#Universal Studios Florida Photo

[sarahg170194]

Ukrainian Ironbelly

May 6 2018

sarahg170194  

[frogshunnedshadows]

Jurassic Park themed photo op site at Universal Studios Florida, 1994.

[blitzcoaster]

[Image ID: Three-image photoset of the large top0hat hill of a black Intamin rollercoaster]

Velocicoaster [January 25, 2024]

I took so many pictures of this thing, it's crazy photogenic

[avxoxo1]

Universal Photo Dump!!

[believing-is-seeing]

Universal Studios Orlando, FL

April 2024

[jonweetz]

O s m o s i s . . .

[wingdingsandbrokenstrings]

Photos of Gozer the Gozarian, Dr. Ray Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, and Phoebe Spengler in the new Universal Mega Movie parade at Universal Studios Florida

Photos by @motley-joey on Instagram

[sciderman]

Sci, I have been wanting to share some Florida lore with you. Did you know that Universal Studios Orlando originally had the theme park rights to Marvel in the 90s/ Early 2000's. So now there is an ongoing contract stating that East of the Mississippi, Disney Theme Parks cannot use any Marvel character that is already in Universal Studios. Universal has the X-Men, Spider-Man, Avengers, and Fantastic 4. So basically, Disneys largest theme park in the world is screwed out of a bunch of IP. The only franchise they got away with having was Guardians of the Galaxy.

Another clause of this contract is that Universal's not allowed to update their Marvel Superhero Island to anything from the MCU, so its in a perpetual state of being in the 90's forever. And i think that's beautiful...

I took all of these photos today after we got hit with a tropical storm :D

i actually already knew this florida lore (because i know every bit of spider-man lore that exists. and the spider-man ride at orlando is on my bucket list. american roadtrip squad. islands of adventure next year? islands of adventure next year.)

i think it's so fucking sexy of universal to fuck disney out of having any marvel ip at disneyworld. and i think it's so fucking sexy to see all that 2000s esque comic art. and bobby you are sooo sexy.

[ofmdrecaps]

07/13/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Taika Waititi; Florida Super Con: Vico & Samba; Dominic Burgess; Kristian Nairn; Christopher Corbin; Darby Family Foster Kittens; Articles; Fan Spotlight: Cast Cards/AuxilleryWardrobe Zine Reminders; Love Notes; Daily Darby / Today's Taika Gifs

Hey crew, today's a bit of short one, but I wanted to make sure there was some fun stuff up and about with everything going on.

== Taika Waititi ==

More shots of Taika directing Russell Crowe's show from a couple days back! You can buy tickets to the recorded concert and see at least a bit more Taika on the IndoorGardenParty website! Thank you to our crewmate @jimjim531969 for the screenshot!

Source: @JimJim531969's Twitter

== Florida Super Con: Vico & Samba ==

Samba and Vico are out at Florida SuperCon-- and as you can probably tell, they're having a great time! They're taking shots with all sorts of fans and other guests, including a certain set of What We Do In The Shadows TV Series friends! <3

Source: Samba & Vico's Instagram

== Dominic Burgess ==

Dominic is keeping us fed with more cat photos!

Source: Dominic Burgess Twitter

== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian also sharing some beloved pets -- and this time, a new addition to his family, Calypso!

Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

== Christopher Corbin ==

Hey! We haven't seen our "Magic" man Christopher Corbin in a while! He's out giving a tour to his bro Jim at Universal Studios!

Source: Christopher Corbin's Instagram

== Darby Family Foster Kittens ==

Today really is a feast for the eyes when it comes to kitties and pups! Rosie shared more foster kittens with us! I can't tell you how tempted I am to drive to CA and adopt some!

Source: Rosie Carnahan Darby's Instagram

== Articles ==

Thank you to ShowSnob for this article on why OFMD deserved an S3! And thank you to our friends over at NeverLeftPodcast for bringing it to the crew's attention!

Source: Never Left Podcast's Twitter

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Our sweet @melvisik is keeping up the cast cards for us with another Emmy Submission! Albert Fox joins Mark and John "for Outstanding Music Composition in a Series for Mermen -AdoptOurCrew"

Source: @melvisik's Twitter

= Auxilery Wardobe Zine Reminders =

Reminder! The signups for the Stede Bonnet: Auxiliary Wardrobe Zine close in a week! You can still sign up until July 21! Sign Up Here!

Source: StedeBonnetZine Twitter

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies, today was a day all around the world. I hope you're all doing okay. A lot of stuff happened that could have left you feeling a lot of hard feelings. I know it's concerning, and I know it's scary, especially the unknown of it all. If you can, today, take care of YOU. Take time to breathe, take time to eat well, and shower, and drink enough water. If you can, watch something funny, cry, whatever you need to do to feel okay. When the world is uncontrollable, and feels unreachable, and the future unknown, one of the best things you can do is take care of yourself and your loved ones. This is a good article on how to ground yourself, if you're feeling out of sorts. It says it's related to triggers but it can be anything really that you need to ground yourself from. The most important thing in the world is that you're safe, and you are okay, so please take care of you. If you need support, reach out to your crew, we all care about you and your well being.

== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

I think today we could use a little boost. So here's Taika laughing his ass off at Rhys' ANYWHO, and Rhys having a bit of a grumble about ZADDY. I love these two so much, it's ridiculous. Gif courtesy of @ dallonismysavior <3

[themeparkattractionideas]

Glinda/Wicked attraction and meet and greet in Universal studios

After Epic Universe Universal theme parks has even more appeal to a lot of demographics except one. The fans of tradicional Disney princesses looking for something like that.

However with Wicked they have Glinda a stereotypical girly magic singing "princess" type character in a pink ballgown, with a crown and wand.

Ariana Grande as Glinda photo: marketing Universal

I believe after Epic Universe opens Universal should reform the Universal Studios park and a Glinda/Wicked attraction and meet and greet is a perfect addition in my option that will give something to that audience that right now only have disney to look for

Of course Elphaba also could be in the attraction and meet and greet and I think she should she will have her own public that may overlap with Glinda's or not

But in this post I highlight Glinda's role in a new attraction to compete with Disney and appeal to the fans of more tradicional disney princesses.

They could create a Wicked mini land in universal studios where the attraction, the meet and greets, a show and maybe street entertainement could be. Below there are photos from Universal Singapore wicked mini land that could serve as inspiration and proof of concept.

Photos and information from universal singapore took from https://www.littledayout.com/a-universal-christmas-universal-studios-singapore/

I think a tradicional Dark ride with a low height requirement that all ages can enjoy is a good choice. Maybe a boat ride and we have a boat similar to the ones that bring students to the university in wicked part 1

It could be a journey for Oz where we see Glinda, Elphaba and the Wizard maybe taking the same following the same itinerary of Dorothy in the classic movie but of course in the Wicked world counterpart and being capable of seeing the players(Glinda, wizard and elphaba) anxious reactions to our journey and the consequences of it and maybe having flashbacks. The ride would have a lot of animatronics( the main ones more detailed but also a lot of less animated ones to crowd the world when needed like crowd scenes and creatures) but this part of us seeing these three characters that are elsewhere i though about doing it with projections like if it was a 2 way mirror without them knowing they were spying and talking about us but we also can see them.

I hope if Universal decides to do that they took the same amount of care and detail as their best projects so they give it enough budget to really be something wow Wicked has potential to do something really cool, Universal Studios need quality new additions and like i said is something for a demographic they don't have that much to offer to

[sarahg170194]

E.T. Adventure

May 6 2018

sarahg170194

[frogshunnedshadows]

Slime Geyser erupting at Nickelodeon Studios, at Universal Studios Florida, 1994.

[adrienneleclerc]

The Start of it All

Pairing: Walter Marshall x Hispanic!Reader

Summary: The day Y/N started working in Walter’s district and called him “Don Refri” for the first time

Warning: Masterlist pinned on my blog, it’s probably short.

A/N: i wanted to create a fanfic universe so it’s a series of one shots that take place in the same universe. Like a multi part series without the commitment which is literally PERFECT for me. If you have any ideas of what you want to see take place in this universe like in Walter and Y/N’s relationship, let me know!

Walter was in his office with the commissioner wanted to talk to him.

“What is it? Is there something wrong?” Walter asked.

“There’s nothing wrong, I found a new records clerk.” Harper told him.

“Do we really need a glorified secretary? We’ve been handling the files just fine, Harper.” Walter said.

“The time you spend creating police reports could be used actually solving cases. Whether you like it or not, a records clerk will be here. You can’t do everything on your own, she starts tomorrow.” Harper said, walking out of Walter’s office.

Walter sighed, running his hand through his hair. He knows he had no reason to be mad that a new person would come work here. He just felt that a new person would ruin the flow of things. He won’t know until he meets her though.

Y/N moved to Saint Paul 3 weeks ago and she finally got a call about the job she applied for. She moved from Miami to Quantico for FBI training but when failed the physical assessment, even after weeks of training, she decided to move to Minnesota. Why Minnesota? Who knows, she’s not use to the cold, but it was a nice change of scenery. She managed to get a nice studio apartment with her savings from working as a receptionist in Miami. She applied as a records clerk for the Saint Paul Police Department, Western District (I’ve been researching, they don’t organize the police department by precincts, only few cities do), and she got it! Now she was talking to her Miami bestie.

“Why did you choose Minnesota instead of staying there in Virginia? Do you know how cold it’s going to be once it hits winter?” Her bestie, Melissa, said.

“I know, I know, ni me lo recuerdes, but I’ll be making more money here than in Florida.” Y/N said.

“Fine, what are you going to wear for your first day on the job?” Melissa asked.

It was the next day, Y/N was putting professional clothes to make a good first impression. She decided to leave her hair down and drove to the station. Once she found parking, she entered the precinct and saw five people standing by the cubicles.

“Good morning, Y/N, we spoke on the phone, I’m commissioner Harper, these are our technicians, Matthew and Glasgow, profiler and psychologist, Rachel, and our best detective, Walter.” Harper introduced everyone to Y/N, shaking everyone’s hands respectively.

When Y/N went to shake Walter’s hand, she felt a little spark when they touched. They made eye contact and thoughts that were running in their heads were less than professional. Y/N thought about how it would feel to run her hands through his hair or having his firm hands touch her body. Walter was thinking about how it would feel to kiss her and what sounds she would make when doing so. Maybe having a new person in the precinct won’t be so bad after all.

“It’s very nice to meet everyone, can’t wait to start working here.” Y/N said with a smile. Harper showed Y/N where her cubicle was and she settles down.

Walter watched Y/N for a whole before heading to his office. The morning was pretty calm, when Walter entered the break room to grab his lunch, he saw Y/N eating her lunch, talking to Rachel at the table like they were old friends. He stood by the counter to eat his sandwich.

“So what’s the story of the detective?” Y/N asked quietly.

“He’s a good detective, but he’s closed off, kind of a grouch, we call him detective grumpy but obviously not to his face. I mean, I understand why he’s closed off, I’ve seen the photos of the cases he works, it’s brutal. I can’t imagine actually being there in person.” Rachel said. Y/N looked back at the detective and looked away.

“I Can see that too, but I think it’s better to talk it out, a desahogarte.” Y/N commented. “Bottling up your feelings can’t be good in the long run.”

One night, Y/N and Walter stayed late at the district because they cracked a big case so Y/N is doing the paperwork for it right now. It was kind of quiet so Y/N decided to break the silence.

“So, Detective Marshall, what got you interested in working in homicide?” Y/N asked. Walter looked up from a file he was reading to look at the woman.

“Am I required to answer?” Walter asked.

“You don’t have to answer, I was just trying to make conversation seeing as we’re here, alone.” Y/N commented. Walter rolled his eyes.

“I was on SWAT before, then I switched to homicide.” Walter said.

“Why did you make the switch?” Y/N asked.

“I don’t want to talk about this, just finish your work.” Walter said, looking back at the file, reviewing Y/N’s work.

“Whatever you say, Don Refri.” Y/N commented and Walter looked back at Y/N, seeing her slightly smirk.

“What did you just call me?” Walter asked.

“It’s ‘mister fridge’ in Spanish. Since you’re kinda closed off, you don’t talk, you don’t let what you’re feeling be known. You have a poker face all the time, it’s good when you’re interrogating a perp, but it’s not so good for the soul. You’re kinda cold as well, so until you learn to express your feelings in a positive way and not bottle them up, you will be Don Refri, okay? Okay.” Y/N said as she continued typing. “I wanted to be an FBI profiler before coming here. I was in Quantico and everything, I was training for weeks but when it finally came to the physical assessment, I couldn’t do it. I failed the times 1.5 mile run and got a stress fracture. So now I’m here. But I don’t think I want to become a cop.” Y/N shared and Walter just hummed. “In my culture we’re very family oriented. I moved from Miami, I’m far away from my friends and family, I’m all alone. Since I’m reporting to you, I thought we could at least be friendly towards each other, guess not. I finished, look it over, I’m leaving.” Y/N said as she packed up her stuff to leave.

Walter felt like an asshole. He could at least replied or act interested in what she was saying.

The next morning, Y/N entered the station and when she walked to her cubicle, she saw a little box of chocolate chip cookies with a sticky note that said “Sorry -Don Refri” and that made Y/N smile.

Although Y/N really wanted a relationship with Walter, being friends with him seems like a step closer to the right direction.

The End

Taglist: @shellyshellshell

Hope y’all liked it! I did my research about the Saint Paul police department to make it accurate, and hopefully I gave Y/N a good background since I put in the first installment that she doesn’t do the cold, I made her be from a warmer state. Let me know if you want to be tagged!

[jules-has-notes]

2018 VoicePlay fall activities — maintenance, music, and merriment

Heading into the end of the year, VoicePlay gradually ramped up their schedule until they were running at a decent clip for the holiday season.

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Say cheese!

It had been nearly two years since they'd taken their previous set of promo photos, and enough had changed — Earl's lush beard, Geoff's longer hair — that the boys decided it was time for some new ones.

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On the following Saturday, J.None and his Paradigm pals teamed up with the Push Love Productions folks (including a future familiar face) for a "Come Out with Pride" event at Lake Eola Park. They performed both before and after the parade.

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The next week the SoJam A Cappella Festival released a promo video for their upcoming event featuring VoicePlay.

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Over the weekend, J.None performed at a "night of spoken word and comedy" for the Pipol Angels Foundation, which provides funding for arts and education both locally and overseas. (Previous projects had provided new backpacks and school uniforms to students in the Orlando area, and helped a school in Trinidad build an additional classroom for its growing student population.)

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J.None rehearsing "No Role Modelz" by J. Cole with the band a few days before the fundraiser

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Ready for their close-ups

A few days after that, VoicePlay convened at a local studio to film their laid back video for "Thinkin Bout You".

When you show up for book club, but a slow jam breaks out.

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As the end of the month approached, Layne and Tony gathered a cadre of lovely ladies for the first episode of their new Princess Academy series.

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Sing for me!

The first weekend of November took VoicePlay to North Carolina for the SoJam A Cappella Festival. The attendees consisted of high school and collegiate groups, including two young groups from Winter Park, and three groups from the University of Central Florida (Layne and Eli's alma mater) who swept the top spots in the competition portion.

The guys spent Saturday afternoon leading a workshop on the business of singing for a living, and a masterclass for some of the competitors. Then they headlined the evening concert, with local openers Transit Vocal Band.

In addition to performing and doing educational outreach, VoicePlay also got to see some old friends. Alfredo Austin from The Exchange was doing coaching sessions. Max Herskovitz, who had subbed for Layne several times, was leading workshops for the kids. Singer and sound engineer Tony Huerta was running the show in his role as CASA president.

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When they got back home, the boys headed to the studio for their next music video, a dramatic medley of Queen songs.

Then they spent a couple weeks finishing off projects in progress, working on upcoming ones, and polishing their setlist for their Warm Up holiday tour.

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Holiday ro-o-o-o-oad

Since the Disney World residency for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party had passed to their pals in The Edge Effect, VoicePlay was free to embark on a slightly more relaxed holiday tour for the final month of the year. They traded a location close to home and four sets per night for just nine longer shows at a variety of venues across the country.

The first leg of their travels was a jaunt out west to Alto, New Mexico (via El Paso, Texas). As the name of the town suggests, it's quite high in the mountains, which can present a challenge when your job involves moving lots of air in and out of your lungs. Earl noted on Twitter that "7200ft above sea level was a real thing!"

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When they got home, they continued the holiday spirit by filming their video for "This Christmas". It was the last remaining track on the "Warm Up" EP to get the visual treatment.

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The next weekend the tour continued with a loop through the Midwest. The boys started in Findlay, Ohio, scooted up to Traverse City, Michigan, then hopped over to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Back at home, they got into a bit of a pickle for a festive Mission Impossible tie-in video. (Luckily, they didn't get blown up this time.)

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The following week's tour dates were slightly more spread out. Saturday took the guys to Kilmarnock, Virginia. The next day, they scooted down to Newnan, Georgia, where they got to see their artist pal Leon King, who had drawn their adorable avatars for the pre-show spiel.

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meet and greet in Newnan, GA — photos by Dawn Ortiz

Then they took a leisurely drive up to Waleska, Georgia before heading home. (Eli made some similarly hatted friends on the flight.)

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Once they were back in Florida, they headed over to Kissimmee for a show at the Gaylord Palms resort. Because they were so close to home, some of their families came along.

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They capped off their travels with a quick trip to a suburb of Chicago.

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And to all a good night

Once they were finished spreading holiday cheer to others, the guys took some time at home with their own loved ones.

Then Earl got a head start on his New Year's resolutions by hitting the gym for a leg day workout.

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With a couple weeks to rest, the guys prepared to hit the ground running in the new year. But that's a tale for another post.

[lewisibarra1512]

Since this is the first time I'm making a post about the latest report on today's press conference, I'll go ahead and share details of what guests can expect at Nintendo World's Donkey Kong expansion. Ready? Let's hit the jump and see the results...

Conga Activity - Upon entering the themed expansion within Nintendo World at Universal Epic Universe, you'll be greeted with a Conga Activity. Up to three guests can interact with this activity by scanning their watch and begin tapping to the rhythm of the congos. These congos flash yellow and green color lights for each tap. Once successful, Rambi appears as the grand prize. After all, everyone's a winner.

New DK and Diddy themed watches - Using the newly unveiled watches themed after Donkey Kong and an overweight whale Diddy Kong, guests can scan DK themed spots while on a mission to find four letters that spell K O N G, which is both inspired by and a real reference to the original DKC games that originated in a system I would say to the public but not here. For each letter found, it is stored inside the Universal Orlando app for iOS and Android. Once saved, it can be used for rewards later on.

Jungle Beat Shakes - A quick service restaurant serving DK Crush Shake, a red and yellow ice cream like substance with sprinkles and an edible picture of Donkey Kong throwing a barrel in a waffle bowl protected by an oversized mug. If desserts aren't your thing, a Wild Hot Dog is presented with an avocado motif.

Donkey Kong's treehouse - A meet and greet section where guests can take photos with Donkey Kong. In the future, Diddy will be presented upon opening at Universal Epic Universe.

Funky's Fly 'n Buy - Inspired by the in-game shoppe, Funky's Fly 'n Buy offers Donkey Kong themed merchandise, from plushies to tees and others.

Mine Cart Madness - The sole main attraction found within Donkey Kong Country. Inspired by Donkey Kong Country Returns, a Nintendo 3DS game despite the unacceptable absence of King K. Rool and the Kremlings, Tiki Tong and his tribe return once again as they have invaded DK's home island to steal the bananas. It's up to him and his team to stop them before it's too late. However, they're not alone, as the guests are involved on a mission of their own to snag the Golden Banana as sworn protectors. The new concept to Universal parks is a Boom coaster, where guests board the mine cart and experience the thrill of reliving the classic 2D platformer while presented on a fake track. The good news about the attraction is according to creative director Andrew Padua from Universal Creative, "There are zero screens. It is all real show, it is all real thrill." Just for context: Unlike a boring kart racing game where you beat turds or a big nose's island adventure where you take a snorefest, no forced screens will be present at Mine Cart Madness. This means you get to experience real props, both in queue and the main ride and is in no actual way a motion simulator!

Now, as usual, Donkey Kong Country at Nintendo World will be launched simultaneously at Universal Epic Universe, which also sees the 35th anniversary of Universal Studios Florida in time. The date? 22 May 2025. That's everything included. :)

[morsmordream]

hi! today i visited universal studios in orlando, florida (i’m not american) and took some photos of knockturn alley that i thought might be useful for myself to help visualise when writing fics etc

i thought i may as well share them here in case some form of visual aid would help anyone else!