Ok, so what I'm trying to do is compile a list of all the hidden secrets at USO/IOA. Now I don't know many so what I'm asking is for anyone who knows one or more to send me a message with them so I can post them in only one post on the thread. I would also like to ask you that if it is something that tells you to do someting, please put what you need to do in black and what happens afterward in white with the words (Highlight to read
in front of the effect so that way if someone doesn't want to know what it does they won't be able to see it( I.e. the Spiderman one I posted). Sorry if I'm confuseing if I am just post it and I'll try to explain better.
USO
Lombard's Seafood Grille
-Lombard's Seafood Grille is modeled after Lombard's Landing, the warehouse building of the marine biologist, Louis Lombard. The original building was one of the few on the waterfront left standing after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Mel's Drive-In
- Mel's Drive In is modeled after the film "American Graffiti."
Blue Man Group Theater
-The only part of Nickelodeon Studios still visible from the public eye is the orange hand railings on the second floor of the building that you can see from the front of the building.
HRRR
-Some of the sample songs on the queue posters have the names of some of the Uni creative team...Gundacker, Alfieri, etc.
:krusty:The Simpsons Ride:homer:
- In the preshow video, Doc Brown and the Delorean make a cameo.
-Maggie putting you in her mouth is a tribute to the T-Rex scene from the original BTTF ride.
-When you're being dragged through Springfield, the near-miss with Otto's schoolbus is meant to be a homage to the near-miss with the truck in 2015 in BTTF The Ride.
- During the ride there is a billboard which says "Send Money to Universal Studios"
ROTM:mummy:
-There is a tribute to Kongfrontation, the attraction that Mummy replaced. When you get to the treasure room, look to the left and you will see a large golden cabinet. A little higher, resting on the mantle of the cabinet, is a 1 1/2 ft tall golden statue of King Kong.:kingkong:
- The track from Kongfrontation is still attached to the ceiling and is visible in several parts of Revenge of the Mummy
- Many of the Egyptian hieroglyphics decorating the walls throughout Revenge of the Mummy spell out real words and warnings to visitors.
Twister!
Following the 9/11 terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the address number of a firehouse facade in the attraction's extended queue had to be altered from "9-1-1" to "2-9-1"
Misc. New York
- New York - one of the facades of a condo building is from the show THe HUxtible (Bill Cosby)
Jaws
-The fishing boat used as a prop outside of Brody's house is labeled as being from Gloucester, MA, the same city from which The Perfect Storm's Andrea Gail boat was based.
Men in Black:Alien Attack:mib:
- Steven Spielberg and Frank the Pug are hidden on the ride. For Where to find Spielberg Highlight: He is sitting on a bench, reading a newspaper. Shooting at his hat reveals that he's merely an alien in disguise (the newspaper contains an article about Jurassic Park 3).
-The front façade of Men In Black: Alien Attack was inspired by "retro-futuristic" architecture, including the St. Louis Arch, a portion of Dodgers Stadium, and the towers at the site of the 1964 World's Fair in Queens, New York. In the original Men in Black movie, it was revealed that monumental architect was actually a way to hide alien spacecraft.
E.T. Adventure
-E.T. Adventure was designed in part by Steven Spielberg, the film’s director, as a pseudo-sequel to the movie.
-In the store you go thru upon exiting the ride there is a great phot op that most people pass without seeing.
Shrek 4-D
The precisely-trimmed landscaping around Shrek 4-D mirrors the perfect tress and shrubbery found in Lord Farquaad's kingdom of Duloc.
Misc. Kidz zone
-The building between Woody Woodpecker and Curious George is the original Hard Rock Cafe Orlando. A parking lot stood where what is now CityWalk.
IOA
Port Of Entry
-The lighthouse at the entrance of Islands of Adventure is inspired by the Pharos lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
- the bridges croak as you walk under them
-If you look to the left of Confisco's, you'll see a sign for the Navigator's Club. If you travel up there, you'll find a lounge and a patio. You'll also find a door to the top of the bridge where AWESOME panoramic shots have been taken, but I'll let you find that one.
Misc. Suess Landing:hat:
At McElliots Pool throw some change in the fishes mouth (Highlight to read): And they will squirt water at you
- Guests can walk right up to the Once-Ler's house - between Caro-Seuss-el and Circus McGurkus and hear (Highlight to read): the story of The Lorax from the Once-Ler over his whisper-ma-phone.
-Down on the Zax Bypass, you can find some awesome photo opportunities and panoramic shots of the islands.
-Behind One Fish Two Fish, the first two years of Grinchmas consisted of a snowy playground and a chance to slide down Mt. Crumpit.
- if you take the bypass (behind Green Eggs and Ham) you can find Sneetch Beach
- Keeping true to images in the original Dr. Seuss drawings, finding right angles or straight lines in Seuss Landing's architecture is almost impossible. Steel was bent and altered to create the "Seuss-like" curves and shapes that make up this very unique land.
Me Ship The Olive
-find the piano and play the sheet music.
- Behind The Ship Me Olive is some trails that not many people know about
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
Misc. Toon Lagoon
-The dotted lines around King's Row belong to little Billy from "The Family Circus," who seems to have escaped from his own comic strip. Cartoonist Bil Keane often used the dotted lines to show his characters' paths through the neighborhood or house.
Mythos
-Behind Mythos you can hear a troll under the bridge
The Late Dueling Dragons (Future Dragon Challenge)
-The length of the Ice Dragon track and the Fire Dragon track (The future Hungarian Hortail track and Chinese Fireball track) of Dueling Dragons combined equal 6,226 feet. Stretched out, this would be equivalent to the height of four and a half Empire State Buildings.
-Dueling Dragons' track was built with sand in the track to make it quieter due to the fact that there's a neighborhood and school directly behind it.
Dr. Doom
- all over the ground are The Fantastic 4's outlines like they fell from the ride.
-To the left of Dr. Doom (in Doom Alley), if you look at the middle of one of the buildings, you'll find the head of Venom, one of Spiderman's enemies.
Hulk:hulk:
-On Hulk, there used to be a prop tank in the back section that you spiraled around. The tank is now used at the entrance of Disaster in USF.
Spiderman:spidey:
-On the ride you'll see a marquee with a number on it.Call the number (w/the Orlando area code for a fun surprise.
Highlight to read:When you call the number you will hear someone saying that they are closed until Doc. Ock and his friends stop or until Spiderman saves the day
Misc. Marvel Super Hero Island
-A special paint called Chrome-Illusion is used on the buildings in Marvel Super Hero Island to produce different colors depending on the angle viewed and position of the light. Thus, the island actually changes color as the sun passes overhead.
-Most of the cutouts have a hidden letter on them, and if you jot them all down, unscramble them, you get the name of the artist.
JPRA
- the store at the exit sells crickets and meal worms you can eat.
- the T-Rex actually burps as the rafts breech the top of the drop
-The tracks on the ride that look like they lead no where actually lead to boat storage, the tracks are not fake.
Camp Jurrasic
-If you stand on the rope bridge in the cave of CJ, you will get soaked. Just stand there for 20 seconds or so.
-The dinosaur footprints roar if you stand on them
Misc. Jurrasic Park
-Nearly 4,000 trees and 65,000 shrubs and bushes decorate the landscape.
-The speakers in Jurassic Park are hidden in metal towers that are refrence to the novel, where there are thousands of them around the island with cameras and sensors so they can track the dinosaurs movements.
-There is a sensor in the amber mines that make the loud sound of bats flying out if you stand close to it.
-If you travel down by the new bridge, you can see the remnants of Skipper Island Tours (JP station).
-In the Discovery Center there is a shaving cream can like in the movie
Misc. Wizarding World
-The snitch that is missing from the Quidditch balls case that can be found all over the resort.
- In the bathrooms, listen closely to hear the voice of Moaning Myrtle.
- Look up in the rafters of the 3 Broomsticks to see shadows.
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in front of the effect so that way if someone doesn't want to know what it does they won't be able to see it( I.e. the Spiderman one I posted). Sorry if I'm confuseing if I am just post it and I'll try to explain better.USO
Lombard's Seafood Grille
-Lombard's Seafood Grille is modeled after Lombard's Landing, the warehouse building of the marine biologist, Louis Lombard. The original building was one of the few on the waterfront left standing after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Mel's Drive-In
- Mel's Drive In is modeled after the film "American Graffiti."
Blue Man Group Theater
-The only part of Nickelodeon Studios still visible from the public eye is the orange hand railings on the second floor of the building that you can see from the front of the building.
HRRR
-Some of the sample songs on the queue posters have the names of some of the Uni creative team...Gundacker, Alfieri, etc.
:krusty:The Simpsons Ride:homer:
- In the preshow video, Doc Brown and the Delorean make a cameo.
-Maggie putting you in her mouth is a tribute to the T-Rex scene from the original BTTF ride.
-When you're being dragged through Springfield, the near-miss with Otto's schoolbus is meant to be a homage to the near-miss with the truck in 2015 in BTTF The Ride.
- During the ride there is a billboard which says "Send Money to Universal Studios"
ROTM:mummy:
-There is a tribute to Kongfrontation, the attraction that Mummy replaced. When you get to the treasure room, look to the left and you will see a large golden cabinet. A little higher, resting on the mantle of the cabinet, is a 1 1/2 ft tall golden statue of King Kong.:kingkong:
- The track from Kongfrontation is still attached to the ceiling and is visible in several parts of Revenge of the Mummy
- Many of the Egyptian hieroglyphics decorating the walls throughout Revenge of the Mummy spell out real words and warnings to visitors.
Twister!
Following the 9/11 terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the address number of a firehouse facade in the attraction's extended queue had to be altered from "9-1-1" to "2-9-1"
Misc. New York
- New York - one of the facades of a condo building is from the show THe HUxtible (Bill Cosby)
Jaws
-The fishing boat used as a prop outside of Brody's house is labeled as being from Gloucester, MA, the same city from which The Perfect Storm's Andrea Gail boat was based.
Men in Black:Alien Attack:mib:
- Steven Spielberg and Frank the Pug are hidden on the ride. For Where to find Spielberg Highlight: He is sitting on a bench, reading a newspaper. Shooting at his hat reveals that he's merely an alien in disguise (the newspaper contains an article about Jurassic Park 3).
-The front façade of Men In Black: Alien Attack was inspired by "retro-futuristic" architecture, including the St. Louis Arch, a portion of Dodgers Stadium, and the towers at the site of the 1964 World's Fair in Queens, New York. In the original Men in Black movie, it was revealed that monumental architect was actually a way to hide alien spacecraft.
E.T. Adventure
-E.T. Adventure was designed in part by Steven Spielberg, the film’s director, as a pseudo-sequel to the movie.
-In the store you go thru upon exiting the ride there is a great phot op that most people pass without seeing.
Shrek 4-D
The precisely-trimmed landscaping around Shrek 4-D mirrors the perfect tress and shrubbery found in Lord Farquaad's kingdom of Duloc.
Misc. Kidz zone
-The building between Woody Woodpecker and Curious George is the original Hard Rock Cafe Orlando. A parking lot stood where what is now CityWalk.
IOA
Port Of Entry
-The lighthouse at the entrance of Islands of Adventure is inspired by the Pharos lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
- the bridges croak as you walk under them
-If you look to the left of Confisco's, you'll see a sign for the Navigator's Club. If you travel up there, you'll find a lounge and a patio. You'll also find a door to the top of the bridge where AWESOME panoramic shots have been taken, but I'll let you find that one.
Misc. Suess Landing:hat:
At McElliots Pool throw some change in the fishes mouth (Highlight to read): And they will squirt water at you
- Guests can walk right up to the Once-Ler's house - between Caro-Seuss-el and Circus McGurkus and hear (Highlight to read): the story of The Lorax from the Once-Ler over his whisper-ma-phone.
-Down on the Zax Bypass, you can find some awesome photo opportunities and panoramic shots of the islands.
-Behind One Fish Two Fish, the first two years of Grinchmas consisted of a snowy playground and a chance to slide down Mt. Crumpit.
- if you take the bypass (behind Green Eggs and Ham) you can find Sneetch Beach
- Keeping true to images in the original Dr. Seuss drawings, finding right angles or straight lines in Seuss Landing's architecture is almost impossible. Steel was bent and altered to create the "Seuss-like" curves and shapes that make up this very unique land.
Me Ship The Olive
-find the piano and play the sheet music.
- Behind The Ship Me Olive is some trails that not many people know about
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
Misc. Toon Lagoon
-The dotted lines around King's Row belong to little Billy from "The Family Circus," who seems to have escaped from his own comic strip. Cartoonist Bil Keane often used the dotted lines to show his characters' paths through the neighborhood or house.
Mythos
-Behind Mythos you can hear a troll under the bridge
The Late Dueling Dragons (Future Dragon Challenge)
-The length of the Ice Dragon track and the Fire Dragon track (The future Hungarian Hortail track and Chinese Fireball track) of Dueling Dragons combined equal 6,226 feet. Stretched out, this would be equivalent to the height of four and a half Empire State Buildings.
-Dueling Dragons' track was built with sand in the track to make it quieter due to the fact that there's a neighborhood and school directly behind it.
Dr. Doom
- all over the ground are The Fantastic 4's outlines like they fell from the ride.
-To the left of Dr. Doom (in Doom Alley), if you look at the middle of one of the buildings, you'll find the head of Venom, one of Spiderman's enemies.
Hulk:hulk:
-On Hulk, there used to be a prop tank in the back section that you spiraled around. The tank is now used at the entrance of Disaster in USF.
Spiderman:spidey:
-On the ride you'll see a marquee with a number on it.Call the number (w/the Orlando area code for a fun surprise.
Highlight to read:When you call the number you will hear someone saying that they are closed until Doc. Ock and his friends stop or until Spiderman saves the day
Misc. Marvel Super Hero Island
-A special paint called Chrome-Illusion is used on the buildings in Marvel Super Hero Island to produce different colors depending on the angle viewed and position of the light. Thus, the island actually changes color as the sun passes overhead.
-Most of the cutouts have a hidden letter on them, and if you jot them all down, unscramble them, you get the name of the artist.
JPRA
- the store at the exit sells crickets and meal worms you can eat.
- the T-Rex actually burps as the rafts breech the top of the drop
-The tracks on the ride that look like they lead no where actually lead to boat storage, the tracks are not fake.
Camp Jurrasic
-If you stand on the rope bridge in the cave of CJ, you will get soaked. Just stand there for 20 seconds or so.
-The dinosaur footprints roar if you stand on them
Misc. Jurrasic Park
-Nearly 4,000 trees and 65,000 shrubs and bushes decorate the landscape.
-The speakers in Jurassic Park are hidden in metal towers that are refrence to the novel, where there are thousands of them around the island with cameras and sensors so they can track the dinosaurs movements.
-There is a sensor in the amber mines that make the loud sound of bats flying out if you stand close to it.
-If you travel down by the new bridge, you can see the remnants of Skipper Island Tours (JP station).
-In the Discovery Center there is a shaving cream can like in the movie
Misc. Wizarding World
-The snitch that is missing from the Quidditch balls case that can be found all over the resort.
- In the bathrooms, listen closely to hear the voice of Moaning Myrtle.
- Look up in the rafters of the 3 Broomsticks to see shadows.
Contributing users: TSSD, jmercer25, Tbad556, Thrteen13, HulkSmash, Dr. Emmett Brown, BBPH, Rock'nRoller, Mantaguy, Universal Orlando's Facebook
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