a little history, I have spent years avoiding anything scary. I figure I have had enough scary things happen in my life that I didn’t need to pay money to be scared. But I can be persuaded to [...]

Tags: express pass, Fractured Tales, Halloween Horror Nights, Orlando, scareactors, Universal
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Posted on Thursday, 15th May 2008 by Pete Werner

I’ll admit now that I was worried when I first heard that Universal would be replacing “Back to the Future” with a new ride based on the Simpsons. Concern number 1 was that the Simpsons, at 14 years old, was too old a property to sustain any interest among theme park visitors. Last summers Simpsons [...]

Tags: simpsons, simpsons ride, Universal, Universal Orlando
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Posted on Thursday, 20th March 2008 by Pete Werner

  Yes, Dr. Cardoo stopped by our table last night at the Islands Dining Room at Universal’s Royal Pacific resort.  We had a nice dinner (I’ll be writing up a seperate review in the next few days), but after yesterday’s announcement that yet ANOTHER new MAJOR attraction was being added to Universal in the next [...]

Tags: Expedition Everest, Harry Potter Island, Islands Dining Room, Royal Pacific Resort, Universal
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