Author: Brian Glenn

Universal Orlando has announced a new show to be featured at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights with the debut of the nighttime lagoon show, “Halloween Marathon of Mayhem.” Guests will watch as terrifying moments inspired by some of the Halloween classics taking over the event come to life right before their eyes in the Universal Studios Florida lagoon. Giant water screens highlighting iconic horror scenes, accented with more than 100 fountains, awesome special effects, pounding electro music, lasers and more will bring this all-new experience to life – creating a larger-than-life mix tape that guests won’t want to miss. Guests…

Universal Parks has announced that House of 1000 Corpses will be featured as a haunted house at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando. Based on Rob Zombie’s 2003 film, the terrifying mazes bring to life the movie’s offbeat roadside tourist attraction, Captain Spaulding’s Museum of Monsters and Madmen, and introduces guests to some of the country’s most infamous serial killers, including Dr. Satan, a demented surgeon who has gone mad. Without a moment to catch their breath, guests will venture to the chaotic home of the Firefly family, a sadistic clan of psychotic killers, where…

With Halloween Horror Nights 29 just around the corner, street preparations have begun at Universal Studios Florida – with scare zone and food & beverage tents beginning to be set up around the park. With the recent announcement of this year’s scare zones, we now know what to expect. Most of the setup so far has been preliminary, with no major props being brought out just yet. Over in Central Park, lightning rigs and speakers have been installed for Vikings Undead. In New York, huge trusses have been setup for Zombieland: Double Tap. For Vanity Ball in Hollywood, lighting rigs…

Universal Orlando has revealed the scare zones, shows, and other horror goodness guests can expect at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights 29. Guests will navigate five scare zones filled with menacing scare-actors that will stalk their every move: they’ll become prey to zombies as they enter the world of Zombieland, based-on Sony Pictures’ 2009 cult classic hit and its upcoming sequel out on October 18; try to escape horrifying creatures inspired by the popular music of horror icon Rob Zombie; and find themselves in three original nightmares created by the twisted minds of Universal Orlando’s Entertainment team – Anarch-cade, Vanity…

Brian and Drew are joined by Joe from Parkscope to discuss Us and Graveyard Games being announced for Halloween Horror Nights 29, as well as the big news of Universal Orlando’s new theme park announcement, Epic Universe. Direct Download and iTunes You may download this episode directly here. You may also subscribe to the Inside Universal Podcast on iTunes. In addition, you can also follow us on Spotify to listen to podcast episodes on their app.

Universal Studios Hollywood has announced that Colombian-born Carmen Villalobos – star of Telemundo’s series “El Final del Paraiso”  – will be the new video host of Universal Studios Hollywood’s Spanish-language Studio Tour. The updated Spanish-language Studio Tour featuring Carmen Villalobos’ vignettes will officially begin on Friday, August 30. “I have always been a fan of Universal Studios Hollywood and amazed at how the Studio Tour gives people a genuine peek at show business in action,” said Carmen Villalobos.  “We had so much fun filming the segments for the Spanish Studio Tour and I am beyond thrilled to now be a…

For the second year in a row, and just in time for National Coaster Day, SeaWorld Orlando will host “Thrill Fest Ride Night” on August 16 with extended park hours.  Included in admission, guests can take the coaster challenge and ride all of their favorite thrills at SeaWorld Orlando: Manta, Mako, Infinity Falls, Kraken and Journey to Atlantis will stay open until 11:00 pm for coaster enthusiasts to enjoy. Ride Night Coaster Tech Talk Go Behind-the-Scenes and experience an exclusive “Coaster Tech Talk” with our Operations and Ride Maintenance teams to see one of the Mako trains inside the “coaster…

Just in time for International Beer Day, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay announces the return of Bier Fest, featuring over 40 local and international breweries, 40 NEW brews to try, NEW pub-inspired fare, and live entertainment. Although International Beer Day is celebrated globally on the first Friday of August, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has been pouring out the fun all year with complimentary beer samples as a part of the park’s 60th Anniversary Celebration. Samples will continue to pour out at Garden Gate Café in the heart of the festival footpath throughout Bier Fest, each weekend from August 17 through September…

From September 27 until October 31, Singapore’s largest and award-winning scare event – Universal Studios Singapore’s Halloween Horror Nights – will return for its ninth edition. Taking place across 16 event nights, fans can experience five haunted houses, two scare zones, and two killer shows. Taking center stage this year is Curse of the Naga, an original haunted house from the directors of blockbuster Thai horror films Shutter and 4bia – Parkpoom Wongpoom and Gunn Purijitpanya. Conceptualized since December last year, the haunted house will transport guests from the colorful streets of Bangkok to a lost village that is under…

Universal Orlando has announced Graveyard Games, a new original maze, will be featured at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights 29. Graveyard Games will transport guests to a haunted cemetery where vengeful spirits have been awakened from their graves. As guests venture through the graveyard in the dead of night, the ghastly apparitions will rise from their tombstones, ready to torment any soul who so foolishly disturbs them.  But the graveyard is not meant for the living…and guests will soon realize that no one gets out alive. Halloween Horror Nights 29 will begin Friday, Sept 6, 2019, at Universal Studios Florida…