HOT BUTTERBEER NOW AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND IN THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER AT UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT Hot Butterbeer – the fan-favorite, toasty version of the popular Butterbeer beverage in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – is now available year-round at Universal Orlando Resort. Originally only offered during the winter […]
UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT ANNOUNCES “DREAMWORKS DESTINATION” – AN ALL-NEW, INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE FEATURING POPULAR CHARACTERS FROM DREAMWORKS ANIMATED FILMS – OPENING THIS SPRING AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA ORLANDO, Fla. (May 18, 2021) – This spring, Universal Orlando Resort will debut an all-new, interactive character experience – DreamWorks Destination – where guests […]
On May 8 2012, the Superstar Parade debuted at Universal Studios Florida. The floats were themed to Spongebob Squarepants, Dora the Explorer, Despicable Me, and the Easter movie “Hop”. The latter was about the son of the Easter Bunny who would rather play the drums than fulfill his destiny of […]
It’s almost time to bedazzle your face covers and get ready to party! Universal Mardi Gras 2021 is taking a different approach to the annual celebration this year. There will still be music and performers, just not in the traditional “big name” sense. But the main feature this year will […]
A new video has been added to my “Tour The Store” playlist bringing the total number of videos up to 9! Join me as I leisurely walk around the Men In Black: Alien Attack gift shop. The playlist for all the videos is right below it. The next Tour The […]
Velocicoaster Mania! (please credit magic city mayhem if you’re sharing any Velocicoaster images from this post) Happy Sunday, Magic City Maniacs! Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of my time while at Islands of Adventure taking Velocicoaster photos and videos. So I thought an appreciation post was long overdue. Here are […]
Sometimes, well, actually quite often, theme park events and things pop up in my Facebook memories tab. This has proven to be useful when sharing anniversaries of attraction openings and things on Twitter. This video popped up in my memories from 2017. Honk Honkers unfortunately closed way before the pandemic […]
Velocicoaster Ride Vehicles Universal released a short clip today teasing the Velocicoaster ride vehicles in the action. It pretty much melted Twitter. The highly anticipated thrill ride should be opening by Summer of next year. They’ve already been doing significant ride testing, so softs may happen a couple weeks prior […]
Once upon a time in this approximate location, there used to be what looked like a crashed flying saucer. You’d approach to see an alien and a slight mist of water being sprayed at you. I think there might’ve been a Coke machine eventually. I couldn’t find any of my […]
Last week, Universal Orla…I mean, Earl the Squirrel invited me out before Universal Studios opened for the day to get some alone time with the Holiday Tribute Store. In order to get to the Tribute Store, you have to walk through a pretty empty theme park to get there! You […]