Tag: Universal Orlando
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Creativity and Science Collide Inside Seuss Landing
No lines here, no lines there, no lines anywhere! What? No lines in a theme park? That’s unheard of! Well, let me elaborate a little. I’m not talking about an attraction line where you wait for your turn to ride. I’m talking about visual lines. The kind of lines you see with paint covering structures,…
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Punxsutawney Phil Spotted at Universal Orlando
With Groundhog Day only a day away, Punxsutawney Phil has decided to try and squeeze a short getaway in at the Universal Orlando resort. The country’s most popular weather forecaster was recently spotted on the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit attraction listening to some of his favorite music. No one seems to know when Phil arrived,…
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The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman 12 Years Later
“How in the world did they do that?” Those were the words I uttered when I walked off the Amazing Adventures of Spiderman attraction at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure in April of 1999. I was so curious and excited I had to jump back into the standby line to experience this attraction again. Never…
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Show Director Mike Aiello: Universal Orlando’s Face of Fear
Take a handful of creative types, chain them in a room with an ink board and yellow legal pad, and what do you get? Halloween Horror Nights, one of the most terrifying, nightmarish, and outrageous Halloween events in the country. Recently, I was able to talk with Universal Orlando’s Mike Aiello, Show Director for Halloween…
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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. …
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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…