STUFF ABOUT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ORLANDO

O’ROURKE’S BAR & GRILL, IN THE NEW YORK

AREA OF THE PARK, IS NAMED AFTER KELLY

O’ROURKE, A TRAGIC CHARACTER FROM

THE GODFATHER

THE FLAMING MOE EFFECT IS CREATED BY

SERVING UP THE DRINK IN A SPECIAL CUP

EQUIPPED WITH A COMPARTMENT AT THE

BOTTOM HOLDING DRY ICE. WHEN THE DRINK

IS SERVED, THE DRY ICE BUBBLES UP,

CREATING THE “SMOKE” EFFECT

TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THE MENU BOARDS

ON FAST FOOD BOULEVARD. THEY WERE

WRITTEN BY THE WRITERS OF THE SIMPSONS

AND CONTAIN ALL MANNER OF INSIDE JOKES

TO FIT TRANSFORMERS: THE RIDE INSIDE ITS

BUILDING, THE ATTRACTION WAS SPLIT

ACROSS TWO FLOORS, WITH AN ELEVATOR

CARRYING THE RIDE VEHICLES BETWEEN THEM.

SO THAT GUESTS DON’T NOTICE THE

TRANSITION, THEY WITNESS A SPECTACULAR

ANIMATION SEQUENCE WHILE IN THE ELEVATOR,

ONE THAT SEES THEM ENCOUNTER A FULL

SCALE TRANSFORMER. THE FIRST ELEVATOR

SCENE SEES OPTIMUS PRIME BATTLING

MEGATRON WHILE GRINDOR CHASES EVAC

UNTIL GRINDOR’S ARM IS BROKEN OFF BY A

TRAIN. THE SECOND SEES EVAC FORCING THE

ALLSPARK INTO MEGATRON’S CHEST, CAUSING

BOTH TO FREE FALL

IF YOU DIAL 62442 (MAGIC) IN THE PHONE BOOTH

OUTSIDE KING’S CROSS STATION, IT WILL

CONNECT YOU DIRECTLY WITH THE MINISTRY OF

MAGIC. SO DON’T MISS THE CHANCE TO DIAL

UP SOME “MAGIC” WHILE EXPLORING DIAGON ALLEY

YOU CAN ASK THE GOBLIN IN THE MONEY EXCHANGE

ANY QUESTION AND HE WILL RESPOND, BUT HE

RESPONDS BETTER TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS.

TRY ASKING HIM ABOUT THE DRAGON IN

GRINGOTTS NEXT TIME YOU VISIT DIAGON ALLEY

YOU CAN SEND MAIL FROM EITHER HOGSMEADE

VILLAGE OR FROM ROCKET AIR AT THE PORT

OF ENTRY. IF YOU SEND YOUR MAIL FROM

HOGSMEADE, YOUR LETTER WILL GET A

SPECIAL HOGSMEADE POSTMARK

MANY OF THE EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS

DECORATING THE WALLS THROUGHOUT

REVENGE OF THE MUMMY SPELL OUT

REAL WORDS. AND YEP, SOME OF THEM

ARE WARNINGS TO YOU AND THE REST

OF THE VISITORS!