{"id":173335,"date":"2026-03-01T00:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/173335\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T00:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:47:08","slug":"prince-gator-meet-and-greet-for-mardi-gras-2026-at-universal-studios-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/173335\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Gator Meet and Greet for Mardi Gras 2026 at Universal Studios Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although we\u2019ve known that <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/prince-gator-character-arrives-for-mardi-gras-2026-at-universal-studios-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Prince Gator was meeting <\/a>for Universal Mardi Gras: International Flavors of Carnaval 2026, WDWNT has finally gotten the chance to meet him in the flesh (or scales).<\/p>\n<p>Prince Gator <a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UOR-USF-Prince-Gator1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"Prince Gator is the son of King Gator. King Gator is a fan-favorite float that closes out\u00a0the nightly parade.\u00a0The character has a necklace of gold and purple beads and a matching crown. He meets in font of a themed Mardi Gras banner with images of his face, crowns, and jester hats.\" class=\"wp-image-1385597 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UOR-USF-Prince-Gator1.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"2560\" data-eio-rheight=\"1920\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UOR-USF-Prince-Gator1.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Gator is the son of King Gator. King Gator is a fan-favorite float that closes out\u00a0the nightly parade.\u00a0The character has a necklace of gold and purple beads and a matching crown. He meets in font of a themed Mardi Gras banner with images of his face, crowns, and jester hats.\" class=\"wp-image-1385597\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prince Gator is the son of King Gator. King Gator is a fan-favorite float that closes out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/mardi-gras-2026-parade-at-universal-orlando-resort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">the nightly parade.<\/a>\u00a0The character has a necklace of gold and purple beads and a matching crown. He meets in front of a themed Mardi Gras banner with images of his face, crowns, masks, and jester hats.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UOR-USF-Prince-Gator4-edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1721\" height=\"1291\" data-id=\"1385601\" alt=\"Character appearances are subject to change, and he does not have a specific set schedule. However, times are usually on the hour from 2:00 p.m. through 6:00 p.m.\" class=\"wp-image-1385601 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UOR-USF-Prince-Gator4-edited.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"1721\" data-eio-rheight=\"1291\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1721\" height=\"1291\" data-id=\"1385601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UOR-USF-Prince-Gator4-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Character appearances are subject to change, and he does not have a specific set schedule. However, times are usually on the hour from 2:00 p.m. through 6:00 p.m.\" class=\"wp-image-1385601\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Character appearances are subject to change, and he does not have a specific set schedule. However, times are usually on the hour from 2:00 p.m. through 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/full-guide-to-2026-universal-mardi-gras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Universal Mardi Gras: International Flavors of Carnaval 2026<\/a> runs from February 7 through April 4, 2026, at Universal Studios Florida. Prince Gator is expected to meet throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>Have you met Prince Gator? 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":"Although we\u2019ve known that Prince Gator was meeting for Universal Mardi Gras: International Flavors of Carnaval 2026, WDWNT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140,71598,34767,82274,6114],"class_list":{"0":"post-173335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-orlando","9":"tag-orlando-headlines","10":"tag-orlando-news","11":"tag-prince-gator","12":"tag-universal-mardi-gras","13":"tag-universal-mardi-gras-international-flavors-of-carnaval-2026","14":"tag-universal-studios-florida"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173335","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=173335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}