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First look at the theme park map for Universal Studios Singapore
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Thu, Nov 5
Click for larger versionIt's a "greatest hits" of the Universal theme parks, with a blend of rides and shows from Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Japan. The only ride I'd add, to make it perfect? Men in Black. But that's m...
Glendale Kia Partners With Universal Studios Hollywood for Halloween Horror … - Reuters
Original at talentworks.com
• Mon, Oct 26
By hollywood - Google News Glendale Kia Partners With Universal Studios Hollywood for Halloween Horror ... Reuters Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights® is Southern California's most terrifying Halloween event and the most intense "live" horror event ...
Universal Studios Hollywood Attractions
Original at General Theme Park
• Mon, Oct 19
By feeds@yuku.com (randyjay2002) We were are Universal on Saturday and Sunday. Backdraft and the Sound Stages have not been closed. They were both open and running (we did both on Saturday). The Transformers ride sounds awesome, but the ride will probalby be a minute or two long. The park was fairly crowded Saturday, but we sti...
News on a possible Universal Studios sale could come as early as tomorrow
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Tue, Oct 13
NBC Universal, in any case, would retain its ownership of Universal Studios Hollywood and 50% stake in Universal Orlando. (The other 50%, of course, being owned by Blackstone Group, which last week bought the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens parks in a separate deal.)
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood - Los Angeles Independent
Original at talentworks.com
• Tue, Oct 6
By hollywood - Google News Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood Universal Studios Hollywood has added four new maze experiences, four new “scare zones,” a new “Terror Tram” backlot experience, “Rocky Horror Picture Show: ...
Vote of the week: Paying extra for premium parking at a theme park?
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Fri, Sep 4
By Robert Niles: Several theme parks, including the closest to my home, Universal Studios Hollywood, now offer a premium parking option, available for an extra charge.Universal Hollywood's premium parking puts you in a surface lot just steps from the park's entrance, instead of in the...
Theme park deals, discounts and promo codes for September 2009
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Thu, Aug 27
• 1 related articles
Universal Studios Hollywood is discounting all tickets bought by Sept. 20. Discounts range from $5 to $15 off the regular price of $56. Disney Universal AAA offers a one-day Universal Hollywood ticket for $52.99. (The AAA deals for Universal Orlando are no better than the $99.99 7-day pass ava...
Universal wants you to be theirs forever
Original at ThrillNetwork.com
• Mon, Aug 24
By ThrillNetwork Joining the terrorizing lineup at Universal Studios Hollywood this year will be “My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever” an all-new multi-sensory horror experience and will be the star attraction at the park’s Halloween Horror Nights, which begins October 2. The maze is based on the 2009 th...
Universal Studios Hollywood's King Kong detailed | Lifthill
Original at faircarnivals.com
• Sat, Jul 25
By Showpeople The writer-director of the 2005 film "King Kong" is hard at work completing the "technologically complicated" King Kong attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood. Jackson spilled some of the attraction's details at this...
The Wolf's last howl, and other theme park notes for the weekend
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Fri, Jul 24
The Orlando Sentinel has a fun story about Walt Disney World's cast member canoe races, now in their 37th year in Florida. I paddled in the CROW when I worked TSI back in 1990. Despite being on the MK West team, which supposedly had a "home river" advantage, we got smoked. And soaked. And my arms hu...
Universal Hollywood hits its mark with grown-up 'Creature from the Black Lagoon'Original at Theme Park Insider
• Tue, Jun 30
By Robert Niles: Universal Studios Hollywood is trashing industry convention with Creature from the Black Lagoon, staging a raucous Broadway-quality musical that revels in adult humor.This isn't a show for the kiddies. Universal dusted off one of its classic monster franchises and br...
New shows, new themes and new tech at Universal Studios Hollywood
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Thu, Jun 25
Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights will present an all-new "live" attraction based on the most profitable horror franchise to date, SAW, per an agreement among Universal Studios Theme Parks, Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures.
Theme park deals, discounts and promo codes for July 2009
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Thu, Jun 25
• 1 related articles
Both Disney World and Disneyland continue to offer free admission on your birthday, too. Universal AAA offers a one-day Universal Hollywood ticket for $52.99. (The AAA deals for Universal Orlando are no better than the $99 7-day pass available on the Universal website.) SeaWorld
Theme park cast member stories: Picking the audience volunteers
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Mon, Jun 22
It was on the Universal Studio Tour, which in the early 1970s pretty much was the entire show at Universal Studios Hollywood. In those days, folks would get off the tram at various sound stages, where they would walk in to see the demonstrations.
Universal Studios Hollywood reopens more of its Studio Tour backlot
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Thu, Jun 18
By Robert Niles: Universal Studios Hollywood marked progress today in its recovery from last summer's backlot fire as the theme park and movie studio reopened its Courthouse Square set to the public. Theme Park Insider readers Chris, Doug and John joined me on the first Studio Tour tram t...
Who wants to get the first ride through the new Courthouse Square at Universal Studios Hollywood?
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Tue, Jun 16
By Robert Niles: You might remember that a fire destroyed part of the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot last summer, including King Kong and the famous Courthouse Square set, where the Back to the Future movies, among others, were filmed.Well, Universal's been rebuilding the backlo...
REVIEW: Terminator Salvation (2009)
Original at Watertown Daily Times
• Thu, May 21
NY I was thinking about Terminator because I was standing in an ungodly long line at Universal Studios: Hollywood awaiting a 3-D, shortened version of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. From what I remember, it was a very hot day and just sitting in the ...
Theme parks at a glance
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Wed, May 20
CA Universal Studios Hollywood: A musical comedy called "Creature From the Black Lagoon -- A Raging Rockin' Show." * Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia: The $10-million, 2850-foot-long wooden roller coaster "Terminator Salvation," named for the new ...
Universal casts park tour guides
Original at Variety
• Fri, May 8
CA We know people are here to break into the industry in some way," says John Murdy, creative director at Universal Studios Hollywood and a former guide himself. "We want to help them do that." Former guides include "Saturday Night Fever" director John ...
May equals month of Manta at SeaWorld Orlando
Original at Orlando Sentinel
• Fri, Apr 24
FL See also Jason's piece on experts speculating what effect the delay of Universal Studios' Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit will have on Manta. Have visitors been planning a two-fer vacation for both new coasters? And will they now alter those plans. ...
Opinion: An insider's Q & A with 'Men in Black Alien Attack' creative director Dave Cobb
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Wed, Apr 22
Just having great attraction ideas, and writing or drawing them is only the beginning. You have to know about how attractions work in the real world, too -- from how they operate to how people line up to how they're maintained to how an audience reacts, it's all important to know and study. Wor...
Get wait times for attractions on your phone
Original at Examiner.com
• Fri, Apr 17
Current theme parks included on this website are Disneyland, California Adventure, Magic Kingdom Park, Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park, Epcot Theme Park, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood and ...
Sustainable trips 'easy' in California
Original at Opodo
• Tue, Apr 14
UK At Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, the new Simpsons Ride is being equipped with technologies including the largest installation of light-emitting diodes ever used for a theme park attraction. San Francisco was rated one of the top ten green ...
Looks like another year of Staycations for many
Original at Los Angeles Daily News
• Sun, Apr 12
CA Kyser predicts more Southern Californians this summer will forgo long vacations and instead hit local entertainment spots such as Universal Studios Hollywood, Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm for one-day outings. Do you plan on traveling out of town ...
Interview : Sajid Nadiadwala
Original at Glamsham.com
• Fri, Apr 10
India It's a romantic comedy set in Hollywood and we have shot almost the entire film in Universal Studios, Hollywood. We could have easily set Bollywood as the backdrop but I wanted to give the audience something that would be new and fresh. ...
ET Exclusive: Jon Lovitz's New Comedy Club
Original at Entertainment Tonight
• Thu, Apr 2
Jon Lovitz is prepping for the grand opening of his new comedy club on CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood on May 28, and the former "Saturday Night Live" and "Newsradio" funnyman is giving us an exclusive sneak peek! ...
Universal Studios Hollywood offers its own 'free night' vacation deal
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Thu, Mar 26
By Robert Niles: That was quick.One day after Disneyland announced its 'buy three nights, get two free' offer, Universal Studios Hollywood came out with its 'buy two nights, get one free' offer. More information about the Universal Hollywood deal is available on Universal's website.
For what it is worth...
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Tue, Feb 24
By Robert Niles: ... a high-speed rail system (a *real* system, with a dedicated, two-way track) that connected Santa Clarita, CA (Magic Mountain) to Universal City (Universal Studios Hollywood) to Downtown Los Angeles to Anaheim (Disneyland) to Riverside to Las Vegas would represent o...
D&G Opens in Europe for Kia
Original at Adweek
• Thu, Feb 19
NY and will bring aboard at leas three copy/art teams. These resources will be allocated across London and Frankfurt. Other D&G assignments include Universal Orlando Resort, Bacardi, Universal Studios Hollywood and the New York-New York Hotel & Casino.
Bubba Gump Citywalk sweet and appealing
Original at Examiner.com
• Thu, Feb 19
Bubba Gump Citywalk (www.bubbagump.com) at Universal Studios Hollywood (818-753-4867, 1000 Universal Studios Blvd. Universal City) just may be the next best thing if you're looking for a restaurant that knows how to make "the good times roll. ...
SoCal theme park weekend news round-up
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Sat, Feb 14
From now until the end of the month, Universal Studios Hollywood is again offering its buy-a-day, get-the-year free deal. The pass is available to Southern California residents for $67, but doesn't work on 11 selected blackout dates. For $5 more, you can get the All Access Pass, which has n...
Star search in Hollywood
Original at The Kingston Whig-Standard
• Sat, Feb 14
Canada - Universal Studios Hollywood (admission: C$85) is the combined business operations of NBC Universal with a theme park. Many of the working sound stages, ...
Universal Studios rebuilds after fire
Original at Sauk Valley Newspapers
• Sat, Feb 14
• 5 related articles
IL - LOS ANGELES (AP) – Visitors touring Universal Studios Hollywood this summer will get to see the new movie sets that are now being built to replace ...
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Universal Studios Hollywood will get new sets
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Fri, Feb 13
• 6 related articles
CA - Feb 13, 2009 Visitors touring Universal Studios Hollywood this summer will see new sets that are being built to replace fire-damaged locations. Roofers using a blowtorch ... Universal Studios rebuilds after fire Sauk Valley Newspapers all 6 news articles
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Costner To Build' Waterworld' Park - Dateline Hollywood
Original at Dateline Hollywood
• Thu, Feb 5
Costner To Build' Waterworld' Park satire), CA - Unlike the popular live show of the same name already established at Universal Studios Hollywood, this one will be completely interactive, with waterslides ...
Universal Studios to open for shoots one year after fire
Original at Business of Cinema
• Thu, Feb 5
• 9 related articles
India The new and re-created sets will be featured on the world-famous Universal Studios Hollywood Studio Tour-recently upgraded with Hi-Def digital servers and flat screen monitors-and will enhance visitors' behind-the-scenes experience of a working studio ...
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A (last?) look at Universal Hollywood's Backdraft and Special Effects Stages
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Tue, Feb 3
But that's not what brought me to Los Angeles' most popular movie studio today. I came to mark a different change at the theme park: the upcoming closure of the Backdraft and Special Effects Stages attractions, to make room for the park's planned Transformers ride.
Preview calendar: Special events, theme parks and comedy for Jan. 8-14
Original at North County Times
• Fri, Jan 9
CA - Universal Studios Hollywood ---- The 415-acre movie-based theme park, built in 1964 on the grounds of the Universal television studios, features roller ...
Top tips of the week
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Wed, Jan 7
Universal Studios Hollywood tips: Hit the lower lot early in the morning to avoid the long line at the thrill rides. Universal Studios Florida tips: If you were never a big fan of the "Earthquake" attraction, you may want to skip "Disaster", as only the pre-show and audience interaction ha...
Disney Link Roundup - Almost NYE Edition
Original at The Disney Blog
• Tue, Dec 30
By John Frost It’s late and I have a bunch of great stories open in my tabs. But I also need to get some sleep. So I’ll just throw these out here for your enjoyment. Joakim Gunnarsson from Sweden flashes back to the days when original Disney animation art was yours for the taking from the trash heap.SeaWorld Orl...
Universal Studios Hollywood introduces new annual pass program
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Mon, Dec 29
Universal Studios Hollywood has revamped its annual pass program, today introducing a new "All Access Pass" for $72. This annual pass comes with no blackout dates, food and merchandise discounts, as well as priority boarding on the Backlot Studio Tour (though blackout dates do apply to...
Vote of the week: What was the top theme park story of 2008?
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Thu, Dec 25
Was it Aquatica opening at SeaWorld in Orlando? Hard Rock Park's opening... and closing? The fire that destroyed the King Kong attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood? The death at Six Flags Over Georgia? The InBev takeover at Busch? Or something else?
Universal Studios Hollywood debuts its 'Grinchmas' snow playground
Original at Theme Park Insider
• Thu, Dec 4
By Robert Niles: Tuesday Park Visit (on Thursday this week): This morning, I headed over to Universal Studios Hollywood for the media preview of its Grinchmas winter playground. For Grinchmas, Universal's taken its The Adventures Of Curious George play area and overlaid a "Grinch Who S...
What Are Your Favorite Parks You Have Ever Visited?
Original at ThrillNetwork.com
• Mon, Nov 24
By markham2020 1. Disneyland Park This is the place to post any of your favorite parks you have ever visited. *_My Picks_ (Only been to 9 parks)* *9. Sea World San Diego (Before Journey To Atlantis Opened)* *8. Lagoon* *7. EPCOT* *6. Universal Studios Hollywood* *5. Disney's California Adventure* *4. Knott's Be...
More Aid Coming
Original at Tampa Tribune
• Thu, Nov 20
FL - The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood won the Themed Entertainment Association's Thea Award for Best Attraction at ...
Bring Bourne Home on Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def for the First Time Ever
Original at sizzlingpopcorn.com
• Wed, Nov 19
By Jean Brunet Related Posts November 18, 2008 — From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Bring Home the Fun This Holiday Season and Sing Along With the Year’s Most Infectiously Fun, Crowd-Pleasing Movie Phenomenon, ‘Mamma Mia! The Movie’ (0)November 19, 2008 — Critically Acclaimed Werner Herz...
Grinchmas comes to Universal Studios Hollywood
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Wed, Nov 5
CA - Universal Studios Hollywood will sprinkle a bit of Christmas sneer on the 2008 holiday season with the addition of a Grinchmas in Whoville attraction. ...
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD - Mid-Wilshire/Hancock Park - L.A. - LA Weekly
Original at LA Weekly
• Fri, Oct 24
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4 Ways To Find Cheap Sea World Tickets
Original at Articles by Chris S Lowe on ArticleSnatch.com
• Mon, Oct 20
About the Author: Chris Lowe is a theme park enthusiastist and also a part time freelance writer. And if you want to buy Discount Sea World Tickets , Discounted Disney World Tickets or Universal Studios Hollywood Tickets , check out the links.
Back to The Future’s Last Ride
Original at /FILM
• Mon, Jul 23
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Universal Studios Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of L.A., includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour, the CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex, the Universal CityWalk Cinemas and the Gibson Amphitheatre concert and special event venue. The th...