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.
✦ the studio tour predates the park — the movies are still shot next door
THE ANIMATED COLLECTION · 14 PIECES
queue-timesThe Wizarding World of Harry Potter
3SUPER NINTENDO WORLD
1Springfield, U.S.A.
1Minion Land
3Production Plaza
1TRANSFORMERS Metrobase
1Jurassic World
2Lower Lot
1USH 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.
Every piece above is hand-drawn and animated — the tram circles forever with the fin surfacing beside it, the donut turns, and the kart drifts the rainbow road with a shell on its tail.