Universal Studios
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May- 2023 -16 May
It’s Official: Universal Permanently Closing Beloved Attraction in 2024
The Daily Bugle must be a-buzz with the latest Universal news: The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man will permanently close in 2024. Related: Disney's New Spider-Man Attraction Will Have a Virtual Queue Since May 28, 1999, Islands of Adventure Guests have been caught in a web of Statue-of-Liberty-saving action on The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man ride. Launched the same year as the superhero e
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Mar- 2023 -23 March
Disney Ride Manufacturer Files for Bankruptcy, Potentially Delaying Future Projects
Disney customers, who don’t get to see behind the curtain, most likely believe that Disney has steel workers and fabricators sitting backstage, waiting to create whatever ideas pop into the Imagineers’ heads. However, since the opening of Disneyland in 1955, Disney has always relied on outside companies to provide the structure of its rides. The first company that Walt Disney contracted with was A
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15 March
Disney Parks No Longer Top Searched Vacation Destinations
The Magic Kingdom of Disney has lost its proverbial crown and place atop the internet's most sought-after destinations by users looking to plan their family vacation. Related: Former Disney Imagineer Says Going to Disney Parks Too ‘Complicated’ Over the past few years, Disney Parks have been criticized intensely for a variety of factors that self-declared lifelong fans cite as their reason to take
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Aug- 2022 -29 August
Why Universal Studios will Always Win the ‘Short Game’ with Disney World
The relationship between the Walt Disney World Resort and Universal Studios Florida has been built up as a massive Theme Park industry rivalry. The ultimate question whenever someone says they are visiting Florida seems to be, “are you going to Disney or Universal?” Living in the Sunshine State, I am more than familiar with this supposed rivalry, and it is comical sometimes to see SeaWorld and its
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14 August
Personal Stylists Offer Solution to Disney’s ‘Dress Code’ Problem
Even though the dress code for a theme park might seem easy to grasp, Guests at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort have been struggling with the concept (or taking advantage of it) in recent months. Now, a small business is offering a special service to help Disney or Universal Guests avoid any dress code infractions — and get some cute new Disneybounding outfits along the way fo
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Jul- 2022 -5 July
‘Minions’ Decimates ‘Lightyear’s Box Office Performance
Even though they were not released at the same time, Illumination Entertainment’s latest animated feature film, Minions: The Rise of Gru, recorded an opening weekend box office performance that was nearly double that of Disney/Pixar’s summer film, Lightyear, and gave the Mouse House a once-in-a-blue-moon box office defeat. According to The Hollywood Reporter: “Minions: The Rise of Gru score
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Oct- 2021 -19 October
What if Disney Owned Ghostbusters?
There's definitely something strange in the Disney Parks neighborhoods. The Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean and Tower of Terror are just a few examples of Disney's relationship with the weird and wonderful world of the supernatural – and that's just the theme park attractions. There's also the streaming service Disney+, and now that the House of Mouse has inherited a ton of new IPs
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14 October
This Disney and Universal Studios Actress Has A Shocking Lookalike
If you've seen Jurassic World or Pete's Dragon, then you probably already know Bryce Dallas Howard–even though you might not know her name. With her red hair, sharp cheekbones, and fox-like eyes, Bryce is instantly recognizable for her beauty and charisma. She's also got incredible acting skills (inherited from her father, who is the director, actor and producer Ron Howard) and has been expa
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5 October
What if Disney Owned Harry Potter?
Shows like Marvel's What If…? on Disney+ have certainly got us thinking whether the multiverse exists, in which every other reality is radically different to our own. And should it exist, then we've no doubt whatsoever that there's a dimension where Disney owns Harry Potter and not Universal! It's not a far cry to imagine such a scenario – after all, Harry Potter has all the right ingr
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Sep- 2021 -17 September
Guardian of the Galaxy’s Nebula Heads to Universal
Karen Gillan (the Scottish actress that most Disney fans will recognize (or, perhaps, NOT recognize) for her role as the blue, robotic Nebula) has decided to take a day trip in the midst of press days for her new action movie Gunpowder Milkshake (which she did alongside Michelle Yeoh from Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings). Even though Disneyland would certainly like a visit from the “Juman
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