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2/12/2021

Universal Orlando Resort Mardi Gras and Velocicoaster update

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Yesterday, Renée made her way over to Universal Orlando Resort to check out the awesome Mardi Gras festival and a couple of pics of Velicicoaster progress. 

The park is looking great, even better due to the lack of crowds. 

Let's head in!! 

Written by Renée Girard
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Spending a few hours this afternoon at Universal Orlando!
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First, a quick stop at Islands of Adventure. I absolutely love the details in Port of Entry, and with low crowds today, it’s great to look around and enjoy it.
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Only a 15 minute wait (posted at 45) for Hagrid’s is pretty perfect.
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Velocicoaster looking good, as always. Can’t wait to ride!
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Let the good times roll! Mardi Gras celebration is happening all over Universal Studios.
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RIP
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RIP 2.0
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The parade floats are all over the park, offering a modified experience where you can still see their amazing sets and costumes, and also collect beads!
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The food festival is the headliner for Mardi Gras at Universal this year. The sampler card is a great value to get, but I most likely won’t be back due to blockout dates
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I kept it simple with a vegan bratwurst
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And Purple Haze beer
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The entertainment team members were all outstanding and gladly posed for some socially distant selfies.
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More treats can be found in the Tribute Store, where I easily could have had one of everything, but narrowed it down to the bananas foster cheesecake pop and vegan skull brownie (a favorite of mine from HHN, too!).
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Continuing on with the Tribute Store, the amount of detail put into it for each event, and now especially Mardi Gras, is stunning.
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I hope Universal continues on with the amazing theming for all of their events with the Tribute Store. To me, it’s more of a walk-through experience than a store.
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I was definitely spoiled by the lack of crowds in the store, and the park overall, for that matter. If you can get to Mardi Gras at Universal Orlando, definitely do it now before spring break hits, and enjoy everything!
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5/28/2020

Happy 21st Islands of Adventure!

We figured during this downtime for theme parks we'd share some pics of Islands of Adventure, one of our absolute favorite parks. The park turns 21 today and is officially old to get a drink at Mythos, or Miss Oats as our kids called it during our first visit to the park in 2006. 

​And that's where we'll start our look back at the park today. Enjoy!! - Gregg 
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For the second part, we move over to the Islands of Adventure of today, well, a few years ago, just before Dragon Challenge closed.

​The park sure has changed over the years. Check out these amazing pics from Matt. 
And lastly, we'll leave you with the future, some pics of the yet unannounced Jurassic Park/World coaster. These were taken just before the parks shut down in early March. Thanks to Nicholas for sharing this pics with us. 
We hope you enjoyed this quick look back at IOA. We can't wait to get back to the adventuring soon. 
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2/21/2020

Secret Life of Pets and Super Nintendo World Update - February 21, 2020

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Welcome to another update from Universal Studios Hollywood. We've got a lot of great stuff to share in this update including some CityWalk updates, the final touches for Secret Life of Pets (which we got an awesome tour of, but sadly we can't spill the beans quite yet) and of course, Super Nintendo World. 

We're going to start off in CityWalk since that's what we saw first!! 

Written by Gregg Condon
It's Happening!! 
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Seriously can't wait for this to open. 
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It was a beautiful day at the park! 
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First stop of the day. Let me just say, you're not going to be disappointed. And as Forrest, Forrest Gump would say ... "and that's all I have to say about that" (for now)
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The facade is looking fantastic! 
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As well as Pets Place, which is getting some work done on both sides of the street. 
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Wonder if they'll have dryers in here for after you watch Waterworld in the splash zone? =) 
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Store, coming soon!! 
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Headed in for one last walk-through of The Walking Dead (for now). 
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From a couple of years ago, 360 degree video of The Walking Dead. 
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And of course, had to go into Wizarding World. 

​I got a new iPhone 11 Pro and wanted to see the capabilities of the camera. 
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Quite impressed with the Night Mode. Will take some time to work out all the kinks, but overall very happy with it. 
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Can't wait to use it during Haunt season. (although I do wish the video function had a night mode)
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Moving down to Super Nintendo World
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That wall is going to be annoying. =) 
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Jurassic World is still closed as they add in the new Dino!! 
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And lastly, the classic Universal Studios Hollywood sign is getting some work done
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Alrighty, that'll wrap it up. We'll have a new update for SLOP when we're allowed to, so stay tuned for that. And we'll keep our ears open for Soft Opening dates. 

​Have a great weekend! 

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  • Universal Orlando Non-Park Update - May 13, 2019


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