New
York, Universal's most famous part of the park.
This was the backdrop to several commercials, movies,
TV shows, and music videos. It is also my favorite
area in the park. There is a lot of interesting
things to be noticed in this area if you look at
windows and displays. A really great recreation
of New York in my opinion if you are afraid to go
to the Big Apple come to the Small Apple of New
York at Universal Studios it's just as good right
down to the Cinnamon Roasted Almonds and New York
Style Pizza.
AREA
PHOTOS
Universal Express Plus Available This Attraction May Be Frightening For Children
May Remain In Wheelchair/ECV
Assistive Listening (Available
from Guest Relations)
Stationary Seating Available
Twister... Ride It Out is based on the blockbuster
film staring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. The ride
takes you to a small mock up of the Oklahoma town
of Wakita with prop signs and vehicles around you.
There are several video monitors above showing actual
home videos of tornados shot by common every day
people. Signs are laid out all over the place informing
people about the different levels tornados on the
Fujita Scale. As you enter the "Introduction"
part of the show, you are show clips from the film,
then Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt welcome you to Twister
and talk about their experiences they had while
filming the movie. Helen Hunt then say "join
us on the stage and see for yourself... just how
powerful... a Twister can be." You then enter
the "Preshow" area which is a fairly accurate
recreation of the inside of Aunt Meg's tornado damaged
home. There are monitors above showing how the film
was created and what kind of effects were needed
to pull off the ground breaking special effects.
The cable goes out and it begins to storm as you
are taken into a recreated Drive-In which was used
in one of Twisters most frightening scenes. Everything
seems calm, crickets chirping, dogs in the distance
barking, rain drops falling it seems almost calm
but then BOOM! A bolt of lightning splits a tree
in front of you in half. A weird howling freight
train sound emerges as the tornado destroys the
movie screen in the distance. Then it appears right
in front of you and all you can do is watch as signs
blow away, cars smashing into fire hydrants and
gas pumps; and sends a poor cow flying right passed
you. Eventually it starts to die as the gas station
catches on fire sending up a huge ball of fire 30
feet into the air as the stage drops giving the
guests a final scare to remember the Twisters fury.
Universal Express Plus Available
Minimum Height Requirement - 48"
Guests Must Transfer
From Wheelchair/ECV To Ride Vehicle
Guests should be in good health and free from heart,
back or neck problems, motion sickness, or other
conditions that could be aggravated by this adventure.
The Revenge of the Mummy takes place on the set
of The Mummy 3. As you enter the soundstage the
monitors above show clips of the making of the films
and have clips of Brendan Fraser and Stephen Sommers
giving the production assistant Reggie (the narrator
of the ride) a hard time. You then become extras
in The Mummy 3, as a result of all the other extras
who left in fear of the "Mummy's Curse"
You find out that strange and odd things have been
occurring on the set. The first preshow area is
full of actual props, set pieces and wardrobes used
in the first two Mummy films. As you make your way
passed the preshow you are put into the interior
of an ancient tomb. Once inside the Mummy's tomb
the queue becomes very interactive. There are devices
all over, there is a machine where you put your
hand in the mouth of this Egyptian face and you
get blasted with air. There was box that you could
put your hand on you could see the people in line
on the monitor. There was a sarcophagus that if
you put your hand in the hand print caused the lights
to flicker and shake. Once you pass the queue you
head up a set of stairs where a giant Anubis's statue
rests. From there you head to the loading station
where you board your 16 passenger mine cart (4 rows
of 4 people).
Once you leave the unload station the ride begins,
the first thing you will notice are tourists who
didn't quite make it out alive, as the Mummy's shadow
heads up a flight of stairs. As you make your way
around the corner Reggie the production assistant
warns you not to enter into the Mummy's tomb because
the curse of the Mummy is real... before he can
say anything else Imhotep breaks through his coffin
and sucks the life out of Reggie. Imhotep then offers
you riches beyond measure for your souls, and warns
if you don't accept his offer you'll suffer the
consequences. The mine cart then heads into around
a corner where thousands of scarab beetles drop
from the celing and walls as the lights go out and
you find yourself falling backwards into the abyss.
Imhotep then appears to say that not even that mighty
Med-Jai can save your souls as you accelerate up
to 50mph into Imhotep's mouth. While in pitch darkness
you rocket around sharp turns and dips as Imhotep's
royal bodyguards appear all around you. The ride
then comes to a stop where the ride attendant thanks
you for riding the Mummy... before she can finish
her spiel Imhotep explodes her into dust as he sets
the ceiling above you on fire. The mine cart then
makes a steep drop into a series of high speed turns
and dips before the Med-Jai symbol appears and causes
the Mummy's soul to be taken from him and sent back
to the underworld.
The band is back together on Delancey Street, join
Jake and Elwood Blues... The Blues Brothers and
their friends in the famous quest to put on a blues
show to save their former school. Universal comes
alive with the sound of soul music when the band
starts playing.
LOUIE'S ITALIAN
RESTAURANT
Enjoy
quick and delicious Italian specialties including
pizza, pasta and lasagna, plus an Espresso bar and
Italian desserts. Also located inside is a Starbuck's
Coffee house serving up everything from Espresso
to chilled Carmel Frappuccino.
Soups & Salads:
Caesar
Salad, Caesar Salad with Chicken , Garden Vegetable,
Minestrone Soup
Sandwhiches:
Meatball
Sub & Panino Sandwich
Pasta:
Spaghetti
and Meatballs, Spaghetti Bolognese, Lasagna, Fettuccine
Alfredo
Pizza:
Personal
Sized Cheese & Pepperoni Pizza / Family Sized
Cheese & Pepperoni Pizza
Chicken:
Chicken
Parmesan & BBQ Chicken
Desserts:
Cappuccino
Cheesecake, Strawberry Cheesecake, Cannoli, Chocolate
Sabayon, Fresh Fruit Cup
Beverages:
Coke,
Diet Coke, Sprite, Barq's Root Beer, Ginger Ale
and Minute Maid Lemonade, Apple Juice, Cranberry
Juice, Pineapple Juice, Grapefruit Juice, 2% Milk
Or Chocolate Milk, Iced or Hot Tea, Moon
Coffee or Zephyrhills Spring Water. Cappuccino,
Espresso, Moretti Italian Beer, Budweiser
Beer, Miller Lite Beer, Pinot Grigio, Chianti
FINNEGAN'S BAR
& GRILL
This
full-service restaurant is an authentic Irish pub
serving such traditional Irish-American fare as
corned beef, shepherd's pie and fish & chips.
Enjoy live entertainment in the adjacent bar including
karaoke and a daily happy hour.
Starters:
Irish Chicken Stingers - Lightly breaded
chicken tenders fried, tossed in hot sauce and served
with veggie sticks and bleu cheese dressing for
dipping.
Reilly's Chicken Wings - Lightly dusted
deep fried chicken wings tossed in a spicy buffalo
sauce. Served with veggie sticks and bleu cheese
dressing for dipping.
Cornish Pasti -
A traditional
country dish. Individual bite-size pastry pies filled
with meat and potatoes, served warm with apple horseradish
beef salad.
Finnegan's Potato and Onion Webb -
Our tavern keeper recommends
a tall ale with this dish. A mountain of thinly
sliced potatoes and onions, crisply fried golden
brown and served with malt vinegar.
Shrimp Scargo
- Shrimp broiled in
a garlic-herb butter and white wine, then smothered
in provolone cheese.
Irish
Sea Treasures Peel & Eat Shrimp
- Tossed in bay seasonings, served with cocktail
sauce and lemon wedges
Scotch Eggs -
Hard boiled eggs wrapped in sausage, lightly
breaded, fried and served warm with apple horseradish
beef salad and spicy mustard sauce.
Soups & Salads:
Homemade Misty Isle Potato and Leek Soup
- Our rich, creamy soup is made fresh in
our kitchen daily.
Split Pea and Ham Soup - A traditional
favorite made fresh in our kitchen daily.
Irish Cobb Salad - Tender chunks of
corned beef and turkey surrounded by bits of bacon,
diced tomatoes, apple beet salad, bleu cheese crumbles
and our very own scotch egg. Served with your choice
of dressing.
The Leprechaun's Rainbow - This colorful
array of fresh fruits served with Raspberry sorbet
is a sight to see and ear!
Celtic Chicken Club Salad - Grilled
chicken breast, apple-smoked bacon, aged cheddar
cheese and julienne squash over a bed of lettuce,
garnished with our famous Potato and Onion Webb.
Served with your choice of dressing.
Beef and Bleu Salad - Tender grilled
steak a-top of a bed of fresh greens and sprinkled
with crumbled bleu cheese, tomatoes. Garnished with
fried potato sticks and your choice of dressing.
Sandwiches:
Shamrock Steak Sandwich - Perfectly
grilled tips of beef with peppers and onions. Served
on a crusty baguette and wedge fries.
Fried Cod Fish Sandwich
- Ale battered fried
cod fish. Served on a crusty bun with lettuce, tomato,
pickle and a hearty side of tartar sauce. Served
with wedge fries.
Tipperary Corned Beef Sandwich - Fresh
baked pretzel roll piled with warm corned beef.
Topped with sautéed onions and Swiss Cheese. Served
with wedge fries.
Grand Ole Burger
- Finnegan's big juicy
burger is served on a crusty bun with your choice
of Cheddar, Swiss or American cheese garnished with
lettuce, tomato and pickle spears. Served with wedge
fries.
Entrees:
Irish Times Fish 'N Chips - Fresh
cod fried in ale batter with wedge fries. served
up on the front page of the Irish Times with a bottle
of malt vinegar and tartar sauce.
Guinness
Beef Stew
- Country fare stew
brimming with beef, carrots and pearl onions in
a Guinness-infused gravy surrounding a stack of
mashed potatoes.
Misty
Isle Mixed Grill -
Country sausage and breast of chicken grilled
with apple-smoked bacon and toasted garlic mashed
potatoes, served with root cellar vegetables.
Shepherd's
Pie- Hearty pot pies are baked with chicken,
mushrooms and leeks, under a flaky pastry crust
prepared daily in our kitchen.
New Castle Chicken - Grilled
chicken breast topped with herb butter and fried
leeks. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes
and root cellar vegetables.
Bangers and Mash - A
hearty dish of the isles featuring country sausage,
roasted garlic mashed potatoes and root cellar vegetables.
Sirloin Steak - Char-grilled choice
10 oz New York sirloin served with garlic mashed
potatoes root vegetables and topped with peppercorn
butter.
North
Atlantic Baked Cod Fish -
Fresh fillet of cod lightly covered with seasoned
bread crumbs, baked golden brown and topped with
a tomato slice and lemon wheel. Served with red
bliss potatoes and root cellar vegetables.
Desserts:
Grandma
McColleran's Warm Bread Pudding, Grand Marnier Crème
Brulee, New York Style Cheesecake, English Sherry
Truffle, Chocolate Mousse, Ice Cream
Beverages:
Coke,
Diet Coke, Sprite, Barq's Root Beer, Ginger Ale
and Minute Maid Lemonade, Apple Juice, Cranberry
Juice, Pineapple Juice, Grapefruit Juice, 2% Milk
Or Chocolate Milk, Iced or Hot Tea, Moon
Coffee or Zephyrhills Spring Water.
Specialty Beverages:
Irish Coffee - Jameson Irish Whiskey
with freshly brewed coffee.
Pot of Gold - Grand Marnier, Kahlua
& Baileys with freshly brewed coffee.
Blarney Stone - Baileys Irish Cream
& nutty Frangelico with freshly brewed coffee
topped with whipped cream.
Cafe Mocha - Fresh brewed cappuccino
kissed with chocolate syrup.
Aftermath - Storm into "Aftermath"
for all sorts of Twister gifts. Cups, Shirts, Caps,
Artificial Twisters, Videos, DVD's, CD's, Jewelry,
Glasses, Pens, Pencils. All your Twister needs can
be found here.
SAHARA Traders - Savior the riches
beyond your wildest dreams, from recreated Egyptian
Artifacts to Revenge of the Mummy pins, hats, shirts,
key chains to the Photo Pick-Up station it's all
here and of course you can get tons of movie related
stuff as well.
Irish
Imports
- Ever wanted a 4-Leaf Clover? You'll find
one here, this store has everything you could ever
want from Ireland, Irish Silver, Specialty and Novelty
items, even clothing... it's all here.
Universal Express Plus Available
