I attended Mardi Gras at Universal Studios last Saturday. The parade was great as usual and the Huey Lewis and The News concert was great. Huey and the boys still got it.
I took pictures and video of the parade and concert if you’d like to see them. Links below.

Pictures

Videos

I was at Universal Studios last Saturday night and noticed that despite its rumored demise, the Back To The Future ride is still open. I’ve heard it’s running at half capacity, and that seems to be true since the night I was there the wait was 45 minutes for standby, and 20 minutes with a Express Pass. That’s the first time I’ve seen a time listed for a Fast Pass or Express Pass line.

In today’s Orlando Sentinel they interview Universal’s president, Bill Davis. When asked about the future of the ride, he says, “Back to the Future is up and operating today, as it has been. There is some truth to the fact that we’re looking at changing that out at some point. We can’t really talk about what that might be. But it has been a great attraction for us. We’re very happy with it. We’ll just have to see what the future brings.”

I don’t know if this is new or not, but I picked up a flyer yesterday at Universal Studios Florida with information on pin trading. I’ve seen pins for sale at Universal for a while now, but I’ve never seen anything about pin trading or anyone actually doing it. Looks like they are following Disney’s lead.

I found some of the rules interesting.
• Only two pins may be traded with each team member
• The pins must be: made of metal; represent a licensed Universal event, location, character, attraction or icon; and have the official pin trading copyright stamp.
• No money or gifts may be exchanged for pins.
• Name pins and lanyards may not be traded with team members.