A Family Travel Blog
What to Expect at Volcano Bay with COVID-19 Restrictions Volcano Bay at Universal Orlando just reopened on June 5th, 2020. As with all of travel and life as we’re figuring out best practices for the coronavirus and COVID-19, there are changes. And there will be more changes in the future.… Read More
I just returned from Universal Orlando and was extremely impressed by everything new at the parks! So the timing seems good for a post on all the new Universal rides, and what’s coming up later this year. Two of these technically opened in 2017, but if you haven’t been since… Read More
Universal Orlando Holidays We’ve visited Universal Orlando a lot over the past few years – eight times to be exact. We go the first week of September every year, when local schools are in session but our kids haven’t started yet. We’ve also visited in January and in March, and… Read More
Universal Orlando COVID-19 / Coronavirus Updates Universal Orlando has been closed because of COVID-19 since March, but will reopen June 5th, 2020. Things to keep in mind during this unique time: Capacity will be reduced in CityWalk, the parks, restaurants and shops. So you’ll be able to enjoy the parks… Read More
When Volcano Bay opened I wrote up a blog post on visiting Volcano Bay, the newest theme park at Universal Orlando Resort. I tried to make it as complete as possible, but then I started getting emails asking what people can and cannot take into Volcano Bay, and what people… Read More
Volcano Bay I wrote this post after the grand opening of Universal Orlando’s newest theme park, Volcano Bay. The first day was set aside for media, and I was able to go on all of the rides and slides that I wanted to. The second day was opening day, and I… Read More
Note: This post originally appeared on Universal Orlando’s blog. The Many Reasons Universal Orlando Keeps Impressing Us Earlier this year, my 10-year-old daughter and I flew around the world in two weeks, visiting seven destinations in six countries on four continents. The planning was fun—we created a list of our… Read More
It’s an absolutely amazing world, and I was lucky enough to see a lot of it this year, mostly with the kids. I started the year in Thailand, then moved on to the Philippines, Taiwan, the US, Tanzania, Kenya, Switzerland, Germany, Jamaica, China, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the UK, France,… Read More
Universal Orlando vs. Disney World I’ve traveled to Orlando theme parks from Southern California with my kids four times the past few years, visiting Universal Orlando every time and the Disney parks twice. We had intended to visit Disney World/Epcot a third time, but the kids voted to spend the day at our hotel instead. I… Read More
With three kids into Harry Potter, we’ve flown from California to Florida four times now to visit the Universal Orlando theme parks. The thing that’s impressed me is how much there is to do there beyond Harry Potter, and every year as the kids are taller we’ve gone on more… Read More
