{"id":165007,"date":"2026-02-22T20:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165007\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T20:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:57:06","slug":"mardi-gras-float-hits-curb-performers-evacuated-at-universal-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/165007\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras Float Hits Curb, Performers Evacuated at Universal Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Mardi Gras parade float at Universal Orlando Resort hit a curb yesterday, forcing the performers to evacuate. No injuries have been reported at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Studios Mardi Gras Float Hits Curb<\/p>\n<p>Instagram user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DVCku39jhkC\/?igsh=MTcyZ2doNmtkNnNwaw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">boone_times_two<\/a> posted a video yesterday, February 21, of the incident at Universal Studios Florida. The video starts with a close-up view of a stopped white truck, before panning out to show performers climbing out of the float. No injuries have been reported at this time.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the full video below:<\/p>\n<p>You can view our full guide to 2026 Mardi Gras: International Flavors of Carnaval at Universal Studios Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/full-guide-to-2026-universal-mardi-gras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">here<\/a>. The event runs through April 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be visiting Universal Studios during Mardi Gras season? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n<p>For more Universal Studios news from around the world, follow Universal Parks News Today on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniNewsToday\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversalParksNewsToday\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uninewstoday\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>. For Disney Parks news, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/category\/parks-resorts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDWNT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Mardi Gras parade float at Universal Orlando Resort hit a curb yesterday, forcing the performers to evacuate.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64755,64688,78638,34597,65246,71456,139,141,140,159,2749,3437,6114,59141],"class_list":{"0":"post-165007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-evacuated","9":"tag-float","10":"tag-internal-flavors-of-carnaval","11":"tag-mardi-gras","12":"tag-mardi-gras-2026","13":"tag-mardi-gras-parade","14":"tag-orlando","15":"tag-orlando-headlines","16":"tag-orlando-news","17":"tag-parade","18":"tag-universal-orlando-resort","19":"tag-universal-studios","20":"tag-universal-studios-florida","21":"tag-universal-studios-florida-mardi-gras"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}