Category: Universal Orlando
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“Weird Al” Yankovic Performs At Universal Orlando’s Hard Rock Live
“Weird Al” Yankovic is the king of pop culture parody, and has sold more comedy records than any other artist in history. In a career spanning over three decades, he has amassed 30 Gold and Platinum albums, 7 Gold and Platinum-certified home videos and 3 Grammy Awards (with another 11 nominations). “Weird Al” Yankovic is…
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Universal Orlando Throws a Blue Pow Wow Party
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…