Wender·Vista
Universal Studios Florida
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
northeast of downtown Orlando

Universal Studios Florida

— — the back lot you can walk into.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The movie-themed half of Universal Orlando Resort, open since 7 June 1990 on a former orange grove northeast of downtown Orlando. The park is laid out as six themed streets: Hollywood, New York, San Francisco, the Wizarding World's Diagon Alley, World Expo, and Production Central. The Hogwarts Express runs between Diagon Alley here and Hogsmeade in the neighbouring Islands of Adventure.

from the studio
Universal Studios Florida
— bring it home

Universal Studios Florida, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Universal Studios Florida

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Universal Studios Florida is the original theme park of the Universal Orlando Resort, located on Universal Boulevard northeast of downtown Orlando, Florida. The park opened on 7 June 1990 and covers about 440 acres including back-lot and parade facilities. Annual attendance reached roughly 10.7 million in 2023, making it the seventh-most-visited theme park in the world. The resort also includes Islands of Adventure, Volcano Bay water park, the new Epic Universe (opened May 2025), and the CityWalk dining district.

— informed by Wikipedia, Universal Orlando
— the visit

The park is open every day, with operating hours that lengthen for summer and holiday peaks. A single-day, single-park ticket runs in the $120 to $140 range depending on date; multi-park and Park-to-Park options unlock the Hogwarts Express between Diagon Alley here and Hogsmeade in Islands of Adventure. Universal Express skip-the-line access is included with rooms at the three Premier resort hotels (Portofino Bay, Hard Rock, Royal Pacific) and sold separately otherwise. Strollers, ECVs, and wheelchairs rent at the front gate.

— the year

Universal runs four major seasonal overlays. Mardi Gras takes the New York and Production Central streets from late January through April with nightly parades and concerts. Halloween Horror Nights runs after-hours on selected nights from late August through early November and is the park's largest annual event by attendance. Holidays in the Wizarding World projection-maps the Hogwarts Express and Diagon Alley through December, and the year closes with a New Year's Eve party in the main lagoon plaza.

— informed by Halloween Horror Nights
— where
United States · Orlando, Orange County, Florida
— within
Universal Orlando Resort
— elevation
30 m · 98 ft
— position
28.4744° N · 81.4675° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
1 km S
Islands of Adventure
theme park
2 km S
Volcano Bay
water park
6 km SE
Epic Universe
theme park
1 km S
CityWalk
dining district
6 km S
ICON Park
entertainment complex
N
Universal Studios Florida
Islands of Adventure
Volcano Bay
Epic Universe
CityWalk
ICON Park
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Universal Studios Florida — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Universal Studios Florida sits on Universal Boulevard in north Orlando, about 12 km northeast of downtown and roughly 25 km from Walt Disney World. It is part of the larger Universal Orlando Resort complex.

The park opened on 7 June 1990 as Universal's first theme park outside Hollywood, California. It was originally built around a working back-lot for film and television production, with rides designed around active soundstages.

Diagon Alley is the second of Universal Orlando's two Wizarding World of Harry Potter lands, opened on 8 July 2014 inside Universal Studios Florida. It contains Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts and links by Hogwarts Express to Hogsmeade.

Universal Studios Florida covers about 440 acres, including back-lot and parade facilities. The full Universal Orlando Resort, which also includes Islands of Adventure, Volcano Bay, Epic Universe, and CityWalk, covers roughly 1,100 acres in total.

A separately ticketed after-hours event held on selected nights from late August through early November. It transforms the park into a series of haunted houses and scare zones based on horror films, original concepts, and licensed properties.

Universal Studios Florida is the movie-and-television-themed park; Islands of Adventure is the cinematic-adventure park, with Marvel Super Hero Island and Hogsmeade. They share the Hogwarts Express and a common entrance plaza at CityWalk.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. For many Florida families and lifelong fans, Universal Studios is a generational landmark on par with Walt Disney World. A Medium or Large with a handwritten studio note carries well.

The warm cinema lights, brick-front streets, and lagoon blues sit well in Cinema-room, American-pop, and warm-eclectic interiors. The palette has more colour than most of our pieces and reads as celebratory rather than quiet.

Yes. The current wave of theme-park collector interiors favours framed maps, attraction-poster art, and recognisable park imagery in place of generic merchandise. A Universal Studios Florida tile fits the vocabulary directly.

A single Large reads cleanly above a standard three-seat sofa. The 4-tile Mural carries the park's skyline across a wider wall, and the 9-tile Mural suits a media room or playroom feature wall.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and handle the humidity of a bath wall or the splash zone behind a sink without affecting the colour.

A soft microfibre cloth and clean water. No solvents, no abrasive pads, no glass cleaner. The colour lives in the surface, so normal cleaning will not lift it.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license outside artwork or resell stock images. Reid Wender curates and paints the atlas, one place at a time.

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