THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ORLANDO

LOOK OUT FOR DISNEY JIBES IN THE POSTERS OUTSIDE

SHREK 4-D, WHICH POKE FUN AT THE ENCHANTED TIKI

ROOM AND DUMBO THE FLYING ELEPHANT

IN ONE OF THE PRE-RIDE VIDEO SEQUENCES FOR THE

SIMPSONS RIDE LOOK OUT FOR A CAMEO BY DOC BROWN,

WHO ATTEMPTS TO BORROW MONEY TO SAVE THE

INSTITUTE OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS A TRIBUTE

TO BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE RIDE, WHICH WAS

REPLACED BY THE SIMPSONS RIDE

BACK IN THE LATE 1990’S, UNIVERSAL HAD REALLY 

AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR ITS ORLANDO RESORT. THEY

PLANNED TO MAKE IT TWICE AS BIG AS IT IS NOW

BUT AFTER A DISASTROUS OPENING YEAR, THE

PEOPLE IN CHARGE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA

 RECONSIDERED IT AND THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD

IDEA AFTER ALL

THE T-700 TERMINATORS THAT LINE THE WALL OF THE

TERMINATOR 2: 3-D THEATRE ARE EACH EIGHT FOOT TALL

AND ARE PREDECESSORS OF ARNOLD

SCHWARZENEGGER’S T-800

LEGENDARY MOVIE DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG

MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN MEN IN BLACK:

ALIEN ATTACK, WEARING A JURASSIC PARK BASEBALL

CAP AND READING A NEWSPAPER. WHEN SHOT,

THE FIGURE LOWERS THE NEWSPAPER TO REVEAL

A TRIPLE-HEADED ALIEN

DURING THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, A

STATUE OF GEOLOGIST LOUIS AGASSIZ FELL

OUTSIDE THE STANTON UNIVERSITY ZOOLOGY BUILDING.

LOOK OUT FOR A REPLICA IN RICHTER’S BURGER CO.,

ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO

BACKLOT AREA. IT IS PARTIALLY BURIED, WITH

ITS HEAD EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND

WHEN YOU’RE EMBARKING ON THE REVENGE OF

THE MUMMY RIDE IN UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, KEEP YOUR

EYE OUT FOR A KING IN THE TREASURE ROOM AT THE

BEGINNING OF THE RIDE. IF YOU LOOK TO THE FRONT

LEFT OF THE ROOM, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE

GOLDEN STATUE OF KING KONG BEATING HIS CHEST

YOU’VE HEARD OF BUTTER BEER, BUT HAVE YOU HEARD

OF PUMPKIN FIZZ? AVAILABLE AT THE THREE

BROOMSTICKS OR HOG’S HEAD PUB, THIS CARBONATED

PUMPKIN DRINK IS SURE TO ADD A LITTLE EXTRA

FLAVOUR TO YOUR TRIP

PEER AT THE WINDOWS OF THE METROPOLIS TRIBUNE

BUILDING IN THE NEW YORK BACKLOT. EACH IS

MARKED WITH THE NAME OF SOMEONE WHO HELPED IN

THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA,

SUCH AS CHARLIE GUNDACKER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

OF ATTRACTIONS DEVELOPMENT.