Archive for the ‘Universal’ Category

  G'day, fellow adult beverage lovers, I just received this email invitation from Universal Orlando and wanted to share it with you all. Mai Tai anyone ?     6:30 pm - 8:30 pm   Hey John, the work week is over and it's time to kick back in our ... Full story

Taken purely as a concert experience, the music component at Universal's Mardi Gras isn't enough to justify all that theme-park aggravation: the parking, the walking, the crowds. Even an A-list roster of acts, including Saturday's headliner Kelly Clarkson, requires beads, beer and a lap on the Simpsons to make it worthwhile. Not that the original American ... Full story

As she left Back to the Future: The Ride one day eight years ago, Mary Ann Williams felt her right arm go numb. "I felt my face drop. I couldn't talk. And then I passed out," she said in recalling those moments outside the Universal Studios attraction Jan. 3, 2001. Williams, then 35 and in apparent fine health, ... Full story

For some visitors to the Disney World and Universal theme parks, parades and shows are a highlight of the trip. For others, they're an annoyance, since they often mean blocked sidewalks and annoying clots of immobile people. If you're not the parade or show type, you can use them to your advantage. Full story