Today, Universal Orlando Resort made their first official announcement for Halloween Horror Nights 27, and it’s a big one: American Horror Story returns to Halloween Horror Nights!

Halloween Horror Night will once again spotlight this critically acclaimed and award winning series in an all new maze!

This year’s maze features 3 installments of the the hit show “Asylum”, “Coven” and “Roanoke”!

From the Universal Orlando Press release: “In Asylum, guests will travel through the decades of the notorious Briarcliff – evading Dr. Arden’s grotesque human ‘Rasper’ experiments and coming face to ‘face’ with the serial killer, Bloody Face. In Coven, New Orleans aesthetics will surround guests as they’re drawn into the bloody rivalry between the descendants of the Salem witches, the voodoo Queen of New Orleans Marie Laveau, and the sadistic Madame Delphine LaLaurie. And finally, guests will relive the horrific story of the Millers in Roanoke – where they’ll be at the mercy of Piggy Man, the grisly Polk family and the ghosts of the blood moon”

Sr. Director of Entertainment Creative for Universal Orlando Resort Michael Aiello adds “We are thrilled to bring the incredible storytelling and iconic characters of ‘American Horror Story’ back to Halloween Horror Nights for a second year. Last year, ‘American Horror Story’ was the highest guest-rated haunted house in Halloween Horror Nights history – and we can’t wait to immerse our guests in all-new horrors from the show.”

Halloween Horror Nights 27 begins September 15^th and runs 34 select nights through November 4^th.

For additional details on Halloween Horror Nights, visit: www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com/Orlando.

Stay tuned to NEOZAZ.com and The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights for more information and our instant reaction on this and all HHN news!

The latest addition to Universal Orlando Resorts world class line up of attractions is now open – “Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon™”!

This new high paced thrill ride introduces an all-new queuing system with “Virtual Line™”.

The new system allows you to choose return time and then wait in the lineless queuing area up until it’s time to Ride.

Some of the NEOZAZ staff experienced the ride and waiting system during the ride’s soft open last month. This new concept in queuing is not only unique, but it is a literal game changer the way we’ll experience these new generations of attractions.

Race Through New York is Starring Jimmy Fallon™ is now open and full operational at Universal Orlando Resorts Universal Studios.

With the opening of Universal Orlando’s much anticipated third Park, Volcano Bay, just over a month away, new exciting details are rolling in nearly every day!

Today’s news caught our eye immediately – details and pricing on the Private Cabanas and Premium seating.

Along with nearly 20 new and innovative water rides, Volcano bay also offers a way to relax and take a break from all the excitement with their Private Cabanas and Premium Seating.

Private Cabana Rentals – “Volcano Bay Cabanas allow guests to escape to their own private paradise with options including single units with seating for up to six guests and family units with seating for up to sixteen guests.”

Cabanas also include concierge service with exclusive menu items, a fruit and snack basket, bottled water, complimentary locker and towel service and more.

Pricing for Single Cabana Units starts at $159.99

Pricing for Family Quite Cabanas starts at $299.99

Premium Seating – “Volcano Bay Premium Seating allows guests to choose and reserve the location of their seats throughout the park.”

Premium seating included 2 padded loungers, and adjustable umbrella, and built-in locker storage.
Pricing for Premium Seating starts at $29.99

We’re incredibly excited about this new park and already anticipate a Cabana rental being included in our annual HHN NEOZAZ weekend.

Universal Orlando’s Volcano Bay Opens May 25th, and NEOZAZ will be there to cover all the details of this exciting new addition!

To learn more about Volcano Bay, visit the park page on Universal Orlando’s website here.

The 1980 classic Stanley Krubrick film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel “The Shining” is making its long awaited and much anticipated debut at Halloween Horror Nights 27!

In a dual announcement, Universal Studios Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood both announced a new Maze for both park’s annual Halloween Horror Nights event featuring the iconic film.

HHN Show Director Charles Gray described a main story element of this Maze in a blog post released on Universal Orlando’s blog earlier today:

We cast the Overlook Hotel as the aggressor and view it as if you have the “shining.” Our goal is to have you constantly doing a double take and give you that, “Did I just see that?” feeling.

Halloween Horror Nights 27 begins September 15^th and runs select nights through November 4^th.

For more details on the event visit: http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/

Stay with NEOZAZ for complete coverage of HHN27 announcements, coverage for HHN27, and the new season of our HHN focused series “The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights.”

Thursday’s SpaceX CRS-11 Launch from Kennedy Space Center’s historic launch pad LC-39A has been scrubbed and re-scheduled for a second attempt on Saturday June 3^rd, 5:07 PM Eastern.

Tickets are now available for an up-close viewing for this launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Apollo / Saturn V Center.

Launch Transportation Tickets are priced at $20 in addition to a daily admission ticket or annual pass admission.

This is a phenomenal view of LC-39A across the Banana river less than 4 miles from the launch site!

This is another milestone event for SpaceX and Kennedy Space center – this launch marks the 100^th launch from the historic pad, the first launch and mission for a re-used SpaceX Dragon Space Craft, and the grand finale to the launch is a planned landing attempt for the Falcon 9 booster at LZ1.

NEOZAZ’ Go For Launch will be at the Apollo / Saturn V center reporting on this launch and attempting our first binaural recording on site to bring the most immersive audio recording on in-person launch yet to the series.

Don’t miss this chance to experience a launch up close at Kennedy Space Center. Tickets for the view area at the Apollo / Saturn 5 viewing area are on sale now at: https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/info/tickets

Fingers crossed all is go for launch this weekend and a new episode with a new immersive recording for Go For Launch following soon.

Tickets and vacation packages for the greatest Halloween event in the world, Halloween Horror Nights 27, are now on sale!

Universal Orlando Resort unveiled all ticket and vacation packages with this years Halloween Horror Nights event.

In a press release announcing the ticket unveiling, Universal Orlando also confirmed this year’s event will include 9 NEW Mazes, 5 ScareZones, and 2 live shows.

Ticket offering start with single night admission to the event and range all the way to “Ultimate Frequent Fear + Express”

For ticket information visit: http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/tickets.php

For more information on Halloween Horror Nights 27, visit: http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/

Stay up on all the latest on Halloween Horror Nights with The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights podcast form NEOZAZ.com.

The Halloween Horror Nights Orlando made a new and intriguing addition to their website today: an opportunity to surrender your soul!

Visit: http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/soul-collector/index.php clicked the “I surrender graphic under the countdown timer and enter you information for get Soul Collector Benefits like a possible item to identify yourself as a member of the Elite Soul Collectors, an opportunity to be a part of the Soul Collector Social Media Up and “other rewards”.

For ticket information visit: http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/tickets.php

For more information on Halloween Horror Nights 27, visit: http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/

Stay up on all the latest on Halloween Horror Nights with The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights podcast form NEOZAZ.com.

Florida’s biggest party is about to get underway at Universal Orlando Resort’s Annual Mardi Gras Celebration Event!

Today Universal Orlando Resort released details on this year’s Mardi Gras, including most of their concert line up for the event.

Grammy award-winning artist Macklemore, international recording artist Sean Paul, and multiplatinum chart-toppers Fifth Harmony highlight the huge line up of music acts at this year’s celebration.

Along with the concert series, a nightly parade of 12 hand-crafted floats highlights the event – with 6 new celestial themed floats debuting this year.

Along with the music and parade the French Quarter Courtyard offers food and drinks only available during this event celebration.

Stay tuned with NEOZAZ for more coverage of this annual event included a firsthand report during the celebration.

Mardi Gras at Universal Studios begins February 3^rd and runs nightly to April 7^th 2018. All Mardi Gras events are included with daily admission, no separate ticket is required to attend Mardi Gras.

From more information on Universal Orlando Resorts Mardi Gras Celebration, visit: https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/events/mardi-gras/index.html

2018 Mardi Gras Headliners:

Feb 3. – Sean Paul
Feb 10. – The Beach Boys
Feb. 17 – Kelsea Ballerini
Feb. 18 – Andy Grammer
Feb. 24 – Macklemore
Mar. 3 – 311
Mar. 4 – Phillip Phillips
Mar. 10 – TBA
Mar. 11 – Fitz and the Tantrums
Mar. 17 – Foreigner
Mar. 18 – Fifth Harmony
Mar. 24 – TBA
Mar. 25 – BUSH

Today Universal Orlando Resort announced a new exciting addition to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter – “The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle” projection mapping experience!

For the first time ever at Islands of Adventures’ Wizarding World of Harry Potter Hogsmeade, guests will be able to experience an all-new show at Hogwarts Castle.

“As night falls in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, state-of-the-art projection mapping, coupled with special effects and lighting, will wrap Hogwarts castle in a dazzling display celebrating the four houses of Hogwarts – Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. Guests will watch in awe as the spirit and iconic elements of each house are brought to life on the majestic castle – all set to incredible music based on the original scores from the Harry Potter films. “

Starting January 31^st “The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle” will run select nights throughout the year.

Park guests can preview the new experience on January 27 and 28 during “A Celebration of Harry Potter 2018”

“The Nighttime Lights At Hogwarts Castle” is scheduled to run Jan 31 – Feb 5 and Feb 7 – Feb 12. It will run continuously each evening starting at dusk.

With the recent success of the Christmas editions to Hogsmeade including a holiday themed 3D projection show on Hogwarts, it’s not surprised to learn of this new edition to Universal’s Nighttime entertainment lineup but an exciting addition nonetheless.

For more on the “A Celebration of Harry Potter 2018 Event”, please visit the Celebration of Harry Potter area of Universal Resort Orlando’s website here.

As someone that’s taken a ridiculous amount of time searching out doughnuts in nearly every town I’ve visited, I’m beyond excited to read the news that the legendary “Voodoo Doughnut” is coming to Universal City Walk at Universal Orlando Resort this spring!

“Since their Portland, Oregon origins, Shannon and Pogson have continued to spread their unique flavors with several new locations including a few more in Oregon and shops in Denver, Colorado; Austin, Texas and CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood. The new location at Universal Orlando will be the first location east of the Mississippi. The shop will feature the same eclectic pink theming and irreverent names that can be found in current Voodoo Doughnut locations. It will be located next to NBC Sports Grill & Brew, just steps away from the iconic Universal Globe and Universal Studios Florida entrance.”

Visit NEOZAZ for more details as they come and a very likely probable for-sure first hand report (followed by a second, and a third, and a…)

The 2018 edition of Universal Orlando Resort’s “A Celebration of Harry Potter” started this weekend and an opening night of special announcements, live orchestra performances, and celebrity appearances was capped off with a special showing of the newest addition of Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter – “The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle”.

“The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle” is latest Harry Potter theme 3D Projection Mapped experience added the Universal Orlando Harry Potter experience. And Friday night we took part in an early presentation of the show.

The show features the houses of Hogwarts opening with a narration by the Hogwarts Sorting Hat.

The lights go dim briefly as you conceptually try on The Sorting Hat and houses are presented in projections on the Hogwarts Castle.

First house featured is Ravenclaw (and Matt’s house apparently, as he learned this weekend. More on that later). Blue and bronze lights surround Hogwarts accompanied of course by imagery of the Eagle.

Next, Hufflepuff. Yellow, black and silver cover the castle leading up to the reveal of the Badger.

Our viewing crowd favorite, Slytherin, is next with eerie green lights and sliver highlights with plenty of Serpents.

The final house, and home to the saga title character, Gyffindor with scarlet and gold lights and the Lion wrapping then entire structure.

Hogwarts and the four houses close out the show in a grand finally complete with pyrotechnics.

It’s hard not to compare “The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle” with 2017’s holiday show “The Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts Castle”, the holiday show set a very high bar for nighttime entertainment at Hogsmeade. As a comparison to the Christmas show, “Nighttime Lights” falls just a touch short. However, that is when comparing the two.

Looking at “The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle” alone, it’s a fun, colorful, entertaining show and a must see for Harry Potter fans. It’s a great edition to not only the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but the to the ever increasing night time entertainment at Universal Orlando Resort. I enjoyed from both a technical and new, and slowly learning Harry Potter fan perspective as well.

“The Nighttime Lights at Hogwarts Castle” is scheduled run through February 2018 at Universal Resort Orlando with more dates expected to be added in the future. For more details, see our article covering the original announcement of the edition to Hogsmeade here.

Our report on “A Celebration of Harry Potter” 2018 continues with a special podcast episode wrap up by Matt and Shelby as they discuss the event from two very different perspectives. Look for that episode soon right here on NEOZAZ.com!

Today we got our first official announcement about the attractions at the 2018 Halloween Horror Nights Event – The Netfilx hit series “Stranger Things” debuts at HHN as an all new maze!

“The parallel universe, referred to as the Upside Down, that terrorized the small town of Hawkins, Indiana in Netflix’s mega-hit “Stranger Things,” will bring the chittering, predatory Demogorgon to “Halloween Horror Nights” to stalk unwitting guests as they encounter iconic scenes, characters and environments from the mesmerizing series. “

“Stranger Things” will appear at Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando, Hollywood and Singapore for the 2018 season.

Keep following NEOZAZ for an instant reaction episode of “The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights” podcast coming shortly and for all of the latest of Halloween Horror Nights.

Halloween Horror Nights Orlando runs select nights Sept14rh through Nov 3^rd.

More information and tickets can be found on the Halloween Horror Nights Orlando website at: https://orlando.halloweenhorrornights.com/

Universal Orlando Resort released some first look pics for their latest attraction “Fast & Furious – Supercharged” opening this spring:

From Universal Orlando Resort:

Opening this spring, Fast & Furious – Supercharged will bring one of the world’s hottest film franchises to life in a whole new way. Guests will have the opportunity to actually live the excitement they’ve seen on the big screen in a high-octane ride experience where they’ll become part of the Fast & Furious family.

We’ll be checking this new attraction out along with the rest of the theme park enthusiast community first chance we get and post our special report.

The first original house coming to Halloween Horror Nights 2018 at Universal Orlando Resort has been revealed; “Dead Exposure – Patient Zero!”

Following up from the hit house of 2008’s Halloween Horror Nights 18 “Dead Exposure”, “Dead Exposure – Patient Zero” brings back the terror of the original now set in the middle of Paris 1982.

“The city of lights has gone dark as chaos spreads, unchecked. Hordes of vicious, flesh-eating undead are swarming the streets.

The military is forcing those not affected into quarantine and a vaccination is being given. It’s the only chance to ward off the sickness but there are major side effects… blindness.

You’ll be lost in the darkness as the undead hunt you. An attack can come from anywhere.”

Stay tuned to NEOZAZ.com and The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights Podcast for our Instant Reaction episode about this latest addition to Halloween Horror Nights 28!

To hear details on the original “Dead Exposure” from Halloween Horror Nights 18, check out our episode featuring the houses from that event at: http://neozaz.com/hhn18-part-2/

For more information on Halloween Horror Nights 2018, visit: http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/

Stay up on all the latest on Halloween Horror Nights with The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights podcast from NEOZAZ.com.

Today (or earlier for social media savvy fans) Universal Studios Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood announced their latest addition to Halloween Horror Nights 2018 – “Trick ‘R Treat”!

Returning from its scarezone debut at HHN27, “Trick ‘R Treat” arrives to this years event as an all new maze for 2018!

“Based on the critically-acclaimed and fan-favorite movie, directed by Michael Dougherty, the “Trick ‘r Treat” maze will transport guests to Warren Valley, Ohio on Halloween night to celebrate the holiday’s dark traditions. Recreating some of the anthology’s most iconic scenes, the disturbing new maze invites brave thrill-seekers to become entwined within the secrets of this sleepy suburban town.

Guests will experience some of the film’s most grisly scenes and encounter hauntingly familiar characters. They will meander through Mr. Kreeg’s infamous house, watch as college students viciously transform into bloodthirsty werewolves and dismember the town, as well as come face-to-face with Sam – the spirit of Halloween – who readies to punish those who break the holiday’s tradition.”

Stay tuned to NEOZAZ.com and The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights Podcast for our Instant Reaction to this reveal and our continuing cover of this year’s event.

Feel like you’ve been waiting a bit long for the next HHN28 announcement? Well that wait was more than made up for today when Universal Resort Orlando released a laundry list of announcements for this year’s event!

First, let’s start with the addition of the 10^th house to HHN28. For the first time in the nearly 3 decade run of the event, the number of houses featured hits double digits! No details on that that 10^th house is yet, but when it comes to HHN, more is always better!

Next up, today’s press release confirms the return of Academy of Villains. The performance group that debuted in HHN26 returns again with an all-new show.

We’re still not done. Possibly the biggest news to come out today are the names and descriptions of 3 scarezones featured in HHN28; “Vamp 85: New Year’s Eve”, “Twisted Tradition”, and “The Harvest”

From the Universal Orlando Resort Press release:

“Universal also revealed some of the scare zones guests will encounter at Halloween Horror Nights 2018. As they venture through the park, they’ll be stalked by ravenous punk, material girl and metal head vampires in Vamp 85: New Year’s Eve, come face-to-face with beings of rotted pumpkins and fetid vines who are seeking out human sacrifices in Twisted Tradition, fall victim to foul and decrepit creatures in The Harvest and more.”

And last, but certainly not least, all tickets are now on sale, including all Frequent Fear and Frequent Fear with Express passes!

We’ll have a lot more to talk about later tonight with our instant reaction episode of The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights.

Stay with NEOZAZ and The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights Podcast for all the latest HHN28 news and extended coverage of this year’s event.

For ticket information, please visit the Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights Website here.

Today Universal Orlando Resort gave the HHN community our first look at one of the most anticipated houses for Halloween Horror Nights 28 – “Stranger Things”!

Below are the files and video released today:

Stick with NEOZAZ and “The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights” podcast during this year’s Halloween Horror Nights season for our extended coverage of the event including our new weekly reports!