To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando is going all out. For the past 19 years, one thing has been in control of all the screaming festivities each Halloween in Orlando, and this year, guests will get a chance to come face to face with it, Fear. Fear uses his powers of chaos, mythos, death, vengance, and sacrifice. This year Fear himself is coming to play games with his guests. On 24 select nights, 8 all new haunted houses, new scare zones, and live shows will come alive and truly define FEAR.
Haunted Houses:
- Catacombs: Black Death Rising
- Hades: The Gates of Ruin
- Horror Nights: The Hallow’d Past
- Havoc: Dogs of War
- ZombieGeddon
- Legendary Truth: The Wyandot Estate
- Physco Scareapy: Echoes of Shadybrook
- The Orfanage: Ashes to Ashes
Scare Zones:
- The Couen
- Zombie Gras
- Saws n’ Streams
- Esqueleto Muerte
- Fear Revealed
- HHN: 20 Years of Fears
Shows:
- Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure
- Brian Brushwood: Menace and Malice
More at the HHNXX website.
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Well, now it looks like everyone has a good idea of how The Wizarding World of Harry Potter would look like if you were to take a broom stick and fly over it. The great folks at OrlandoUnited.com recently, got pictures of a helicopter tour over Universal’s Islands of Adventures in Orlando, Florida. In the process, he got some amazing shots from high above the new area that reveal quite a bit of the details, buildings, and the overall magnitude of the project.
This is the first time we have seen a real image of the actual layout of the entire area. It reveals how all the shops will be placed relative to each other, as well as just how huge the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey’s show building will be. It looks like it will be the biggest dark ride show building ever. Can’t wait to see what is on the inside.
The detail is outstanding. And if/when Dueling Dra err…. Dragon Challeng is repainted and the queue is slightly modified, I feel the area will be very cohesive as a unit. The snow is something else I was not expecting to be pulled off so well. So good job Universal Studios Resort Orlando! Looks like you have established a terrific themed area.
My only fear is the transition into the area, the adventure/arabic styled architecture to a Hogwarts environment will be very jarring. However it is not complete, and I still do not know what it will look like when it is complete. So we will all just have to wait and see when it opens in time for Summer!
So make sure to check out Orlando United to see the rest of these incredible pictures. Leave a comment with your park thought below!
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After lots of effort, today marked the closing and final day of the transfer from Busch Entertainment formerly run by InBev, to the new owners, Blackstone. The company also debuted a new name and official logo. What you are looking at above is the logo for the new theme park chain, Sea World Parks & Entertainment, a fitting umbrella name for the companies numerous park destinations. While the name is changing, according to this post on the company’s blog, the way they run the parks will not. The 26 million visitors of the theme parks will notice little change besides the loss of the Busch related items.
For those wondering about the Busch Gardens franchise and if the name will remain the same, according to an article by the Orlando Sentinel, the Blackstone group has reached an agreement with InBev, the new owners of Aschnuer Busch and have been allowed to retain the Busch Gardens name for both parks in Tampa, Florida and Williamsburg, Virginia. Leave a comment and park thought below!
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Recently, the upcoming Univesral Studios Singapore park, announced 2 new areas. Both based on hit Dreamworks Animation movies, both areas are sure to be a hit with the young ...
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Universal’s Islands of Adventure recently released details on its highly anticipated Wizarding Worlds of Harry Potter island opening next year. Some of the finer details have been released however the park didn’t care to release the name, ride type, or any other ...
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After seeing the line up for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando, I am kind of disapointed. While I know it will be top notch qaulity, I really do miss the unique scare zone and mazes that will unfortunately not be offered this year.
Last year, my favorite scare ...
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It is no secret that Universal and Disney fight like cats and dogs. It is very evident in Florida where Universal and Disney are always trying to outdo each other, and the same scenario seems to take place across the Pacific ocean in Japan. Universal Studios Japan and Tokyo Disneyland ...
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