From orlandosentinel.com: Universal Orlando is planning to open a Moe’s Southwest Grill and a Panda Express in the newly emerging quick-service food area of CityWalk, officials said last week. The two restaurants bring burritos and other Tex-Mex dishes, and orange chicken and other Asian dishes, to a dining and entertainment district that until now has [...]

Actor Dylan McDermott (The Practice, In the Line of Fire) visits the Grinch at Universal’s Islands of Adventure (above) and plays the drums at Disney’s Animal Kingdom (below) with daughters Collette (12) and Charlotte (3). McDermott was vacationing in Orlando during Thanksgiving weekend.

Volume 2, Issue 1 of Orlando Attractions Magazine is now available for pre-order! You can flip through and preview the entire issue here before you buy it. Features included in this fun new issue are: • Chill out in Orlando with ICE! Holiday fun at the Gaylord Palms Resort. • 21st Century Christmas How Disney [...]

At Islands of Adventure, The Grinch and The Whos from Whoville will sing their hearts out about the true meaning of Christmas in the park’s special holiday Grinchmas show – featuring music specially created by holiday music sensation Mannheim Steamroller. Just one park over, guests will line the streets of Universal Studios to see the [...]

Happy Halloween to all our readers. To help kick off your Halloween, we’ve uploaded a new picture gallery from this year’s Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party, and we present a cute, funny video of kids eating sour candy at SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular. For those who like the scarier part of Halloween, be sure to [...]

Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville recently announced the completion of their 2nd floor bar and balcony renovation. This area, formerly the 12 Volt Bar and Balcony, is now a tropical tiki dining experience, complete with palm trees, tiki heads and torches, flat screen TV’s embedded in surf boards, wall murals, thatched roofs and more.

Motocross champion and co-owner of Hart & Huntington tattoo shops Carey Hart tries to talk his way out of a creepy encounter with a scareactor at Halloween Horror Nights 18 during a visit to Universal Orlando Resort on Oct. 18.

Latin singer, songwriter and multiple Grammy Award-winner Gloria Estefan came face to face with a creature of the night at Halloween Horror Nights 18 when she visited Universal Orlando Resort with her family on Oct. 18.

Burger King announced today plans to introduce the world’s first Whopper Bar at Universal CityWalk in Spring 2009. The new concept is a condensed and more contemporary version of the typical Burger King restaurant. It will be located near the main entrance on the second floor adjacent to the theatre. The company-owned and operated Whopper [...]

This is a continuation of my previous review of Halloween Horror Nights 18. Scare Zones The scare zones of Halloween Horror Nights 18 are some of the best I have ever seen. While they may not be the scariest ever, they arrive packed with incredibly detailed costumes and inventive surroundings. Here’s a video showing a [...]

Halloween Horror Nights 18 premiered at Universal Studios Orlando last night on September 26, 2008. As we’ve mentioned in the past, this year’s icon is a character by the name of Bloody Mary, based off of urban legends surrounding a mysterious woman who would manifest herself if you were to speak her name three times [...]

Contemporary Christian artist Matthew West at Hollywood Studios. Contemporary Christian music fans will have a lot of choices to make this weekend as Universal Studios presents Rock the Universe 2008 and Disney’s Hollywood Studios holds Night of Joy 2008. The details from both events are below. If you’re planning on attending, we’re looking for pictures [...]

As an annual passholder, I was invited by Universal to take part in a focus group yesterday. I can’t tell you what we discussed, but I can tell you it wasn’t anything really exciting. After the survey was over, I took a stroll around the park to take these pictures. Our focus group took place [...]

The onslaught of Halloween Horror Nights media and information continues with a new promo video for this year’s event at Universal Studios:

The key to our mysterious locked jewelry box arrived today in a black envelope, sealed with a wax red stamp with HHN on it. As you can see above, inside the dirty box was a dead rose, bloody pearls a bloody, dirty lip liner brush, a long hair, four photos and a broken mirror that [...]

We haven’t yet received the key to the mysterious locked box we received yesterday, but all of the details on this years Halloween Horror Nights are now on the official Web site. This year’s theme is Bloody Mary. They’re also promising eight new haunted houses, six scare zones and three live shows. The two of [...]

This mysterious locked box was delivered to us today from Universal Studios. The note reads “You’re about to face someone you’ve never met, but long feared … A key will arrive tomorrow. You’ll meet then.” Check back here tomorrow night to see what’s inside.

Universal Studios Orlando is currently building a new roller coaster called Hollywood Rip Ride, Rockit. While riding the coaster, you’ll be able to choose from a list of songs to listen to. You’re also video recorded while on the ride and will have the option edit and buy a copy of the song after your [...]

Universal Orlando’s in-your-face Halloween Horror Nights billboards stay with you long after you drive past them. And they make for great, “I can’t believe they did that this year!” conversation. This Thursday, Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights billboards will use a combination of creativity and sheer scare-factor to introduce a new face behind the horror; a [...]

I was at Universal Studios and noticed some signs for the upcoming Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit roller coaster around a construction wall just around the corner from The Revenge of The Mummy attraction. The signs are in the style of concert posters.