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Universal Orlando’s annual extended celebration of Fat Tuesday is once again letting the good times roll, and we survived the opening weekend festivities to bring you today’s Unofficial Guide to the updates and additions at Universal Studios Florida’s 2024 Mardi Gras event.

Universal Orlando finally revealed details about its upcoming Epic Universe theme park on January 30th, but readers of the latest Unofficial Guide already know all about this game-changing new expansion, thanks to our contributor Alicia Stella of Theme Park Stop. There’s still more than a year to go until guests get to enter the new attraction, but we’ve already got

Embarkation Day is a super-busy time for cruisers! It’s good to go in there with a plan. Our Disney Cruise Line expert tells us about 10 things that will happen that day. 1. Arrive – You’ve chosen a port arrival time by now. For the last few years, Disney has enforced port arrival times for the most part. If you arrive early, there’s

We’re celebrating the Hatbox Ghost, also known as Alistair Crump, and the Haunted Mansion with a giveaway of a Haunted Mansion board game. But first, here’s some information about the Hatbox Ghost and the Haunted Mansion ride. ABOUT THE HATBOX GHOST In 1969, when Disneyland opened, the iconic Hatbox Ghost first appeared at the park’s Haunted Mansion. However, the original

Last year’s holiday decor has barely been put away, but EPCOT is already decked out again for the International Festival of the Arts 2024, which runs now through February 19th. We ended our Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend with a moist-but-memorable visit to this year’s festival, and we came away with four new finds you won’t want to miss