Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal City, CA 90068
Phone: (800) 864-8372
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Editorial Review for Universal Studios Hollywood – by David E. Brady
Overview
Some of the world's most memorable movies and television shows have been shot at this sprawling San Fernando Valley site. Since the 1960s, an eager public has been invited in to see how it's done and become part of the action.
The Experience
The once-supreme Studio Tour of famous facades now takes a back seat to attractions cut from the traditional theme-park cloth. Standouts include Jurassic Park: The Ride, a plunging dinosaurs-on-the-loose boat trip and Mummy: The Ride, a hair-raising, twist-and-turn ride based on the popular movie. Newer thrill-a-minute shows include the live version of popular gross-out TV show "Fear Factor," Shrek 4-D, a mind-blowing special-effects show, and a vampire spectacular called Van Helsing: Fortress Dracula. If rampaging dinosaurs, vampires and ogres sound too scary, pay a visit to Animal Planet Live (an updated version of the longtime favorite Animal Actors Stage), or the Nickelodeon Blast Zone, a water play area based on the "Rugrats" and "Blue's Clues."
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Insider Tips
Save TimeMaking your way up and down the enormous Starway escalators can be time-consuming. Exhaust the lower Studio Center area before returning to the Entertainment Center.
User Reviews for Universal Studios Hollywood
04/05/2008 Posted by johnnydrema
When a park offers its local to buy a day get the rest of the year free we chould have known that it was a flop of a park. We have been to several amusment parks across the US and by far this was the worst of all only a few movie rides. We loved Universal in Flordia but hate and I repeat HATE the California one. It is a huge waste of money we saw the whole park in 4 hours and did not even use our next day that we could have gotten in for free. My children are 11 and 13 they also thought that is was a waste they had more fun in our hotel swimming pool and we own a pool at home.
03/04/2008 Posted by blergh
too pricey.. just spent the day waiting in lines.... almost as if they didn't care about my experience! go figure
