Home Video Restored: Visiting Universal Studios Florida in 1995

Home Movies recorded in 1995
Sights & sounds around the park including the Universal Movie Props Boneyard, Tram Tour of the Park, Jurassic Park Movie Props Display & The Dynamite Nights Stunt Spectacular
Universal Studios Florida is a theme park and production studio located in Orlando, Florida. Opened on June 7, 1990, the park's theme is the entertainment industry, in particular movies and television. The park encourages its guests to "ride the movies" and features numerous attractions and live shows. It is a component of the larger Universal Orlando Resort. The park hosted an estimated 10.2 million visitors in 2017, ranking it as the sixth most attended theme park in the United States and the ninth most attended theme park worldwide
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[@tiffanyd1708]

I would give anything for my daughter to experience Universal and Disney back in the 90s it was such a magical time, we just came back a few days ago and while my daughter had a blast, a piece of that magic was missing for me.

[@DisneyDave]

Tiffany, I totally understand what you are saying, The parks now are very different to how they were in the 90s

[@djtanner4472]

I totally get this! The times have changed so much

[@inkedenvy4205]

It’s because they got rid of practical effects! They used to use real fire and prop pieces…. Now it’s all just screens. I hate it. Also the movie IPs kinda stink now but that’s just the times. I miss the Beetlejuice show 😭

[@MT-tu8dt]

Yeah, it was special. It was old school.

[@sigoy]

Maybe it’s us that’s changed. Grown up? 🤷🏻‍♂️ …………..nah the parks aren’t as good as the Ghostbusting Jaws days!

[@simplynay2702]

I miss this park. My first time here was at 3. Then I went back in 95 at age 5 and every other year after until I was 14. I just came back from Orlando and I’m shocked by how much it changed. I do feel that they should not have gotten rid of the original rides that made the park. This was a great video as a reminder of my childhood.

[@michaelsch.7830]

I stayed in Florida 1997. i was 23 on my first trip to the USA, it were trully magical times. That feelings never came back, sadly.

[@awwgez]

Thank you so much for recording this! I’ve lived in Orlando since 92 and all of this is matching with the memories of my Universal Studio experience when I was a kid. Loving seeing this, good stuff.

[@DisneyDave]

Great to hear that Clayton, Thanks for watching

[@rockslime]

The first time I ever went to universal Orlando was in July 1995. It was so cool back then.

[@DisneyDave]

This was a cool time to visit, great to hear you got to experience it then Yunaton

[@rauliod23]

Same as me… 1995, and yes!! It was real cool, i remember the Back to the Future ride!!!

[@HoodOrnament91]

This was the first year I went. My parents divorced in '89 and it didn't go well for me and my sister. My parents somehow pulled it together enough to spend a week and half together for a family trip to Orlando. Everyone was jazzed for Disney, but all I wanted was Universal. It was amazing. Rode everything except Jaws, which was shut down at the time. Didn't make it back until my honeymoon in 2012. I was devastated to see what had happened. There was like a physical ache seeing what happened to BTTF, and I missed Jaws closure by a week. I never got to ride it. I'm down here with my kids this week, today's our last day, and I took them to Universal and showed them around. Pointed out stuff that used to be. It still hurts to see it. I stumbled upon the Universal Legacy Store at the exit/entrance to Islands Of Adventure. If anyone sees this and long for the old park, seek this store out!! A TON of old props from the original rides are in there along with a bunch of retro merch. Not ashamed to say I picked it all up. They even have 2 of the original proton packs from the Ghostbusters performance show. Doc's jacket. Full T2 ride suit. Jaws ride props. Everything. One of the store employees said there's a lot of talk going around about Universal doing a bunch of legacy stuff at their upcoming new expansion. I hope he's right. A lot of cast members I talked to a couple days ago miss it as much as we do.

[@mzungustone6035]

You can still ride jaws at Universal Japan

[@alexalolz689]

I’m a bit younger so I don’t have the same attachments to the older rides (I was scared of a lot of them haha) but I’d give anything to ride them again. Especially Earthquake the Big One, I remember it so vividly.

[@richierich4175]

I have a ton of videos from the 90s. Bit embarrassing looking back at myself as a young teenager tho 😅

[@DisneyDave]

😅😅😅 apart from your embarrassment Richie, It would be great to see them

[@natashagarrison3996]

Ahhh **when the world was in simpler times

[@DisneyDave]

Very true Natasha

[@jeffreymccormick3578]

Wow! Great footage. This park was so charming. As everyone else is saying in here - it is really shocking just how much things have changed. Idk how I feel about it. It’s like everything original was gutted without any care.

[@jodijohnson3488]

As someone who first visited (from Ireland) in 1996 (and who now lives in Tampa and still visits Universal regularly), the removal of "Jaws: The Ride" is one of the worst decisions made across the board by any of the theme park operators in Orlando. The main Universal Studios park right now is pretty wretched, and is going through an identity crisis similar to that of MGM about 10 years ago. No signs of it being sorted out either, not with the proper third gate on the horizon. The listless replacement of "Back to the Future" with "The Simpsons" was another warning sign of backsliding. I'm not beholden to classic attractions, but replacing them with worse is a cardinal sin. I feel as if the park peaked in the mid-to-late 90s, despite how impressive Diagon Alley is. Worrying times ahead for this original gate.

[@DisneyDave]

Jaws to me was the ULTIMATE Universal Studios Ride, I loved that attraction so much & was very disappointed when they announced they were closing the ride, But the Harry Potter replacement is also a fantastic addition to the park, just a shame there wasn't more land available to have added Harry Potter & Jaws could have been kept, & also the replacement of Back to the Future with the Simpsons again was a huge disappointment for me, I'm a HUGE fan of the movie :-(

[@trevorsgamingroom5284]

Can people please stop hating The Simpsons Ride? Its not that bad, its actually one of my favorite rides

[@bluepandaman]

I worked at the Hanna Barbera ride from 1996-1998!

[@DisneyDave]

TheBluePanda very cool, I bet this was a great ride to work on

[@ajh90210]

Great video, videos sure can bring back the feelings more than any photo ever can, we 1st went in 92. 93, 94, 97 and few more times after, really dont remember JP being inside that building, thought was always Horror make up show, and had the Mummy Bus outside I remember one year, the whole park has such a feel in the early and mid 90's. very charming indeed, no mobile phones, just Dads and kid with cameras, I collect a lot of merch from this period of time too.

[@TheGraduate702]

Universal Studios was so vibrant and full of life 😮 then. It gets more and more dull as they remove roaming characters and replace rides with screen based simulators

[@sylsyd88]

I saw the jaws the revenge mechanical behind studio 18 summer of 1997 😢great nostalgic memories

[@brittanyguyton3987]

I never been to Universal Studios. I hope one day I can take myself and family for vacation. I have been looking at these videos, how Universal Studios use to be and comparing them to what they are now..the older rides looked better. You 90s kids had it good. I wish I could have got on the King Kong ride from back in the day, it was more realistic as of today it is just digital. Universal studios need to bring the old rides back!

[@YehudaHubertPetrana]

Nickelodeon Studios moving to Burbank

[@ajurassicfan9557]

Were those Jurassic jeep strollers around 7:00 in front of Kong fruntation?

[@jonny5777]

That was a great video. I was looking out for little me as we were there that year. Miss those old days

[@goodnessentertainment3707]

wow! I wish I was there that time!

[@DisneyDave]

It was a great time to visit especially seeing the original & best version (in my mind) of the Park

[@Flickawho]

Last time I was at Universal, I found the store where the old entrance to Terminator 3D was and almost cried. It may not have existed yet at this particular time, but I truly miss old Universal. My family enjoyed ET the most in 2019, making me feel bad my stepdaughter missed the OG rides.

[@DisneyDave]

I'm with you there missing the old OG rides, they were the best! and thank goodness we still have E.T, Great to hear your family enjoyed the last opening day attraction

[@SkySkrapinEnt]

The 90s... where Dad, Mom, Sister and Brother all wore an XL white shirt and Jean shorts 😄

[@slurpwis]

Wow, the homage to Edward Scissorhands is really cool.

[@seemapatil3716]

Omg can't believe 33rd view and 11th like😁😁

[@DisneyDave]

Thanks for watching

[@jennylofty179]

Such memories , anyone remember Baseball and broadwalk cant remember where it was though .

[@DisneyDave]

Ive just looked Baseball and Boardwalk up online, It looks so cool, I didn't get to experience this park unfortunately

[@mr2nut123]

Awesome to see!

[@HappinessandSweetTea]

It's so grand that you have this footage. Thank you for sharing it Dave!

[@DisneyDave]

My pleasure Wendi, Thanks for watching

[@rogerwhittaker4189]

Even , before island's of adventure was made even before they kept adding new rides.

[@user-vn7wy5vp7r]

I would love for x1 summer to go back to florida in the 90s! The best days of my family's life!

[@DisneyDave]

That would be the best to go back!

[@JeremyMalies]

Can I use a few short clips from this for a non-commercial family video compilation on my channel which has 18 subscribers?

[@DisneyDave]

Sure Jeremy go for it

[@JeremyMalies]

@@DisneyDave Thank you.

[@rogerwhittaker4189]

I was only like 5 or 6 years old when I went to universal studios with my parents after their honeymoon there man good time's.

[@mikefarristhegamebunny]

I miss how the park wasn’t so fat restricted back then.

[@DisneyDave]

It was so different back then!

[@jonny-b4954]

I kind of wish they still did that tram tour. The show in the middle lagoon would be cool to bring back too.

[@wcar96]

I love this channel! Keep the content coming!

[@DisneyDave]

Great to hear that MIKE JONES & yes theres plenty more to come 👍

[@PrimeStone]

Wonder why they renamed it from being Florida to Orlando

[@inkedenvy4205]

Save this footage forever!! I went in 98 to the Nickelodeon studios and it was everything I ever dreamed it would be! This had to of been right before that. Loved the Earthquake ride, Kongfrontation and the Beetlejuice show!

[@MrSean64]

Where's Nickelodeon Studios?

[@spaceguruf1]

Thanks alot, we was there that year and alot of memories came back to me.

[@DeezyVision242]

Wow!! This is the year I visited universal studios for the first time

[@DisneyDave]

DeezyVision this was a great year for a first visit & you got to see the original & best version (In my mind) of the Park

[@DeezyVision242]

@@DisneyDave It was awesome Dave. I wish I was vlogging at the time or at least had a camcorder 😅

[@KandiRockChick]

When I went to Florida an see the space ship wicked times

[@TheMarc388]

Will never be this way again. So much fun back then.

[@DisneyDave]

Very true 😞

[@breathedeepnrelax2137]

This will forever be MY Universal Studios

[@DisneyDave]

BreatheDeepNRelax21, agreed

[@KINGDOMANIMATION4D]

That was cool to see that older film.

[@DisneyDave]

AnimationPrincess Great to hear that, Thanks for watching

[@spencerchronicles301]

What camera was this that you used??

[@DisneyDave]

Hi Spencer Chronicles, I think if my memory serves me correctly this footage was filmed with a Amstrad Camcorder, but I cant remember the model

[@Flippettirob]

nice video thank you my friend

[@DisneyDave]

Thanks for the visit

[@illusionsmage]

Awesome!

[@DisneyDave]

illusionsmage thanks for watching

[@DreamApresonYT]

Not Amazing In Universal Studios 😥 I Mean I Like Disneyland / Disney World 😎

[@DisneyDave]

It was a great Park in the 90,s but has changed so much now, Diagon Alley is a great addition though

[@DreamApresonYT]

@@DisneyDave What 😥

[@erde4273]

Mels Drive in was my first job i ever worked back in 96. I miss these times so much. It hurts sometimes to go back and watch these vids lol... I am still waiting one day to see myself as a worker on someones home video. Worked here in 96. Sea World in 97 and Disney is 98. Made my rounds.

[@JawjaTv]

*Ahh before Universal turned into a big pile of woke sell out shit* the good ole days

[@greatone33j]

Dynamite Nights was so cool!

[@DisneyDave]

It certainly was & a great way to end the day at the park

[@sweetsandnuts]

That is brilliant

[@DisneyDave]

Thanks Malcomb

[@vickyxxx876]

I love seeing nobody staring at a phone in their hands

[@DisneyDave]

the good ol' days of no mobile phones