10 Crazy Things You Never Knew About Universal Orlando
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You've been to one (if not all) of the Universal Orlando theme parks, and you probably feel like you know the rides inside and out. But from Universal Studios Florida to Islands of Adventures and more, there are so many hidden details and crazy facts you wouldn't have guessed. Test your knowledge with these 10 facts, and then read 41 insane facts you definitely didn't know about Disneyland.
Many of the Egyptian hieroglyphics decorating the walls throughout Revenge of the Mummy spell out real words.
Some of them are warnings to visitors!
In the Revenge of the Mummy ride, there are several homages to Kongfrontation.
Kongfrontation was the King Kong-inspired ride that attracted visitors to Universal Studios Florida from 1990 to 2002 before being replaced by Revenge of the Mummy. The makers of the new ride made sure to pay special homage to the former attraction — there's even a three-foot tall golden Kong.
Steven Spielberg is hidden within the Men in Black ride.
He's sitting on a bench reading a newspaper. Have you spotted him?
Max Factor manufactured the makeup for Frankenstein's monster but didn't want people to know.
The makeup for the original Frankenstein monster in the movie from 1931 was famously designed by Hollywood makeup artist Jack Pierce and manufactured by the popular cosmetics company Max Factor. The company was famous for providing makeup to A-list stars and kept secret the manufacture of the monster makeup!
There's a subtle Dr. Seuss addition to the Despicable Me ride.
During Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem, you'll see Dr. Seuss's Lorax character imprinted on Margo's shirt under her jacket.
In Twister . . . Ride It Out, the marquee shows Psycho and The Shining.
Psycho (1960) was a Universal film, and The Shining (1980) was a Warner Bros. film. Twister was a coproduction between the two studios.
The launch of the Incredible Hulk Coaster is so powerful, it can't even use Orlando's power grid.
If the coaster used the City of Orlando's power grid, it would cause an electrical brownout! The coaster uses two generators to power the launch and prevent outages.
The dinosaur skeletons in Jurassic Park's Discovery Center are the actual ones used in the film.
The fossils are of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and an Alamosaurus.
Mythos Restaurant in the Lost Continent was designed by Jordan Mozer, who also designed the Cheesecake Factory.
The Gringotts dragon at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter breathes fire that's 3,560ºF.
That's more than 16 times hotter than boiling water! And the dragon has breathed fire more than 15,000 times since the park opened.