Photo Update: Islands of Adventure – Dinos, Wizarding World and character bands
Let’s start our photo update back in Jurassic Park. Guests can now meet a 10-week-old Triceratops in the Camp Jurassic area. The baby dinosaur moves and blinks her eyes.
Man’s weight loss quest to ride Forbidden Journey a success
We were the first to tell you Banks Lee’s story in early June in an article entitled, “Are you too big to ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey?”. This young man’s quest to lose enough weight to ride the new attraction in Universal’s Islands of Adventure made national headlines. Today he made his goal….
Man's weight loss quest to ride Forbidden Journey a success
We were the first to tell you Banks Lee’s story in early June in an article entitled, “Are you too big to ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey?”. This young man’s quest to lose enough weight to ride the new attraction in Universal’s Islands of Adventure made national headlines. Today he made his goal….
Halloween Horror Nights 20 to feature 8 new houses, 6 scare zones and 2 shows
“There is more to paralyzing fear than a scream in the darkness or a cool breath on the back of the neck. Or the grip of the undead. Fear that truly consumes us comes from deep inside our souls, stirred by something we don’t always understand and rarely have the chance to confront. Until now.”…
Organization wants to send two passionate Potter fans to the Wizarding World
Keith Cardin loves visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. He thinks it’s an awesome place for fans to visit, so much so, that he’s trying to raise money for a pair of financially-strapped hard-core Potter fans to win an all-expenses paid trip to Orlando and Universal’s Islands of Adventure.
Stars in the Parks: Brendan Fraser with a step-mummy and Butterbeer mustache
Actor Brendan Fraser, star of films including The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, posed with a “step-mummy,” aka The Wicked Stepmother from Cinderella, at the Magic Kingdom today.
Universal Orlando raises daily theme park ticket prices
Two days after Disney announced it’s raising its theme park ticket prices, Universal Orlando announced most of their ticket prices are also going up on Aug. 7, 2010. A one day, one park ticket is going from $79 to $82, the same as at Disney.
Photos and videos from Infinitus 2010, the Harry Potter conference
Wizards, witches and other magical creatures were in abundance last weekend at Universal Orlando, specifically the Royal Pacific Resort, at Infinitus 2010, a Harry Potter conference.
New Wizarding World merchandise available at the park and online
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal’s Islands of Adventure is still very busy. Most mornings guests are lined up just to get into the new area. So it comes as no surprise that Universal has run out of some of their exclusive Wizarding World merchandise. But don’t despair, some brand new merchandise has shown up onsite.
Watch out for wizards – Harry Potter conference this weekend at Universal
More than three years ago, HPEF (Harry Potter Education Fanon) announced their 7th conference, Infinitus, would take place at the planned Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando in July 2010. After 37 months of planing, more than two thousand Harry Potter fans will converge on Lowes Royal Pacific Resort this Thursday, July 15…