Since 2002, Universal Studios has partnered with Macy’s to bring elements of the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to Orlando during the holiday season. In addition to shipping down memorable floats featured in the annual New York parade, Macy’s brings several of the giganic balloons that have made the parade so popular over the decades.
But [...]

If there’s just not enough violence for you in all the holiday happenings around Orlando, TNA Wrestling has you covered. TNA iMPACT! television tapings and pay-per-view shows are held regularly at Universal Studios. But they’re giving away a free gift for their Dec. 7, 8 and 21 TV tapings. Every person who is in attendance [...]

December is one of the best times to visit Orlando. Even though there’s no real snow, you’re sure to be able to get into the Christmas spirit with all of the festivities. Whether want to visit the Grinch, go ice skating, see thousands of dancing holiday lights, Orlando has you covered. Here are the events [...]

Now that our clocks have been pushed back an hour, guests at Universal Studios finally have a chance to ride the new Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster after dark.
The ride was certainly designed to be ridden this way, featuring a number of lighting effects along the track and on the sides of the unique [...]

There are only two nights remaining to experience Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios. As an added treat, Universal added an all-new scare zone this week. Located within a New York area alley, characters from past Horror Nights events (like Jack the clown pictured above) have emerged to greet guests once again, previewing what’s to come [...]

An all-new terrifying scarezone will emerge from the shadows this week during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios. Guests who are brave enough to walk the ominous New York alley will have the chance to inspire elements of next year’s 20th anniversary run of Halloween Horror Nights.
“The fog will surround you as you make your [...]

By Andy Guinigundo
The last few weeks I have been posting Halloween stories, well, because ‘tis the season! As a result, I have a few weeks of backlogged updates to report this week. We’ll travel to Singapore, Africa, and then back home to the USA.

Universal to Get Dreamworks Madagascar and Shrek Attractions
Universal Studios Singapore announced [...]

We previously reported that Legoland in California was the first theme park U.S. theme park to have a Street View on Google maps. But now Universal Orlando has been added. There’s no link for the Street View while looking at the normal top-down view on Google maps, but as you can see above, all of [...]

Amidst being in Orlando for the Spooky Empire “Ultimate Horror Weekend,” Tippi Hedren, star of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” is seen here visiting Dracula and his brides at the entrance to one of the haunted houses in this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios.
This photo makes me wish the old Alfred Hitchcock attraction [...]

Hollywood director John Landis, best known for his films Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video, was one of the special guests at the Spooky Empire “Ultimate Horror Weekend” 2009.
After he watched a “Thriller” reenactment performed by the Rich Weirdoes and original “Thriller” video dancer Cheryl Sington’s Dance Warehouse group, we [...]