We at WDWNT employ some great photographers who scour the Disney and Universal parks and resorts around the world to show you the best there is. So each week, we will be rounding up the seven best images captured by our photographers, whether they made it into a story this week or not, and bringing … Read more
The holiday weekend crowds are long gone and the Universal Orlando Resort is back to slow, mid-week crowds. We have no complaints about slow days in the park, though. We arrived around noon and decided to make our way through CityWalk towards Islands of Adventure. It feels like a ghost town at times. Let’s make … Read more
A brand new character meet and greet location has debuted at the entrance of The Lost Continent at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Recently, King Julien started meeting guests across from Fire Eater’s Grill, and now two additional characters have shown up just down the path. Tigress, one of the main characters from the film Kung … Read more
After two crazy days leading up to Labor Day, we were ready to face the holiday crowds. As we arrived, there was significantly less traffic and parking was a breeze, much to our surprise. Once we arrived at temperature check and security screening, lines were very long. Team Members would send a large amount of … Read more
Welcome to a very intense Labor Day weekend at the Universal Orlando Resort. All week long, we had seen preparations around the park in anticipation of wild crowds, but we really didn’t realize just how crazy it would be until we arrived this morning. We joined the mass of people making their way through CityWalk … Read more
We’re on the second day of our long Labor Day weekend, and it seems the crowds have come out in full force to Universal Orlando Resort. Yesterday, the parks closed due to capacity (though we were able to still enter Universal Studios Florida) and it seems today the resort is experiencing the same heavy influx … Read more
Construction on the new coaster in Jurassic Park has been moving quickly, even if some of the action is happening out of guest view. The track has gone up quickly and changed the appearance of Universal’s Islands of Adventure and now it looks like all pieces of track have been installed. On our recent visit, … Read more
Welcome to a quiet day here at the Universal Orlando Resort. The morning started off with blue skies and fresh doughnuts, as we stopped into Voodoo Doughnut at CityWalk to try their two new seasonal offerings. We tried the new Jack the Clown Halloween Horror Nights Doughnut and the Pumpkin Spice Doughnut. Between the two, … Read more
Construction on the new coaster in Jurassic Park at Universal’s Islands of Adventure has been moving quickly, so it never takes long for us to see big changes. We’ve been patiently waiting for the last bit of coaster track to be installed that would connect both “ends” of the track along the back of the … Read more
Universal’s Islands of Adventure is an exciting park, and things are going to get a lot more intense with the addition of the new coaster in Jurassic Park. The “Velocicoaster” is making steady progress and the new metal framework has started to take over the pathway through Jurassic Park. The frames are lining the pathway … Read more
Clever girl… or should we say, clever girls? A second raptor has arrived at the upcoming “Velocicoaster” inside Jurassic Park at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, lowered onto the site via a massive crane. Like the raptor from yesterday, it was fully encased in a protective plastic wrap. Despite these visible advancements at the coaster site, … Read more
Spared no expense. Jurassic Park at Islands of Adventure is getting a major upgrade with the addition of a new coaster that is quickly taking over. On our last visit, we watched workers assembling the start of what we think will be a “transfer gate” of some sorts. The structure has grown quickly and is … Read more
It’s a slow week day here at Universal Orlando Resort, which is a nice break from the crazy weekend crowds we’ve been experiencing. We started our morning making our way around Universal Studios Florida, browsing the latest Halloween Horror Nights merchandise. We recently noticed that the current HHN anniversary shirts no longer have “30 Years, … Read more
Annual Passholder Appreciation Days have begun here at the Universal Orlando Resort and among the perks are a variety of UOAP exclusive food items. Over at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, Cafe 4 is serving up Margherita Pizza Fries, which is obviously a must-have for any Passholder—and one that will certainly help ease the pain of … Read more
Welcome to another epic day here at the Universal Orlando Resort. After the crazy weekend crowds, we’re excited to see things a little more calm this morning. As soon as we arrived, we spotted a major Halloween Horror Nights reveal: A Beetlejuice face mask! This extremely detailed face mask has confirmed for us that there … Read more
The weekend crowds have arrived here at the Universal Orlando Resort. Grab a snack and get comfortable, because this is going to be a wild one. From the moment we arrived, we were shocked. We noticed “Parking” signs with directional arrows pointing away from our normal entrance. That was the first sign that things were … Read more
