It’s another quiet day here at the Universal Orlando Resort, but we’re ready to explore the parks and see what’s new. As soon as we arrived, we spotted signs at the entrance of the park informing guests that the Hogwarts Express was closed for the day due to scheduled maintenance. The attraction was only closed … Read more
The Hogwarts Express at Universal Orlando Resort—a great way for guests to quickly travel between Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure—is closed today, January 21, 2021, for maintenance. According to the refurbishment schedule, the closure should only last this one day. A sign at the front of Universal Studios Florida lets guests know … Read more
The Hogwarts Express, which carries guests between Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure, is testing a new method of preventing guests from doing anything unseemly in their “private” compartments. With guests no longer sharing a compartment with other parties due to COVID-19, the persistent issue has apparently not gotten better. Team Members were … Read more
Several Universal Orlando Resort attractions will be closing for limited times in early 2021 for refurbishment. These include popular coaster Revenge of the Mummy, and the Hogwarts Express, which acts as easy transportation between Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Thankfully, the latter will only be closed for one day. The full list … Read more
A new Hogwarts face mask matching the “London to Hogwarts” merchandise collection is now available at Universal Orlando Resort. The new mask is different from the one that we already spotted with the rest of the collection, which had one large Hogwarts crest in the center of it. This mask has several small versions of … Read more
For budding witches and wizards, few things are more exhilarating than departing Platform 9 3/4 and taking the ride to Hogwarts. Now, you can share that excitement (and a love of travel) with the new “London to Hogwarts” merchandise collection at Universal Orlando Resort! Each item in the collection is styled after a ticket on … Read more
The magic of the holiday season continues to make its way across Universal’s Islands of Adventure as more locations around the park are decorated from the season. In addition to more at Port of Entry and Seuss Landing, we’ve got our first look at décor in The Lost Continent, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter … Read more
A new experiment is taking place at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure is not offering Virtual Queue today, leaving the attraction with only a standby queue. This seems to have cleared up some of the foot traffic in the area. But in anticipation of the attraction’s popularity, social distancing markers have … Read more