Universal Studios Florida have announced today that a new nighttime show will be coming to the park, replacing the existing Universal’s Cinematic Spectacular – 100 Years of Movie Memories. The announcement was made via a press release: A new nighttime lagoon show is coming to Universal Studios Florida that will include new animation featuring characters […]
Continue readingUniversal seem to be going through a bit of an attraction culling phase at the moment (yet E.T Adventure remains?). First we had Dragon Challenge closing earlier this week at Islands of Adventure and now the announcement that Terminator 2: 3D will be closing in order to make way for an all-new live action experience based […]
Continue readingThat’s right everyone, Universal are closing Dragon Challenge at Islands of Adventure at the end of today. Opening originally in 1999 as Dueling Dragons before the Harry Potter overlay changed the name in 2010, the attraction has been in operation for almost 20 years! Though most guests (including us here at Theme Park Trader) loved […]
Continue readingWe now finally have a complete look as to how Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando is shaping up this year. Universal just announced four new original houses (houses not based on IPs) and they all sound incredible. Lets take a look at them: Scarecrow: The Reaping In this house, guests will step into a […]
Continue readingIf you thought Insidious coming to HHN in Hollywood was exciting, Orlando may have just blown this announcement out of the water! Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando just announced that three Blumhouse properties are going to be combined into one maze at Universal Orlando. Sinister, Insidious and The Purge are all going to be featured […]
Continue readingVery exciting news, we are getting both a new Saw movie and horror house this year! Saw is returning to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights at both Orlando and Hollywood. In Saw: The Games of Jigsaw, guests will come face to face with Jigsaw and have to go through some of the famous traps from the Saw […]
Continue readingGood news horror fans, Ash vs Evil Dead is the third house confirmed for Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights offering for 2017! Check out a preview below: The house will include locations from the first two seasons of Ash vs Evil Dead and joins both The Shining and American Horror Story at Halloween Horror Nights […]
Continue readingWell, we called this one some time ago (in fact way back in August 2016) and it would seem that Universal has finally confirmed it. Dragon Challenge will be closing to make away for a brand new thrill ride that Universal are describing as one of the most heavily-themed coaster experiences they have ever created. […]
Continue readingIt looks like all three attractions at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter have now rolled out Universal Express in Universal Orlando! This can clearly be seen when looking at the the official app: To clarify, this includes Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts, and the Hogwarts Express […]
Continue readingTake this with a huge pinch of salt but early plans of Super Nintendo World have reportedly been leaked and include Donkey Kong, Kirby and Zelda! Take a look at the leak below: The biggest reason why I think these plans aren’t quite the full representation… E.T. Adventure is still standing! If this is true […]
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