It’s time for November’s photo update around Universal Studios Hollywood! This month, we take a look at the progress of projects throughout the park, as well as a glance at the setup for the holiday season at Universal Studios Hollywood. Let’s get started! Park Update Index » CityWalk Hollywood » Holiday Merchandise » Grinchmas » Baker Street » Globe Theater » Super Silly Fun Land » Halloween Horror Nights » Jurassic World Refurbishment » Lower Lot » A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That CityWalk Hollywood Christmas has taken over Universal CityWalk as decorations go up…
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It’s time for October’s photo update around Universal Studios Hollywood! This month, we take a look at Jurassic Park continuing its transformation to Jurassic World, as well as a glance at the progress of other projects throughout the park. Let’s get started! Park Update Index » CityWalk Hollywood » Baker Street » Globe Theater » Jurassic World Refurbishment » Lower Lot » A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That CityWalk Hollywood Continuing the mass publicity trend for their upcoming holiday film, the Universal Cinema now dons an exterior themed to Illumination’s animated feature, The Grinch. Since…
Halloween Horror Nights has officially begun at Universal Studios Hollywood. Boasting a lineup featuring both classic and new horror properties alike, this year’s event comes close to matching the widely-acclaimed Halloween Horror Nights 2016 in both its execution and energy. Last year’s event was given the difficult task of following one of the strongest years in Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights history; unfortunately, the quality of the event was unable to compete. However, sporting a high budget and some strong properties, this year’s event was given the upper hand from its very conception, and we are glad to say that it…
It’s time for September’s photo update around Universal Studios Hollywood! This month, we take a look at the setup for the upcoming Halloween Horror Nights, Jurassic Park beginning its transformation to Jurassic World, as well as a glance at the progress of other projects throughout the park. Let’s get started! Park Update Index » CityWalk Hollywood » Baker Street » Globe Theater » Jurassic World Refurbishment » Lower Lot » Halloween Horror Nights 2018 » A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That CityWalk Hollywood In a surprise move, Camacho’s Cantina has permanently closed as of September…
In the second part of our behind-the-scenes preview of Halloween Horror Nights, we’ll take a look at Stranger Things, another maze located on the Lower Lot of Universal Studios Hollywood at this year’s event. With Stranger Things becoming a pop culture phenomenon over the past two years, Creative Director John Murdy stated that he starting working on this maze as soon as last year’s Halloween Horror Nights came to a close. Although the show’s second season was released in October of last year, Murdy emphasized that there is so much content and detail in the show that he decided to…
A few weeks ago, Inside Universal was invited for a behind-the-scenes tour to a couple mazes that will be featured at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights: Trick ‘r Treat and Stranger Things. In the first part of our behind-the-scenes preview, we’ll take a look at Trick ‘r Treat. The 2007 horror-comedy, cult classic film has become a highly-requested property among Halloween Horror Nights fans for multiple years now, especially after last year’s highly-rated Trick ‘r Treat scare zone featured at Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights. However, the environment of a scare zone is very different from that of a maze,…
22 years of operation. Millions of guests. A journey through the world of the dinosaurs… September 3, 2018 began similarly to the usual peak Labor Day weekend at the park – long lines at security followed by massive crowds marching through the streets as they headed to their first attractions of the day. However, there was a sense of loss throughout the park as team members all around continually reminded guests that it was their last chance to go experience Jurassic Park: The Ride before its “extinction”. Extinction being used very loosely, of course. Earlier this year, it was announced…
It’s time for August’s photo update around Universal Studios Hollywood! This month, we take a look at the further progress of projects around the park. Let’s get started! Park Update Index » CityWalk Hollywood » Baker Street » Globe Theater » The Walking Dead Attraction » Universal Plaza » Lower Lot » Halloween Horror Nights 2018 » A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That CityWalk Hollywood A photo-op featuring a monster truck themed to the new film The Meg has appeared in front of the Universal Cinema, replacing the previous Skyscraper photo-op. Walls have come down…
After a brief break, we’re back with July’s photo update around Universal Studios Hollywood! This month, we take a look at the progress of some of the park’s projects, alongside multiple other changes that have occurred since our last update. Let’s get started! Park Update Index » CityWalk Hollywood » Baker Street » Globe Theater » The Walking Dead Attraction » Universal Plaza » StarWay Refurbishment » Lower Lot » Halloween Horror Nights 2018 » A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That CityWalk Hollywood Remnants of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom can still be found around Universal…
Yesterday, Inside Universal was among other media outlets invited for the official debut of multiple new experiences to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Among these experiences includes the introduction of two new spells in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, new authentic costume replicas available for purchase, and Madam Malkin’s Talking Mirror found in the corridor between Gladrags Wizardwear and Dervish and Banges. Alongside it all, we were also invited to taste a variety of Butterbeer-flavored treats, featuring the newly-introduced Butterbeer hard-pack ice cream. Firstly, we began with a taste test of the many Butterbeer-flavored desserts available for purchase…