List of Universal Studios Florida attractions
Encyclopedia
This is a list of present attractions at the Universal Studios Florida
theme park/movie studio
located at Universal Orlando Resort
in Orlando, Florida
United States
, grouped by the park sections in which they are located.
A 4-D film
set between the events of the motion pictures Shrek and Shrek 2
.
An X-Car roller coaster
featuring a rider selectable music soundtrack and other unique features.
An outdoor open air music stage and plaza styled alike to the Hollywood Bowl
.
An outdoor interactive meet-and-greet attraction located across from the exit of Shrek's Ye Olde Souvenir Shoppe.
A live-action attraction which uses special effects to simulate a tornado. Based on the 1996 film Twister.
An indoor roller coaster based on The Mummy remake film series
.
An outdoor show with classic rock and soul songs performed by The Blues Brothers
.
An interactive attraction which allows visitors to preview an upcoming Universal Pictures
produced motion picture or television show.
An outdoor Rock N' Roll show starring Beetlejuice
and the various Universal Monsters
, such as Count Dracula
, Frankenstein's monster
, The Bride of Frankenstein and The Wolf Man
.
A special effects ride which puts guests inside the middle of a new disaster film
made by faux film company Disaster! Studios.
A special effects water ride
that places guests aboard Captain Jake's Amity Boat Tours for a tour around Amity Island, hoping to avoid the menace known as JAWS
.
A live-action stunt show
that places real park guests into the action of the former NBC
series Fear Factor
.
A spinning, laser shooting dark ride
where guests join the ranks of the Men in Black
to save New York City
from a recent alien invasion.
A simulator ride which takes riders through the world of Krustyland with The Simpsons
characters.
A live action family show starring some of Universal Studios' most famous animal movie actors.
A dark ride based on the 1982 hit film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
A sing-along children's show starring Barney the Dinosaur.
A children's play area based on the films An American Tail
and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
.
A junior children's roller coaster hosted by Universal Studios' mascot Woody Woodpecker
.
A children's play area based on the book Curious George
.
An outdoor stage show starring the various costumed characters of the Kidzone area performing 1980s era songs.
An indoor make-up effects show based on Universal's legacy of Horror films.
A combination of a 4-D film, live-action, special effects stage show based on the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
A walkthrough museum and exhibit.
An outdoor stage show featuring various 1950s hit songs performed by The Vinyls, a cover band.
A fireworks and pyrotechnics effects show featuring famous clips from Universal Pictures
films projected onto four large inflated domes in the park's epicenter lake.
Universal Studios Florida
Universal Studios Florida is an American theme park located in Orlando, Florida. Opened on June 7, 1990, the park's theme is the entertainment industry, in particular movies and television. Universal Studios Florida inspires its guests to "ride the movies," and it features numerous attractions and...
theme park/movie studio
Movie studio
A movie studio is a term used to describe a major entertainment company or production company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to film movies...
located at Universal Orlando Resort
Universal Orlando Resort
Universal Orlando Resort is a theme park resort in Orlando, Florida. It is wholly owned by NBCUniversal and its affiliates. The resort consists of two theme parks , Universal CityWalk , and three Loews Hotels...
in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, grouped by the park sections in which they are located.
Production Central
- Shrek 4-DShrek 4-DShrek 4-D is a 4-D film at various theme parks around the world. Universal Parks & Resorts owns the main rights to the film which is currently shown at their parks in Hollywood, Florida, Japan and Singapore...
- Operated: June 12, 2003–present
A 4-D film
4-D film
4-D film is a marketing term that describes an entertainment presentation system combining a 3-D film with physical effects in the theatre, which occur in synchronization with the film...
set between the events of the motion pictures Shrek and Shrek 2
Shrek 2
Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek...
.
- Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
- Operated: August 19, 2009–present
An X-Car roller coaster
Roller coaster
The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...
featuring a rider selectable music soundtrack and other unique features.
- The Universal Music Plaza Stage
- Operated: February 21, 2009–present
An outdoor open air music stage and plaza styled alike to the Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States that is used primarily for music performances...
.
- Donkey's Photo FinishDonkey's Photo FinishDonkey's Photo Finish is an interactive meet and greet attraction located at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood. The attraction opened Spring, 2003 in the former Stage 54 building at the Florida park and in a building at the Hollywood park which had formerly been...
- Operated: May 2003–present
An outdoor interactive meet-and-greet attraction located across from the exit of Shrek's Ye Olde Souvenir Shoppe.
New York
- Twister...Ride it OutTwister...Ride it OutTwister... Ride It Out is a special effects simulation attraction located at Universal Studios Florida, based on the 1996 film Twister. It was announced in 1997 and replaced the Ghostbusters Spooktacular attraction in the New York area of the park...
- Operated: May 4, 1998–present
A live-action attraction which uses special effects to simulate a tornado. Based on the 1996 film Twister.
- Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride
- Operated: May 25, 2004–present
An indoor roller coaster based on The Mummy remake film series
The Mummy (franchise)
The Mummy is any one of three series of adventure films about an ancient Egyptian priest accidentally resurrected, who brings with him a powerful curse, and the efforts of heroic archeologists to stop him.-Universal Horror Films:...
.
- The Blues Brothers ShowThe Blues Brothers ShowThe Blues Brothers Show is a live show attraction located at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood . The show first debuted at the Florida park in March 1991 in the New York area, and later at the Hollywood park in the Upper Lot area...
- Operated: March 1991–present
An outdoor show with classic rock and soul songs performed by The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live...
.
- Delancey Street Preview CenterDelancey Street Preview CenterDelancey Street Preview Center is an attraction located at Universal Studios Florida. It is seasonal, and is an interactive attraction allowing park guests to preview an upcoming Universal Studios' Film or television show.-Summary:...
- Opened: Spring 2006–present
An interactive attraction which allows visitors to preview an upcoming Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
produced motion picture or television show.
San Francisco
- Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard RevueBeetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard RevueBeetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue is a live stage show based on the film of the same name and Universal's Classic Monsters. It is located at Universal Studios Florida, and, formerly, at Universal Studios Hollywood. The venue at the Hollywood park was removed in 2002, and replaced by...
- Operated: 1992–present
An outdoor Rock N' Roll show starring Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros...
and the various Universal Monsters
Universal Monsters
Universal Monsters or Universal Horror is the name given to a series of distinctive horror, suspense and science fiction films made by Universal Studios from 1923 to 1960...
, such as Count Dracula
Count Dracula
Count Dracula is a fictional character, the titular antagonist of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula and archetypal vampire. Some aspects of his character have been inspired by the 15th century Romanian general and Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler...
, Frankenstein's monster
Frankenstein's monster
Frankenstein's monster is a fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. The creature is often erroneously referred to as "Frankenstein", but in the novel the creature has no name...
, The Bride of Frankenstein and The Wolf Man
Larry Talbot
Lawrence Stuart "Larry" Talbot is a fictional character and antihero who appears as the protagonist of the 1941 Universal film The Wolf Man, where he was portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr...
.
- Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You!
- Operated: January 17, 2008–present
A special effects ride which puts guests inside the middle of a new disaster film
Disaster film
A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...
made by faux film company Disaster! Studios.
Amity
- Jaws
- Operated: June 7, 1990–present
A special effects water ride
Water ride
Water rides are amusement rides that are set over water. For instance, a log flume travels through a channel of water to move along its course...
that places guests aboard Captain Jake's Amity Boat Tours for a tour around Amity Island, hoping to avoid the menace known as JAWS
Jaws (film series)
Jaws is an American film franchise that consists of a novel, four films, a theme park ride, and other tie-in merchandise. The franchise primarily focuses on a great white shark, and its attacks on people in specific areas of the United States. The Brody family is featured in all of the films as the...
.
- Fear Factor LiveFear Factor LiveFear Factor Live is an attraction located at Universal Studios Florida, and previously, Universal Studios Hollywood. Both attractions opened in Spring of 2005. The Hollywood attraction was closed on August 14, 2008 to make way for Creature from the Black Lagoon: The Musical, which opened in Spring...
- Operated: May 2005–present
A live-action stunt show
Stunt show
Knott's Berry Farm's Wild West Stunt Show debuted on October 7, 1974. The show was written by Gary Salisbury and was only scheduled to run Monday through Friday during the Winter season in the Wagon Camp Theatre...
that places real park guests into the action of the former NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
series Fear Factor
Fear Factor
Fear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a...
.
World Expo
- Men in Black: Alien AttackMen in Black: Alien AttackMen in Black: Alien Attack is a spinning, laser-shooting dark ride located at Universal Studios Florida themed to the 1997 film, Men in Black. The building housing the ride was made to resemble a pavilion at the 1964 New York World Expo while the towers resemble their real life counterpart.The...
- Operated: April 8, 2000–present
A spinning, laser shooting dark ride
Dark ride
A dark ride or ghost train is an indoor amusement ride where riders in guided vehicles travel through specially lit scenes that typically contain animation, sound, music, and special effects....
where guests join the ranks of the Men in Black
Men in Black
Men in Black , in American popular culture and in UFO conspiracy theories, are men dressed in black suits who claim to be government agents who harass or threaten UFO witnesses to keep them quiet about what they have seen. It is sometimes implied that they may be aliens themselves...
to save New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
from a recent alien invasion.
- The Simpsons RideThe Simpsons RideThe Simpsons Ride is a simulator ride featured at the Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood theme parks. The ride is based on the animated television series The Simpsons. It was first announced in 2007 and replaced the Back to the Future: The Ride at both locations...
- Operated: May 15, 2008–present
A simulator ride which takes riders through the world of Krustyland with The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
characters.
Woody Woodpecker's Kidzone
- Animal Actors On Location!
- Operated: 2006–present
A live action family show starring some of Universal Studios' most famous animal movie actors.
- E.T. AdventureE.T. AdventureE.T. Adventure is a dark ride featured at Universal Studios Florida and formerly, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Universal Studios Japan theme parks. The ride is based on the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. It is expected to open at Universal Studios South Korea and Universal Studios Dubailand...
- Operated: June 7, 1990–present
A dark ride based on the 1982 hit film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
- A Day in the Park with BarneyA Day in the Park with BarneyA Day in the Park with Barney is a show at Universal Studios Florida. It opened in 1995, on the former site of The Bates Motel Set used in Psycho IV: The Beginning. It is based on the children's television show, Barney & Friends...
- Operated: 1995–present
A sing-along children's show starring Barney the Dinosaur.
- Fievel's Playland
- Operated: 1992–present
A children's play area based on the films An American Tail
An American Tail
An American Tail is a 1986 American animated adventure film directed by Don Bluth and produced by Sullivan Bluth Studios and Amblin Entertainment. The film tells the story of Fievel Mouskewitz and his family as they immigrate from Russia to America for freedom. However, Fievel gets lost and must...
and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West is a 1991 American animated film produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio and released by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to An American Tail, and the fourth installment in terms of the series' fictional chronology...
.
- Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster
- Operated: 1999–present
A junior children's roller coaster hosted by Universal Studios' mascot Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic acorn woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz animation studio and distributed by Universal Pictures...
.
- Curious George Goes to TownCurious George Goes to TownCurious George Goes to Town is a children's aqua play and ball play area at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood . The attraction originally opened in 1998 at Universal Studios Florida, on the former site of The Bates Mansion Set used in Psycho IV: The Beginning...
- Operated: 1998–present
A children's play area based on the book Curious George
Curious George
Curious George is the protagonist of a series of popular children's books by the same name, written by Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey. The books feature a curious brown monkey named George, who is brought from his home in Africa by "The Man with The Yellow Hat" to live with him in a big city.When...
.
- StarToons: 80's Rewind
- Operated: 2008–present
An outdoor stage show starring the various costumed characters of the Kidzone area performing 1980s era songs.
Hollywood
- Universal's Horror Make-Up ShowUniversal's Horror Make-Up ShowUniversal's Horror Make-Up Show is an attraction located at Universal Studios Florida...
- Operated: June 7, 1990–present
An indoor make-up effects show based on Universal's legacy of Horror films.
- Terminator 2: 3-D Battle Across Time
- Operated: 1996–present
A combination of a 4-D film, live-action, special effects stage show based on the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
- Lucy: A Tribute
- Operated: June 7, 1990–present
A walkthrough museum and exhibit.
- Mel's Drive-In Concert
- Operated: June 7, 1990–present
An outdoor stage show featuring various 1950s hit songs performed by The Vinyls, a cover band.
Lagoon
- Universal 360: A Cinesphere SpectacularUniversal 360: A Cinesphere SpectacularUniversal 360: A Cinesphere Spectacular is a fireworks show attraction located at Universal Studios Florida. It replaced the Dynamite Nights Stunt Spectacular, and features famous scenes from Universal's films projected onto four large inflated domes in a lagoon located in the center of the park....
- Operated: July 4, 2006–present
A fireworks and pyrotechnics effects show featuring famous clips from Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
films projected onto four large inflated domes in the park's epicenter lake.