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/ October 2, 2026
Black Friday has become the single best day of the year to lock in a theme park season pass, and 2026 should be no different. Parks like Six Flags, SeaWorld, and Universal Orlando use the week around Thanksgiving to roll out their lowest pass pricing…
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/ September 24, 2026
Today’s theme park news is joined by a big stadium story: the Detroit Tigers’ Comerica Park is being renamed Fifth Third Park. In live music, Guadalajara’s new Coliseo GNP Seguros has opened its doors with Michael Bublé. On the parks side, this theme park news…
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/ September 21, 2026
Universal’s Endless Summer Resort – Dockside Inn and Suites is a beach-themed, value-tier hotel on Universal Orlando property, sharing its 2,050-room complex with the sister Surfside Inn and Suites. It opened December 15, 2020, and sits just off Universal Boulevard, a few minutes’ drive from…
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/ September 21, 2026
Here are today’s 8 verified theme park & live event stories, covering Theme Parks & Roller Coasters and Live Music & Venues. Every item below links to its original source. The TLDR Theme Parks & Roller Coasters Holiday World Adds a Dino Corn Maze for…
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/ September 18, 2026
Universal Helios Grand Hotel, a Loews Hotel, sits at the edge of Celestial Park inside Universal Epic Universe itself, making it Universal Orlando Resort’s first-ever in-park hotel. It opened May 22, 2025 alongside Epic Universe, is co-owned and operated by Loews Hotels & Co, and…
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/ September 18, 2026
Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort is the value-tier hotel inside Universal Orlando Resort, built around a playful 1950s-and-60s beach-motel theme complete with mid-century color blocks, a 10-lane bowling alley called Galaxy Bowl, and two large pools with a lazy river and waterslide. It opened in…
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/ September 18, 2026
Hard Rock Hotel Orlando is one of Universal Orlando Resort’s on-property hotels, sitting on the CityWalk side of the resort between Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure. It opened in January 2001 as a joint venture between Loews Hotels and Hard Rock International, and…
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/ September 18, 2026
Universal Terra Luna Resort is a 750-room hotel operated by Loews Hotels & Co that opened March 25, 2025, right next to Universal Epic Universe on the Universal Orlando Resort property. It’s classified as a “Prime Value” hotel, Universal’s newer budget-friendly tier, with a space-exploration…
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/ September 18, 2026
Universal Stella Nova Resort is a 750-room, space-themed hotel operated by Loews Hotels & Co that opened in January 2025 directly adjacent to Universal’s Epic Universe theme park in Orlando. It sits in Universal Orlando’s “Prime Value” tier alongside sister property Terra Luna Resort, offering…
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/ September 18, 2026
Universal Orlando Resort is a 1,291-acre complex in Orlando, Florida built around three theme parks — Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Islands of Adventure, and the new Universal Epic Universe — plus the Volcano Bay water park and eleven on-site hotels. It opened in 1990 with…
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/ September 17, 2026
Universal’s Endless Summer Resort – Surfside Inn and Suites is Universal Orlando Resort’s budget-tier hotel, opened June 27, 2019, at 7000 Universal Blvd. It shares a 1960s surf-culture theme with its sister property, Dockside Inn and Suites, right down to a surfboard-shaped main pool and…
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/ September 17, 2026
Universal’s Aventura Hotel is a 600-room on-site hotel at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida, which opened on August 16, 2018 as the resort’s sixth hotel and second “Prime Value” property. Set off Adventure Way within the resort footprint, near Universal’s Volcano Bay water park…
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/ September 17, 2026
Loews Sapphire Falls Resort is one of Universal Orlando’s on-site hotels, opened in 2016 on the shores of the resort’s shared waterway between CityWalk and Universal’s Volcano Bay water park. It’s built around a Caribbean-island theme, with cascading waterfalls, stone-ruin details in the lobby, and…
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/ September 17, 2026
Loews Royal Pacific Resort is one of the hotels in Universal Orlando Resort’s top-tier Signature Collection, opened in June 2002 on the shores of Universal’s lagoon. The 1,000-room property leans into a South Pacific island theme, with lush landscaping, wood carvings, waterfalls, and a bamboo-and-thatch…
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/ September 17, 2026
Loews Portofino Bay Hotel was Universal Orlando Resort’s first on-site hotel, opening in September 1999 as a recreation of the Italian fishing village of Portofino, right down to a cobblestone piazza, a replica clock tower, and a man-made harbor the resort calls Portofino Bay. It…
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/ September 17, 2026
Universal Epic Universe opened on May 22, 2025, as the fourth theme park at Universal Orlando Resort and the first major new theme park built in central Florida in over two decades. Owned by NBCUniversal and operated by Universal Destinations & Experiences, the park sits…
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/ September 17, 2026
Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse Coaster was a family-friendly junior roller coaster at Universal Studios Florida, tucked into the Woody Woodpecker’s KidZone section of the park. Manufactured by Vekoma, it holds a special place in Universal Orlando Resort’s history as the very first roller coaster ever built…
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/ September 17, 2026
Revenge of the Mummy is an indoor launched steel coaster at Universal Studios Florida that blends a roller coaster with a dark ride, sending riders through a cursed Egyptian tomb inspired by Universal’s Mummy film franchise. It opened on May 21, 2004, in the building…
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/ September 15, 2026
Halloween Horror Nights is the separately ticketed, after-dark haunt event held each fall at Universal Orlando Resort, transforming Universal Studios Florida into a gauntlet of haunted houses, scare zones, and horror-themed shows. It began in 1991 as a three-night event called “Universal Studios Fright Nights”…
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/ September 15, 2026
Here are today’s 10 verified theme park & live event stories, covering Theme Parks & Roller Coasters, Stadiums & Arenas and Live Music & Venues. Every item below links to its original source. The TLDR Theme Parks & Roller Coasters The Magic of Disney Animation…
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