Category: Universal Orlando

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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’…

  • 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…