Category: Universal / Sea World

  • An Invitation To Fear: Halloween Horror Nights XX

    The DIS Unplugged received an invitation from Universal Orlando Resort to the grand opening of Halloween Horror Nights XX: Twenty Years of Fear.  Universal must know how much our audience enjoys learning about the behind-the-scenes aspects of theme park attractions and shows, because they sent along a video with an in-depth look at the event. …

  • Interview With Thierry Coup, VP of Universal Creative, Part 3

    A Total Recall of his Forbidden Journey Part 3 of 3: Wizard of Universal In Part 1 of my interview with theme park designer Thierry Coup, Vice President of Creative Development for Universal Creative, he discussed his early years as a theme park attractions designer with Walt Disney Imagineering.  In Part 2, he described his…

  • Interview With Thierry Coup, VP of Universal Creative, Part 2

    A Total Recall of his Forbidden Journey Part 2 of 3: Does Whatever a Spider Can In Part 1 of my interview with theme park designer Thierry Coup, Vice President of Creative Development for Universal Creative, he discussed his background in film special effects and his early years as a theme park attractions designer with…

  • Interview With Thierry Coup, VP of Universal Creative, Part 1

    A Total Recall of his Forbidden Journey Part 1 of 3: From Films to Theme Parks Recently, I spoke with theme park designer Thierry Coup, Vice President of Creative Development for Universal Creative and the executive in charge of all media production for Universal Parks and Resorts.  He is the brains behind the new Wizarding…

  • Halloween Horror Nights XX Revealed: Nothing to Fear but…

    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…

  • Video: Halloween Horror Nights Reveal August 26,2010

    Universal Orlando released a “teaser video” previewing their upcoming Halloween Horror Nights event “Twenty Years of Fear”.  In the video, Jim Timon, Senior Vice President of Entertainment for Universal Orlando, talks about how they take everything they’ve learned about frightening people the past 20 years, and evolve it to make it more intense to scare…

  • Video: Reality TV Survivors Visit Discovery Cove

    Last weekend, July 23-25, 2010, contestants from the reality shows Survivor, The Amazing Race, and Big Brother were in Celebration, FL at the Celebration Town Center for a reunion.  The event was part of a fundraiser for Give Kids The World.  During the weekend, some of the celebrities took time out to visit SeaWorld’s Discovery…