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It’s been a quarter century since Universal Orlando began hosting its popular Mardi Gras parties, and this weekend Universal Studios Florida kicked off its 25th annual Big Easy bacchanalia, featuring parade floats, food, and music direct from New Orleans. This year, Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras 2020 celebration runs nightly from February 1 through April 2, and you can “let the

Since opening earlier this year, Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure has received much media attention for the morning crowds it draws daily to Islands of Adventure, but it isn’t the only Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando worth waking up early for. The early wizard gets the Gringotts gold, so we’ve got an exclusive video demonstrating how to rope drop

Today, we continue our look at out-of-the-box Sin City attractions with two unique ways to get high in Las Vegas: one mechanical and one botanical. The LINQ’s High Roller Observation Wheel and the Planet 13 Cannabis Superstore are two of the town’s top draws for tourists seeking elevation away from the casino floors, so we’re virtually pairing them through our

The Endless Summer Resort is Universal’s latest hotel complex featuring two hotel towers of which Surfside Inn & Suites opened in 2019. It is Universal’s first value resort with 750 rooms, including 390 family suites.    Standard rooms are 313-square-foot with two queen-size beds, a coffee maker, a 43-inch TV, and a mini-fridge. The 440-square-foot family suites accommodate a total of

This week, Central Florida is experiencing a cold snap with near-freezing low temperatures, which makes it the perfect time for a preview of Ice Breaker, the newly launched roller coaster coming to SeaWorld Orlando later this year. Recently, we were invited to once again slap on our hard hats and construction vests, this time for a behind-the-scenes tour of the