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Universal · Universal City, California
Universal Studios Hollywood
“the studio that grew a park”
A working movie studio that grew a theme park on its hill — the tram has been touring the backlot since 1964, and it still gets attacked by a shark, an ape, and a flash flood on schedule.
- Mapped
- 20 experiences
- Headliners
- 5
- Queue scan
- 20 eligible names
- Opened
- July 15, 1964
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1 known closure or retirement record is omitted from the public guide and map. Current day-of downtime is hidden by default and can be revealed in the guide.
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the studio tour predates the park — the movies are still shot next door
Showing all 20 listed attractions
3 Single Rider listings Audited Varies by day
Upper Lot
1| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Tour Headliner The 60-minute backlot ride the whole park grew around. | — | — | — |
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
6| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey Headliner Hogwarts on the hill, benches and all. | — | — | — |
| Flight of the Hippogriff Bow first, then ride. West-coast manners. | — | — | — |
| Ollivanders The wand chooses, even in California. | — | — | — |
| Frog Choir Hogwarts students harmonize with their deep-voiced frogs. | — | — | — |
| Triwizard Spirit Rally Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students display their tournament traditions. | — | — | — |
| Wand Magic Interactive spell locations respond to precise wand movements throughout Hogsmeade. | — | — | — |
SUPER NINTENDO WORLD
3| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge Headliner AR shells, real steering, Bowser's castle. | — | — | — |
| Key Challenges and Interactive Activities Power-Up Band challenges trigger physical and digital activities across the land. | — | — | — |
| Bowser Jr. Shadow Showdown Keys earned around the land unlock an interactive final battle with Bowser Jr. | — | — | — |
Springfield, U.S.A.
1| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Simpsons Ride Headliner Krustyland survives here — so does the giant donut. | — | — | — |
Minion Land
4| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Despicable Me Minion Mayhem Minionized, Hollywood edition. | — | — | — |
| Silly Swirly A fruit-shaped flight over Minion Land. | — | — | — |
| The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash Become a stray on adoption day. | — | — | — |
| Super Silly Fun Land Carnival games and water play recreate Gru's seaside amusement park. | — | — | — |
Universal Plaza
1| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| DreamWorks Theatre Featuring Kung Fu Panda Po protects the village in a panoramic motion-theater adventure. | — | — | — |
WaterWorld
1| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| WaterWorld Jet skis, fireballs, and a seaplane crash into a live aquatic stunt spectacular. | — | — | — |
TRANSFORMERS Metrobase
1| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSFORMERS: The Ride-3D Evac holds the line under the lot. | — | — | — |
Jurassic World
1| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jurassic World — The Ride Headliner The gates, the indominus, the 84-foot drop. | — | — | — |
Lower Lot
1| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenge of the Mummy The launch in the dark, compressed to its scariest. | — | — | — |
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FIELD NOTES
What makes this park itself.
USH is the only park where the theming is load-bearing: that's a real studio below the tram, and the sets you pass made real movies. The park part just kept growing until it circled the hill.
Do the Studio Tour early — it's an hour, it's the soul of the place, and Kong and Jaws still land. Then take the escalators down the hill for the Mummy's launch.
The field map compresses the upper and lower lots without hiding the elevation change, while the Studio Tour remains the long route that explains the whole place.
- opened
- July 15, 1964
- lots
- Upper + Lower
- the icon
- The Studio Tour
- my headliners
- Studio Tour · Mario Kart · Forbidden Journey