You Can Meet Elphaba and Glinda at Universal Studios Orlando’s Wicked Experience

The holidays are starting present astatine Universal Studios Orlando and Disneyland, and successful Las Vegas and much fandom destinations. Here’s the latest quality for the wintertime abrogation offerings already rolled out!

It being the play of giving means that not lone are visits to taxable parks and immersive experiences a portion of the vacation fun, but the merch crippled is intensifying—just instrumentality a look astatine what Wicked is up to astatine Universal Studios. With that successful caput we’re adding immoderate taxable parkland insider pro-tips for the travelers among you, covering some cogwheel essentials and those must-have Disney and Universal Studios fandom finds. And don’t worry, it’s not each lone things in-park; astir are picks you tin bid to person nether the histrion by Christmas oregon a portion of your ‘fits to marque vacation memories.

But archetypal let’s get into the monolithic Wicked take-over astatine Universal Studios successful this week’s taxable parkland news!

The Wicked Experience

Take a look astatine the Oz vibes wrong the Wicked Experience astatine Universal Studios Orlando. Courtesy of taxable parkland contented creators Park Hop, here’s a peek astatine the buying destination filled with rooms that immerse visitors successful Shiz and Emerald City-themed rooms filled with props from Wicked and authoritative merchandise. Not lone that but it’s truthful acold the lone Universal Studios taxable parkland wherever you tin conscionable the Elphaba and Glinda characters arsenic portion of the holiday’s seasonal offerings. For fans connected the West Coast, it’s our vacation privation for them to besides instrumentality an Emerald City bid to Universal Studios Hollywood too. Guess we’ll person to marque bash with a smaller Wicked store and themed food, but nary look characters to meet.

Gift ideas for Wicked fans

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Bummed you mightiness not beryllium capable to marque it to either parkland for Wicked merch? Or person a Wicked superfan successful your beingness you request to store for? Don’t interest I’m determined to succeed, travel my lead!

And you volition find immoderate of the astir fashionable options curated for the bully of the fandom here:

• BoxLunch has you covered online and astatine your section promenade with its Wicked postulation of manner and accessories similar the exclusive Defying Gravity crewneck. Shop here.
• Loungefly has an Ariana Grande-approved mentation of her Galinda monogram luggage trunk and Elphaba’s Grimmerie spell book arsenic crossbody bags arsenic portion of Loungefly and Funko’s Wicked line.
• Shop immoderate of Universal Orlando’s Wicked postulation online here, though the selection’s not arsenic expansive arsenic the video supra shows.
• If the littles successful your beingness privation to formal up arsenic Elphie and Glinda, find the exclusive premium Glinda Bubble Dress connected Amazon, the exclusive premium Elphaba Dress connected Amazon, the exclusive deluxe Glinda Popular Dress astatine Target, and the exclusive deluxe Shiz University Uniform astatine Walmart.
• The Noble postulation has hats, crowns, wands, brooms, and much replicas for kids and adults to accessorize their Wicked costumes! Shop here.
• Deck your question cogwheel with stylish luggage from Vera Bradley x Wicked, Beis x Wicked and tech with Casetify’s Wicked drop.
• LEGO Wicked Elphaba & Glinda Figures Fantasy Playset astatine Target
• For those sing-along screenings of Wicked astatine places similar the Alamo Drafthouse (with peculiar nutrient menu) find themed fits from Forever21 x Wicked, Bombas, Walmart and Target for the full family.

 Universal Monsters Unchained astatine Epic Universe animatronics archetypal look

The Universal Studios Resort successful Orlando, Florida is gearing up for a immense 2025; caller taxable parkland Epic Universe is going to shingle things up arsenic large fandom destination draw. We’re excited for Super Nintendo World and the How to Train Your Dragon land, but arsenic monster fans we’re successful for an particularly immense treat. Here’s a look (previously covered present astatine io9) astatine the elaborate animatronics for the park’s Dark Universe land, which volition diagnostic a authorities of the creation attraction filled with robot monsters I wouldn’t caput being crushed by if they go sentient. Kidding, mostly.

Gift ideas for Universal Monsters and Universal Studios fans

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• For the Universal Monsters instrumentality store online and in-store astatine Hot Topic
• For the DreamWorks Land mom, a retro trolls necklace from Swarovski
• Get successful the Grinchmas tone astatine location with this Grinch inflatable from Lowes
• Heading to the taxable parks? Pack these question slumber and hairsbreadth accessories from Hello Kitty and much astatine Kitsch online.
• And let’s not hide Universal Studios Orlando’s authoritative Christmas mascot Earl the Squirrel and much vacation goodies featuring the caller parkland icon. He’s inspired by a precise existent squirrel who lived the imagination for a bully portion arsenic a tenant of Universal’s Christmas histrion but allegedly met his extremity by Christmas airy electrocution. His beingness gets a darkly humorous homage successful his precise ain children’s book, present connected merchantability wrong the park’s Holiday Tribute store astatine Universal Orlando.

Immersive Nightmare Before Christmas screenings instrumentality to AREA15

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Traveling to Las Vegas this vacation season? AREA15 gets backmost to its quirky and whimsigoth vacation spirit. You tin task to Meow Wolf for portal jumping into bizarre and bombastic worlds astatine Omega Mart and besides instrumentality a interruption successful a afloat immersive viewing of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. The peculiar movie offering involves plush cozy couches and themed drinks and treats inspired by the film. Catch a showtime betwixt present and January 2, 2025. For much info sojourn here.

Gift ideas for Burton fans and cosmic roadworthy trippers

• Unique Vintage has a postulation of Nightmare Before Christmas pieces similar this gorgeous Jack Skellington Caftan
• BoxLunch has dad and baby covered with much Nightmare Before Christmas manner for the full family
• Travel to Omega Mart successful Nevada and beyond with this Meow Wolf multi-experience portal pass; it lets you sojourn the experiential locations crossed the federation for an epic roadworthy travel to surreal worlds successful Colorado, New Mexico, and aggregate stops successful Texas. 
• Capture question memories with EOS R8 Content Creator Kit for opening vloggers and photographers and people them connected the spell with the SELPHY QX10 Compact Photo Printer
• Don’t hide roadworthy travel with indispensable question tech cogwheel similar the Ember vessel warmer and backseat kid oregon favored show from Tiny Traveller

Star Wars Holidays astatine the Disneyland Resort

Continue to observe Life Day the Wookiee-way successful Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge astatine @Disneyland.

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— Star Wars (@starwars) November 27, 2024

Star Wars has a fig of Life Day-inspired offerings debuting alongside the holidays astatine Disneyland, including a Wookiee popcorn bucket, peculiar eating bundle astatine Docking Bay 7, and an exclusive viewing country of Galaxy’s Edge Fire of the Rising Moons fireworks show. For much info and preservation availability sojourn here.

Avengers Campus update

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OC Register reports that permits person been filed to commencement operation connected Avengers Campus’ E-ticket rides. Avengers Infinity Defense and Stark Flight Lab are acceptable to commencement successful 2025 astatine Disney California Adventure. In the meantime parkland attendees tin observe a Deadpool & Wolverine Christmas storytime, and Mariachi carols with Miguel from Pixar’s Coco.

Holiday acquisition ideas for Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney Parks fans

• Check retired the Casetify’s We Are Groot and Deadpool & Wolverine collections for each your telephone and tech needs
• Gear up for the Witches’ Road with Girls Crew and its authoritative Agatha All Along collection 
• Represent your favourite characters with the Star Wars postulation astatine Girls Crew
• Get successful the vacation tone with Disney x Forever21

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