Tag: Universal Studios

Halloween Horror Nights (HHN) is an event hosted at the theme park Universal Studios.  It all started in 1991 as "Fright Nights" and has become scarier, produced themes, and created a ritual for some people to visit each year.  This event started out as ... Read more

Jaws - Universal Studios Orlando The Jaws attraction is one of the original to the park when it opened in 1900. It had rocky beginnings, however, with problems that delayed it's opening for a number of months. The ride is still basically the same as it w ... Read more

This is a photo from 1992 taken at Fievel's Playland. I just love water slides and if you had a "little kid" with you, they would let big people go down the slide. I was always mindful of this and made sure I had at least one little person with me at all ... Read more

The Star Trek experience was located in the New York area near Kongfrontation. It opened in 1992 (some sources say March 1991) and closed in 1996 (November 11, 1996). It allowed paying guests to take part in a 10-minute Star Trek episode performed in fron ... Read more

The Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida opened in May 1991 just across the lagoon from the "Jaws" ride. The ride was closed on 30 March 2007 to make way for the Simpsons ride. The premise for the ride is that Biff  has loc ... Read more

The Simpson's Ride Who would have thought that the popular hit television show - The Simpsons - would now be a smash ride at Universal Studios, Orlando in 2008? Certainly not I! I think this is something which defines Orlando as "NOW." The Simpsons, t ... Read more