We bring you a lot of stories. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Weekly Recap for January 31 – February 6, 2022.

Universal Orlando Resort

Universal Studios Florida

• Read our January 28 photo report.
• Mardi Gras decorations took over Universal Studios Florida this week as we approached the celebrations.
• The Unicycling Umbridge is now gone from Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley.
• There was a ton of new Mardi Gras merchandise.
• We got a sneak peek of the Mardi Gras Tribute Store before it opened.
• Check out our full video and photo tour of the Mardi Gras “Float Factory” Tribute Store.
• Mardi Gras menus began appearing a few days before the festival.
• The French Quarter booths opened and we headed there first for a review.
• Read our January 30 photo report.
• We reviewed a hurricane shaker cake from the Mardi Gras Tribute Store.
• A Mardi Gras Freestyle cup is currently available.
• Exclusive Annual Passholder Mardi Gras merch arrived.
• We reviewed more French Quarter food items.
• New merchandise debuted inside the Mardi Gras Tribute Store.
• A real police officer was spotted filling out paperwork on the fake Springfield cop car after catching people underage drinking.
• Unfortunately, UOAP Freestyle cups are no longer BOGO.
• Most of the E.T. Adventure pre-show room is now blocked off by tarps as the ceiling is refurbished. Thankfully, the ride remains open.
• February 5 marked the first day of Mardi Gras festivities. And we have all the first day coverage for you below:
  • Guests can join a virtual line for the chance to ride a Mardi Gras parade float.
  • Mardi Gras celebrations officially began, and we reviewed the Bloody Mary’s booth.
  • Krewe Crawl is back for this year’s space-themed celebrations.
  • We reviewed the floats, arancini, and meatball sandwich at the Italy booth.
  • Delicious arepas and yucca fries are back, with a new chimichurri sauce.
  • We reviewed the fantastic Bubble Waffles and the Carrot Cake Concoction at the Fusion: Machine Planet Booth.
  • The India booth offers sweet and savory vegan options and average drinks.
  • The papas bravas and savory sopaipilla fail to impress from the Volcano Planet booth.
  • The choripan and salchipapas are satisfactory from the Central America: Comet Cruisin’ booth.
  • The coxinhas and caipirinha punches are a hit or miss from the Brazil booth.
  • We grabbed a chork and tried all the offerings at the Southeast Asia booth.
  • We also headed over to the New Orleans booth and tried all the seafood boils, classic beignets, and King Cake.
  • The Floribbean: Cape Canaveral booth offers tasty conch fritters, shortcakes, ceviche, johnny cake, and cape guayaba.
  • The classic Twisted Taters got a cajun twist for this year’s Mardi Gras.
  • The San Francisco Food Truck returned this year with Nashville hot chicken mac & cheese and a new chicken biscuit.
  • View our full coverage of the first running of the 2022 Planet Mardi Gras Parade.
• A car caught fire in the Valet Parking Lot at Universal Orlando.
• We spotted a new t-shirt featuring the most lovable extra-terrestrial of all time, E.T.!

Universal’s Islands of Adventure

• Jurassic Park River Adventure reopened following a refurbishment.
• We found new Marvel shirts, a jacket, and a hat.
• The Super Hero Motorcade returned to Super Hero Island.
• Read our January 31 photo report.
• Construction walls have been erected around the Hogwarts Express display train in Hogsmeade in Islands of Adventure.

Universal Orlando CityWalk

• We found a new “Harry Potter” Dobby figure.

Universal Studios Hollywood

• Cuddle up with a new T-rex pillow pet or a Mosasaurus plush available at Jurassic World.
• We reviewed the Fortune Cookie Frappe and Year of the Tiger cookie at Noodle House (a.k.a. Hollywood & Dine).
• The first all-electric trams have been added to the Studio Tour after a testing period.
• A colorful scarf inspired by the park is now available.
• Universal Studios Hollywood has some new “Harry Potter” apparel for Hogwarts students and Death Eaters alike.
• View our January 28 photo report here.

Universal Studios Japan

• The price of Super Nintendo World Power-Up Bands will go up on April 1

Watch the first run-through of the 2022 Planet Mardi Gras Parade!

That’s it for today; we hope you enjoyed this Weekly Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you next Sunday!

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