Universal Studios Opening New Resort

Universal Studios is adding to its already impressive line up of on-site hotels!  Aventura Hotel – opening Summer 2018, is all about a visionary spirit and contemporary surroundings. This hotel is a lifestyle, even if you only get to live it while on vacation. It's blue skies, clear water, clean lines, open air, and stimulating environments. You will be a guest in a place unlike anywhere else.

Here are some of the details we already know about this resort:

Accommodations & Amenities

Visitors will find guest rooms that are modern and sleek, offering the perfect mix of comfort, style and convenience.

• 600 guest rooms
• Complimentary WiFi in guest rooms and public areas
• Universal Orlando™ Ticket Desk
• Self-parking (daily fees apply)
• Car rental available on-site

Dining

Style and variety abound in the many dining options available to guests of Universal’s Aventura Hotel.

• Food Hall – offering five different cuisine styles including sushi/ramen, burgers, pizzas, rotisserie, and tacos/burritos
• Rooftop Bar – featuring small plates and craft cocktails overlooking the resort destination
• Pool Bar – specialty bar menu
• Lobby Bar – inviting, communal space to enjoy a cocktail
• Starbucks® – conveniently located in the lobby serving premium coffee, tea, and fresh food items

Recreation

Once you’ve returned from the theme parks, there’s still a world of fun to be had.

• Pool – with a hot tub, a kids’ splash pad area, fire pit, and daily activities
• Fitness Center – with cardio-vascular and weight training equipment, lockers, shower and changing facilities (complimentary for hotel guests)
• Universal Studios Store™ – offers sundries as well as Universal merchandise

Exclusive Hotel Guest Benefits

Guests of this on-site resort hotel enjoy exclusive benefits.

• Early Park Admission† to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ and Universal’s Volcano Bay™, one hour before the theme parks open (valid theme park admission required)
• Complimentary transportation to the theme parks and Universal CityWalk™
• Resort-wide charging privileges with room key
• Complimentary delivery of merchandise purchased throughout the resort to your hotel
• And more!

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To book your Universal Studios vacation, email me lauren@magicaltravel.com today!

Halloween Horror Nights 26 – Universal Studios Florida™

Experience the nation’s premier Halloween event. This fall the streets of Universal Studios Florida™ theme park will come alive with hordes of horrifying mutants, monsters and maniacs. Explore terrifying haunted houses, brave multiple creature-filled scare zones, enjoy outrageous live shows, and experience many of the park’s most exciting rides and attractions. 

 

Here are some of the haunts you'll be able to experience once the sun goes down!

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: Relive scene after scene of sinister threats from Murder House, Freak Show and Hotel. This extensive, terrifying house features your favorite twisted characters and unforgettable moments.

KRAMPUS: St. Nicholas’ evil counterpart and his band of Dark Minions are tormenting a family who’s lost their Christmas spirit. As a blizzard rages outside you’ll need to avoid his clutches as he claims the souls of the faithless.

HALLOWEEN: HELL COMES TO HADDONFIELD - Return to the small Illinois town where the carnage began. In this all-new house Michael Myers is still alive and will stalk you from start to finish.

THE WALKING DEAD: To make it through this apocalyptic house you’ll have to survive relentless threats from all around, from both the living and the dead. You’ll relive it all - from waking to find the world has been taken over by walkers, to the unforgettable moments of last season and all the terrifying suspense in between.

THE EXORCIST: For the first time anywhere you can go inside the mind of a tormented girl, possessed by evil. You will see, hear, and even smell every head-spinning, vomit-hurling moment from the film in this house that will leave you haunted.

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE: With its debut in 1974, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre forever changed the genre of Horror. Now, 42 years later, your clients will experience every scene, every kill, every bone-chilling rev of the chainsaw, in the hopes that they will somehow make it out alive.

Halloween Horror Nights is available on select event nights starting September 16 - October 31, 2016. Advance purchase is required.  One of the ways you can experience Halloween Horror nights is by purchasing a Vacation Package that starts at $189 per adult! This includes a 3-Night Hotel Accommodations at Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort, 2-Day Park-to-Park Ticket for daytime admission to both theme parks, 1-Night Admission to Halloween Horror Nights™, and more!

Interested in just a ticket? There are many options so ask me for details on what works best for you! Email me, lauren@magicaltravel.com, to book your Halloween Horror Night vacation today!

Skull Island: Reign of Kong™ – Now Open at Universal Orlando

Universal Studios Orlando has welcomed a brand new ride - Skull Island: Reign of Kong!

This brand new ride can be found at Universal’s Islands of Adventure™.  At Skull Island, guests brave the dangers of a wild 1930's expedition to a mysterious island. Surrounded by an onslaught of prehistoric predators, the only hope is the most ferocious, awe inspiring ape ever to walk the Earth - King Kong. Skull Island: Reign of Kong℠-the multi-sensory, multi-dimensional, colossal new ride for your life.



Here is a video showing some of the back-story behind the ride!




If you're interested in a Universal Studios vacation email me - lauren@magicaltravel.com - as to how you can be in the middle of the action!