Captain Picard Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-0...re_N.htm?csp=34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Studio Back Lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 For those who didn't click the link, this is the Hollywood backlot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 And it is reported that the Cyclone ride at the theme park has been badly damaged, but the fire is otherwise just about extinguished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerNut Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 What is the Cyclone ride at Universal Studios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenban Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Its been a few years since I was last at universal Hollywood but most of the park is up on a hill there is only a small section down as part of the lower lot. Total you have Jurassic Park, Revenge of the Mummy, Backdraft (now thats somewhere you don't want an out of control fire), and a special effects stage. The only possibility for the cyclone to my knowledge is on that special effects stage. One of the local TV stations KNBC is also reporting on this and this is one line you don't want to read "firefighters were attempting to keep the blaze from high-value facilities such the film vault. But that building was believed to have been seriously damaged if not destroyed." Makes you wonder what films original prints might have been lost this morning. But I am wondering how much bad information is out there right now. Watching a live video feed of the fire its hard to say how close it is to the park. Although you should see the amount of thick black smoke coming out of this one building. EDIT: Here is the statement from Universal "Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk will be open today and will be operating during our normal business hours. Although some adjustments will be made to our Studio Tour due to this morning's fire, no other rides and attractions have been affected and the theaters, restaurants, clubs and shops at CityWalk have not been impacted." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Actually, at last word, the park was still closed: http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1972 http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMed...141147420080601 Remember, the park is on Pacific Daylight time, three hours behind Kings Island... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Theater Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Wow.I hope nothing was so badly damaged that they cant salvage anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 The Back to the Future set was destroyed, the King Kong attraction is severely damaged at best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 And more important, one of the film vaults was destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 ....About 40,000 to 50,000 videos were damaged, but studio spokeswoman Cindy Gardner said the company either had other copies or could easily make them. Contents of a second vault holding master versions of older and classic movies were salvaged. "Nothing irreplaceable was lost," Ron Meyer, Universal Studios' president and chief operating officer,... http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMed...141147420080601 It could have been much, much worse... ..."We have duplicates of everything," said NBC Universal President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Meyer. "Nothing is lost forever."... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/STU...EMPLATE=DEFAULT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Update: http://mobile.washingtonpost.com/detail.js...p;p=1&all=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browntggrr Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 Universal goes ape for 3D Kong New attraction at Hollywood park opens July 1 Two years after being destroyed in a devastating fire, King Kong is roaring back to life on Universal's backlot. The company has spent about $100 million to revive the big ape with "King Kong 360 3-D," an attraction that will become a permanent part of its Hollywood theme park's studio tram tour starting July 1. It will also be prominently featured in the park's annual Halloween Horror Nights event. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118020990.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Anyone heading out West? This attraction sonds like a can't miss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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