Universal Studios

Universal Studios is without any kind of doubt a dream for any cinema lover. Everybody knows, Universal Parks and Resorts and daydreams of someday being able to discover all the secrets that the movie industry hides.  Universal Studios is a theme park and movie studio, but how cum has it become a major theme park and therefore a massive business?

Universal Parks & Resorts is the theme park division of NBC Universal, being this property of Comcast and General Electric. Universal Theme Park incorporates many replicas of attractions and movie sets in all their Theme Parks around the world. We must take into consideration that it is the third-largest themed park company in the world, for instance; in 2011 approximately 30.8 million people visited the Universal Studios theme parks.

Universal Studios Hollywood is part of the Universal City, located in San Fernando Valley a region in Los Angeles County. The City counts with 1,7km2 being one of the six biggest film studios in USA and one of the oldest and most famous movie studios still in use. But how did all of it start?

Since its opening Universal City offered tours of the movie studios, however it wasn’t until the 14^th of March in 1915 when Carl Laemmle opened Universal Studios for a price of $0.05 to the general public. The pack included a visit to the studios as well as experiencing all the action that was going on and also a lunch box. However, in 1930 the tours were discontinued due to the many films that were coming to Universal. Few later in 1962 after Music Corporation of America took over Universal Pictures they decided to include the studio tours back again and consequently increase their profits. So back in July 15^th 1965 the new tour was released this time including dressing room visits, peeks at actual production and staged events. It was also during this year that the first park attraction opened named, The War Lord Tower. Since then many new attractions were added and it was then when the actual theme park was created.

Universal Parks & Resorts also owns the Universal Studios Orlando Theme Park, opened in 1990 and is the largest property NBC Universal own; nonetheless, it is the second largest resort in Orlando after Walt Disney World. Moreover, Universal Studios does not only count with these two parks, it also has one in Japan (Osaka) that opened in 2001 and the last incorporation to the themed parks is the one in Singapore (Sentosa Island), which opened in 2010.

All of the themed parks are extremely similar and offer the visitor a world of experiences were they not only discover all the tricks, stunts, special effects and backlots of the cinema industry as well as experiencing thrilling, world-famous attractions that combine the world’s most famous stories and characters from films and television with innovative rides and show technology.

The fame of these parks has become so large that each one of the parks receives millions of visitors every year, the fact that nowadays the cinema and television industry has grown to such extent and is a huge part of our lives has enabled the growth of these parks making the Universal Studios Parks and Resorts one of the world’s most popular entertainment vacation destinations and consequently a business with plenty of profits.

Universal Studios Parks are perfect for any vacation plan, enabling visitors for only one-day visit, two-days visit or even a longer stay at the many resorts Universal Studios has. Which include a huge range of hotels, from Hilton or Sheraton Hotels, to much more economic choices. Of course, the themed parks also count with numerous restaurants, café’s, shopping centres, boutiques and many other customers’ requirements. Probably this is the reason why Universal Studios Hollywood Park is also known as; “The Entertainment Capital of LA” and the Orlando one is known as; “The Park that lets you ride the movies”. The themed parks offer a complete experience not only in terms of attractions and movie sets but; food, accommodation and shopping experiences that will make its visitors feel like real movie stars throughout all the experience. 

The price list is the following:

TICKET	ADULTS	+3 YEARS OLD (UNDER 122CM)	<3 YEARS OLD
1-DAY PASS	$80	$72	FREE
2-DAYS OFFER	$89	$81
12-MONTH PASS	$129

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