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Universal Studios Hollywood
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Entrance
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A sign indicating which
movies and tv series are shot today.
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Universal Studios, Hollywoord, combines the biggest movie studio
in the world with a themepark. It shows you some of the movie magic
in the soundstages and the backlot. In the upper and lower lot you'll
find some themepark attractions, which are all themed after (Universal
Studio) movies.
I went to Universal Studios Hollywood on april 28, 2001. Be sure
to read the tripreport here.
You can find the official Universal Studios Hollywood website here.
The rides at Universal Studios Hollywood:
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Studio Tour
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Fake buildings
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More fake buildings
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The studio tour takes you through one of the sound stages
where a set has been set up especially for the tour and through
the backlot where you can see buildings from movies (such
as Back to the Future and Psycho) and tv series.
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And fake snow
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The backlot as
seen from the upper lot
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The Warner Brothers
studios behind the backlot
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| Cinemagic is an indoor show in a soundstage where they show
you the special effects used in movies. You'll be shown blue
screen effects and what a foley artist does (adding the sound
effects to a movie). It's like WB
Movie World Germany's Movie
Magic. This is one of the features that make a movie park
like this special. I'm not sure, but this might have been closed
(I went to this show in 2001) in 2002, since it's not on their
website and park maps anymore. |
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Backdraft
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where a plant has been set up that will go on fire. A real inferno.
Be sure not to miss this, since this is a rare attraction. |
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Back to the Future,
the ride
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Me, in front of
a Delorean
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A flightsim ride, where you sit in a sort of giant (8 person)
Delorean.
Type: Flightsim ride
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The green area
at the front is the scenery from Jurassic Park the ride
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Big splash at the
end of the ride
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Best of the waterrides I've ever been on. Very good Jurassic
Park theming and a lot of water.
Type: Waterride
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Year of build: 1996
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Think you can stay
dry?
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Wild wild wild
west stunt show
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Scene from the
show
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One of the several very high quality shows at Universal Studios.
It's got a lot of shooting, some parts of buildings collapsing
and people falling down a well. |
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Waterworld show
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Scene from the
show
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As you can see in the picture on the left, the theming is very
much like the movie. The entire show takes place in the atoll.
There's jet skis, a boat and even a plane (crashing into the
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Streets of the
world
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Shopping / restaurant
area themed after international streets
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Me, next to the
Blues Brothers car, parked along one of the streets.
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Some of the streets at Universal Studios Hollywood are modelled
after streets in cities around the world.
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Links:
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Universal Studios Hollywood
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