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It’s time for a winter off-season visit to Islands of Adventure. In this Universal Orlando park report, we share photos of Jurassic World VelociCoaster roller coaster construction, Wizarding World of Harry Potter crowds, wait times, characters, and offer thoughts on those same topics. Let’s start with crowds, which is a similar conversation to our Universal
It’s time for a winter off-season visit to Universal Studios Florida. In this park report, we’ll check out the crowds, wait times, characters, other entertainment, and offer a preview of the 2021 Mardi Gras International Flavors of Carnaval at USF. As with Walt Disney World, crowds are down considerably at both Universal Orlando theme parks
Voodoo Doughnuts is a counter service bakery serving creative and irreverent donuts at CityWalk at Universal Orlando and Hollywood, within walking distance of the parks. This dessert review compiles food photos and thoughts from a couple of our visits to the restaurant–it was originally going to be published last summer, but I held off as
Universal has announced the grand opening date and details for the first Super Nintendo World, a blockbuster $580 million expansion that will bring Mario Kart and Yoshi’s Adventure attractions to life. In this post, we’ll share everything we know so far about these iconic characters finally being realizing in theme park form. The first Super
It’s the holiday season at Islands of Adventure. In this Universal Orlando park report, we share a look at Christmas in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Grinchmas in Seuss Landing, plus entertainment, decorations, doughnuts, and more thoughts on crowds. Let’s start with the holiday crowds, which is where our Universal Studios Florida Christmas
Christmas has started at Universal Studios Florida, so we head back there for another update, with emphasis on entertainment, holiday decorations, and food. In this park report, we’ll share festive photos of USF, crowd commentary, and thoughts on the seasonal offerings. In case you’ve missed it, we’re expanding our coverage of Universal Orlando, with our
We head back to Universal Studios Florida for another update, with emphasis on Orlando’s first nighttime spectacular to return at a major theme park. In this park report, we’ll share night photos of the park, Cinematic Celebration images and thoughts, and commentary about the good & bad of Universal’s reopening. The day actually began at
Following our morning at Islands of Adventure, we took the Hogwarts Express train to Universal Studios Florida for lunch, afternoon touring, and Halloween Horror Lite. In this photo report, we’ll share a look at crowds, actual v. posted wait times, and a quiet early evening in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Before we get
For this park report, we’re heading over to Universal Orlando Resort to do Islands of Adventure. Crowds have been picking up at Universal over the last couple of months, with the parks hitting capacity multiple weekends in October. In this photo report, we cover wait times and some of what we did throughout the day.
This hotel review covers Surfside Inn & Suites, the newly-opened half of Universal’s Endless Summer Resort in Orlando at Universal Studios Florida & Islands of Adventure. We’ll share room photos, amenities info, pros & cons, and how these budget accommodations stack up to Walt Disney World Values & Moderates. While we’ll refer to this as
Governor Ron DeSantis held a Florida Theme Park Roundtable today with top leaders from Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and SeaWorld…plus the manager of Toothsome Chocolate Emporium, for some reason (maybe they were the sponsor?). In this post, we’ll offer some key takeaways and commentary from the meeting. The roundtable was broadcast on the Florida
