It’s finally happened, Stranger Things is coming to Halloween Horror Nights at both Universal Orlando and Hollywood and has just been announced as the first house for 2018! Universal is teaming up with Netflix to take guests straight into scenes from season one of the show including Mirkwood, Hawkins National Laboratory and of course, the Upside […]
Continue readingWith Fast & Furious the next attraction arriving at the Universal Orlando Resort it is safe to say that the team have started to build up the excitement ahead of the Spring opening. To kick things off we have a new TV spot that showcases Cabana Bay and mentions the new attraction: A few things […]
Continue readingUniversal announced yesterday that the site of the old Wet n’ Wild site is to be home to two brand new hotels. Better yet, these new hotels are set to offer value opportunities for those looking to stay at Universal Orlando with rooms coming in at under $100 per night. The hotels will have a combined […]
Continue readingUniversal Orlando just released some brand new details on the upcoming Fast & Furious attraction that is set to debut next Spring. Firstly, the story is an original creation for the attraction, with all the major actors from the franchise being involved in the creation of the ride. Here are a few more additional details […]
Continue readingOkay, I know we have said it before but this additional purchases pretty much seals the deal, Universal Orlando have to be working on an additional theme park. The company just completed a purchase of an additional 101 acres of land worth $27.5 million. This, alongside the the land they purchased back in 2015 by […]
Continue readingUniversal 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 […]
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