In addition to all the terrifying houses and epic food, Halloween Horror Nights 31 features two shows, including a new lagoon show called Ghoulish! A Halloween Tale.

Ghoulish! A Halloween Tale

The entrance to Central Park, which serves as the viewing area for Ghoulish!, is across from Mel’s Drive-In. Performances are usually on the hour between 9:00 p.m. and midnight, but be sure to check the sign or the Universal Orlando Resort app for up-to-date showtimes.

There’s an arrangement of music before the show kicks off, including Halloween-themed tunes such as “Monster Mash,” “Season of the Witch,” and “Horror Movies.” The show is loosely themed to a horror record with a follow-along picture book. Much of the show’s soundtrack was designed specifically for Ghoulish!, including the covers of recognizable songs.

The opening theme, a custom track, plays as the narrator tells us that our story “begins on this cold, dark night of All Hallows Eve.”

The next segment plays to a cover of “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was one of our favorite tracks.

This segment features water screen projections of a menacing moon, spooky forest, and wolves howling.

The next part has a retro haunted house motif to a version of “Black Cat” by Janet Jackson.

You can spot Lil’ Boo during this segment, just to the right of the center projections on the warehouse façade.

The next section features a remix of “House of Fun” by Madness.

Ghosts and dancing skeletons are the stars of this segment, which transitions to a rendition of Alice Cooper’s “Skeletons in the Closet.”

A smiling skeleton leads into the next segment.

Devils and hellish beasts come out to play to a cover of Rihanna’s “Disturbia.”

Given that he’s had both a house and his own bar this year, it only seems appropriate that The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” would be featured in the show.

And with a musical flourish, the show comes to an end.

This may be an unpopular opinion, but we loved Ghoulish! It was well done, and had a good amount of dimension, incorporating the fountains, water screens, lasers, and multiple synchronic projections on the buildings. The music was fun, the album motif was fun, and the graphics were fun. It’s just plain fun!

It wasn’t overly scary, but we don’t think it wasn’t supposed to be. The lagoon shows before this (especially the original Marathon of Mayhem ) have been celebrations of the event, and this was a good fit with the October 31st theme. It was a good time, like a C-ticket attraction. If you’re in the area near showtime, be sure to stop and watch, but it’s not worth planning your whole night around. 

Watch our full video of Ghoulish! A Halloween Tale below!

Location of Ghoulish! A Halloween Tale at Halloween Horror Nights 31

The show is on the Universal Studios Florida lagoon. The viewing area is in Central Park, with the entrance across from Café La Bamba.

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ULTA Beauty has teamed up with Disney Parks to release a new makeup collection celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World!

The collection will be available both on the ULTA website and in stores sometime in October. The pieces in the collection will range in price from $10 to $28.

Each of the four Walt Disney World parks will be available as its own eye shadow palette. The color tones in each set seem to match the themes of the park, with Animal Kingdom being represented by earthy tones and Magic Kingdom featuring more princess-like tones of pink, gold, and purple.

A 4-piece makeup sponge set complete with the icons from the four Walt Disney World theme parks will also be available.

Which items will you buy when the ULTA x Disney Parks collection releases next month? Let us know in the comments.

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Even though we’re still years away from the opening of the Donkey Kong expansion to Super Nintendo World, don’t throw your barrels just yet! Alicia Stella at Orlando Park Stop has provided a sneak peek at what to expect when it opens in 2024 at Universal Studios Japan and 2025 at Universal’s Epic Universe.

Currently, a gateway to the expansion is already in place underneath Yoshi’s Adventure in Japan, with construction underway behind it. In addition to a family roller coaster featuring characters from the Donkey Kong games, it’s expected to be home to a character meet-and-greet, interactive games, snack stands, and a small shop.

The ride, rumored to be named “Mine Cart Madness,” will be the centerpiece of the mini land. As the name suggests, guests will ride around in mine carts, just like in the games. According to patents filed by Universal for the “Boom Coaster,” while the carts will appear to run along an old track, they actually run on a rail underneath, allowing carts to jump over gaps in the “track.”

Went out to Petersen Inc and saw the new prototype. Lucky for me they were testing the cars on it. from rollercoasters

The carts will hold two rows of two guests, with four altogether in a cart. Several years ago, a Reddit user managed to catch testing of prototype cars, as seen above.

Based on concept art from the announcement, the ride will take place in a golden jungle temple and may have both outdoor and indoor portions.

According to Stella, it’s rumored that the queue for the attraction will utilize animatronic characters like Squawks and Cranky Kong. Patents filed for these animatronics suggest that they may interact with guests in the queue, an evolution of characters like the goblin seen in the queue of Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts at Universal Studios Florida. A similar animatronic can be seen in the video below:

Based on the concept art, a treehouse will likely serve as the meet-and-greet area, while a plane located near the entrance/exit portal should be the expansion’s shop, dubbed by Stella as “Funky’s Fly ‘n’ Buy,” themed after the character of Funky Kong. While “Mine Cart Madness” won’t have a dedicated gift shop at the exit, there will be a stand to purchase photos taken on the ride.

Much like the rest of Super Nintendo World, it’s almost assured that the interactive games will require a Power-Up Band, available for purchase around the land. Stella reports that there may be three games: one centered around Rambi the Rhinoceros, a multiplayer game centered around Ellie the Elephant, and one that involves water cannons.

Currently, only the Universal Studios Japan expansion has been formally announced, though construction at Universal’s Epic Universe seems to follow the same pattern. As of the writing of this article, it’s unlikely that it will be part of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood, though it’s possible it could also be included as a future expansion.

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In-room televisions at Walt Disney World resorts have begun showing a message urging guests to stay in their rooms beginning at 9 p.m. this evening ahead of Hurricane Ian.

The notice reads, “At 9 p.m. tonight after you’ve eaten dinner, we strongly recommend that you shelter indoors and do not leave your building or room.”

Guests are being asked to not leave their building/room starting at 9pm tonight @WaltDisneyWorld #HurricaneIan pic.twitter.com/Ujp4eBCGSY

— WDW News Today (@WDWNT) September 28, 2022

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