Hollywood: Attractions

 

1 - Le Voyage a Travers Les Films (A Journey through the Movies)

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Inspired by the former Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios, this dark ride takes guests through several iconic films, including some French movies.

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Guests begin by going into a recreation of a French movie theater from the turn of the Twentieth Century. From there, they walk through rooms of film artifacts, posters of movies featured on the ride, and even some signs telling of how the French invented the film industry. It also has signs telling of Universal's history too.

Then, guests will enter a Hollywood backlot, where they board a tram vehicle. These trams are small, but they resemble the ones on the Studio Tram Tour in Universal Studios Hollywood.

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The ride begins by going under a flashing cinema sign, announcing the ride. The tour guide, an actual person in the front, will introduce themselves and begin the story in the late Nineteenth Century, when film was being developed. It then shows early movies by the French, such as A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Great Train Robbery (1903). These scenes are all in black and white to mimic how film was back in the day.

The ride then travels through several other films. It begins with Charlie Chaplin's The Tramp (1915), where guests see the titular character doing his iconic walk. Then, they enter Frankenstein (1931), where Dr. Henry Frankenstein is looking at his awakening monster, shouting "It's Alive!" Guests then pass through a Western scene, depicting John Wayne's breakout film of Stagecoach (1939). During this part, a bandit takes control of the tram and leaves the tour guide behind.

Taking over as the narrator, the bandit brings the guests into the age of color, where they first see the red sea parting scene from The Ten Commandments (1954). The tram even goes through the Red Sea and re-emerges near the Bates Motel from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Similar to the tram tour, guests see Norman Bates come by, but then flee when he notices them. They also enter the backstreets of 1940's New York, as depicted in The Godfather (1972), where a shootout between the police and a gang happens. They also pass by a scene from American Graffiti (1973), where the characters are hanging out in a car.

Then, the trams go through some scenes from Sci-Fi movies. This involves the flying bike scene in E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982) and the climax of Back to the Future (1985). However, things get intense when they go to Jurassic Park (1993). Here, the bandit leaves the tram, tempted by some dinosaur embryos lying in the mud (a reference to the film.) However, a T-Rex shows up and chases the tram (screens create this illusion.) Luckily, the tour guide comes back and drives the tram out, eventually losing the dinosaur. They then see a giant King Kong, as depicted in Peter Jackson's 2005 film. He lets out a roar before the trams continue onward.

In the last portion of the ride, guests see more modern films. They move by Number Four, Privet Drive, where Dumbeldore, McGonigall, and Hagrid are dropping a baby Harry off. This is followed by another scene from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), where Hogwarts is first seen. Following that is where an adult Harry faces off with Voldemort in the climax of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011). The trams then go through a musical section, showing the barricades in Les Miserables (2012) and the finale of Wicked (2024.) After this, guests enter a theater, which plays a finale video with clips from several movies, American and French.

Films featured:

Universal: Frankenstein, Jurassic Park, Les Miserables, King Kong, Psycho (co-produced), American Graffiti, Back to the Future, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, and Wicked.

Paramount: The Godfather, the Ten Commandments, and Psycho (co-produced.)

French films: A Trip to the Moon and The Great Train Robbery.

Warner Bros: Harry Potter.

United Artists: The Tramp and Stagecoach.

2 - Water World

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The acclaimed stunt show comes to Paris, featuring more stunts than ever. This includes explosions, jet-skis, a plane crash, and more.

Guests travel to a dystopian world where the polar ice caps have melted and most of the world is now covered in water. But when a young woman comes back, claiming to have found dry land, a big battle between good and evil erupts over who will claim this new land.

3 - Universal's Special Effects Show

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In this stage, guests learn how several special effects are performed, from sound to stunts and even some animatronics and miniatures.