November 19, 2023, 2:52 PM ·
The holidays are back at Universal Orlando Resort. Universal welcomed back its annual holiday celebrations on Friday, including Grinchmas, Christmas in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and its Macy’s holiday parade balloons.
The celebrations continue daily through the end of the year at both Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure. IOA is where you can queue to watch “The Grinchmas Who-liday Spectacular,” which plays in the old Blue Man Group theater (and Nickelodeon theater before that, if you’re an old-timer like me).
Photo courtesy UniversalChristmas decorations have taken over The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in both IOA’s Hogsmeade and USF’s Diagon Alley. The Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts Castle projection show is playing nightly in Hogsmeade, while Celestina Warbeck and the Banshees are singing their holiday set over in Diagon Alley.Universal Studios Florida also hosts nightly performances of Universal’s Holidays Parade featuring Macy’s, featuring Dreamworks and Illumination animated characters as well as those iconic balloons. Finally, Mannheim Steamroller will return to the stage at Universal Studios Florida for its traditional holiday performances on December 2, 3, 9 and 10.Here are our videos of the above events from previous years at Universal Orlando:Looking ahead to 2024, Universal Orlando has announced the dates for its next big special event. Universal Mardi Gras: International Flavors of Carnaval, will return to Universal Studios Florida starting February 3 through April 7, 2024.To keep up to date with more theme park news, please sign up for Theme Park Insider’s weekly newsletter. And to help support Theme Park Insider while saving money on discounted theme park tickets, please follow the ticket icon links our Theme Park visitors guides.
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