Penn & Teller New(kd) Las Vegas

Should be fun! Interesting house themes this year so far. Website sucks compared to past years (so far anyway).

Halloween Horror Nights 2012

Welcome To My Nightmare

Multi-platinum recording artist Alice Cooper, a mastermind of the rock horror genre, will conjure up his peculiar vision of disturbing horror imagery in two new haunted attractions debuting this fall at Halloween Horror Nights at both Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.

Journey into legendary rocker Alice Cooper’s twisted mind and witness the natural melding of horror and Cooper’s four decades-long career. Here you will follow Steven, the iconic character from many of Cooper’s works, as you come face to face with a myriad of tormentors who threaten an already-decaying sense of sanity.

Maybe we'll finally get a Rob Zombie house in Orlando too!

Halloween Horror Nights 2012

Halloween Horror Nights 21

Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights



Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights



I can't wait!

Space X Falcon 9 Rocket

Snapped a shot of the Space X Falcon 9 Rocket from my boat today at work. It wasn't as awesome as a shuttle launch, but its pretty cool that its a private company going in to space. Don't be fooled by the beautiful sky, it was cold as hell out there today (low of 32*).

Halloween Horror Nights XX (2010)

Or click through to see the photos full size.

Halloween Horror Nights XX: Fear Revealed

I can't wait! It's going to be crazy this year!
Halloween Horror Nights XX

Our Trip To Hogsmeade

Here are some photos from our trip to Hogsmeade and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando. If you haven't been yet, its freaking-unbelievably-incredible! The theming of Hogsmeade and Hogwarts is literally amazing.

The shops are great, the ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey is a one of a kind experience. I've been to a lot of theme parks and I have never been on a ride quite like Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. I won't spoil it for anyone who is planning to go, but I'll say this; when they say no loose items, it's for a good reason. Enjoy the pictures, and oh yeah Pumpkin Juice is delicious and would probably make a great flavor to infuse some rum with. I'll let you all know how it tastes when I do it.

View From My Office

It was a wet one! But at least it wasn't snow.

I Found A Huge Frog At Work Today

I was walking down to the dock out at the Royal Pacific Resort to catch a boat back in to City Walk so I could go home for the day, and as I rounded a corner on the very heavily overgrown path this is what I saw . . . . .

So I rescued him from the wilds

Then he went for a ride on a boat. Nice thumb right, I'm a great phone photographer.

Later after I was home and the sun had gone done for the day my friend Captain Amberly sent me a picture of our new mascot getting ready for bed in the dock box.

This post is dedicated to the Frog Queen and who ever it was who abandoned a perfectly good four foot tall frog.

Hogsmeade Progress

So we took Friday off for no particular reason other then to have a three day weekend. We went out to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure for a couple of hours Friday to people watch, eat lunch, and see how far they had gotten on the new Harry Potter themed area, heres a few pictures of what we could see (looks amazing so far).

Advance Screaming

We had a good time, it was hot, not to crowded, but fun. We got to see 5 out of the 8 houses, we both agreed that the Wolfman house was the best as far as theming and scares. We've been to a lot of HHN's and this year was "just OK", I liked a lot of the themes but the whole overall feel was "just OK". We might go back, money is tight this year, I get in free but we have to buy a pass for Jen, so we'll see.

I Saw Tom Felton Today

I thought I saw Draco Malfoy
I thought I saw Draco Malfoy
I swear
Hey fellas
Draco Malfoy
In a car jam
Yeah I don't believe it
In a car jam
are you positively absolutely?


"Whats up with the sexy Draco Malfoy picture?"

I was at work this afternoon, about to jump on my boat and take off, when I glanced at the people boarding the boat in front of me. I thought "man that guy looks like the kid from Harry Potter". I drove by real slow checking it out, and now I'm like 90% positive it is Malfoy. So I drive out to the Hard Rock and park, they drive by and I am still pretty sure its him. I like the movies but I'm not a super fan or anything, but my sister in law really likes the books and so does one of my friends/supervisor, so I text them that I think I just saw Malfoy and his girlfriend riding on a boat to the Portofino Hotel. Thats when my sup texts back saying that it was Tom Felton, that he has been on property doing press for the upcoming Wizarding World of Harry Potter. He's no Hermione, Ron, or Harry, but it was kind of cool all the same.

Halloween Horror Nights Corrections

So it appears that the Orlando Sentinel either got some bad information or they just got it twisted a little bit. I'm pleased with the misinformation, because there is no Texas Chainsaw Massacre this year! Here are all of the official house and scare-zone names for Halloween Horror Night 2009.
Ripped From The Silver Screen

This years Icon - Julian Browning
(an usher from The Universal Palace Theater)

"Tickets Please!"

The schedule


8 Houses

This one should be awesome with a bunch of different movies featured within. I've read that it will have the Phantom of the Opera, Shaun of the Dead, and My Bloody Valentine just to name a few characters.








6 Scare-Zones







The Shows


"MOST EXCELLENT!"

Looks much better without the TCM, stay tuned for more info as it becomes available and pictures from the preview. I love my job!

Themes For Halloween Horror Nights Orlando

"Two houses will be devoted to Dracula and Dr. Frankenstein's monster. Two others are inspired by B movies based on a Midwestern, chainsaw-wielding family and "cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers," Roddy said. The eighth house will highlight several horror films including Shaun of the Dead and The Phantom of the Opera".

"The scare zones will spotlight corpses reanimated into super-soldiers, a toxic green mist, a chainsaw drill team, an abandoned drive-in theater and half-human, half-beasts. One zone will be devoted to Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, a Universal Pictures film also set to open Oct. 23".

"Two stage shows return: "Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure" and " The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute."

Read the whole article from the Orlando Sentinel

House we already knew...
Saw
Child's Play
The Wolfman

I knew but had not posted...
Dracula
Frankenstein

So #6,7, and 8 are...
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
C.H.U.D.
and a house where each room is probably themed for a different film.

Scare Zones
Super-soldiers Zombies
Toxic green mist
Chainsaw drill team
Abandoned drive-in theater
Half-human, half-beasts
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

I'm not so excited about some of these, I'm sure it will be fun. I guess I get my hopes up and then they go and bring the freaking "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" back again for the third time. WTF! We were hoping we would get the "Halloween, Michael Myers" house like there are doing at Universal Hollywood!?! I know I sound like a spoiled little kid, but I just hate it when they rehash houses over and over again. People want new houses each year, at least take a year off between rerunning a house. The other houses should be good, I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with the classic monsters. I'm also looking forward to seeing the Abandoned drive-in theater and the Cirque Du Freak scare zones. Less then 28 days till the employee preview!

Universal Palace Theater

The last two times I checked the Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights website new content had been added. I'm loving the theme this year!
Universal Palace Theater

"That's My Boat"

Morning Spider Webs

Found these dew covered webs all over the dock at work this morning. The picture is off my phone so it doesn’t really do the webs justice. The webs looked like they were full of tiny sparkling diamonds that were catching the morning light perfectly. Nature can be so amazingly beautiful, and show its self in the most unexpected places.

Do Dinosaurs Have Lunch Breaks?

Yes they do!

Working near Jurassic Park proves to not be all it's cracked up to be for my co-worker John.

Look Who I Meet at Work Today

Jack the Kangaroo

Edward the Goat


Sorry about the blurry photos, the light was poor and they’re off of a friend’s phone. They are both from Wisconsin and they’re the best of friends. Their owners brought them to Florida and they’re staying in our Kennel at Universal Orlando.

Die-In