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The following table lists almost every attraction, defunct and present, within NBCUniversal's Universal Destinations & Experiences around the world. Some of the ticks feature links to appropriate Wikipedia pages. [1] [2]
Attraction | USH | USF | IOA | USJ | USS | USB | UEU |
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A Day in the Park with Barney | |||||||
Accelerator | |||||||
Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies | |||||||
Amber Rock Climb | |||||||
An American Tail Theatre | |||||||
Animal Actors on Location | |||||||
Animation Celebration | |||||||
AT&T at the Movies | |||||||
Back to the Future: The Ride | |||||||
Backdraft | |||||||
Battle of Galactica | |||||||
Battlestar Galactica: Human vs. Cylon | |||||||
Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue | |||||||
Bumblebee Boogie | |||||||
Camp Jurassic | |||||||
Canopy Flyer | |||||||
Caro-Seuss-El | |||||||
Carousel of Kung Fu Heroes | |||||||
Creature from the Black Lagoon: The Musical | |||||||
Curious George Goes to Town | |||||||
Decepticoaster | |||||||
Delancey Street Preview Center | |||||||
Despicable Me Minion Mayhem | |||||||
Dino-Soarin' | |||||||
Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You! | |||||||
Doctor Doom's Fearfall | |||||||
Donkey's Photo Finish | |||||||
Donkey Live | |||||||
Dragon Challenge | |||||||
DreamWorks Destination | |||||||
DreamWorks Theatre | |||||||
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls | |||||||
Dueling Dragons | |||||||
Dynamite Nights Stunt Spectacular | |||||||
E.T. Adventure | |||||||
Earthquake Encounter | |||||||
Earthquake: The Big One | |||||||
Enchanted Airways | |||||||
Extreme Ghostbusters: The Great Fright Way | |||||||
Fear Factor Live! | |||||||
Fast & Furious: Supercharged | |||||||
Fievel's Playland | |||||||
Flight of the Hippogriff | |||||||
Flying Unicorn | |||||||
Freeze Ray Sliders | |||||||
Ghostbusters Spooktacular | |||||||
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey | |||||||
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts | |||||||
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure | |||||||
Hercules and Xena: Wizards of the Screen | |||||||
Hollywood Dream – The Ride | |||||||
Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit | |||||||
How to Make a Mega Movie Deal | |||||||
If I Ran the Zoo | |||||||
Illumination's Villain-Con Minion Blast | |||||||
Island Skipper Tours | |||||||
Islands of Adventure Preview Center | |||||||
Jaws | |||||||
Jaws Encounter | |||||||
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast | |||||||
Jurassic Flyers | |||||||
Jurassic Park Discovery Center | |||||||
Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure | |||||||
Jurassic Park River Adventure | |||||||
Jurassic Park: The Ride | |||||||
Jurassic World Adventure | |||||||
Jurassic World: The Ride | |||||||
Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl | |||||||
King Julien's Beach Party-Go-Round | |||||||
King Kong Encounter | |||||||
King Kong: 360 3-D | |||||||
Kung Fu Panda: Journey of the Dragon Warrior | |||||||
Kongfrontation | |||||||
Lanterns of Legendary Legends | |||||||
Lights! Camera! Action! Hosted by Steven Spielberg | |||||||
Loop-Dee Doop-Dee | |||||||
Lucy: A Tribute | |||||||
Madagascar: A Crate Adventure | |||||||
Magic Potion Spin | |||||||
Magical-Oz-Go-Round | |||||||
Magical Starlight Parade | |||||||
Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge | |||||||
Mat Hoffman's Aggro Circus | |||||||
Mat Hoffman's Crazy Freakin' Stunt Show | |||||||
MCA Recording Studio | |||||||
Me Ship, the Olive | |||||||
Men in Black: Alien Attack | |||||||
Miami Vice Action Spectacular | |||||||
Murder, She Wrote Mystery Theatre | |||||||
Mystic Fountain | |||||||
NBC Media Center | |||||||
Nickelodeon Blast Zone | |||||||
Nickelodeon Studios | |||||||
Oh, The Stories You'll Hear | |||||||
Ollivanders Interactive Experience | |||||||
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish | |||||||
Pandemonium Cartoon Circus | |||||||
Pantages Hollywood Theatre | |||||||
Peter Pan's Neverland | |||||||
Po's Kung Fu Training Camp | |||||||
Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges | |||||||
Poseidon's Fury | |||||||
Pteranodon Flyers | |||||||
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon | |||||||
Revenge of the Mummy | |||||||
Rockslide | |||||||
Rocky and Bullwinkle Live | |||||||
Rugrats Magic Adventure | |||||||
Screen Test Theatre | |||||||
Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic | |||||||
Sesame Street Spaghetti Space Chase | |||||||
Skull Island: Reign of Kong | |||||||
Shrek 4-D | |||||||
Silly Swirly Fun Ride | |||||||
Sing on Tour | |||||||
Snoopy's Great Race | |||||||
Snoopy's Playland | |||||||
Snoopy's Sound Stage Adventure | |||||||
Space Fantasy: The Ride | |||||||
Special Effects Stage | |||||||
Spectrablast | |||||||
Stage 28 | |||||||
Stage 54 | |||||||
StarToons | |||||||
StarToons: 80s Rewind | |||||||
Storm Force Accelatron | |||||||
StreetBusters | |||||||
Studio Tour | |||||||
Super Silly Fun Land | |||||||
Super Swirly | |||||||
Terminator 2: 3D - Battle Across Time | |||||||
The A-Team Live Stunt Show | |||||||
The Adventures of Conan: A Sword and Sorcery Spectacular | |||||||
The Adventures of Curious George | |||||||
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Show | |||||||
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man | |||||||
The Bates Mansion Set | |||||||
The Bates Motel Set | |||||||
The Blues Brothers | |||||||
The Boneyard | |||||||
The Bourne Stuntacular | |||||||
The Cat in the Hat | |||||||
The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad | |||||||
The Flintstones Show | |||||||
The Flying Snoopy | |||||||
The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera | |||||||
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride | |||||||
The Incredible Hulk Coaster | |||||||
The Land Before Time Adventure | |||||||
The Land of a Thousand Faces | |||||||
The Marvel Show | |||||||
The NBCUniversal Experience | |||||||
The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash! | |||||||
The Screen Test Home Video Adventure | |||||||
The Simpsons Ride | |||||||
The Star Trek Adventure | |||||||
The Swamp Thing Set | |||||||
Universal Music Plaza Stage | |||||||
The War Lord Tower | |||||||
The Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show | |||||||
The World of Cinemagic | |||||||
Toon Lagoon Rock N' Roll Bash | |||||||
Totally Nickelodeon | |||||||
Toto & Friends | |||||||
Transformers: The Ride 3D | |||||||
Treasure Hunters | |||||||
Triceratops Encounter/Discovery Trail | |||||||
Trolls Hug Time Jubilee | |||||||
Twister...Ride it Out | |||||||
Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories | |||||||
Universal's House of Horrors | |||||||
Universal Pictures Backlot Tour | |||||||
Universal 360: A Cinesphere Spectacular | |||||||
Universal Monsters Live Rock and Roll Show | |||||||
Universal Orlando's Horror Make-Up Show | |||||||
Untrainable | |||||||
Van Helsing: Castle Dracula | |||||||
VelociCoaster | |||||||
Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacular | |||||||
Wicked | |||||||
Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster | |||||||
Yoshi's Adventure |
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