TOP 10 LOST ATTRACTIONS AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD

Universal Studios Hollywood started offering tours to the public when it first opened back in 1915. We're taking a look back the the Top 10 Lost Attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood. including some amazing rides, live shows and other attractions base on movies produced by Universal, such as Backdraft, Back to the Future, Terminator 2, E.T., King Kong and more.

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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

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⏰ 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

[nathanmorgan]

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

[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.

[diegomv]

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

[MORPHIUS]

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

[steezy]

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

[mozote]

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

[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.

[mulch]

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.

[katiehaubrick]

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.

[pinball]

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❕🔥

[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.

[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..

[billlonee]

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."

[jayjohnston]

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.

[deesixx]

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

[BestEdmontonMall]

I remember the bridge, the ice tunnel, and (OMG) Back the the Future the RIDE! <- all time Universal favorite! (Also LOVED the T2 presentation, and Backdraft was incredible!) EDIT: Great video!

[sexybexy]

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...

[stevemedlin]

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