"Old School" Universal Orlando

[Macfr3ak]

While I miss it, the new future for this land is bright. Look at how much land that ride took up.

I'm thinking the same will be said about MIB if and when it comes down.. that ride space can really fit a lot of great things instead of just one good thing. of course as always IMO

 

[ChrisFL]

why does everyone think theyre replacing MIB? I keep hearing about it, but I see no reason why it should go anywhere

 

[Jwhee]

I think I found a remain of Extreme Ghostbusters: The Great Fright Way. If you walk up to the fake facade of the library and go up the stairs you will see circles with numbers painted in the middle of them, this might of been to mark where the actors stand.

 

[Andy]

why does everyone think theyre replacing MIB? I keep hearing about it, but I see no reason why it should go anywhere

I brought it up months ago because their was blue sky project pitches utilizing that space, FFL, and part of the empty lot next to MIB. Stuff we wouldn't see for years...

 

[Jwhee]

I've heard maybe a popular tv show or a popular video game shooting attraction might be replacing MIB, very low chances tho.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

I've heard maybe a popular tv show or a popular video game shooting attraction might be replacing MIB, very low chances tho.

If that TV show is Star Trek let this be true.

 

[Jwhee]

No I didn't hear Star Trek

 

[IOAGuy]

I found a Flickr album(not mine) with a few old Universal pictures.
Heres they are:

Bates Motel

Old Hard Rock Cafe

Rocky and Bullwinkle, 1993

Universal in 1993

Ghostbusters in 1993

The rest can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bispham2/sets/72157614204906281/?page=2

WOW! This brought back so many memories

 

[TubaGeek]

Rocky and Bullwinkle, 1993

That red plane is still hanging out back behind MIB.

Universal in 1993

That picture could have practically been taken last Tuesday. Or any day, really.

 

[UniTard]

This thread is awesome.....

All very interesting stuff........ I'm so bummed I never got to see the Bates house or the Hitchcock exhibit. Psycho is my favorite film ever.

I REALLY miss the Hitchcock exhibit. You'd first go into a pre-show theater to watch a 3D montage of Hitchcock classics...the "Birds" ripping through the screen was a nice finish. Then you'd go into another larger theater where they'd show the how-tos of making famous Psycho scenes in the vein of The Horror Make-Up Show. A guest would volunteer to be "Norman" if I remember right. Very cool mock-ups of the Bates Motel set.

 

[NickC]

I recently found a cool resource for aerial imagery and have been putting together simple little time lapse videos showing the development of various Florida theme parks.

Here's one of Universal Orlando from 1984-2013:

[video=youtube;uOBde2WTmrE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOBde2WTmrE[/video]

Kinda cool to see it develop over the years.

 

[UK-Trigg]

That is cool, thanks for posting.

 

[MrRoamer]

Very cool time lapse video. Amazing to see how much they've done in a relatively short time span.

General question, why is the IOA lagoon so neon green?

 

[TylerDurden]

Very cool time lapse video. Amazing to see how much they've done in a relatively short time span.

I was thinking that too. It goes from nothing but dirt in 1997 to the full-blown resort in 2002!

 

[Felipe]

Thanks, NickC! Very cool video! :thumbs:

 

[Thatguyoverwhere]

Very cool time lapse video. Amazing to see how much they've done in a relatively short time span.

General question, why is the IOA lagoon so neon green?

I'm guessing it's due to the water only being about six feet deep- you can kinda use the level of neon-greeniness to see relatively how deep the various bodies of water are in the resort...

 

[Sideshow Mike]

Great video. I really enjoyed it. If you make anymore, please share them. :thumbs:

 

[Jwhee]

here is a small video i put together of attraction remains, part two is coming soon:thumbs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvzu8xGnxq8

 

[UK-Trigg]

Really enjoyed watching that, the intro is cool. Thanks for posting and o look forward to part two.:thumbs:

 

[Jwhee]

Next time you to to USF go up to the dark room facade in Hollywood, you could tell that there used to be some sort of attraction in there. I think it was a photo place