Category: Universal Orlando
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A Scaredy cat goes to Halloween Horror Nights
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…
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Brendan Fraser Q & A at Universal
Brendan Fraser was at Universal’s “Revenge of the Mummy” ride on Friday afternoon promoting his new up and coming movie “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”. This is the third Mummy movie to be made and in my opinion this one looks awesome. There was a huge crowd on hand way before Fraser ever…
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The Simpsons Ride ROCKS!
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…
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Simpsons Ride Soft Open
I want to be up front with you before I start to let you know that I have never been a follower of the Simpsons on TV. I can not remember sitting through a whole Simpsons TV show ever. It was always one of those shows that just was not watched in our house. I…
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Crazy thing happened at Universals Mardi Gras or Hey you can’t Do that!!!
Hi folks, I just want to add an experience I encountered while attending Mardi Gras on Saturday evening for the Heart concert. I decided after touring the park for a little while that it might be a good idea to go
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Saturday in the Park with Scar – Part 2
It’s important to understand a few things before reading this. First, Walter is not a ‘Disney fan’, or even much of a Universal fan. He likes the hotels well enough, there are a couple of rides he enjoy’s and a he’s happy to eat at a few of the restaurants – but he’s not ‘into’…
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Are You a Rising Star?
On Saturday night, after squeezing ourselves through the crowd at Universal Studios, we went with several friends to check out Universal Citywalk’s newest club, a karaoke joint called Rising Star (formerly known as City Jazz). They have karaoke seven nights a week. Tuesday thru Saturday the “performers” sing with a live band and two back-up singers/dancers. On…