The twister is suddenly just feet
from where guests stand -- five stories of dark, menacing, swirling
fury. The Terminator reaches through the screen and comes straight for
the audience. E.T. invites guests to travel to his home planet, and
Barney, the lovable purple dinosaur, offers unconditional love to
children of all ages. The place is Universal Studios Florida the theme
park where guests are thrilled 365 days a year by some of the most
innovative theme park rides and shows ever created.
Universal Studios Florida which
opened in 1990, is a place where millions of guests each year get to go
behind the scenes and straight into some of the best loved films of all
time to literally live the movies.
MEN
IN BLACK ALIEN ATTACK
The new MEN IN BLACK Alien Attack
ride, located at Universal Studios at Universal Orlando officially
opened to the public on April 14, 2000.Hailed by designers as the
"world's first life-size, ride-through, interactive video game
experience," MEN IN BLACK Alien Attack features Will Smith and Rip
Torn and is the first-ever attraction where guests (and the aliens)
determine each ride's outcome by their individual and collective
abilities
JAWS
Just when you thought it was safe
to go back into the water, JAWS strikes with a vengeance. One of the top
movie blockbuster thrillers in history, Jaws kept millions of
beach-goers out of the water and in theaters. Now, the Great White is
back with a ferocious fury never before seen. The incredibly realistic,
multi-sensory ride adventure JAWS reawakens guests' most primal fears
and excites the imagination to new heights by recreating the
spine-tingling thrills of Steven Spielberg's blockbuster movie. Three
tons of sheer terror, JAWS infiltrates the senses and shocks the
emotions.
TWlSTER...RIDE IT OUT
Based on the hit film, TWlSTER...Ride
It Out places guests a mere 20 feet away from the awesome live spectacle
of a five-story tornado. Discovering just how treacherous a twister can
be, 2,400 guests per hour encounter intensifying winds and pounding rain
as they brave Mother Nature's fury in this state-of-the-art attraction.
The ominous funnel, the largest indoor tornado ever created, circulates
enough air to fill four blimps in one minute, resulting in the deafening
freight train sound often associated with actual tornadoes.
WOODY WOODPECKER'S KIDZONE
12,500 foam balls, 15,000 gallons
of water, gizmos, gadgets, squirters, shooters and a kid-friendly roller
coaster are just the beginning at Woody Woodpecker's KidZone, the newest
attraction at Universal Studios Florida. The KidZone combines two new
attractions, Woody Woodpacker's Nuthouse Coaster and Curious George Goes
to Town - an interactive play area based on the mischievous monkey in
H.A. and Margaret Rey's beloved children's books. The KidZone also
unites several other existing children's attractions, including the
Animal Actors Stage, A Day in the Park With Barney, Fievel's Playland
and the E.T. Adventure.
TERMINATOR 2: 3-D
This virtual adventure is the most
elaborate and technologically advanced theme park experience ever
created. Based on the blockbuster motion picture Terminator2, the
centerpiece of Terminator 2: 3-D is an innovative 12-minute, 3-D film
shot especially for Universal that features the cast and creative team
from the Terminator films. An all-new Terminator adventure, Terminator
2: 3-D puts guests smack in the middle of the action through innovative
3-D film-making, live action stunt work and state-of-the-art special
effects.
BACK TO THE FUTURE...THE RIDE
Engulfed in a cold fog,
time-travelers free-fall down volcanic tunnels aflame with red-hot
molten lava, cascading and careening through the past, present and
future in the most ambitious ride ever engineered. Back To The
Future...The Ride utilizes specially designed DeLoreans powered by the
latest in state-of-the-art motion-based technology. Guests literally
become Doc Brown's time-traveling volunteers as they are led on a wild
chase from the Ice Age to the year 2015.
KONGFRONTATION!
King Kong, six-tons of howling,
growling fury, awaits visitors inside Kongfrontation. Visitors board an
aerial tramway in Manhattan, where they come face-to-face with one of
the most famous -- and terrifying - screen monsters ever in a
heart-stopping, bone-chilling adventure that puts people into the middle
of motion picture action. The largest animatrenic ever created, King
Kong stands nearly four stories tall.
EARTHQUAKE: THE BIG ONE
Earthquake: The Big One, a
quaking, shaking, seismic sensation, puts visitors right into the center
of one of the most shattering disaster films in movie history. Based on
the Academy Award-winning film, the attraction introduces visitors to
the world of special effects and then invites them to experience an 8.3
Richter Scale quake from the seeming comfort of a San Francisco subway
train. Fiery explosions, crashing trains, tumbling wails and tidal waves
engulf visitors in an experience so real, guests still quake after
seeing how the magic is created.
E.T. ADVENTURE
It's an adventure beyond the
stars. An adventure beyond belief. Housed in one of the world's largest
soundstages, the E.T. Adventure continues the endearing saga of the
world's most beloved screen character from one of the most popular
movies of all time, E.T.--The Extraterrestrial. Studio guests are
uplifted figuratively and literally as they climb aboard starbound
bicycles, feel the wind on their faces and venture across the endless
universe with E.T. in an effort to save his dying home - the mysterious,
mist-shrouded "Green Planet."
FUNTASTIC WORLD OF
HANNA-BARBERA
Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo, the
Flintstones and the Jetsons lead guests on a high-speed, non-stop chase
where they actually become part of a cartoon in the FUNtastic World of
Hanna Barbera. And after guests have experienced this family-friendly
motion simulator, kids can become rock stars of the Stone Age as they
play the Flintstones' piano with their feet while talented pterodactyls
squawk out a hit in a fabulous, fun-filled interactive area where
visitors learn how cartoons are made.
A DAY IN THE PARK WITH BARNEY
It's a whimsical, magical,
sing-along, clap-along, imaginatively interactive show at A Day in the
Park with Barney, Universal Studios Florida's super-dee-duper attraction
that is the only place in the world where children can see Barney five
every day. Featuring Barney, the lovable purple dinosaur, his best
friend Baby Bop and her big brother B J, the attraction showcases some
of Barney's best-loved songs, such as "Mr. Knickerbocker" and
"I Love You" in a specially designed, naturally themed,
splendid park-like setting. The 60,000 square-foot attraction also
boasts soothing colors and soft sounds as well as an innovative,
handicapped accessible interactive play area.
FIEVEL'S PLAYLAND
Children are whisked into a
fantasy adventure based on one of the most popular animated characters
of all time at Fievel's Playland. This interactive, three-dimensional
adventure of giant props and sets painstakingly recreated from both
"American Tail" films features a four-story tall,
200-foot-long water slide and "transports" guests into a
mouse-sized universe.
ANIMAL ACTORS STAGE
The extraordinary animal magnetism
of the screen's most lovable stars draws audiences
irresistibly to the Animal Actors
Stage, starring Lassie, Beethoven, Benji, Cory the Chimp and Mister Ed,
along with a supporting cast of birds, cats and other assorted wildlife.
These talented furry and feathered actors win guests' hearts with their
incredible tricks and feats.
BEETLE JUICE'S GRAVEYARD REVUE
This live, 25-minute rock 'n roll
dance concert of some of rock's greatest classics features the musical
misfits of horror, including Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera, The
Wolfman, The Bride of Frankenstein and the Frankenstein monster himself
- literally pounding out the hits in a monstrous special effects
production. Serving as the macabre maestro of these wretched rap
refugees, fresh from a Catskills gig (yes, the Catskills are dead -
that's why he did the gig) is Beetlejuice - a ghoul with the cool.
Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue could literally wake the dead with
pulsating music combined with hot MTV-style dance steps choreographed in
synchronization with brilliant high tech lighting, special effects and
illusions.
BLUES BROTHERS IN CHICAGO BOUND
Jake and Elwood Blues team up with
a waitress and saxophone-playing waiter to sing the blues, a little soul
and a lot of rock 'n roll on Universal's Delancey Street in The Blues
Brothers - Chicago Bound show that's sure to shake up visitors.
DYNAMITE NIGHTS STUNTACULAR
The Dynamite Nights Stuntacular
serves as Universal's nightly fiery finale. Soaring 60 feet through the
air, stunt boat drivers feel the heat from a 2000-degree wall of flame.
An in-your-face extravaganza, punctuated with thundering pyrotechnics
and plenty of raw-throated, open-throttle stunts, the show is performed
aboard a fleet of stunt boaats blasting through an eightacre lagoon.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE ART OF
MAKING MOVIE
Maybe it's not such a good idea to
take a shower. Universal Studios Florida reveals the terrifying secrets
of the legendary director whose name sends chills down guests' spines --
Alfred Hitchcock. Actors recreate the chilling shower scene in
"Psycho," while the spooky house from the thriller looms in
the distance at Universars Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies.
THE WILD, WILD, WILD WEST STUNT
SHOW
Hold on to yer hats. Crackling
bullwhips, whirlwind fistfights, thunderous gunplay and explosive
western mayhem are combined in the fast-action Wild, Wild, Wild West
Stunt Show. One of the most daring live stunt shows ever devised, it
features the finest stuntmen and stuntwomen in a 15-minute action-comedy
that involves more than 100 stunts unfolding amidst shattering
buildings, thunderous gunfights, breathtaking horseplay and an explosive
finale that literally brings the house down.
LUCY: A TRIBUTE
She was America's queen of comedy.
Her career spanned the vaudeville stage, classic motion pictures and the
golden age of television. Indeed, Lucille Ball was a one-of-a-kind
talent, loved by millions of all ages. Lucy: A Tribute features
never-before-seen memorabilia of the "zany redhead's" life
both in front of and away from the public's adoring eye, set in a
specially designed, interactive showcase.
