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Topic: Airport 77 theme ride
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David Ollerearnshaw
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1373
From: Penistone Sheffield UK
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted January 17, 2013 04:36 PM
I visited a total of 6 times to Universal Studios, the last time 23 years ago. Gosh I feel old thinking back.
The old memory banks have kicked in now. Yes I remember something like the Airport 77, that could have been when we first went in 1980. Feel sure later on they also did something with Star Trek too, & maybe another one. It was quite clever the way they did it. They had TV outside playing the footage on them.
The avalanche based on Hitchcock's persistence of vision stands out, basically a rotating tunnel the tram went through, you really did feel as if you were rolling.
Another was Frankenstein's monster. It was just standing where you waited to board the tram, suddenly it moved, the women in front of me gave out a scream, made me jump too.
It was a good days entertainment, plus you could relate to lots of the stuff filmed there over the years.
Used to stay at the Sheraton Universal which was on site. Had one of those I know him moments, I still don't know who it was though. Wish I had asked for his autograph though it would have told me who he was.
Took lots of super 8 film too on my visits.
Not sure if I would enjoy it as much now though.
-------------------- I love the smell of film in the morning.
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