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‘Spider-Man’ Ride Amped Up At Universal Orlando

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday March 8, 2012 @ 3:32pm PSTTags: Spider-Man, Universal Orlando

Universal Orlando Resort today celebrated the reopening of “The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man”,– one of the world’’s most popular theme park experiences. The attraction now features enhancements including all-new 4K digital high-definition ride animation, a new highly-sophisticated Infitec 3-D projection system, a new music score, and all-new 3-D “Spider-Vision” glasses:

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You Go To Harry Potter’s Midnight Show &…

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday July 15, 2011 @ 12:38pm PDTTags: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part II, THe Wizarding World Of Harry Potter, Universal Orlando

POTTER FINALE PHENOM! $82.5M Foreign And $43.5M Domestic Midnights As ‘Harry Potter’ Continues Shattering Records
In Orlando last night, 3,000 audience members of the midnight film screening of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 at AMC Universal Cineplex 20 received free passes to The Wizarding World of Harry … Read More »

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Comcast Agrees To Pay Blackstone $1B For 50% Of Universal Orlando

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday June 6, 2011 @ 6:32pm PDTTags: Blackstone Group, Comcast, NBCUniversal, Universal Orlando

Executives at Universal Orlando can breathe a little easier this evening now that Comcast has agreed to pay The Blackstone Group $1.025 billion for its 50% stake in the theme park. The deal consolidating ownership at Comcast-controlled NBCUniversal means the park will … Read More »

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Private-equity Blackstone Group Wants Out of Universal Orlando

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday March 16, 2011 @ 2:02pm PDTTags: Blackstone Group, NBC Universal, Universal Orlando

A holding company that oversees the theme parks said in a regulatory filing this week that the private-equity group has offered to sell its 50% stake in the Florida parks to NBC Universal, which owns the rest of the venture. Comcast-owned NBCU has until June 12 to make a call … Read More »

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