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This is a video of Seuss Landing and the Port of Entry at Universal's Islands of Adventure all decorated for the Christmas holday season.

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This is a collection of videos of Universal Studios in Orlando Florida decorated for Christmas. Most of the decorations are in the New York City and Hollywood sections of the park

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This is the Storm Force Acceletron which sits next to the Incredible Hulk roccer coaster in the Marvel Super Heroes Island of Universal's Islands of Adventure. This is a modern day version of a very old ride design which started showing up in amusement parks in the late 20's. Those type of rides were most commonly known as Cuddle Up's. Today, they're reffered to as "Tea Cup" rides. Unfortunately, I don't know who built this ride. ... Storm Force Acceletron Cuddle Up Tea Cup flat ride ...

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This is the construction update for the Wonderful Wizzarding World of Harry Potter which will open sometime in Spring of 2010 You'll notice the construction walls have now extended to incompass most of the former castle for the Dueling Dragons roller coaster which will be renamed the Dragons Challenge. The walls don't end there as the whole ride que must be rethemed as well. What's noticable from the last video is the chimneys and Hogwarts Castle ... Harry Potter Wonderful Wizarding World of ...

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This is Cheetah Chase at Busch Gardens Africa in Tampa, FL. It's a wild mouse coaster from Mack Rides which is full of sharp truns and sudden drops. It originally opened at Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg, Va as Wild Maus in 1996. It then moved to Busch Gardens Africa in Feb, 2004. Here are the stats, Length: 1213ft 11in/369.75m, Height: 45ft 11in/13.74m, Speed: 28mph/45kph, Ride Time: 1:50 ... Cheetah Chase Busch Gardens Africa Tampa FL Florida Mack Rides wild mouse steel roller ...

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This is the land of Dragons area. It opened here many years ago and is an area designed for kids under 56in. It has a mulitilevel play structure that's connected to a treehouse. This area also has a few flat rides for the kiddies as well. This area will be expanded and rethemed to Sesame Street which will include a Junior Coaster called "Air Grover" from Zirer. It's a custom Force model and it will open in spring of 2010. ... Land of Dragons Busch Gardens Africa Tampa FL Florida Anheuser ...

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This is the Skyway ride. It was Manufactured by the VonRoll company and is a type 101 model. It was installed in 1974 as one of the first rides at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL. It's about 42ft tall at it's highest point and is a little longer than a mile long and uses a 28mm diameter cable. It's also one of the few remaining amusement/theme park models that also "L shaped bend" in the route. ... Skyway Busch Gardens Africa VonRoll Von Roll type 101 gondola gondolas Tampa Bay Florida FL ...

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This is a on ride POV of the Sky Tower ride at Sea World Orlando. I believe it opened with the park on Dec 15, 1973. It is Sea World's oldest opperating ride and costs extra to ride it as it always has. The tower is about 330ft/100.58m tall, but the observation pod rises only to the 300ft/91.44m mark which affords everyone a spectacular view of the area, including Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Orlando, and downtown Orlando. ... Sea World Orlando FL Florida Sky Tower observation ride ...

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This is the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. This was built and designed by Maurer Sohne and it's the largest coaster they've ever built. This coaster is one of the most unique coasters ever built. To start out, there's the world's tallest vertical lift at 167ft tall, then it drops you right into the worlds first non inverting loop, then a run through the trim brakes and into the Treble Cleff turn around which runs through a wall and around a ...

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This is the Harry Potter Construction update when I was there on 10-4-09. In this video, you can see Hogwarts Castle Tower is now at it's full height. This is where the dark ride will be, it can also be seen from Interstate 4

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