The Latest Breaking News from Universal Orlando

Universal Orlando is raising its minimum wage from $15 to $17 an hour starting June 4, boosting the theme park company’s base pay to $2 more than Walt Disney World’s current rate.

As Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando help build affordable apartments for employees and the public, questions remain about who is going to get to live there and what other local businesses, if any, will follow suit.

Universal Orlando Resort is soon set to debut its first-ever escape rooms, inspired by classic sci-fi franchises “Jurassic World” and “Back to the Future.”

Universal Orlando and Universal’s other theme parks continued to improve parent company Comcast’s earnings last quarter, but a top executive on Thursday nonetheless raised the possibility of layoffs and other cost-cutting across the company in preparation for a potential recession next year.

Next semester, select master’s students at the University of Central Florida will call Universal Orlando their classroom.

ORLANDO, Fla. — On International Drive near Sand Lake Road in Orlando, more than a dozen cranes tower behind souvenir T-shirt shops, forming a backdrop to The Wheel at ICON Park.

The Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) looks to make face coverings optional for fully vaccinated guests indoors and outdoors at Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts from February 17. Those who are not fully vaccinated will continue wearing face coverings in all indoor locations at its parks in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Face coverings…

Universal Orlando will no longer require fully vaccinated visitors to wear face masks indoors at its resort starting Saturday.

What's new in theme parks for 2022 including new rides and attractions at UK theme parks like Alton Towers and Paultons Park, as well as the likes of Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and a Peppa Pig theme park