Buy tickets to the 2017 Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. Browse a selection of passes and special deals. For Frequent Fear Passholders - Halloween Horror Nights "Zombie Laser Tag" * S$30: Available for add on when you purchase Frequent Fear Pass * Minimum age of 13. Halloween Horror Nights (formerly known as Fright Nights) is an annual special event that occurs at Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal. Universal Orlando - Wikipedia. The Universal Orlando Resort, commonly known as Universal Orlando, formerly Universal Studios Escape, is an American theme park and entertainmentresortcomplex based in Orlando, Florida. It is wholly owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast. Universal Orlando is the second- largest resort in Greater Orlando after Walt Disney World. A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for when she realized she could even see. 5th through to. Universal Orlando consists of two theme parks (Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure), a water park (Volcano Bay), a night- time entertainment complex (Universal City. Walk Orlando), and five Loews Hotels (Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, Hard Rock Hotel, Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Cabana Bay Beach Resort and Loews Sapphire Falls Resort). History. It was opened as a joint venture between Universal Entertainment and The Blackstone Group. The park was in direct competition with Disney- MGM Studios (now called Disney's Hollywood Studios). In 1. 99. 4, executives started planning the expansion of the resort into a multi- day vacation destination. In late 1. 99. 5, construction began on a new park, Islands of Adventure. The Islands of Adventure Preview Center opened in May 1. Screen Test Home Video Adventure. During this time several new attractions were being built and opened at Universal Studios Florida, including Woody Woodpecker's Kid. Zone, which opened in 1. Men in Black: Alien Attack and Animal Actors (formerly Animal Planet Live). On May 2. 8, 1. 99. Islands of Adventure opened to the general public. It featured six themed . The park opened to mediocre attendance, and several attractions were closed shortly thereafter, including Island Skipper Tours, due to lack of attendance. Along with the new theme park, the resort also opened a Florida version of Universal City. Walk from Universal Studios Hollywood. City. Walk Orlando, but with different venues and design. Universal also opened the resort's first onsite hotel in September 1. The Universal Orlando Resort, commonly known as Universal Orlando, formerly Universal Studios Escape, is an American theme park and entertainment resort complex based. Resorts World Sentosa is Singapore's integrated resort, offering key attractions including theme parks, hotels, spa, casino, and meeting & incentive venues. The 3-Park Explorer with Halloween Horror Nights Loews Portofino Bay Hotel (originally Portofino Bay Hotel, a Loews Hotel) was operated and partially owned by Loews Hotels but was also partially owned by Universal and The Blackstone Group. The two theme parks, City. Walk, and the hotel were branded as Universal Studios Escape, however the name was quickly changed to Universal Orlando Resort. In December 2. 00. Hard Rock Hotel opened as Universal Orlando's second onsite hotel. Despite its name, the hotel is owned by Loews Hotels, like Loews Portofino Bay Hotel and is not affiliated with the Hard Rock Cafe company. In 2. 00. 1, Loews Royal Pacific Resort opened. In the midst of all these openings, two parking garages were constructed and the popular water park Wet 'n Wild Orlando was acquired. On June 1. 8, 2. 01. Visitors get themed dining and shopping, a variety of special events throughout the year, and may even catch an actual film crew at work on the backlot. The original theme park in the resort, Universal Studios Florida opened on June 7, 1. The park consists of eight themed areas – Hollywood, Production Central, New York, San Francisco, Diagon Alley/London, World Expo, Springfield, and Woody Woodpecker's Kidzone. Universal’s Islands of Adventure, opened in May 1. Visitors start off in the Port of Entry and make their way through the various islands – Marvel Super Hero Island, Toon Lagoon, Jurassic Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, The Lost Continent, and Seuss Landing. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, based on the popular Harry Potter franchise, is the only island added after the park opened; it opened to the public on June 1. Universal City. Walk Orlando opened in 1. Universal Orlando Resort. Guests arrive at the resort park in one of two multi- story parking structures, then travel via covered moving sidewalks over Universal Boulevard into City. Walk. From there, guests can proceed into either of the theme parks, Universal Studios Florida or Islands of Adventure. The Universal Store offers merchandise from both parks. City. Walk features shopping, nightclubs, dining venues, an AMC Movie Theater, and a Blue Man Group show. There are many night clubs at City. Walk including Groove, City. Walks's Rising Star (a karaoke club with a live band), Red Coconut Club, and Bob Marley- A Tribute to Freedom (both a night club and restaurant). Some notable locations are The Cowfish, Hard Rock Cafe, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, Emeril's, and Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. Casual dining locations include: Moe's Southwest Grill, Burger King Whopper Bar, Panda Express, Red Oven Pizza Bakery, and Fusion Bistro Sushi & Sake Bar. Wet 'n Wild was founded in 1. Sea. World founder George Millay as one of the first major water parks. In 1. 99. 8, Wet 'n Wild was acquired by Universal Parks & Resorts, adding it to Universal Orlando. Popular attractions included The Storm, Bomb Bay, Disco H2. Mach 5, and The Surge. Wet 'n Wild was located at the intersection of International Drive and Universal Boulevard, about half a mile south of the Universal Orlando parking garage. Wet 'n Wild closed on December 3. Volcano Bay, Universal Orlando's 5. Cabana Bay Beach Resort that opened on May 2. All five hotels are located in close proximity to the Universal Orlando theme parks. The hotels offer guests free water taxi or shuttle bus service to the Universal Orlando theme parks. The hotels are sorted into three categories; premier hotels, preferred hotels and prime value hotels. Name. Opening date. Theme. Number of rooms. Premier Hotels. Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando. September 1. 99. 9Italian seaside village. Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando. January 1. 9, 2. 00. California mission design. Preferred Hotels. Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando. June 2. 00. 0The enchanted isles of the South Seas. Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Orlando. July 7, 2. 01. 6Leisurely estate in the heart of the tropics. Prime Value Hotels. Universal's Cabana Bay Beach Resort. March 3. 1, 2. 01. Classic Florida beach resorts of the 1. Aventura Hotel. August 2. Modern. 60. 0A seventh resort will be built on the land previously occupied by Wet 'n Wild Orlando and it is reported to have 4,0. Halloween Horror Nights. Halloween Horror Nights is one of the largest Halloween events in the U. S., presented annually at Universal Orlando. From 1. 99. 1–2. 00. Universal Studios Florida. Halloween Horror Nights was moved to Islands of Adventure in 2. Universal Studios Florida in 2. The event celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2. It is a separately ticketed event. Rock the Universe. It began in 1. 99. The event typically occurs in early September, and lasts for two days. Many Christian rock artists play throughout the event both nights. The resort offers special tickets, packages, and church partnerships for that weekend. Select attractions are also opened throughout the evenings. This event is included with a regular park admission, and occurs during normal park operating hours. Grad Bash is an event for graduating high school senior classes who can gather for an exclusive, all- night party at Universal Orlando and Islands of Adventure. This event features live performances by some of the most popular artists, dance parties with DJs, and pre- parties at The Universal Music Plaza Stage in the Production Central section of Universal Studios Florida. The event features merchandise especially for the celebration and is held usually on Friday and Saturday nights. Every event night guests will hear some of Louisiana's bands performing blues, and Zydeco. An after party occurs in the French Quarter at Universal City. Walk. It is included with park admission. Rowling and the film series based on the books, in a collaboration between Universal Parks & Resorts, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Scholastic. The event, introduced on the weekend of January 2. Q& A sessions, panels, special demonstrations, photo- ops, exhibitions from Pottermore, Scholastic, graphic designer company Mina. Lima and film props and costumes brought in from the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London in Leavesden and the touring Harry Potter exhibition. During the event's debut in 2. Diagon Alley expansion of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Florida was still under construction at the time, raising an expectation among the celebration's attendees at what to expect of the new area of the theme park, which was set to open that same year. Since the event's debut, actors from the films who have attended the celebration include: Matthew Lewis, James and Oliver Phelps, Evana Lynch, Devon Murray, Mark Williams, Michael Gambon, Robbie Coltrane, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Katie Leung. This pass admits users to a separate line for the attraction, which is given priority status when boarding. Express Pass is not a virtual queuing service. Instead, passholders may enter the . This pass is not included with park admission. Universal Meal Deal. It allowed visitors of either theme park to eat all day long from lunch through dinner at select restaurants These included Mel's Drive- In and Louie's Italian Restaurant at Universal Studios Florida and Circus Mc. Gurkus Cafe Stoo- pendous, Comic Strip Cafe, and The Burger Digs at Universal's Islands of Adventure. The selection food is limited, and drinks are not included. Beverages can be purchased through a Universal Souvenir Cup. For additional costs, visitors may add park- to- park Meal Deal Access allowing them to eat meals in both parks. The theatre is contained within Sound Stage 1. Nickelodeon Studios from 1. In 2. 00. 5, the sound stage was used for Where Evil Hides, a haunted house for Universal's Halloween Horror Nights: Tales of Terror event. It bears this name because of the ponchos that are in each seat of the zone as guests take their seats. This is due to the possibility of materials leaving the stage. Assistance for the hearing and vision impaired is also available. Construction on the coaster also resulted in the replacement of The Boneyard by The Universal Music Plaza Stage and the entrance of Rockit, and the reconfiguration of the queue of Twister.. Universal Orlando. Universal Orlando. Orlando, FLNBC Universal / Comcast- -- - THE LATEST BUZZ - -- -(8/2. Universal Taps Eli Roth To Shoot Halloween Horror Nights Commercial (MORE..)(8/2. HHN2. 7 Scare Zones Confirmed plus Aventura Resort Construction Update(8/1. Bill & Ted Farewell Tour at HHN2. This Year (MORE..)(8/1. Saw: The Games of Jigsaw confirmed for HHN2. MORE..)VOLCANO BAY IS NOW OPEN - Read the official Screamscape Review! Click here to read the full Screamscape review of Halloween Horror Nights 2. General Resort News - (7/1. A much requested new feature has been added to all of Universal’s major Harry Potter themed attractions. I’m told that Forbidden Journey, Escape from Gringotts and the Hogwarts Express have now all been added to the Universal Express line cutting program. You’ll see the opening moment as well as exclusive content from inside the park including the story the inspired the park, insider tips and even a cooking demonstration from Chef Robert Martinez, Jr. There will also be a chance to enter to win tickets to Volcano Bay as well for those who tune in, The live stream starts at 8am on May 2. Click here for more info. On a fun related note, I just got back from a quick tour from inside one of Cabana Bay’s new 1. Volcano Bay itself. JAW DROPPED. While the room follows the same decor design concepts that you’ll find in the other rooms at Cabana Bay, the view here is unparalleled. While I’d love to show you myself exactly what I just saw. They asked us not to take pictures of the view from the room since Volcano Bay technically doesn’t open to guests until Thursday and there was essentially still an army of people inside putting down all the last touches and making sure everything is spot on for when the guests arrive. One other fun note however is that a new benefit to ALL Cabana Bay Beach Resort guests is that they will have their own resort exclusive special entrance into Volcano Bay out back by the new tower rooms, giving you your own unique entry experience into the park away from all the other guests, which is only fitting as no one else is closer to Volcano Bay than the Cabana Bay guests. July 5th) at their Sapphire Falls Resort featuring an interactive island festival featuring the music, drinks and island foods of the Cuba, The Bahamas, Barbados and more. Seating and dinner starts at 6pm with the show portion starting at 7pm. Tickets will cost $6. The image was of a strange little kiosk looking device with the name Relay on the top. What this is however is something else entirely.. What happens is that when a guest calls the front desk and needs an item sent to their room (shampoo, toothbrush, clean towels, etc..) the front desk employee can load the item into the Relay, punch in the guest's room number, hit the . Unique on- board Wi. Fi systems, GPS, camera and sensor systems allow the three- foot tall podium looking robot to navigate through the hotel where it can even wirelessly call for an elevator to change floors, as well as alert the guests to it's presence once it arrives outside their room. Once there guests can retrieve their item, and even use the touch- screen to type messages and interact with Relay for a bit before it runs back to the lobby to charge and await another mission. Volcano Bay / New Waterpark - (6/2. Our friends at Attractions Magazine have posted a new video showing off a number of new interactive elements now open at Volcano Bay somewhere within the Krakatau volcano structure. Check them out below! According to our source the sale of the upcharge . Also we've heard rumors that the park may have taken two slides off the Tapu. Tapu system (possibly as a temporary test) to allow them to simply be used by anyone who wants to wait in line for them. I don't know which slides are involved in this, I'm just told it was done to one of the family raft slides and to one of the smaller tube slides. As a result of these and other tweaks made to the system, I'm hearing that the wait times at the slides . Much like most other queue management systems, you can still expect about a 1. Tapu. Tapu sends you to go ride. There is also talk about how once they get a handle on things, Universal would like to expand the use of the Tapu. Tapu system to allow for guests to reserve 2 attractions at once again, and even expand it to try 3 and 4 reservations at once in the future if the system will allow for it. As always, this is a new concept being tested in real- time, so additional changes, tweaks and experiments are still to be expected while they determine what system will eventually give the best experience to the park guests.(6/1. As expecting, changes and tweaks are in the works at Volcano Bay in regards to tuning the Tapu. Tapu slide reservation experience. I don't know all the details, but some have speculated that Universal may have dialed down the maximum number of guests to be allowed into the park each day, as reports that the park has been closed due to hitting capacity have increased since it opened. Cutting back in this area would be sure way to help the virtual line system if there were less guests to juggle at any given time. Also helping out, I've heard from several guests that you are only allowed one Tapu. Tapu reservation at a time for the time being. Previously guests could have one regular attraction reservation as well as a second reservation just for the Krakatau Aqua Coaster. They served up far more food options that it was possible for us to consume in one sitting, but we did sample a good number of them while taking pictures to share. If you follow along with our Instagram, Twitter or Facebook you may have seen some of the initial comments and feedback on these reported live at the time in April, but with the grand opening just a couple of days away this makes the perfect time to show them off again here on Screamscape as a preview of what's to come. Oh, want more Volcano Bay goodness? CNN got a sneak preview of the park last week, posting a wide assortment of images taken within the park that we haven't seen yet, and also uncovered an exclusive major bit of news. A 5- acre expansion to the waterpark is already in development and it may be coming sooner than later.. Check it out below. Then be sure to check out the photo updates posted to Wild. Gravity. Travels this weekend as well, where they note the plastic covering on the steepest drop slide at the top of the Volcano has been removed and you could can now see that this will be a CLEAR tube you drop through (at the top at least) and water was seen testing through it. Not everything is all rosy however, as workers were seen taking a big chunk of one of the Honu slide's wave- walls down for some reason. Lets hope it wasn't damaged with the park being so close to opening day. In other Volcano Bay news, the park has released some details on the pricing options for premium seating as well as cabana rentals. Premium Seating? Private Cabana rentals will go for between $1. I think they are getting close to finally finish installing those giant stairs up to the top level of the volcano itself, which should finally let them remove all that white plastic wrap from the slides inside and let the colors shine.(4/5/1. Time for another look at Volcano Bay, because lots of things in the park are now finishing up, or close to being finished, all in time to allow for all those final touches to be added. You can see the latest pics and a video over at Wild. Gravity. Travels. There are four different levels of AP to choose from with different price points, but increased black- out dates get added to the lower prices AP options. The cost of the 3- Park APs range from $3. Seasonal Pass up to $6. Premier Pass, and a little cheaper for Florida Residents. Visit the official website for details on each pass offer. For the big question.. To my surprise, Universal is also offering an add- on . The price for the . Check it out below. We actually get our first true look at the device itself, which is a simple plastic wrist- band device with a watch sized LCD screen. Every guest who enters the park will be . Guests will use the device to . By doing this you will be able to place yourself into the Virtual Line queue allowing you to explore the rest of the park until it is time to ride, but your Tapu. Tapu will also allow you to activate special . And for those wondering.. Meanwhile one of our readers also snapped a great new picture showing off the backside of Volcano Bay as seen from the freeway, which shows off a new 'temple' looking structure built into the side of the Volcano on this side of the park that I've never seen before. Following a media event, the park is slated to open to the public in grand fashion on Thursday, May 2. Orlando market. See you there!(1/1/1. It's 2. 01. 7 and Wet 'n Wild has now closed forever, but with the mighty Volcano Bay structure looming on the horizon set to open in about 6 months, Midway Mayhem has posted another video construction report on the new waterpark, along with a quick check in on the nearby Aventura and Cabana Bay expansion towers as well which you can check out below. Good thing for Tapu. Tapu.(1. 1/2. 1/1. Wild. Gravity. Travels takes a look at the Volcano Bay construction site this week as some new developments are taking place around the park's entrance area, as well as building infrastructure just inside, and several of the waterslides are also quickly growing towards completion. The mighty Krakatau volcano structure is also looking even more impressive as more and more of the textured rock pieces are being installed, and making it look like a towering volcano instead of just the steel framework. For starters they released an all new promotional video that talks about the park's marquee attraction: Krakatau Aqua Coastrer. This is the official name for the hydro- magnetic water coaster slide we've seen under construction that will take guests for a really amazing ride inside the park's iconic Krakatau volcano structure. Horror Night Nightmares. Register now to gain access to all of our features. 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