USO/IOA secrets

[Hatetofly]

Yeah their are pictures floating around on here somewhere of it :thumbs:

 

[BamaToTheBone]

No, I never noticed that, but I'll be looking for it now.

Has anyone else noticed that there is a smashed "Enchanted Bench" near the bottom of the Whomping Willow?

 

[Teebin]

Its fun to compare the photo you took with the one I took 2007.

Has anyone mentioned ringing the fire bell in Port of Entry?

So your photo is from 2007? The one where the dome above the souvenirs sign is covered in grey primer and the fabric on the cantilevered balcony is missing? I wonder if that has been put back as it was in the other photo.

 

[frenzy88]

I got to go through the express line at Spider-Man, a strange first but you'll notice that Peter Parker's office says "Broom Closet" under the paint, as if to suggest JJJ "cared" so much that he stuck Parker in the Broom Closet.
New York has yellow stop signs in USF because back in the 1950s stop signs were yellow.
I also believe Twister's building number is 111 or 11. It's been a little bit since I looked.

 

[captainjack]

Anyone ever notice the submarine beached on the shore near the entrance of IOA. I think if you walk all the way into the park and head straight to the lagoon it's still there. :thumbs:

 

[BamaToTheBone]

It is, and if you will stand there for a little bit, they are having a conversation/argument in the submarine.

Anyone ever notice the submarine beached on the shore near the entrance of IOA. I think if you walk all the way into the park and head straight to the lagoon it's still there. :thumbs:

 

[universal_fanatic]

I also believe Twister's building number is 111 or 11. It's been a little bit since I looked.

Do you mean the house number inside the attraction? It used to be 911, but after 9/11 they changed it to 111.

 

[mebweb]

Popeye and Bluto's Bilge Rat Barges was designed with the help of an former NASA jet propulsion engineer. I learned this from a source back before the park opened in 1999. You'll notice evidence of this both at the beginning and end of the ride where it has one of the swiftest currents of any river rapids attraction out there.

 

[Glassman]

Were those the sections of the ride where the rafts flipped over until the sections were redesigned?

 

[BrianC]

Has anyone mentioned ringing the fire bell in Port of Entry?

What happens when you ring it? and where is it?

Edit: it probably just rings lol

 

[frenzy88]

It's just a fire bell near the fire department bike. It rings...

- - - Updated - - -

Orlando Informer just put up the second top five "hidden mickey's" over at http://www.orlandoinformer.com/2012/the-big-5-five-more-hidden-mickeys-at-universal-orlando/

 

[BrianC]

Orlando Informer just put up the second top five "hidden mickey's" over at http://www.orlandoinformer.com/2012/the-big-5-five-more-hidden-mickeys-at-universal-orlando/

It seems like they got everything from this thread lol. even though we probably have almost every secret listed here, some of the pictures look the same, and we were talking about the navigators club and then the wand, and in the article the club is listed and then the wand lol

 

[frenzy88]

He asked for the stuff I contributed. So he had my permission for Twister/Marvel

 

[BrianC]

I just realized that the author of the link was the same person that posted the pic of the wand on page 8 lmao. I thought they stole it lol

 

[ER-Nurse]

My son and I always go up the 'hidden' stairway next to Confisco's and go out onto the Bridge to look around. The last time we were there (12-2011), we were up there when security came up to tell us to leave that area. Why is not locked? Or no signs saying not to be up there? Anyway, nice place to explore.

 

[Elizabeth.June]

You guys might already know but the brooms and lantern on the Three Broomsticks sign make the deathly hallows symbol… :wave:

 

[jubs]

Not terribly unknown, but if you walk down behind Honeydukes and the Three Broomsticks, you will come across a window where you see the dishes being washed and levitated.

 

[frenzy88]

I got to go through the express line at Spider-Man, a strange first but you'll notice that Peter Parker's office says "Broom Closet" under the paint, as if to suggest JJJ "cared" so much that he stuck Parker in the Broom Closet.

Here is Peter's Broom Closet office

And in the dark room you can see where he climbs the walls/ceiling and goes out via a vent. (looks better in the dark)

 

[frenzy88]

New York has yellow stop signs in USF because back in the 1950s stop signs were yellow.

 

[ricker]

Finally headed back in 2 days happy and one of the "secrets" that's been driving me crazy the past few years is these supposed sound effects of Captain America being killed and Wolverine going crazy. Not sure if this was around the parks earlier years but I've never heard these effects. I'll be checking again like I always do lol but I'm not expecting to hear anything. Has anyone ever actually heard these?

I have heard these audio clips before. They actually come from the newspaper dispensers along the streets... although I haven't heard them in a while. Universal may have disabled them for some reason.