UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ORLANDO

WHEN NICKELODEON STUDIOS SHUT ITS DOORS

IN APRIL 2005, SOUNDSTAGE 18 WAS

TRANSFORMED OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS

INTO A 1,000-SEAT VENUE FOR THE BLUE MAN

GROUP, WHICH BEGAN ITS SHOWS THERE IN

JUNE 2007. THE ONLY ELEMENT OF THE

STUDIOS THAT IS STILL VISIBLE FROM OUTSIDE

IS THE ORANGE HANDRAIL ON THE SECOND

FLOOR OF THE SHARP AQUOS THEATRE

WHILE TAKING A WALK IN THE NEW YORK AREA

YOU WILL SEE THE EMPIRE HOTEL, AND YOU’LL

COME ACROSS A STATUE OF LEW WASSERMAN,

MCA’S LATE CHAIRMAN, WHO GREEN-LIGHTED

THE CONSTRUCTION OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

FLORIDA

RIGHT BEHIND MYTHOS RESTAURANT IS A

BRIDGE, AND UNDER THE BRIDGE IS A MYTHICAL

CREATURE. IF YOU STAND RIGHT ON TOP OF THE

BRIDGE BEHIND MYTHOS RESTAURANT IN

ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE, YOU CAN HEAR THE

GROANS OF A TROLL

DON’T MISS FRANK THE PUG IN MEN IN BLACK:

ALIEN ATTACK. SHOOTING THE DOG WILL EARN

YOU A LOT OF POINTS. HE CAN BE FOUND IN

THE SECOND ROOM, HIDING IN THE NEWSPAPER

STAND ON THE FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE

MOVIE DIRECTOR MICHAEL BAY HID HIS OWN

“EASTER EGG” IN TRANSFORMERS: THE RIDE.

IN THE SCENE FEATURING BUMBLEBEE INSIDE

A HANGAR, LOOK FOR THE TAIL SECTION OF AN

AIRPLANE IN THE DISTANCE.

IT’S BAY’S PRIVATE JET

IN THE QUEUE LINE FOR MEN IN BLACK:

ALIEN ATTACK, TRY JIGGLING THE HANDLES

ON DOORS TO THE VARIOUS LABORATORIES

IN KING’S CROSS STATION IN THE LONDON SECTION

OF DIAGON ALLEY LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND YOU’LL

SEE AN ADVERTISEMENT THAT SAYS “MAKE A

LITTLE MAGIC,” WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE

ONE HARRY AND DUMBLEDORE STAND IN FRONT

OF IN HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

GUESTS CAN GET A FULL WALKING TOUR OF THE

HARD ROCK CAFE INCLUDING A BACKSTAGE TOUR

DEPENDING ON HOW BUSY THE RESTAURANT IS

OR IF THERE IS A MUSIC ACT THAT DAY. JUST ASK

ONE OF THE VIBE HOSTS FOR A TOUR AND ENJOY

STORIES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HARD ROCK

CHAIN, THE MUSICAL MEMORABILIA ON THE WALLS

BACKSTAGE, AND NUMEROUS MUSIC GENRES