Universal Studios Florida
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| Location | Florida, USA |
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| Website | Universal Studios Florida Homepage |
| Owner | NBC Universal, The Blackstone Group |
| Opened | 1990 |
| Operating season | Year-round |
| Rides | total |
Universal Studios Florida is a theme park in Orlando, Florida, part of the Universal Orlando Resort. The park, which opened in 1990, is a park that lets visitors "Ride the Movies." It offers many shows and rides, along with countless other things for guests to see and do. Universal Studios Florida, its sister park Islands of Adventure, CityWalk, and several on-site hotels combine to make a complete vacation destination.
The park plays host to many special events throughout the year, including the popular Halloween Horror Nights in the fall.
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[edit] Attractions
The attractions at Universal Studios Florida are split into six different areas.
[edit] Production Central
- Shrek 4-D
- Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast
[edit] New York
[edit] Hollywood
- Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time
- Universal's Horror Make-Up Show
- Lucy - A Tribute
[edit] World Expo
- Men in Black: Alien Attack
- Back to the Future: The Ride
- Fear Factor Live!
[edit] San Francisco/Amity
- Jaws
- Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue
- Earthquake- and the Magic of Special Effects at the Movies
[edit] Woody Woodpecker's KidZone
- A Day in the Park with Barney
- Fievel's Playground
- Universal's Animal Actors
- Curious George Goes to Town
- Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster
- E.T. Adventure
[edit] Soundstages
The main buildings of Universal Studios Florida are Soundstages. In addition to the attractions, there are several soundstages that host various shows. Originally Soundstages 18 and 19 were exclusive to Nickelodeon Studios until Nickelodeon left in 2005, and most of Nickelodeon's game shows from 1989 on were produced there, including Get the Picture, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Family Double Dare, and so on. Among the productions hosted at USF in the past are World Championship Wrestling, major scenes of the movie Parenthood, the TV series version of Superboy, roller derby show RollerJam!, numerous commercials, and the Florida Lottery's Flamingo Fortune game show. It also hosted Wheel of Fortune when it visited Orlando while on national tours. Episodes of Fear Factor and Ellen Degenres's talk show were produced between 2004-2005 at various locations around the resort, as well as the Studios itself. Since June 2004, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling has produced its weekly television program, TNA iMPACT! from Soundstage 21, and has aired its pay-per-view events from the same place since November 2004; it is referred to as the "iMPACT! Zone" for this reason. Soundstage 33 can be rented out for private functions.
[edit] Former Attractions
- Kongfrontation (based on the film King Kong), opened in 1990 and closed in 2002, replaced by the Revenge of the Mummy attraction. The ride featured a queue which represented a New York City subway station. The ride itself took place in a Roosevelt Island Tramway cable car, where riders attempt to escape the wrath of Kong. The cable cars traveled above the streets of New York City and encountered the beast twice. It is the only attraction to feature a farewell sendoff for annual passholders at the resort to date.
- Murder, She Wrote Mystery Theatre (Replaced by Hercules and Xena)
- Ghostbusters Spooktacular (Replaced by Twister attraction)
- The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (Replaced by Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast, the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera ride was reborn in 2006 in The Park at MOA in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota under the name "Yogi's Big Rescue", and at various Paramount Parks).
- Nickelodeon Studios Tour- Space currently being overhauled into Blue Man Group performance theater, as announced on November 9, 2006. The theater will open for business in 2007 Under this plan, the building will become a part of Universal Studios Citywalk.[1]
- Animal Actors Stage was revamped as Animal Planet Live, then revamped once Animal Planet dropped sponsorship to Animal Actors On Location!
- Alfred Hitchcock, The Art of Making Movies (Replaced by Shrek 4-D).
- The Wild, Wild, Wild West Stunt Show (Replaced by Fear Factor Live).
- Stage 54 — a exhibition of props from recent Universal films (Replaced by an interactive experience with Donkey, connected to Shrek 4-D).
- Hercules and Xena: Wizards of the Screen(space currently empty and condemned)
- Psycho home tour with video
[edit] Dining
- Universal Studios Classic Monster Cafe
- Finnegan's Bar & Grill
- Louie's Italian Restaurant
- Lombard's Seafood Grille
- Richter's Burger Co.
- Captain Quint's Seafood and Chowder House Restaurant
- International Food and Film Festival
- Cafe La Bamba
- Mel's Drive-In
[edit] External links
- Official Resort Site
- Universal Orlando Resort on Google Maps
- Universal Excitement - Fan site
- Universal Ignited - Fan site
- [2]-Official site; formerly Universal Studios Escape page.
- [3]-Orlando Business journal article on Blue Man Group opening
| Roller coasters at Universal Orlando Resort |
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Dueling Dragons - Flying Unicorn - Incredible Hulk - Pteranodon Flyers - Revenge of the Mummy - Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster |
| edit | NBC Universal, Inc. (a subsidiary of General Electric) |
