Mardi Gras Coming to Universal Studios Feb 11!

One of Universal Studios’s most popular annual events, Mardi Gras, is almost here! On Saturdays and select nights from February 11 to April 14, come and experience the wonder and excitement of a New Orleans party right here in Orlando. The event attracts visitors from all over the country as well as all over the world. Mardi Gras at Universal Studios is family friendly, with

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Halloween Horror Nights 21 Review

Halloween Horror Nights 21 officially began last Friday night at Universal Studios Florida and it’s one of the best Halloween Horror Nights events I’ve been to. Our last Halloween Horror Nights blog post gives a little bit of info as to what each haunted house, scare zone and show is about this year at Universal Studios Florida. I was able to go to a special

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Halloween Horror Nights 21 at Universal Studios Orlando Info Released

Halloween Horror Nights 21 information has finally been revealed by Universal Studios Orlando today and we have all the gory details on this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event. This year’s Halloween Horror Nights forces you to test your luck against the mysterious Lady Luck, who forces Universal Show Director Patrick Braillard to reveal details about this year’s Halloween Horror Nights in the video. Watch it

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Universal Studios – Halloween Horror Nights

Halloween Horror Nights, rated America’s #1 scariest Halloween event, returns to Universal Studios Florida for its 21st year in just 30 days. This year, Halloween Horror Nights will be running during select nights from September 23 through October 31, 2011, mostly Thursday-Sunday with a few Wednesday night events. If you love Halloween and haunted houses, Halloween Horror Nights is an event you don’t want to

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Universal Orlando – New Annual Pass Options and Prices

Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure theme parks as well as The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, released new annual pass options and pricing for annual passes starting August 15, 2011. All of the annual pass options still include access to both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure for one year from the date of first use, although some Universal

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Universal – Halloween Horror Nights 21 Info Coming Soon

Halloween Horror Nights 21 is drawing near! The frightening event, anticipated worldwide every year, will be on select nights from September 23rd until October 31st. After Universal Studios Florida is closed, the park is transformed into every horror lover’s dream. With chilling (and often humorous) live shows, scary scare zones, mysterious mazes, and horrible haunted houses, Halloween Horror Nights 21 is the place to be

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Universal – Halloween Horror Nights Icons: Bloody Mary, Part 2

My last blog covered the first part of Halloween Horror Nights event icon Bloody Mary. A crazed psychiatrist possessed by her grandmother’s music box, she killed her patients with her deranged “fear treatments.” Here’s what happened next…

Dr. Mary Agana’s patients were not usually killed by her physically; her first two patients require asylum treatment after she attempts to cure them, while the rest start dying.

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Universal – Halloween Horror Nights Icons: Bloody Mary Part 1

While we’re waiting for some more news about this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event, you’ve likely read a few blogs already about some of the more popular and interesting Halloween Horror Nights event icons. One of my personal favorite event icons is the terrifying Bloody Mary.

Dr. Mary Agana, psychiatrist, had been rejected funding by the National Association of Mental Health after it became clear she

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Universal – Halloween Horror Nights Icons: The Director

The Director is another of Halloween Horror Nights’ icons; he was the main event icon at Halloween Horror Nights: 12 and co-iconed for Halloween Horror Nights: Sweet 16 with the Caretaker, Jack the Clown, and the Storyteller. He also appeared in Halloween Horror Nights XX as the Fear’s minion, Sacrifice- fitting for a director who sacrificed real people to make his movies.

Born in Eastern Europe,

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Universal – Halloween Horror Nights Icons: The Caretaker

The second event icon developed for Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights was the Caretaker. One of the creepier of the event icons, Albert Caine was a respected surgeon until it was discovered that he would use deceased patients’ bodies for experiments. He became the Shady Oaks Cemetery caretaker, converting the Victorian mansion his family lived in into a mortuary and funeral parlor. There, his gruesome family-

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