Author: Brian Glenn

Universal Studios Hollywood has announced a new original house that will be featured at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights – Curse of Pandora’s Box. The original, Greek mythology-inspired maze transports guests into the nightmarish netherworld of Hades. Guests enter the maze inside “Pandora’s Cabinet of Curiosities”.Amid every occultist artifacts and forbidden relics known to man, the bizarre shop houses an all-consuming collection of evil trapped behind glass-encased cabinets, including a giant, ornate box inlaid with human bones and adorned with the silhouette of a mysterious woman clasping her body with skeletal arms. According to Universa’s Press Release: As guests pass…

Universal Orlando has announced that they will be moving the pick-up and drop-off location at the Resort to its own dedicated area in the garages. Beginning Thursday, August 22, guest and team member pick-up/drop-off, as well as rideshare transportation programs such as Uber and Lyft, will be re-located to the 5th floor of the Jurassic Park section of the North parking garage in CityWalk. Vehicles will be able to access this location through a dedicated lane in Universal Orlando’s standard parking garage entrance. Parking fees will not be required. With the increasing popularity of the resort, as well as the…

Chris Lord, Chris Glass, and Sydney Newman are back to discuss the latest happenings around Universal Studios Hollywood; including Pass Member Appreciation Days, the end of Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle, wrap up thoughts on Jurassic World, Midsummer Scream’s Halloween Horror Nights panel, and more. 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 Orlando has announced the dates for next year’s Mardi Gras 2020 event. The event will be taking place nightly from February 1 to April 2. Mardi Gras has become a popular staple at Universal Orlando, featuring a nightly parade and concerts featuring the biggest acts. The concert lineup will be released in the coming months. Stay tuned to Inside Universal for more on Mardi Gras and the Universal Parks & Resorts.

Howl-O-Scream 2019 unearths long-buried icons of the past as well as new nightmares as Busch Gardens Tampa Bay celebrates “20 Years of Fear” with horrifying haunted houses, terrifying scare zones and thrilling rollercoaster rides through the dark. For two demented decades, Howl-O-Scream has been haunting Tampa Bay each fall as the area’s premier Halloween event. To celebrate 20 years, Howl-O-Scream will feature some returning favorites and some new fears. Returning houses include Simon’s Slaughterhouse Motel Hell: Infestation Insomnia: Patients’ Revenge Death Water Bayou: Wrath of the Queen The Black Spot: Bloodshed The Residence will be a new haunt featured at…

Universal Studios Hollywood has announced Pass Member Appreciation Days, rolling out several special offers for pass members to enjoy for a limited time. All Pass Members are invited to take advantage of these great offers on any visit between August 15 through September 30, 2019. Pass members just need to show their Annual or Season Pass at any participating location to redeem offers. More information can be found here. Some of the offers include: Special Performance of Universal Animal Actors Show Buy One Churro, Get One Free! Buy One All You Can Drink Coca-Cola Freestyle Souvenir cup, Get a 2nd…

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…