"Old School" Universal Orlando

[ameyers6]

does anyone have pics of murder she wrote not the show but the building

 

[Don Pacho]

does anyone have pics of murder she wrote not the show but the building

Well... not exactly murder she wrote. However, same building, different show. Hercules replaced her

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[Felipe]

does anyone have pics of murder she wrote not the show but the building

This video is the best I could find. I swear, there's not a single picture out there of the building back when it hosted the MSW show :shrug:

[video=youtube;ukcPGOes-h4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukcPGOes-h4&feature=related[/video]

Pretty awesome video anyways!

 

[Felipe]

BTW, here's a pretty lengthy video of "Old School" Uni that I just stumbled upon:

[video=youtube;o-xtac5wL4c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-xtac5wL4c&feature=related[/video]

 

[Felipe]

And here's some "Old School" IoA, why not:

[video=youtube;9x36IJhBtJY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x36IJhBtJY&feature=relmfu[/video]

 

[Sideshow Mike]

Wasn't sure where to post this so I'll put it here. Len Testa and Jim Hill just recorded a podcast inside USF and they talk about the history, design, and other facts about the park. Pretty interesting. They are doing IOA next. Here's the link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-8-universal-studios/id452620851?i=112927396.

 

[BJCool]

Universal Studios Florida brochure from 1990

Theme Park Insider posted these scans of a brochure all the way back from 1990!

On this particular "sneak preview" soft-open day in May 1990, Universal Studios Florida offered just three attractions - the Animal Actors show, the Horror Make-up Show, and the Murder, She Wrote post-production show.

 

[Hatetofly]

Saw these a few days ago, pretty crazy only 3 attractions were open! And of those three it was Murder She Wrote, Animal Actors, and the Make Up show. I know it was a preview and they gave you a free ticket to come back but damn.

 

[JTWDisneyLovers]

Wow, that's an amazing piece of USF history right there.

Thanks for posting it.

 

[Splatter]

I LOVE that there was a store near Animal Actors called ANIMAL HOUSE selling pet themed merch. Something like that would likely have a niche today more than it did back then. The play on words to a classic Universal film is great.

 

[Teebin]

I was just looking at an original USH map yesterday and noted that it was single color and there were no 'attractions' there either. Times they have changed!

 

[jh32488]

I've been setting up interviews and talking to people for my documentary and came across a pretty big part of the original design team and wanted to share this with you. These are scanned from the originals by the owner for me, I've never seen these elsewhere online. The person still does work for Universal all over the world. He also helped with the new DM attraction and Transformers. He also did the show programming for Kongfrontation. I cant wait to shoot this documentary to share all this awesome stuff i dig up.

 

[BJCool]

If you know where to look in the park you can still find some souvenirs featuring Jaws.

From AmusementPics

 

[Jakemeister]

I honestly think they'll continue to sell some Jaws merchandise for years and years to come even if it's just post cards.

 

[ReelJustice]

I honestly think they'll continue to sell some Jaws merchandise for years and years to come even if it's just post cards.

Yeah, there's really no reason not to. And there is precedent for selling merch for closed things. Disney has been doing it for years with EPCOT.

 

[Hatetofly]

Looking forward to finding some Jaws and Amity easter eggs thats for sure.

 

[SpyderDan]

I honestly think they'll continue to sell some Jaws merchandise for years and years to come even if it's just post cards.

Once that stuff runs out though, it'll be gone for good. You don't see them continuing to sell BTTF or Kong merchandise.

 

[Jakemeister]

Once that stuff runs out though, it'll be gone for good. You don't see them continuing to sell BTTF or Kong merchandise.

True, but they do have merchandise for other franchises. I'm not sure where it's going to go, I think if they kept more of the classic movie merchandise it would sell, but Back To The Future and Kong no longer have merchandise either.

 

[PWT]

Once that stuff runs out though, it'll be gone for good. You don't see them continuing to sell BTTF or Kong merchandise.

http://instagr.am/p/LJYWXKH99X/

 

[SpyderDan]

http://instagr.am/p/LJYWXKH99X/

That wasn't made by Universal or for Universal.