9 Defunct Universal Studios Hollywood Rides - Attraction Graveyard

In this video we cover 9 defunct Universal Studios Hollywood rides and attractions. From attractions that have been long gone such as E.T. Adventure and Beetlejuice’s Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue to more recent closures like Shrek 4-D and Jurassic Park: The Ride, Universal Studios Hollywood has gone through many changes over the years. The Studio Tour has also gone through some changes, with different areas being replaced over time. So sit back, relax, and learn about all of the extinct Universal Studios Hollywood attractions to date. Get Ready.
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[@ThemeSeekers]

What other parks would you like to see featured in this series?

[@itsyurik]

I would like to see a Beetle Juice’s Grave yard revue I love that show so much

[@alyawaits]

Can I see more of ET & back to the future?

[@ThemeSeekers]

E.T.: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqCpaal3jsR_i6c Back to the Future: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJbEdGZmn5Z3adU

[@alyawaits]

@@ThemeSeekers omg thank you so much

[@jayjaybulldog9180]

@@ThemeSeekers I would love for you to feature the fantastic world of Hannah Barbara and Jimmy Neutron Nicktoon blast

[@alyawaits]

I really miss the ET ride & the Back to the future ride

[@jimbobjones9330]

The Simpsons ride is fine, but definitely not as good at the Back to the Future one.

[@5.7Bluethecharger22]

Watching this video brought back a lot of memories I miss all those rides and mazes. It was so fun to experience those rise and attractions and shows.

[@VinnieGRandomVlogs]

The Backdraft ride/show was incredible. I loved the Back to the Future ride. The Terminator show was awesome. And I loved The Funtastic world of Hanna-Barbera.

[@ThemeSeekers]

We agree with all of those statements 😂 We covered the Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera in our Universal Studios Florida episode of this series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYvYpX5-lNd1pZo

[@VinnieGRandomVlogs]

@@ThemeSeekers I did watch that one. It was really good. I love these videos.

[@ThemeSeekers]

Thanks! 😃

[@VinnieGRandomVlogs]

@@ThemeSeekers you are very welcome.

[@derekllewellyn6663]

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[@CarolAnne2222]

I absolutely loved the Conan show as a kid and had forgotten about it. Thanks for the memory.

[@ThemeSeekers]

Thanks for watching 😀

[@Ryan-vl2nn]

OMG! I absolutely loved the Conan stage show when I was a kid. I can still remember the cool rain curtain that obscured the set until the show started. Awesome show! At least 7 yr. old me sure thought so. Not sure how it would have aged. The Miami Vice show was also freakin’ awesome! Wish you would’ve shown that.

[@passsacaglia]

DAMN! What a good video! This brings me back to 1999 when I was there with fam. I wish I'd go there in 2017 but we did Six Flags instead, looks like I could've enjoyed the old Jurassic Park and some others! But really miss Back To The Future and ET. Ahh...Amazing tho thx a lot!

[@ThemeSeekers]

Thanks for watching! 😃 Universal Studios is still a great park, you should definitely go again if you get the chance.

[@OrangeStar222]

Seeing that King Kong animatronic must have been breathtaking, too bad they replaced him with a screen - although I understand they didn't want to create another expensive animatronic.

[@ThemeSeekers]

True! It's an unfortunate trend in theme park attractions though. It takes a little bit away from the magnitude of a ride.

[@liaammmm6671]

At least we hang the Kong animatronic at Ioa

[@jimbobjones9330]

It was great. If that was the only practical effect they got rid of, it would have been unfortunate, but OK. But it seems to be what they've been doing with Universal for years and years.

[@Chainsawhappy]

It was the BEST thing about the park.

[@MrDeadbweast]

Crazy how when you showed the inside of the delorean i remembered that smell

[@TheGarbalosafamilyAdventures]

Great video takes me back to the 90s

[@Kyle_The_Mighty]

What I miss the most is Backdraft and the next door special effects stage. Not so much because they were so wonderful and amazing (although I do really like them) but because of what they represented. They were classic Universal Studios Hollywood where we were seeing how movies are made, not just going on rides based on movies. Destroying those to replace with the extremely lackluster Transformers ride is the best representation of the shift in USH from a unique backstage experience to just another theme park. Orlando is much more impressive when it's a theme park vs when it tried to be something it wasn't (an actual studio) and the same is true in Hollywood but in reverse.

[@opengatorade8843]

You forgot the Battle of Galactica experience in the Studio Tour! It was the first attraction to use high quality animatronics outside of Disney parks

[@reddragon8488]

I really miss the universal house of horrors Attraction and I wish it had been a little longer in the park since to be honest I was never interested in the walking dead and when they included it as a replacement for the old attraction I was disappointed as the Universal's house of horrors was timeless and its monsters were icons that is why I prefer the old attraction a thousand times than the walking dead to and as a suggestion for a video you can talk about Universal hollywoodland Universal's canceled European amusement park which looked quite promising and which I would have liked to see even if it had been built elsewhere in Europe

[@ThemeSeekers]

Universal's unbuilt European park is definitely on our list of topics to cover for sure. Thanks for watching 😃

[@cowmissing]

Nice video, thanks for the credit.

[@ThemeSeekers]

Thank you! 😃

[@mario3mmelero571]

I liked the Miami Vice show and the Waterworld show also.

[@Androlaxy95]

My family had season passes in 07, and I was fortunate to experience the Back to the future ride before it’s discontinuation. I was sad but a little excited because the Simpsons ride was coming to the park. And I never got to go on that one either. 😂

[@jimbobjones9330]

I had Season Passes to Universal in 1994 through 1996 while I was going to college in the area. I loved Backdraft, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park (way back when it first opened). I also loved the season pass back then, as it let you skip the line entirely for the tour (where I ADORED the King Kong) -- a couple of college friends, all of whom were over 21, in a park that served beer? Who WOULDN'T grab a few beers and ride the tram? ...And try to mess with the tour guide (I once had the guy laughing so hard he couldn't explain one of the attractions) I believe the spinning tunnel in the Mummy part of the tour was previously "Dante's Peak"-themed (with the walls painted to simulate fire/lava). And then it was ice-themed for a while (I don't remember what for) I went back a few years ago (pre-COVID) with my kids. It was WAY more crowded, and all of the "screen-based" rides took away so much of the charm of the park. And while I don't hate Jimmy Fallon, I do miss when the tour guides on the tram did all of the talking.

[@JenniferClark24]

I definitely miss ET and Back to the Future.

[@Lalo_thr]

you forgot the Flintstones show and also an old western live show, the name of which escapes me atm

[@eec589]

The last time me and my family were able to go to Universal Studios was in 2006 so I missed out on everything from the 2010's. I never got to go through the Van Helsing walk-through, both out of nostalgia for the Mummy temple of doom and because I was little back then and almost everything scared the crap out of me. I never got to experience Halloween horror nights. And I never got to see the last showings of the Shrek and Terminator 3d films. I don't hate the new attractions at all but I feel Universal Studios got way smaller than I remember from the 2000's cause there used to be so much more.

[@ThemeSeekers]

You didn't miss much with Van Helsing to be honest 😂 you're right it does feel a bit smaller now but that kind of happens with most things as we get older!

[@tbx59]

Conan was awesome when I was a little kid.

[@Spacemountaineer92]

i feel like USH needs to move away from the Screen based attractions ET adventure was a great dark ride concept that used zero screens on the ride i wish BTTF the ride would return but not be stuck in a time setting great documentary down memory lane

[@user-lt9ju1fm4q]

Gio Ninja

[@byOrbaa]

No Shrek 4k is gone wtf I haven't gone in 5-6 years I actually love that attraction 😞

[@byOrbaa]

also I remember the Spider Man show they use to have, also terminator I don't remember lasting that long 2012 wow that was def outdated,I'm happy I was able to ride most of these I do miss Back to the Future though

[@ThemeSeekers]

It's crazy how fast the park changes!

[@bhunt799]

6:02 - 6:04 Hindsight’s a bitch ain’t it?

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Universal Studios shouldn’t even have The Simpsons Ride now that Disney owns The Simpsons

[@ThemeSeekers]

Theme park licensing rights can be a bit funny in that way!

[@Ayare4]

Wait did they really remove the walking dead😢

[@ThemeSeekers]

Yep, unfortunately it closed a month before the pandemic began! But there are rumours it could return for future Halloween Horror Nights. We'll have to wait and see! 😃

[@reddragon8488]

@@ThemeSeekers I personally always thought it was a bad idea that they did an entire attraction of the walking dead because unlike its predecessor The attraction was going to be Outdated since the property of the walking dead was going to be something from the past, not like the Universal's House of Horrors which its monsters were timeless

[@ThemeSeekers]

True! House of Horrors always seemed in danger of being rethemed to whatever the next big craze was abd for Universal to sell a few more tickets. And we'll likely see them continue to do this!

[@Oscar95451]

Speaking of The Simpsons Ride. I am interest in bringing that Simpsons motion simulator ride from Universal Studios Hollywood to Disneyland to replace Star Tours. However this version will be in 3D and with Dolby Atmos, will have more stuffs on the queue and exit through Kwik-E-Mart. This idea was based on my joke i did WAY before Disney owns Fox and the fact that Star Wars: Galaxy Edge opens.

[@reginaldhampton3451]

Nope

[@BramptonHughes]

It's really downgraded, how can you replace practical effects with screens and think that's a good idea? No hope for the future

[@eribertosanchez7244]

I remember park used to sell 🍺. Not anymore supposedly bc someone got raped 🤔