Video, Photos: Behind the scenes of balloon handling for Macy's Holiday Parade at Universal Studios
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…
New hand art vendor opens in Downtown Disney Marketplace
A new vendor has opened up in the Downtown Disney Marketplace. Located near Disney’s Pin Traders, Hand Art Memories lets customers place their handprint on paper, then an artist transforms the handprint into a picture. For example, your fingers may turn into a pirate’s beard or a princess dress,…
New photos and videos from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter construction
It’s time again for our monthly update on the construction progress of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure. Here’s a quick video tour of what’s new since our last update, followed by some photos: As you can see in the photo above, some…
New tilt-shift video: Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade taping
Disney has gone miniature-crazy as they release their third tilt-shift video shrinking Walt Disney World through a clever photography technique. This time, their cameras were set up at the Magic Kingdom, during the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade tapings, capturing the entire parade as well as performances by the…
Disney's queueless wait system testing continues at Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
Photo by TouringPlans Last week, we told you about Disney testing a queueless meet-and-greet system in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom in which parents would wait in line while their children played in a playground until it was time for everyone to meet a character. Now it appears that…
IMAX, Sushi and Fat Tuesday coming to Universal CityWalk
CityWalk movie-goers will soon have a new option with the addition of IMAX at AMC Universal Cineplex 20. The new theatre will open at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 18, with the James Cameron film, “Avatar” in 3D. In order to maximize the field of view in the new IMAX…
