Complete Guide to DreamWorks Land at Universal Studios Florida

Written By Megan Hamilton
The all-new DreamWorks Land is an immersive and interactive land that the whole family can enjoy. 
Here’s your complete guide to DreamWorks Land to help you experience everything it has to offer!

Shrek’s Swamp Meet

At Shrek’s Swamp Meet— You can meet Shrek, Fiona and Donkey right outside of Shrek’s cottage, which looks like it was pulled straight from the swamp. 
Shrek and his crew meet every 30 minutes with their final appearance at 3:45 p.m. Meet times are posted on the Universal Orlando app and the next meet time is posted at the entrance of the swamp!

DreamWorks Land Rides

Trolls Trollercoaster

Hop on the iconic Caterbus and take a ride through the world of “Trolls” on this family-friendly rollercoaster! 
As you race through the colorful world of the Trolls, you’ll be pursued by some nasty spiders. Hold on tight as you slip through the giant web at the top, but don’t worry — you can count on the Caterbus to help you escape and live to sing another day! 
The height requirement for this family-friendly coaster is 36 inches, and it's offered on the Universal Express Pass.

DreamWorks Character Zone

Located near the entrance of the land, DreamWorks Character Zone is a one-stop shop for meeting and greeting even more characters! On one side, Gabby from “Gabby’s Dollhouse” will be available for photos. 
The other side will feature a rotating cast of your favorite DreamWorks friends from past, current and future films.

DreamWorks Land Play Areas

Poppy’s Playground

 Covered by a 20-foot mushroom, this shaded play area features colorful flowers and bugs with plenty of bouncing and climbing structures for little ones. Poppy’s Playground offers a great place for littles to get some energy out. As your kiddos  explores, they can find the flowers featuring the faces of their favorite Trolls characters! 
It also has the best shade for littles and adults trying to beat the heat and sun.

Shrek’s Swamp for Little Ogres

Shrek’s Swamp for Little Ogres is an interactive play area featuring slides — one of which you enter through Shrek’s outhouse — climbing structures and an interaction with everyone’s favorite fibber, Pinocchio. There’s also a wet play area to cool off.
Make sure to stop by Pinocchio's Fact Shack as he shares some fabricated facts with you. Don't froget to look down and around for ogre (and Donkey)-sized footprints and chalk art by Shrek and Fiona's little monsters, Fergus, Farkle and Felicia.

King Harold’s Swamp Symphony

King Harold’s Swamp Symphony lets guests create a melody of frog ribbits. Simply hop along the interactive lily pads and listen as the frogs on a log sing your song.

Mama Luna Feline Fiesta

Mama Luna Feline Fiesta is a themed interactive experience that takes place in Mama Luna’s retirement house for cats, as seen in “Puss and Boots 2: The Last Wish.” 
You can play with the multitude of cats who call Mama Luna’s home with the help of interactive buttons, bells, maracas, cranks, levers and tracking balls. In addition to the 60 cats that you can play with in Mama Luna’s, you may also catch Puss in Boots!
This spot is loaded with lots of Easter eggs from the film, and is another great area for when you're looking for some shade.

Po’s Kung Fu Training Camp

Inspired by the Panda Village in “Kung Fu Panda 3,” Po’s Kung Fu Training Camp is the perfect place for guests to take a stab at teir martial arts mastery
Panda Village, comes to life with both dry and wet play areas. On one side of the village, you can help the resident pandas wash and dry their laundry in an interactive wet and dry play space. 
On the other side of the training camp, you can visit Mr. Ping’s Noodle Kaboodle. Here, you can spin in one of the noodle bowls and make some silly sounds with the noodle spinners that hang from above. You can also find Mr. Ping himself.

DreamWorks Land Shows

DreamWorks Imagination Celebration

Located in the cloud-adorned DreamWorks Theater, DreamWorks Imagination Celebration is a new live show dedicated to the power of imagination! 
This is a seated theater where you’ll follow along with Zayne and Amara as they return to the hilltop they used to visit as kids. Zayne is worried he lost his gift for imagination, but Amara is determined to help him get it back.
During this 20-minute show, you’ll watch as DreamWorks characters come to life in the form of animations and puppets. There’s lots of singing, dancing,  and celebrating as Poppy, Branch, Po, Shrek, and more help Zayne believe in his imagination again.
Showtimes are posted on the Universal Orlando app and the next show time is posted at the entrance to the theater. This show is also offered on Universal Express.

Po Live!

 Po Live!, an interactive experience featuring the rotund Dragon Warrior. Po is eager to teach guests the art of kung fu, but he’s also in charge of babysitting his baby cousin, Ling Ling. And since this is Po we’re talking about, he’s also trying to cook at the same time. 
This 12-minute show runs every 15 minutes, and is another spot to grab a seat and some shade.
Showtimes are posted on the Universal Orlando app.

DreamWorks Land Food Spots

Swamp Snacks

At Swamp Snacks, you gotta order a Shrekzel!  It's one of many Shrek inspired snack you can try! Other options include a stuffed waffle inspired by Donkey’s culinary inclinations, Mud Puddle Pudding and a Swamp Dog.

Swamp Snack Menu:

  • Shrekzel
  • Far Far A Waffle
    • Pepperoni
    • Ham & Cheese
  • Swamp Dog: oozing green cheese hot dog wrapped in pizza tree bark
  • Mud Puddle Pudding: chocolate pudding, cookie crumbs, cookie cake and gummy bugs
  • Frozen Ogre Sour Apple - Ice Pop
  • Chonkey Donkey Chocolate - Ice Pop
  • Bottled Water
  • Powerade
  • Monster Energy
  • Warsteiner Pilsener
  • Miller Lite
  • Angry Orchard Cider
  • Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing
  • NÜTRL
  • High Noon
  • Coca-Cola Freestyle Souvenir Cup

Trolls Treats

Trolls Treats has some of the best ice cream at Universal Orlando Resort. You can choose from Poppylicious Pink or BroZone Berry.
The Poppy-licious Pink is pink lemonade-flavored, and the BroZone Berry ice cream is huckleberry-flavored.

DreamWorks Land Shopping

High Five Hideaway

There’s souvenirs like DreamWorks character headbands, Poppy and Branch plushies, Po fanny packs, kids swim shoes, and lots  more apparel featuring your favorite  DreamWorks Land characters.
Megan Hamilton
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