- Thursday, March 8, 2018 7:52 AM
- DisneyDan
Hello everyone,
At Christmastime a couple of months back we went over to Universal Orlando to check out their festivities. Since it was two months and a half ago now, I won't say too much except a few comments here and there in between photos, but I wanted to share some photos with you all nonetheless.
Let's start with the parade.
We were able to see the special holiday parade at Universal Studios, and meet a bunch of characters in their festive costumes. The parade this past season was a huge improvement on the previous version, and we really enjoyed it a lot.
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After the parade, and a short break, many of the characters come out to greet guests. This gave us the opportunity to meet a few new characters that we hadn't seen before, as well as get some new holiday costumes for ones we had.
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Over at Islands of Adventure, we watched the Hogwarts Castle illuminations, which was really neat.
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Finally, some random shots from around the parks.
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We were back at Universal last month (February), and so in a few days time I'll make a post about that visit, too - so stay tuned for that!
Have a great day everyone,
Dan.