food IS a theme park
There’s a NEW theme park coming to Central Florida!
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For a while now, we’ve been getting hyped about Epic Universe, the latest theme park to join the Universal Orlando Resort. We’ve seen lots of teasers about the attractions, shopping, and dining offerings coming to the park, as well as the new hotels, but this whole time we’ve been waiting for an opening date. And now, we FINALLY know when the park will open!
Yeah, Disney has been busy dropping some serious news bombs recently. We’ve learned more about Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Adventure. We learned about a NEW Lightning Lane Premier Pass that will be available soon. We even learned about a new paid program for Disney Vacation Club members to get even MORE perks.
Epic Universe Model at Preview Center on Universal CityWalk
In the meantime, it seems like Universal Orlando is ready to say “hold my beer,” because we think a BIG announcement is coming soon — and y’all know, it HAS to be about Epic Universe, right?
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a NEW Lightning Lane option coming to Disney World.
Lightning Lane
Disney World JUST changed its system from Genie+ to Lightning Lane Multi Pass earlier this year. But now, they’re getting ready to test a new offering made specifically for the people who hate the booking process or being on their phones — Lightning Lane Premier Pass. However, even though Lightning Lane Premier Pass sounds like a good concept for those “go with the flow” folks, the pricetag has already been making headlines and shocking people on social media. So we reached out to our readers to hear their thoughts!
Universal’s Epic Universe is officially opening its gates in 2025, and we can’t wait!
©Universal | Epic Universe Concept Art
Five themed lands that will make up Epic Universe: Celestial Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD, How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk, and Dark Universe. We’re looking forward to exploring them all — and now we might know when we can buy tickets!
This week, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the path of Hurricane Milton.
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The storm made landfall in Florida last night and many businesses and tourist destinations were closed in preparation for the bad weather. Among those locations that closed was Universal Orlando, but they’ve now released information about reopening.
Universal Orlando Resort has just announced adjustments to their operations due to Hurricane Milton.
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Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall on the west coast of Florida early Thursday morning; however, the storm will be bringing severe weather prior to landfall. Forecasters anticipate heavy rain and strong winds for much of Central Florida.
We’re no stranger to sweepstakes — in fact, we love talking about them!
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We know that the chance of winning a sweepstakes is sometimes literally one in a million, but that could still be you someday! And for every person who says “There’s no chance I’ll win, so why would I even enter,” there are fewer entries to be randomly chosen between, and your chance of winning goes up. Any and all sweepstakes we see about Universal and/or Disney parks are ones we share with you right away because we want you to win the vacation of your dreams! And if you’ve been hoping for a chance to win a Universal vacation, we’ve got great news for you — a new sweepstakes has just dropped, but it’s ending in just a few days!
Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall in Florida later this evening, and we’ve been following updates as the storm progresses.
We’ve got cancellations at Universal Orlando
As the Hurricane continues to grow and get closer, Disney World recently announced the closure of Typhoon Lagoon on Thursday (today), as well as the cancellation of tonight’s Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. It seems Universal Orlando is following suit and has also announced a cancellation and closure of its own ahead of the hurricane making landfall.
You might not THINK Universal Orlando has snacks that compete with what Disney has to offer, but when it comes to THESE 15 snacks, you might start to change your mind….
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In case you haven’t heard, a brand-new theme park is coming to Universal Orlando next year.
©Universal | Epic Universe Concept Art
Epic Universe will feature lands dedicated to Celestial Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD, How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk, and Dark Universe, and it will also include three new hotels. Universal recently shared a ton of new details about the in-park Helios Grand Hotel…and it led us down a confusing rabbit hole — only to be saved by Carol in the chat.
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