The Troubled History of Universal Studios Europe: Port Aventura | Expedition Theme Park

A Theme Park created by Busch Gardens and Seaworld Owner Anheuser Busch along with Tussauds, owner of Alton Towers and Chessington World of Adventure that would later become the first Universal Studios Theme Park in Europe. Yes this is an interesting journey for a park. Join us for a new expedition looking at The Troubled History of Universal Studios Europe: Port Aventura.
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[@AmusementLabs]

"Pearson" *Studentn shudders & flashbacks*

[@DT-hg7te]

@@itstheendoftheworldaswekno3343 They also owned Alton Towers. Some of the biggest attractions in the now merlin parks were Pearson projects.

[@TheMADmk]

We went to port aventura as part of a school trip lol. I wonder if Pearson gave discounts.

[@mistys.1160]

I got instant feels at 6:29 when I immediately recognized Loch Ness, my 1st coaster. Please do more on this great park and it’s rides.

[@samanthamaynard4447]

That Betty Boop head is going to feature in my nightmares forever.

[@kitecatthegerman]

You always make the best videos about history

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you!

[@death_cares]

Feels like a good time to revisit this

[@GamingMuchTerry]

I was there in 2004 when it was still Universal. It was terrible. We stayed in the basic, on-site hotel and had passes to both the park and water park. It wasn't just the lack of good rides: the theming wasn't up to Universal standard, there was only Woody Woodpecker and Templo Del Fuego although fun, did feel more of a fire hazard!

[@ttvframez3030]

So your telling me the company that makes my stupid math books owned port aventura

[@DT-hg7te]

And Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington etc.

[@Ali-om6up]

I WAS JUST AS SHOOK

[@ChristianCorom]

After spending my childhood growing in Port Aventura and then working at Universal Mediterránea and PortAventura for 8 years, I’m so glad that you made this video to explain the journey of one the most unique theme parks in the world. By the way: If you want to know a little secret, if you ride the water rides of PortAventura (made by Intamin) and you check the little manufacturer stickers on it, you will see that still nowadays says TIBI GARDENS.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Oh amazing!

[@oleguergrauvilalta229]

que haces aqui christian!!

[@rushiscool]

Christian how was that experience

[@ChristianCorom]

@@rushiscool It was amazing all the way.

[@IamNiggler]

​@@ExpeditionThemeParkwow so gay lol

[@Croz89]

My god that ad was cringy. Yes, the secret Spanish beaches that millions of European tourists flocked to every summer for decades before this place was even conceived...

[@mikeevans3040]

Lol... It was only made a few weeks ago and is talking about the coronavirus... think it helps putting it in context 😉

[@nashwagemakers]

yes like costa brava? never heard off...

[@newguy90]

I was expecting a pair of three fingered gloves to apply suntan lotion to the sunbather's shoulders - considering it's an ad for a theme park, and all.

[@queenmedesa]

We have more interesting things in Spain

[@fifthrider]

I'm grateful you did this piece. Even back when EuroDisney was announced I always thought Spain would have been a better idea. Nothing against France but there's a history of rejecting things outside of their parameters. Spain just seemed more open and inviting as a tourist Destination. This does seem to have proven that, even if Disney has spent a lot of time and money ( post initial construction ) to make their square peg fit into a round hole.

[@deud.]

PortAventura is such a great resort it's really underrated imo

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Agreed

[@PSmovieProductions]

I loved the park during my stay, however, the operations are horrible as some rides don't run full capacity, some rides even open 2 to even 3 hours after park opening, slow dispatch times, oversold express passes and many, many many queue jumpers.

[@deud.]

@@PSmovieProductions yeah that's what really brings the park down imo, it's just understaffed in general and makes it lack the magic other theme parks have

[@tomwilsonn]

ProSap Games I was expecting the worst when I went because there are a lot of stories like this but I saw nothing like it in June 2019. Only a couple of queue jumpers but nothing crazy.

[@Ragan31687]

Porta Adventura sounds like an interesting park. I’d like to see more about it

[@randomlybernice]

I was able to visit Porta Aventura in 2018!! My favorite ride is Shambhala!!! I totally recommend Shambhala for those who are adrenaline junkies like myself!

[@sofa_king_ay]

It's a fantastic park you NEED to go makes Alton Towers and Thorpe Park look like what used to be Camalot

[@AlphaStunting]

its an amazing park! with the addition of ferarri land right next to it, its a absolute bucket list park! loved every second i spend there

[@quesomaso5504]

Ragan31687+ Yeah it looks really fun I might want to go there some day

[@Ragan31687]

Corwin1503 I’d love to one day. I’m from the States and have never been to Spain but it is now on my Bucket List

[@Tephlosion]

I can see Disney Euro being localized in Spain would have been better for everyone. I’m happy that Disney Paris works now but Eisner definitely picked the wrong country back 30 years ago.

[@TheGuvzilla]

Totally agree, Euro Disney would have been much better in spain.

[@Kippenhok2019]

That's probs just because your closer to Spain, as a Dutchy it 's much farther to go to Spain then France

[@mstrmren]

No. Most people in Europe live near Paris, with Big city’s like Brussels, London, Cologne, Stuttgart, Amsterdam and Paris ofcourse, and There Are More Tourists in Paris. Definitely the better location.

[@egel7736]

I don't see how that would be better, considering Paris is more in the center of Europe than Spain and way easier to get to for many Northern, Western and Eastern Europeans.

[@rtmclean484]

@@egel7736 That's not really important though, Spain id all of Europes holiday destination pretty much, Spains tourism dwarfs Frances. France and especially Paris is a very expensive place to holiday in the summer. Salou and even Barcelona by comparison is very affordable and nearly everyone can afford a holiday there.

[@dustinwashere]

Imagine how busy it would be now if Universal still owned it and added Hogsmede with Hogwarts.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

True

[@annieskywalker9290]

And Super Nintendo World

[@Hect0rin0]

A park concieved by the owners of Busch Gardens, Alton Towers and Tibidabo that later on fall into Universal hands. This has to be one of the most interesting theme parks stories ever.

[@martamedranomauri9910]

More Port Aventura any day please. Its my childhood Park and its thoroughly impossible to endure in summer, but I can't help my love for it. It would be nice to know more about the Halloween 2003 event :)

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Great idea!

[@AquaBlock68]

I actually would've like to see a Decapitated Woody Woodpecker. It kinda makes me think of the other bizarre stuff Universal can do with their cartoon characters during their Halloween Event. Like, imagine a conjoined Rocky and Bullwinkle or Zombie Minions.

[@annieskywalker9290]

Or having the ghost of lord farquaad there

[@CyberChamp]

I never clicked on a video so fast. I was meant to go back this year after 12 years of not going as I used to go nearly every year as a kid. It has my favourite attraction of all time "Sea Oddessy"

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

2020 boo

[@martamedranomauri9910]

Sea Odyssey was lovely

[@jes_salvad]

Sea Odyssey this year was removed. In the last years they were changing the film with really bad movies and thus year it wouldn't open

[@CyberChamp]

@@jes_salvad I am aware. The original attraction was changed a few years ago to an Ice Age ride. I will miss Sammy the Dolphin so much.

[@jes_salvad]

@@CyberChamp Since 2010 already change to a 4d cinema of cheap movies like Turtle Vision, Aquaride, Submarine Odyssey, Portal, Alien Safari. From 2015 to 2017 the Ice Age, and from then until now Dino Safari. We miss Sammy 😢

[@4952b]

I always thought it was a well-known fact that PortAventura was a Universal park (albeit for less than a decade), but based on the comments, apparently it's not a well-known fact? My bad. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@breakingtheicepogo]

IDK who the voice over guy was for the park, but goddamn did I feel some things when he was talking. Fear, happiness, thrill of victory

[@ChloeClements34]

In the early years the park really felt like a supersized Spanish Alton Towers with the theming of Busch Gardens. There were design choices and procedures in place that really meant from a guest perspective it really did feel like that. I remember being sad when Universal started to make changes but in the end the years they did invest the shows and attractions brought in by them were world class. Still it is now a great park with poor operations, budget cuts and no longer has world class entertainment.

[@carlieXlouise]

What's weird then is that universal backed out in 2004 and yet on my first ever trip in 2008, it was still completely advertised as universals portaventura on all signs and merch and in the park were all universal characters like Betty boop, popeye and Olive oyl, shrek and fiona etc.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Still is

[@Demon-POT]

Wha!?!!?!?? Portaventura was a universal park!!!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

It wasss

[@alphazeroproductions4811]

@@ExpeditionThemePark ever since I found the PortAventura Explaines by Coaster BOT

[@Vexmus_]

my reaction too!

[@spiker_rider10]

Well yeah woody wood pecker

[@SaveMeMoon]

Finally a park I've been to! PortAventura is amazing, and I'm so happy Disney decided on France or we wouldn't have gotten this park (which I had no idea about until today!) I haven't been to many parks outside of Europe but out of the ones I've been to PortAventura is my favourite in terms of overall experience. Not only are the rides great but the different areas and the theming are all top class! I had fun just walking around the park, finding all the little theming secrets and taking pictures. I've also heard that the shows are some of the best, but the lines were so long that day that we barely had time for anything else unless we wanted to miss out on some of the big rides. Thanks for the video! I hope to see more non British European parks on the channel in the future!

[@queenmedesa]

We have more interesting things in Spain than beaches ! They were the reason for not getting EuroDisney here

[@tallicay2k]

Ah Port Aventura, it's ran horrendously with major queues, rubbish throughputs and notorious queue jumping.

[@Boom12]

In the time of lockdown..... I'm early here.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Woo

[@anthonyreynolds6268]

Would definitely love to learn more about portaventura and Ferrari land. Visited both parks last year and they were amazing. Such a well designed and looked after park in my opinion.

[@mattharrison6909]

Absolutely loved this! Been hoping you’d cover PortAventura for a long time 👌🏼 can’t wait to see some more on the park 💃🏼

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you!

[@SPRidley]

As a spaniard I was really waiting for this. No international youtubers talk about the history of portaventura. Its a pity that investindutrial has basically destroyed what the park standed for. If universal would have stayed here, we could have had such an amazing theme park right now, not only that but probably a studios park and i wouldnt have to go thousands of km to experience Harry Potter or Super Nintendo World. Also huge thanks for using the old main theme of the park (and that old logo is also amazing!). That theme was epic and everytime it was used in the commercials it make me want to go and experience it again. Now I only go there for Shambhala, and thats really it. Such a pity. Though i have to add, theres more information than the surface of eurodisneyland going to Spain. Salou, while considered was not the last battle till France got it, Salou was discarded before the last Spanish site was discared, and that was Gandia (near Valencia, Spain), until the last moment the politicans there were trying to get the park, visitng th Disney studios various times, inviting the disney representatives to big paella lunches when they came here and up to the point that they built the Orlando Disney Castle as a monument for the Valencia Falla's festival in the city hall's plaza in 1985, because they really thought they were near to get . Sadly, there were conflict of the central spanish governement not wanting the park there and wanting near Seville instead, which Disney refused, as the local Valencian governement couldnt do much againts the central spanish one, that was one of the big conflicts of Spain finally being the home of mouse in europe. It would be cool if an amazing theme park hstory youtuber like you talked about it in the future.

[@jes_salvad]

Every day me waiting the return of Universal to Port Aventura, but InvestIndustrial every day destroying more the park

[@Davidoneill1967]

That whole soccer thing they are planning sounds like a disaster . I'm not a fan of ferrari in parks either.

[@micycles1200]

Probably the most interesting thing I learned in this video is that Pearson - the people who I know most for making textbooks, one of the most boring things in the world - were the owners of at least 2 theme parks. WTF?!?!?! How much more opposite can you possibly get?

[@McNabbot]

Hey ETP, ever heard of Tripsdrill? It's a theme park in Germany with a fairy tale theme with some rather bizarre attractions, even a dark ride about the history of bathing featuring plenty of nude mannequins. As expected of the German people.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

I have! Maybe something to cover in the future

[@gmanley1]

At least the Universal era didn’t entirely go away...

[@JonnyWanders]

Thanks for a very well produced and interesting video about one of my favourite theme parks! I think Disney should have chosen Spain if only for the weather! I always thought it was well worth flying to Florida or Spain - blue skies and sunshine help the magical experience right? Would love to see another video about PA and also how about Warner Bros. in Madrid? - amazing Batman coaster with VR goggles. Cheers Sam - loving your work! ❤

[@hode_jzm]

Wow thank you for this video really enjoyed watching it. Ive been visiting since I was 9 when I first rode the Dragon (now it really needs a retrack). Well, now PortAventura is for sale and its time for Universal to come back. Let this halloween be the last shabby one!

[@demongorr]

I feel that seeing Woody Woodpecker dance to Gangum Style has taken away part of my joy for life

[@rjc0234]

When I was a kid If you couldn't make it to Disney World Orlando, the next best place to go was Port Aventura. Euro Disney was was always too cold and wet.

[@cadendicky1855]

Geez, why has almost no one on KZbin known about this until now. Its was Universal.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

It was!

[@Clay3613]

@bigevilworldwide1 Strongly disagree, Universal Florida was better than MGM Studios till 2002. They actually had real TV shows and movies being filmed.

[@callumclark4021]

Basically, it did really well at the start, Universal came and screwed it up, and then Universal left and now it's booming again???

[@PancakeNation]

Oddly enough, I have never seen or heard of this before...

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Now you have! :)

[@harpy5677]

Port Adventura is epic

[@tinkertoy6327]

Gangam style woody woodpecker doesn’t exist....he can’t hurt you. Woody woodpecker: 15:56

[@Skywalkers-vt5pm]

Ngl the fact that Universal Studios Europe park never was build hurts. I’m a big fan of the Universal parks 🌎 & I’m not even an American. I’m really glad that we still have PortAventura, but I really wish that Universal would give Europe another chance.

[@ig1357]

Si vuelve será de nuevo en PortAventura.

[@KaminoKatie]

Europe seems to be cursed for Universal

[@andyspruce7817]

Universals having another crack at the uk, and merlins parks unviersal great Britain is set to open 2030 near bedford so directly between Thorpe and Alton Towers.

[@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94]

I would love to see Expectation Theme Park talk about Parc Asterix or its rides. Seriously that park is underrated and I would gladly go there over Disneyland Paris!

[@higg873]

We went here 5 or 6 years ago and my boyfriend loved riding the big rides. Would love to see more on this. Also wondering if you'll ever do any expedition Europa park?

[@PuppyThor2307]

Its a Shame there's no Universal Resort in Europe...

[@lewis9s]

The last time I went there was still a Universal thing by the toilets in the water park. (2019)

[@andrewraphael3800]

Building Euro Disney in France and not on the Spanish coast was the single biggest mistake of Michael Eisner's tenure as CEO.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

I agree

[@babyalexander]

I like the way tussauds/Merlin held the record for 3 coasters with most inversions

[@Davidoneill1967]

Universal messed up here big-time. Ok it was a bad idea Buying out a park and putting their name to it but they could of made it work and if they stuck with it and added another park with their trademark touch and attractions to it imagine it today . Guarantee it would be pulling in more that 5 million a year.

[@jacksmith427]

I absolutely loved PortAventura when we visited a few years ago, it is most definitely underrated as i never seem to hear anything about it! Please keep up the fantastic work with your videos and make some more on PortAventura !!

[@spochysrandomnetwork]

as a castillian person im so glad i live near portaventura, its a great theme park

[@darebear69]

last time i was in portaventura was for my 30th birthday, 13 years ago when they were building Furios Baco.. i can still remember dragon khan to this day. just WOW. Id also love to see videos on Terra Mitica aswell. another great park in spain

[@JordiLA]

The new owners are doing a lot of mistakes. The Halloween celebration in 2019 was awful, expensive and abusive.. I miss the universal years on the park..

[@nathan0mcbride]

Portaventura is hands down the best theme park in Europe by a mile

[@JainkoAteoa_]

Amazing video! Being that PA is my local park( I live like 40km from it), i did know that it used to be a Universal park but i didn't know the full story. Would love to see more of it! Great Work , hope to see more videos about PA rides and shows!!!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you!

[@dizzyduck44]

Dragon Khan. Without doubt one of the best roller coasters I’ve been on. So smooth.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Love it!

[@TheLifeofBez]

My favourite European park was there last may. Incredible park and sunshine every day. Can't wait to go back for the 25th later this year. Cover more about the park please as much as possible.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Okay!

[@pickles3128]

*CHESSINGTON CHESSINGTON CHESSINGTON ZOO CHESSINGTON CHESSINGTON CHESSINGTON ZOO CHESSINGTON ZOO CHESSINGTON ZOO* _there's a fun fair and a circus at-_ *CHESSINGTON CHESSINGTON ZOO*

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

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[@katelon678]

I remember going to this park as part of a school trip in around 2000/2001 when touring with a school orchestra. Dragon Khan was such a great coaster to ride and I remember having a great day. I had no idea it was a universal park at the time! Thanks for covering this park and indeed all your videos. I hope that I get the chance to return one day.

[@SciSarhan]

I'm so glad to see some love for this park!! I've been visiting it since I was a wee kiddo - it was our family's favourite holiday destination. We're from the UK and it's insane to think how Tussauds had a hand in this park - Thorpe Park is in tatters compared to how pristine and beautiful PortAventura is maintained. Definitely blows Euro Disney out of the water too - I've been to parks all around the world, but if I had one day left on Earth and could spend it anywhere in the world it would be PortAventura.

[@TheDarkVictini]

I went to Port Aventura with my Spanish friends when I was spending christmas with my spanish family.

[@MrSolidBlakeGaming]

12:35 man I miss sea odyssey…. Also now we’re getting uncharted. Ferrari land sucks tho.

[@pjw1993]

When I was a kid/young teen, all the kids channels used to get bombarded with ads for Universal Mediteranea, so I almost forget sometimes that it was such a brief period they had it for. Plus I’ve still never had a chance to go, but hopefully that’ll change at some point :)

[@leonardo_decapitated4644]

Back in the day, my sister visited this park with family in Spain while my family visited the Orlando park, and i remember she brought me a park map and i was like "we both went to universal lol".

[@ericanerny1771]

I’d loved to have watched this but sadly being bombarded with adverts every couple of minutes forced me to give up in the end.

[@fruitdownloader8170]

12:30 wow I had forgoten about this ride it was one of my favorites as a kid....this video brings back childhood memories of my family's trip to spain when I was 7....I'd love to see you cover more of Port Aventura's history....maybe looking at the development of each area (Polynesia, Mediterrània, Mexico etc.) over time?

[@harpy5677]

Now there is Seseme Street or sesame adventura

[@lilpthebasedpoque]

i'd definitely like to see more about FerrariLand and PortAventura!

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

Hey, Expedition Theme Park! Can you please do Mr. Freeze at Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags St. Louis?

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Yes I will!

[@pickles3128]

Yes, he can cover all the lawsuits brought on by the Ninja at SFStL for neck injuries. I was finally excited to see my home park covered at all on any theme park channel.. And it was a top twenty worst roller coasters ever (the Ninja.) My father sold all of the piping and many of the slides (which are kind of just oversized pipes) to Hurricane Harbor in St. Louis. That was an awesome commission check, I got my first video game system after begging for years (an N64) because of Hurricane Harbor (even though I don't like water parks.) Of course the mortgage got paid off and our house got a new roof and A/C system... but all I remember is playing Mario Kart 64 with my dad.

[@DanArnets1492]

FUN FACTS · My dad worked there. The family business back then did ALL the wood work (except for wooden rides, handrails and barrers) of the park. At one point, every grandstand, restaurant and piece of decoration was made by them. · Due to that, I visited PortAventura like 2-3 weeks before it opened. Entrance and food was 100% free for the people that worked there. · I was probably the first child to be lost in PortAventura, my parents pretty much forgot about me (I was looking at some ride) and needed 20-30 minutes to find me. · Height limits were not so strict during that workers-only day, we went to the park 1 year later (paying) and I wasn't allowed to ride some of the places even though I was a few inches higher! · For the longest time, the Mediterranean was supposed to be the "boring entrance" to the park as it had no thrill rides in any way. · Depending on your manhood, you're bound to have a bad time riding the Serpiente Emplumada (Feathered Serpent). It's a fairly long ride and I've basically lost sense of my balls for a couple of hours afterwards on some occasions. · The theme park flows in a counter-clockwise manner. Everyone enters through the Mediterranean, then you're supposed to continue to Polynesia with China & Mexico being the most typical places to eat, hit the Wild West during the afternoon or even sunset and end back in the Mediterranean to enjoy the parades, final show and fireworks.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

That's awesome!

[@DanArnets1492]

@@ExpeditionThemePark - Most people in the area just go during weekends (even during holidays) so I don't know how they expected more visitors. On good days it's 100% common to see the infamous "3 hours" or "2h30' " pop pup in the predicted waiting times signs all over the park.

[@Londonso]

I absolutely love PortAventura! Yes, they have poor operations (the worst actually), but the park is amazing! It’s gorgeous, the attractions are great and I just love it!

[@barnaby_]

I still don't understand why Disney chose Paris instead of Barcelona as their Europe site. The better weather, updated infrastructure (due to the '92 Barcelona Olympics), overall holiday atmosphere of the region, friendly Catalonia NS. Disneyland Barcelona.... It sounds like the happiest place in Europe

[@PHLFANJAN]

It would have certainly attracted much more European tourist, instead of just the domestic ones.

[@barnaby_]

@@PHLFANJAN I have a feeling they like the classy and chique appeal of the Paris brand more than the concept of an actual good location.

[@gitothies6520]

Geographically, it's the biggest travel knot in Europe and the French government poured in a lot of money, so it's more a matter of essential infrastructure than quality thereof. Example: the fact you can get directly to the entrance of the theme park from a train station anywhere in France and from Brussels, London & Amsterdam among other places. That said, the Catalan offer on the table was better in most other ways but Disney had their minds made up beforehand about being at the heart of Europe (before the iron curtain fell).

[@barnaby_]

@@gitothies6520 Interesting! Thanks man

[@queenmedesa]

There's not need for insults

[@simtanic8]

I got to stay at Port Aventura for a week while it was under Universals control and have to say the park was fantastic. The staff, the rides, and the atmosphere were all great. I remember riding Dragon Kahn 7 times in a row, seriously one of B&Ms underrated coasters.

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

Hard to call it underrated when it was the universally agreed to be best roller coaster in Europe for years. And honestly it's still the best of the park, yes Shambhala and Red Force are much taller and Furius Baco is faster, but none of them is anywhere as intense as good old Dragon Khan.

[@jambuky234]

We all hope Universal Studios buy Port Aventura again, before the new owners destroy the park. It was an amazing place in that Universal’s era.

[@EuroDC1990]

I visited back in 2005 when it was Universal Meditteranea, stayed in the Hotel El Paso which was one of her resort hotels and it was absolutely incredible! Went back a couple of years later but not staying on site and again loved it. Would still love to go back again. The theming was incredible, especially the China area.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

So cool!

[@tideclima2665]

I hate that ad so bad...

[@Jaxymann]

In hindsight, I’m glad neither Disney nor Universal set up shop in Spain: PortAventura has its own distinct feel to it that can’t be matched by the others

[@ig1357]

Universal tiene interés en volver a PortAventura.

[@laurs5551]

Still patiently waiting for the expedition portaventura episode

[@queenmedesa]

PortAventura was better before they turn it into a cheap copy of Disneyland Paris with those stupid Halloween parties

[@maronhopequeno3033]

Awesome park, best coasters in southern europe, and no point comparing to other parks in Spain like Warner or Terra Mitica. This one is simply better.

[@CodingAbroad]

The BS thing about this park is they make you buy drinks for the “free” shows

[@mrsox87]

Great theme park - I’m actually staying there for a holiday next year...pandemic pending obviously 😅😂😭

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Have a great time!

[@Elixo191]

PortAventura is such a beautiful and fun park. I love it! One of my favorite Theme Park!

[@THEFLAPJACKMASTER]

I've been hoping you'd cover this for a while, thank you! I went a couple of times as a kid while it was still Universal with Woody Woodpecker everywhere, during their Halloween celebrations and I remember it being scary af, even in my hotel with scare mazes and actors walking about. I still even got the merch from the place

[@samwilliams9919]

Went here twice in my early teens with family and love this park. Incredible theming and atmosphere, would love to see some more videos on this place.

[@stephensworldofadventure]

What a great video. Really interesting. Didn't even realise this park existed 😎

[@DarMar106]

I’d love to see a video on Sea Odyssey. Idk if it’s still the case but I remember it being advertised as a must do and a very Disney quality attraction. Same with Temple of Fire

[@trvlnthru]

Fascinating episode about a park I didn't know existed. Had no idea Universal ever had a theme park in Europe. Thanks for another fun video!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you!

[@jauipop]

I’ve been to this park a few years ago for a work trip (didn’t go on any rides... just did a walk through with the owners). There was a planned Ferrari land (which is open now) and a huuuge casino project that I was working on getting investors. Also did a tour of the golf course and the club over there. Beautiful area and I wish I would have actually gone there for a holiday instead of having to have been in a suit. Haha.

[@stutheironman]

Went to Port Aventura when I was 10. Fun park to visit

[@JabbieYT]

Are you gonna make any portaventura vids?

[@EgAtelevision]

great video, i enjoy so much traveling to port aventura from time to time and i hope u will continue making this videos about it. Great job!

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

Thank you!

[@brycevo]

It's so far removed from classic Universal Studios, that I've never heard of it. This is a first. Thank you so very much for this amazing episode. Maybe they would have been better off if Universal added some of the classic Universal attractions, like Jurassic Park in Polynesia or the Wild West Stunt show in the West I'm quite sad they didn't open a Studio Park there

Actually there is a Wild West Stunt Show at the park. It was created by Universal and now it has some modifications to be updated, but has the old essence. It is called Bang Bang West

[@jjessiiexe]

My cousin and her family went to Port Aventura around 2005, but I always had no clue what the park was about etc, so this video cleared a lot up for me!

[@Pear_chan]

15:55

[@benmichael2571]

I've been to this park so many times and never realised it was gonna be a universal park

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

It was a Universal Park!

[@amyjones8504]

I would love more portaventura videos! It’s one of my all time favourite places to visit apart from WDW! This was a great vid :)

[@officialsamstermadness]

11:30 where did you find that?

[@CodingAbroad]

It’s rides are really out of date now

[@JonnyCisero]

I am a great fan of PortAventura, So looking forward to going again after Corona. Definitely worth a visit.