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Halloween at Universal
Posted on December 4th, 2009 No commentsWritten by: Keith Kirkland
Authors WebsiteWe decided to take a late break to florida in the October Half Term this year. Making it a late decision certainly reduced the cost of the flight with Continental. One tip if you can just take hand luggage, especially with an American Airline as they let you have 18kg.
We bought our tickets in advance and printed them off at home. That saved some time at the gates.
We entered the park to be met with different street zones that were not only scary but amusing as well. There were also six haunted houses to visit. Meet Cleaver was our favourite.
My wife has never screamed so much - she nearly lost her voice. The ticket also let us visit on two nights so we did not have to worry too much about getting in all the houses on one night as there was some queuing.
All in all a scary halloween in the heat of Florida at 80 degrees.
Well worth the trip
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Halloween Horror Nights at Universal
Posted on September 12th, 2009 No commentsWritten by: Tracy Smith
Authors WebsiteRead more Articles by Tracy Smith
Halloween horror nights at universal is THE BEST experience ever, we have been going now for the past 6 years and always make sure our holiday is around the time when this is on. the best deal out there is the frequent fear pass, you do not need an annual pass to get this, it is a very special offer, you get to go to the horror nights at least 12 times, you get to ride all the rides on the side they are having the horror nights, so not only are you getting to experience all the fun of the horror nights with the haunted houses and scare zones, you are able to enjoy universal also.
We would also recommend the meal deal bands that they have, it is a great deal $19.99 for the whole day at selected restaurants, pizzas, burgers, chinese, fried chicken, pasta, deserts, cookies. it is great for the whole family, something for everyone….
There is also a drinks cup you can buy, if you buy it with your armband your drinks are free all night, if you just buy the drinks cup then refills are about $1 per refill, still a great idea drinks can get quite expensive when you are hot and sticky running around in the hot weather from ride to ride !!!Express pass is great but a little expensive, seaworld and busch gardens are doing similar options now a lot cheaper.
but you can not beat disneys fast pass (FREE) you just have to collect a ticket from each ride you want to go on.
Best times to visit the parks is MAY and September, very quite easy to get on the rides not too much queing
Best restaurants > GOLDEN CORRAL and for the kids a great cheap meal out
all you can eat CI-CI’S Pizza at $5.00 per person for all you can eat pizza, pasta, salad, deserts !!!!!!! great value great taste’
you can find ci-ci’s on international drive, highway 192 vineland rd
Many more opening,
best crazy golf, highway 192 BONANZA golf only $3.99 per person, special offers always in the books, check out all coupons can save you a lot of money over 2 weeks !!!!!
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Halloween Season 2009
Posted on September 5th, 2009 No commentsHalloween Season 2009
Written by: Mary Phillips
Authors WebsiteAs Halloween is a Massive Event in the US there are some fantastic shows to be seen all over but Especially at the Parks from September through to November.
Universal & Busch Gardens actually employ THOUSANDS of extra staff to dress up and SCARE the visitors as they make there way around the Parks. Their costumes are absolutely brilliant and with all of the Scarey bits there are lots & lots of laughs.
Seaworld include their nights in with the price but Disney, Universal & Busch have special ticketed nights so it is best to check the nights & prices out.
Universal have a Special Themed event each year & this year it is from The Silver Screen –CHUCKY & THE WOOLFMAN.
REMEMBER some Halloween Events are NOT suitable for young children. We have this chart below which will give you a good idea of the shows but again it is best to check everything out for your own family.
Halloween 2009 At a Glance
Magic
KingdomUniversal
StudiosSeaWorld
Busch
GardensSilver
SpringsSuitable for children
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Included in standard admission
No
No
Yes
No
No
Costumes allowed
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Opening times
7:00pm to midnight
6:30pm to midnight or 2:00am
normal park hours
7:30pm to 1:00am or 2:00am
8:00pm to 11:00pm
No. of nights
24
22
10
17
10
The events really do Blow the Socks off our shows here in the UK and are well worth visiting—IF YOU DARE!!!!!!
Have fun - we are over there so we certainly will
Mary & Larry


