TOP 10 LOST ATTRACTIONS AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD

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🔴 SUBSCRIBE: link.thruthegiftshop.com/subscribe 🔴 ⏰ TIMESTAMPS ⏰ 0:00 TOP 10 LOST ATTRACTIONS AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD 0:15 COLLAPSING BRIDGE & ICE TUNNEL 2:34 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 4:38 MIAMI VICE ACTION SPECTACULAR 6:31 THE ADVENTURES OF CONAN 9:00 BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE RIDE 12:05 TERMINATOR 2 3D: BATTLE THROUGH TIME 17:22 THE WALKING DEAD 18:35 E.T. 20:55 BACKDRAFT 23:30 KING KONG

[@derekllewellyn6663]

Me too Derek Llewellyn feel like flash back past life look back at universal studios hollywood new number of times picture awards TCM channel interview review history books documentary on Netflix with oasr awesome picture of the day away magic made movie

[@nathanmorgan9205]

Live action performer's is what made universal studios unique, they have gone to completely on screen rides,that are dizzying, I really miss the terminator show,it was beyond awesome

[@stephencass570]

I agree 100%

[@ItsAVolcano]

There's still Waterworld, a live show so fun that it's still drawing huge crowds despite the film being over 25 years old with no sequels.

[@ProBreakers]

Yeah, the park has removed almost all the live action shows. I was just there and the Animal show building was being demolished.

[@Chainsawhappy]

Agreed. Universal Hollywood is terrible now.

[@Revolzer]

@@ItsAVolcanobest stunt show ever

[@diegomv2766]

I miss E.T, Back to the Future, King Kong, Backdraft and Terminator. Such good childhood memories 😢

[@libertyko15]

a reminder, king kong burned down from the fire, not demolished.

[@MaybeGodwillsaveMe]

ET was so cool. You walked through the woods while in line. The little city you fly over was so cool. There was a baseball stadium and a game playing.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

That was my favorite part! It was so immersive - like being outdoors ... Indoors!

[@derekllewellyn6663]

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[@therealheszha]

I can still smell that ride!!!!

[@littlesongbird1]

They still have it in Orlando. I was there a couple of weeks ago! total Nostalgia.

[@XpapricaX]

@@littlesongbird1and its the same?!? 😮

[@steezy7821]

King Kong was one of the best and most memorable rides of my childhood, RIP

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Oh man - I remember coming around the corner the first time and seeing that giant ape!

[@buckrustle9237]

Never made it to Universal but there was a movie called the wizard I watched over and over As a kid it showed the king kong ride looked amazing

[@MORPHIUS777]

ET really made u feel so immersed. The waiting in line was the best part. The smell. The comforting trees and darkness and excitement. I miss it so much

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

One of the most amazing queues I've ever experienced!

[@balearicrob]

I believe it's still at Universal Studios, Florida.

[@mozote2380]

E.T, Back to the future, Beetlejuce , Kong , Jaws and Twister Very good memories.😁

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The Best!

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

I remember seeing T2: Battle Through Time for the first time. We were blown away. It was always fun to go to through the years. I understand why others are more nostalgic for Back To The Future, but T2 is the one that gets me.

[@mulch1973]

I was lucky enough to ride the back to the future ride several times. It’s something I’ll always remember and it’s a shame it’s not there anymore as it’s probably next to kong the most iconic ride. Happy days.

[@carriegartin4274]

that ride was a gem

[@carriegartin4274]

et too

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Or was awesome to get another bit of Back to the Future after the original trilogy. Nice to see the characters live on!

[@katiehaubrick4215]

I remember a lot of those attractions and I used to go on the ET ride as many times as possible, always giving a fake name to hear him mispronounce! My favorite attraction was BTTF ride and ET.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Love the old fake name trick - always fun :)

[@pinball541]

I was going to Universal Studios Hollywood since the early 80's. I loved all of the mentioned experiences including E.T , & Backdraft. My dad had EXTREME health issues, & Most of Universal Hollywood he could experience. Just like I have fond memories of the Disneyland Peoplemover for the same reason. My biggest memory was seeing KITT from Knight Rider, & sitting in the actual car. I discovered recently that the car I sat in was one of the 5 surviving Cars from the show. That car is featured regularly on the Knight Rider Historians channel, & they also have the Semi Tractor & trailer they are restoring! I miss my dad, & the 80's & 90's..😥 Hello from Phoenix Arizona❕🔥

[@stephencass570]

Hug from a fellow 80’s/90’s kid. One of my happiest times was the one time I went w/ my dad as well.

[@jr9797]

KITT was awesome. The cowboy stunt was a so much fun.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

I forgot about meeting KITT! Haven't thought about that in a long time - thanks!

[@dianeapena6340]

My favorite was back to the future ride,E.T. KingKong and the parting of the red sea from the ten commandments on the tour ride.

[@artdearcos]

I had the pleasure of riding all those rides, but I do miss Battlestar Galactica the ride. I also remember they had cylons walking through the park, which was really cool.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

When I first saw the Battlestar scene as a kid it was amazing! When it first came out there was nothing like it - live action, animatronics and lasers, wow!

[@bradleyj9173]

Your old

[@pinball541]

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[@commifaiL]

I miss the days we would hit ET as kids and because the inside of the ride had this cold forest affect.. we usually would get cold in that ride and leave right to BackDraft to warm up fully.. then hit Jurassic Park to cool off from the heat of Backdraft.. good ole days..

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Hah! What a perfect trio!

[@billlonee9470]

When I was a kid, there were walking parts to the tour. You went inside the sound stages and would visit the sets of Ironside, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, and others. For a while, there was a "screen test" where tour members got to act on camera. For a short time, there was an avalanche section of the ride with rocks that rolled down a hillside, pummeling the tram. Of course, they were made of foam rubber. Sadly, it was raining the day my family went, so they closed that part of the tour. By the time we got back, it was gone. Apparently, it was a pain to reset the rock slide. Also, people kept stealing the "rocks."

[@jayjohnston45]

This was awesome. Surely will miss them all but Back to The Future probably the most. Conan scared the crap out of me when I was young but loved it in my teenage years.

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Conan was one of my favorites too - The giant animatronic dragon was so cool!

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[@deesixx1460]

There were some real gems here! What a difference those animatronics make compared to the screens that replaced some of these. I miss T2 the most.

[@Hebrew_Loc]

I loved the Ice Tunnel, the way it made you feel like you were flipping upsidedown was cool, and after going through it you found yourself Infront of the Battlestar Galactica experience which was pretty cool too, I remember in the mid to late 80's there was a rest stop in the middle of the tour where you could get a snack or drink, let your kids run off some energy after sitting on a tram for awhile, it had this test your strength A-Team van and 2 giant telephones one bigger then the other that were from the movie "The Incredible Shrinking Woman" Starring Lilly Tomlinson, the Original King Kong was cool the new one, not so much, as far as Stage Shows Miami Vice was epic and nothing has be like it since, Conan The Barbarian was also cool, I also like the Star Trek show, before you entered the staff would take volunteers who wanted to participate in the show, it then had those guests playing different parts of the show dressed in authentic costumes, and they would come out onto the stage already in there sets ready to perform, you would then do your seen while a professional film stage camera crew filmed it, after all the scenes were completed, they would talk about the special effects by computers, this part was to allow the staff the time to chop, cut and put together all the scenes then they would have these 3 giant screens drop down and the audience was shown the results, and anyone that was on stage or their family had a chance a buying a vhs copy of the performance for $19.95, Back to the Future: The Ride was awesome and the first new theater added to the Universal park, along with the lower back lot being added to, with the I Love Lucy Experience, Backdraft, the E.T. The Ride, The Sound Stage Experience and the opening of the Studio Backlot Commissary restaurant. The Animal Actors stage and The Wild West Action Spectacular were also really cool, but I've seen almost an exact copy of those at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA which at the time was called Six Flags Marine World, I used to live about 10 city blocks from Universal Studios Hollywood was on Lankershim Blvd, which was only about 4 block in the westerly directions, but the street Chauanga Blvd crosses Lankershim and where it does begins the Universal Property which pretty much ends at the US101 Ventura Freeway and Chauanga was 4 blocks to the east of my street I lived in-between two V's first where Lankershim crosses Vineland Blvd and Riverside Dr crosses the center of both of them, then the Chauanga and Lankershim crossing I could walk to Universal in less then a half hour, I was there every time something new opened for years including Earthquake The Experience, the Universal City Walk, the American Tail live stage show, also went to the first couple Halloween Horror Nights they had, I remember when they built the giant set escalators the straddle the hillside, I also went there just after the huge Backlot fire in 90' or 91', apparently the Universal Studios Backlot has an issue with catching fire, from in what I know there had been several before the one when I was a teenager and there have been a few since which one destroyed the King Kong Experience and ruined the whole thing, the replacement sucks, part of the experience was when you came around the corner and saw Kong and then you get stuck on a bridge, with he would pull on and make 2 tram cars slide towards him then back then the tram would pull forward and then when the 2 back cars were on the bridge they tram would stop again saying they were stuck, then the 2 rear tram cars would go through the same as the first 2, so everyone could experience the effect also the studio pumped a smell out of Kongs mouth and the surrounding area to mask the massive smell of carrocen and vehicle exhaust, you would think that they would use Bananas for the smell, but nope they used Cherry cause if how it removes other smells very well

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You name a lot of other great classic Universal Attractions! Wild West Stunt Show, Star Trek, Animal actors, the list goes on and on!

[@Hebrew_Loc]

@@ExitThrutheGiftShop yeah, well that's cause my mom worked for Universal from 86' to 90' in the Human Resources dept. and my brother and I would go to here office during the summertime and get passes put on our shirts then we would get to walk-through this turnstile side gate about 100ft past the lower lot main entrance, going from the employee parking lot for Universal HR and studio main offices and Technicolor employees to inside the studios back lot, this was way before they had the amusement parks Lower level area, the only thing that was in that area was a sound stage that had 2 sets of double doors right next to each other, and the tour team cars would pull up a few yards away on the other side of the still used to this day aluminum separating gates and as you got off your team and the guide git you huddled into a group you would see another group waiting there and they would get on your team and leave, your group would then walk into the doors on the right and there would be sets of bleachers, in a quarter of a circle shape, and you would sit down, Infront of you would be a chair with a person who had been picked outside along with several others as volunteers to participate, the chair would be on the floor with the person facing up with a table Infront if them, this was the start of the special effects, folly stage and camera tricks, part of the tour, from there after this part was done a black curtain raised and you went to part two where the would have more people piked in position this was the Back to the Future part they showed how the hover board parts were filmed and even film a quick bit of a clip, then another person plays Marty and does some dramatic acting and two others move a cockpit part of a delorean, then next you went on to see music composed and finally a folly stage where a couple picked persons make noises matching a scene playing, they later shrank this down and had it next door to the Backdraft Experience, but in the 80's that was it for the touring public walking on the back lot, the gate I entered was also on the opposite side of the road from soundstage 28 or the Phantom soundstage, lol I remember how the tram would leave the special effects/folly stage area and then head to the Clocktower/Downtown Hill Valley area, then to King Kong, then to this midpoint rest area for everyone to stretch their legs and kids who were stir crazy could play off some energy(this area is now where the film cars are) then then a new tram would come and you then went to the Flash Flood, then the team just passes the outside of Spartacus Square were the tram will stop so you can look but doesn't drive because the cobble stones are real and really old, then through the parting of the Red Sea, through 6 points Texas, and then into Cape Cod and Jaws, then onto the collapsing bridge, then it was on to a bunch of historic filming locations, 7 wives for 7 gables, the Circle with the Munsters house, Leave it to Beaver house and more, then the Bates motel, the Bates house, then the Avalanche cave and then the end and disembark spot, I also through the early 90's spent many summer days there at Universal because I lived so close and L.A. residents paid 1/3rd the regular price, I remember going everytime they added a new thing, I remember them adding the area where the American Tail show was and next to it was a fenced off spot where you could watch the Circus of the Stars practice, stretching the park towards the parking structure in the hillside road, I remember when there was no City Walk, and now multi teared fountain, just a small on that from what I know is now kinda hidden and it was between two outside of the park bathrooms the fountain had 3 naked boy charubs one pouring water out a vase into another one, with their privates in full view, I was their so often that when the CMA's happened one year I was at the park, they during they day and the day before go all over the park filming country starts performing their smash hit of that year in locations like with KITT, the water tower in the Miami Vice Action Spectacular, Infront of the exploding front falling building in the Wild West Show, or at the Mexican Cantina restaurant(demolished for the Back to the Future: The Ride), and in my case Mel's Diner, I was chilling drinking a Pepsi eating some fry's about to call mom to pick me up when some fancy dressed cowboy and about 10 people came into the area, there was this 57' Bel-Air that had no interior and was were the napkins and straws stand was in, they removed it to reveal a carpeted like stage inside, then they repositioned the car and at the same time a lady and man were going table to table talking to people, then after a few moments would pull out a piece of paper and the people would sign, the the lady came to me, she asked me if id like to be in a music video for the CMA's, I said what's in it for me, this is Hollywood and I'm not a tourist, lol but she says a chance to be on tv around the world, I said ok and here came my paper, it was an NDA and a release of my likeness to allow them to film me, next thing I'm dancing with a girl my age to thus fancy dressed cowboy sing his new hit, the guy was a new rising star his name is Alan Jackson and this was his first hit he was singing, "Don't Rock The Jukebox", I never liked county music until then. Lmmfao I experienced the 92' & 93' Halloween Horror Night which were the first two at the Hollywood park, I remember the BettleJuice Live Extravaganza show, dancing girls every hour at Moulin Rouge, man has everything changed, Water World sucks, the Simpsons is disappointing but The Harry Potter areas are cool.

[@kalzyoung]

24:43 I remember feeling the heat from that helicopter

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Yes - It was awesome!

[@greenman5229]

It's crazy to see so many of the stuff you saw as a kid gone

[@AndrewPatrickRalston]

Great compilation! Thanks for including my footage.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Thanks Andrew - I'm glad that you and others did a great job of documenting these attractions so we can look back and enjoy them :)

[@1sexybexy]

I haven't been in so long, but I will say my favorites: 1. ET- This ride was such a good dark ride. The indoor temp, the smell, the effects, you really felt like you were in a forest, & it was a nice escape form the heat in the lines. Also, everyone loved how ET said your name! 2. The old school tram tour, with king kong. It's so funny how animatronic popularity is around due to FNAF, and to hear kong was the most complex animatronic is pretty cool to say to my kiddo- I saw that a few times! My least fave-Last time I went, the new kong vs. Dinos was in and it made me nauseous. It is too overwhelming. Screens can help, or disorient. Now everyone talks about sensory overload, back then I didn't know how to define it, but that's definitely what it was. For the longest time it didn't feel like Universal was worth going to. Now with the new additions, it seems like it is. Thank you to those who have and share this old footage! It's so cool to see the vintage stuff. I agree with what someone said, that actors are what make everything awesome, it adds the human element. Also, a big draw to universal is feeling like you see what actual movie sets are like and things they use. If all of the rides are moving towards screens, it loses that Hollywood touch. Even though we know allot of Hollywood is CGI now, people still use sets. Actually Universal, a good idea would be to have set remakes that people can walk through- Friends, Sienfeld, Sex and the city or a New York style set, Game of Thrones, LOTR, FNAF for halloween. A simpsons land would be cool because its so perfect, or even better, BOBS BURGERS. Lastly, a place where people can play with CGI and immerse themselves in a greenscreen space and make their own quick video is a cool idea too. Just some thoughts...

[@stevemedlin1601]

Very well put together, well done it brings back some great memories.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Glad you enjoyed it - Thanks again for letting us include your footage!

[@BestEdmontonMall]

I remember the bridge, the ice tunnel, and (OMG) Back the the Future the RIDE!

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Glad you enjoyed it! I have great memories of that era at Universal Studios - Glad we got to experience most of these before they were closed!

[@derekllewellyn6663]

@@ExitThrutheGiftShop do you know I just missed lot more information I just love it so much it's looks good I love it

[@gator9339]

I missed all that since my first time going to USH was back in 2013 but I'm glad I can experience those lost attractions here on KZbin

[@aspieanarchist5439]

I only experienced the last three. I started going to Universal in 2000 with my dad(R.I.P.) on the first Grinchmas.

[@Ryecrash617]

I visited Universal Studios in the early 1990s and had forgotten about some of these. I got to take my kids there last fall for there first time and going on the tour brought back some memories for me and made some for my kids and I.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

It's still a great park, I just have a lot of nostalgia for the 90s attractions which are no longer around!

[@gator9339]

I wish I got to experience Universal Studios in the 90's. My first time going was in 2013 so most of these attractions were long gone by then

[@TheMicahwitz]

I saw the Conan show at Universal Studios when I was 6 years and it was completely awesome. Thank you from making this! Seeing old shows from my youth was really special. Keep up the great work!

[@mikegstyle]

This made me feel old but very lucky to have ridden every single one of these rides.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

You're lucky you got to see them before they disappeared!

[@egowens]

I remember all of these! My fav was the bridge part in the studio tour. That Van Helsing maze/attraction that used to be there too was so scary but really cool too

[@jimkutsko6272]

I would have added the old west stunt show, which predated the Miami Vice show and was quite fun. Great list, though! I consider myself pretty lucky that I was able to see most of them back in the day.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

I remember seeing the Wild West stunt show too - It was a blast! Stunt men falling from the roof tops and getting stuck in quick sand 😂

[@nickcastrellon909]

So many great memories watching this. I LOVED the Conan and Miami Vice shows. The ice cave scared the hell out of me when I first went on it. Although I love the current King Kong attraction, it pales in comparison to it's practical predecessor. Kong traumatized me! Lol. The T2 attraction was really cool too.

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If it doesn't traumatize kids they're not trying hard enough 🤣

[@ThePirateprincess23]

I made my first visit to USH in 2004 and got my first season pass to that park in 2011/2012 (it was part of the Buy-A-Day, Get-A-Year free deal that was going on in December 2011). So I do have fond memories of some of these attractions. I'm glad I got to experience Backdraft, Back To The Future: the Ride, the Collapsing Bridge, and King Kong Encounter when I did. But probably my two most favorite memories were from Terminator 2 3D and The Walking Dead Attraction. The last time I would get to see Terminator 2 3D at USH was on December 16, 2012. My sister and I saw it twice (if my sister had her way, we would have only seen it once that day; but she knew that I liked it, so we saw it twice that day). During one of the performance, my sister and I sat in the second row on the far right and I was pretty excited that I was getting to sit as close as humanly possible to the performers. It was sad day when the show closed for good on December 31, 2012. However, I would get to see the show one last time here in the US back in June 2015 when I visited Universal Studios Florida. As for The Walking Dead Attraction, I had a pretty awesome experience. Since I usually went through this attraction by myself and a bunch of other park guests (my sister was too chicken to go with me), I actually had no one walking in front of me nor behind me during this one time. During this one particular visit, I had walked into one of the rooms where I came face-to-face with one of the Walkers. I started to walk backwards through that room while keeping eye contact with him. After that brief moment of walking backwards, I had turned around only to find that another Walker had appeared right behind me. This interaction that I had with these two Walkers actually made my whole day. To the the two scareactors who did that with me, I would like to say thank you for giving me one of my favorite memories of that attraction. Hopefully you two (and the rest of the employees at USH) can get to go back soon. We miss you ⭐️

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Fantastic memories! Thanks for sharing :) The Walking Dead Attraction was the one item on the list that I DIDN'T get to experience. Sounds like the cast did a great job!

[@fergussaint-john2535]

I arrived to live in America in 1994 and the first thing I did was catch a bus from Brentwood to USH( about a 3 hour trek back then) and luckily got to experience these fantastic, fun rides..from a kid in rural Australia to see this in real life was awesome! B2TFuture ride was INCREDIBLE!

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What a fantastic introduction to America. Great memories 👍

[@GeekFilter]

For a company event we had that area closed off for just us so we got to go on the rides pretty easily. I however, got stuck on a ride with somebody from HR who was “scared to death of dinosaurs“ which is a bizarre fear to have given that they haven’t existed for 65 million years. When the dinosaur showed up in the ride she started *hitting us* because she was so upset! That was my unique experience with Back to the Future the ride!

[@richiefoote547]

Man that brings back so many childhood memories 😭…. Jaws, Kong, BTTF, ET, The Jetsons and of course Double Dare and the Slime lol. OMG those were the Good Old Days. My kids love universal now but I wish they could have seen through my eyes.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

I don't remember the Jetsons - was it a stage show? There was a Flintstones stage show there for a while and I remember it breaking down during our performance!

[@richardarmstrong9380]

All time Universal Favorite, Back to the Future The Ride!!! Awesome 👍

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Back to the Future was a classic!

[@a1m4thah3d]

Wow. This actually makes me sad. Last time I was at Universal was when they opened up a Jurassic Park water ride (maybe 1995?). Literally almost everything I remember from back then is gone now :(

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

The park has pretty much completely changed :( I went around that time too and it was golden. Just returned a few years ago and it's still good, but not the same.

[@emmarubenstein9085]

Did the tour in 1977....was absolutely fabulous...Melbourne Australia

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

I'm sure it's changed a lot since then, but always entertaining!

[@itsastakesything]

What a great video, love seeing all the golden old rides & shows, I would still love to see all these now, Thanks for sharing them with us, hope your keeping safe & well & enjoying the weekend 👍🤩🥰xx

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

I miss some of these a lot - Sad to see them go :( Have a great Weekend!

[@jessethelopez]

Great video! I went to Universal Osaka a few years ago and it was fun seeing the Terminator show again. It was my favorite.

[@slayskool1964]

That Conan show made me want to work at Universal. Then I spent 20 years doing SPFX and to this day Universal still will not hire me.

[@laurasomerville6776]

Sooooo many memories gone but not forgotten!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@jasonwood77]

The Conan the Barbarian show was the show I miss the most. Saw it when I was a kid at the end of the 80'a. Great show!

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

That was a favorite of mine too! At the time the effects were spectacular. The fire breathing dragon and lasers! I bet it would hold up today too if it was still around.

[@SwiftyTravels]

A great trip down memory lane!! Love these oldies but goodies!!

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Classic! I have great memories of these attractions so it was a lot of fun to revisit them :)

[@JMTZS]

So many memories. I miss all of them

[@lightninlarry8936]

The Back to the Future ride should never have gone. It was a classic.

[@westfield90]

I so wish I could go back. I used to go with my beautiful kind parents who gave me the happiest childhood memories.

[@richardarmstrong9380]

Miss collapsing bridge 🌉, totally forgot about that, how fun and of course back to the future!

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Collapsing Bridge was a nostalgic classic :)

[@geofflinder5266]

Back draft was awesome. When you leave, you see the set go back to ONE

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

I remember it resetting itself - Pretty amazing to see!

[@patrickharrison4763]

Great video, thanks for making it. I remember as a kid thinking these rides were decades of years old and would be around forever, lol. Crazy they do so well and then poof, one day they are gone

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

I guess we just have to enjoy these experiences before they're gone!

[@lilanimefreak90]

Glad my video could help bring back some good memories 😊

[@curtisjordan5303]

My parents always took us to Orlando. My top 3. Back to the Future, King Kong and Jaws, my absolute favorite rides of all time. Honorable mention is Ghostbusters which was replaced by T2 or Twister.

[@bladerunner_559]

Backdraft was crazy you could really feel the heat

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

I remember that! Apparently they spent a long time running how hot they could make it without hurting anyone :)

[@beck615]

Forgot Jaws. Also rides that were cool were Alfred Hitchcocks thing Ghostbusters Twister Earthquake ..man those early rides were awesome

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

I love all of those rides but this list was specifically for Universal Hollywood :)

[@Brandon75689]

Thanks for this. A treat to relive this. I remember being scared shitless as a kid on the king Kong ride. I don't know if I'm remember this correctly but before the King Kong the tram went through a lake area too and would get a wheel stuck on the side and would tip the tram towards the water and a large jaws would jump out at the tram before fixing itself and continuing on to the King Kong area.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

The JAWS attraction still exists! Unfortunately it wasn't working on our last trip but it's one of the remaining classic attractions!

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

I loved ET and the original Tram Tour.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Both great picks!

[@jasonmountain4643]

Man I wish they still had some of these.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

It's be happy if these could be put together into one nostalgic tour. If only there was a place for old attractions to go when they retire!

[@victorramirez420]

I MISS ALL OF THEM IM GRATEFUL TO EXPERIENCE THE TRUE NATURE OF REALISTIC ART now it's all 3d boo

[@stadalberts]

Miss them ALL!!!

[@neneshubby]

Loved that Terminator show

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

The combination of live action and film was amazing!

[@DanielCantinero]

I’ve only seen King Kong 360 but I love to see these videos. Very insightful

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Aww man early 90s Universal rocked! There are more rides now and most are great, but this was a golden age!

[@NeilStuhlmiller]

Seeing whoopie get eaten by the bugs. Priceless.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

😂

[@laonda.originals]

The American Tail park was so dope

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Not sure I got to experience that. Sounds cool!

[@tbx59]

King Kong was incredible

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Agreed!

[@fxdelusions77]

My entire Universal Studios childhood was in this 👍

[@drewote9718]

The memories 🥹🫶

[@jamesvanderbeek19]

I miss the I love Lucy exhibits and seeing Lucy Ricardo in her Polk a dot blue dress

[@MannyEmm]

I miss them all….I vividly remember seeing the show and being thoroughly entertained. I really miss BTTF ride. That was fun.

[@actionhero1983]

I could ride Back to the Future the ride all day!

[@BeaufortRyan]

The only way to remember this King Kong attraction is watching the 1989 film, the Wizard. It has a scene promoting that attraction

[@whtwlff1]

i miss the parting of the red sea and the submarine shooting the torpedo when you went past the lake and Mchales Pt boat to and in the upper lot Knightriders kitt talking to you in whebn your in the car and the lower lott in the sound stage the Space walk from 2010 oh and lastly the clock tower from back to the future when doc get electocuted , why do remember this i got to experience both back in the late 80s

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

These are all great too! I was a kid in that era so will always have fond memories. The studio tour at that time had tons of excitement (and fewer screens)!

[@margaretriley9146]

27:13 Miss "Kong"..Glad I got to ride it..Loved the subway graffiti, and even got to write our names on the walls..and that subway musty smell..!! So sad when fire silenced "Kong "..!!

[@stephencass570]

This just popped up in my KZbin.. Except for TWD, I got to experience everything else. This was magic you could touch to me. I was so much happier during those days at Universal than I was at Disneyland. I remember before Miami Vice, they had A-Team vehicle stunt show (Disney Hollywood Studios would rip it off years later). Universal is now a sad sorry shell of itself. The magic, outside HHH, is near non-existent now. And I’m pissed they closed TWD before I got to go! I didn’t even know it was closed! I finally got to go to my 1st HHH last year to find it was replaced w/ a Hotel haunt (which was one of the best houses last year at least to me). Anyways thank you ETTGS for giving me back some wonderful childhood memories!

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Hey Stephen, I'm the same - I got experience all but the walking dead attraction. The rest were amazing! It was a lot of fun looking back at these old rides. Thanks for watching!

[@jasonjackson4555]

I grew up in LA and I’ve been on all of these rides and attractions (except Walking Dead). You missed the A-Team stunt show which came before the Miami Vice Action Spectacular. Also, there was a time when you could sit in KITT (from Knight Rider) and talk to it.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

A-Team was just a bit ahead of my time but I would have loved to see that one!

[@jasonjackson4555]

I just barely got a chance to see A-Team before it ended. I remember it was on my 6th birthday.

[@vinsemi9734]

I can’t be sure, but I think I seen most of these when I went to universal studios as a kid.

[@enriqueartiz5918]

I remember "The A-Team" before "Miami Vice." If only I can find that lost VHS tape of the show back home...

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Oh man - If you could find that it would be a treasure!

[@enriqueartiz5918]

@@ExitThrutheGiftShop I know, right?! From what I remember seeing it, the sound was a bit wonky (had an eerie effect to it the way it was recorded). Plus, it was a little staticy (it was an 80s tape). I wonder if I do find it on my next visit to L.A., if there is someone who knows how to best clean it up without damaging the footage any further.

[@enriqueartiz5918]

@@ExitThrutheGiftShop I remember in that video was a display of the A-Team van that me and my brother and godsister lifted (not sure how that was possible, lol). I also have the Wild West Stunt show during the 80s... crazy how most shows have gone digital and have forgotten the magic realism of using real actors, despite possible liabilities.

[@edbrown2061]

The idea of replacing live action and animatronics with projections was the dumbest idea ever. Who wants to pay that much to see what amounts to a movie ? I went a few years ago and felt let down by Universal. There’s no movie magic anymore just the feeling they think everyone is stupid. If I wanted to see a computer generated version of “action”, I can see all I can on line and save the hundreds of dollars to wait in lines at their park.

[@knucklehead562]

I remember king kong having a broken finger for years 😂 you could see the electrical parts

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Ha! That would have been cool to see, but maybe a bit unsettling!

[@JenniferandMark2014]

This video was very well done! Nice work. 😎Jenn

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Glad you enjoyed it! This was a side project over the holidays - I enjoy digging up info on old attractions!

[@jchan5210]

I remember each and every one of these attractions. Now, add the Animal Actors Stage to this list.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Another great pick!

[@jmunoz9307]

The one thing you missed was when they had van helsing draculas castle, that was a cool attraction. I remember when I was a kid I was terrified to go in but it was a lot of fun.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

There are quite a few that I could have added! Universal had lots of lost attractions :)

[@cyrbuzz6615]

Animatronic Kong is the best. Can’t replace him with stupid screens.

[@tjjordan4207]

The 90s was honestly a much better time for movies and theme parks. Video games and tv hadn't reached their glory days just yet, but they weren't bad back then. Plus, I miss the days when cell phones weren't a thing.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

And an era before rides started moving to more screen based attractions!

[@roadtripnerd2432]

The one I really miss is universal's house of horrors.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Oh I never had the chance to see that! Time to go down the rabbit hole and watch some videos...

[@stephencass570]

The House of Horrors blew me away! A year round HHN walk thru, but with so much more detail cause it was a permanent installation at the time. It’s what made me want to go to HHN to see if the rest could live upto House of Horrors. Of course Universal got cheap when they decided to do a permanent TWD install. They didn’t want to pay for enough year round actors to do both, so House of Horrors was closed.

[@SomeplaceOrAnother]

What a nice flashback 😀

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

It was a fun project to work on :) Something to keep me busy when I couldn't get out exploring.

[@Bryman5000]

I was there in 93. Mr feeny was the actor for Henry and the herderson sound stage and later the voice of kit. Kit was there after I was the star of sound stage and I told kit he was the guy I met earlier. Years later he was mr feenie and I knew I was right

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Cool experience!

[@MrMywildside]

I miss Back to the Future. It was an oldie but a goodie. I understand it is outdated though. The attraction that replaced it, the Simpson’s ride, does give a nod to it in the pre-show. I miss the spinning tunnel on the tram tour. The Fast and Furious segment that replaced it is kind of a dud. Also worth mentioning is the Whoville set on the tram tour, and the original Jurassic Park ride.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Back to the Future was classic! The park has seen a lot of change over the years, but I always love the attractions with more practical effects.

[@williampetersen9915]

I remember the bionic testing center, the rock slide, The A-Team Stunt Show along with the Screen Test shows.

[@k1productions87]

The one I miss the most wasn't even listed here - the Star Trek Adventure, which was replaced by some Beetlejuice thing, then the Flintstones Rock Show, and then Shrek 4D

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Time for me to start making another video!

[@k1productions87]

@@ExitThrutheGiftShop Glad I was able to inspire something ^_^ I just wish I could find that old VHS tape of the one time I was a participant as a kid

[@jaymoulic8144]

I first visited Universal Studios in 1989. I remember most of these.

[@ruthmacias]

I remember the “Marvel Cafe” at Universal Hollywood, we ate there, who would’ve thought Marvel was going to be disney decades later 😂

[@happy_girl_1]

The Nancy Drew TV show episode called "Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom" from 1977 was set in the park and has some great footage of the Avalance snow tunnel the original Jaws ride and a few more. Worth checking it out. Plus the series is super 70s camp.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Awesome! I'm going to have to look it up! You might also like my other video on Universal Studios Attractions that appear in TV shows and movies! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpXIgKiBo7eWjLc

[@koryggg]

I remember seeing home videos of the animatronic King Kong and when I finally got to go to universal I was so sad when it was the 3d ride Also I have a friend who was oe of the Conan at universal he was huge

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

The original was classic! So much better than the screen version :(

[@FIREBRAND38]

Very nice presentation. Subscribed.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Thanks and welcome

[@thirdeyedmarie2722]

I was born in 2001…..I got to experience ET,jaws,the backlot tour….man I got lucky

[@uleskywalker6691]

They should have a land dedicated to these classic attractions and bring some of them, if not all, to the new park.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Would love to experience them again!

[@uleskywalker6691]

@@ExitThrutheGiftShop Oh, me too! So atmosferic. Much better than 4D screens.

[@stevemedlin1601]

Hi, after my successful appeal I have got my channel back, and they said it was a mishap! 👍

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Wow, what an ordeal! I'm glad it worked out. The footage on your channel is amazing. Thanks again for your support!

[@Nflguy4949]

The battle star Galactica experience was not replaced by Back to the Future ride. They simply removed the sci-fi stuff and changed it to look like a subway station and added a simulated flood effect. It was still part of the tour as of 2022.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Hi J J - Here's the reference I was working with: "The ride debuted on June 9, 1979 and lasted until 1992, where it was demolished and replaced with the foundations of the Back to the Future ride" If you have other in info I'd be interested in giving it a read! en.battlestarwiki.org/Battle_of_Galactica

[@stephencass570]

You’re right ETTGS. Battlestar was built on the hillside (which I always thought was insane. Who builds on the side of a hill w/ stilts to hold it up in earthquake territory? lol) just below the upper lot. Earthquake is at the bottom on the lower lot.

[@mocrg]

The ice tunnel was from the famous six million dollar man Bigfoot episode .

[@jocastabryan]

The scene was really difficult to shoot. Lee Majors kept falling down, take after take, because the spin of the tunnel was so disorienting.

[@mocrg]

@@jocastabryan I went to Universal in the 70s and saw them film Incredible Hulk from a distance from the tram!

[@kicnlaf]

WOW brings back so many good memories. Those were the good old days! I LOVE THIS VIDEO. I REALLY MISS E.T. BACK TO THE FUTURE , TERMINATOR AND KINGK KONG AND BACKDRAFT

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

My favorite Universal Studios era - Such good memories!

[@gato23]

god i remember the Backdraft one back in 2012 in Universal Studio's Singapore. along with Shrek 4D, Jurassic Park and The Mummy.

[@tylerbradberry]

They have one of the E.T. ride animatronics at a gift shop in Little Tokyo Los Angeles

[@carriegartin4274]

UM WHAT

[@carriegartin4274]

WHICH SHOP I MUST SEE

[@RexRaven22]

Thank you!

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

You're welcome!