Universal Islands of Adventure

Universal Islands of Adventure

Location	Orlando, Florida, USA, Florida
Status	Operating
Opened	May 28, 1999
Owner	NBCUniversal
Operating season	All year-round
Website	www.universalorlando.com
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Universal Islands of Adventure is a theme park located in Orlando, Florida, USA. It opened on May 28, 1999 and is located adjacent to Universal Studios Florida, which can be accessed from the park by foot or by the Hogwarts Express ride. The Hogwarts Express requires a Park-to-Park Ticket for both ways.

History

In 1991, Universal was planning to build a second theme park called Cartoon World. The park would feature attractions themed to Popeye, Dr. Seuss, Looney Tunes and DC Comics characters. However, the plans were cancelled.

By the mid 1990s, Universal planned to build the proposed theme park. The new park would be called Universal Studios Islands of Adventure. It would still feature Popeye and Dr. Seuss characters, but Universal failed to secure the rights for Time Warner. Universal decided to make an agreement with DC's competitor Marvel instead. The Marvel characters would replace the cancelled DC Super Hero Land. In addition, The Lost Continent and Jurassic Park would be added to the park. The park would be themed to literature. It would feature lands themed to fairy tales, dinosaurs, animated shorts, children's books and comics.

Construction on Universal's Islands of Adventure began in 1997 with a preview center opening that year. The park officially opened to the public on May 28, 1999. The next year, the park would add two more rides, which were Flying Unicorn and Storm Force Accelatron.

On September 11, 2001, Universal's Islands of Adventure was closed due to the terrorist attacks.

The park closed on March 15, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, it reopened during the summer of that year.

The park's name was changed from Universal's Islands of Adventure to Universal Islands of Adventure in 2023.

Themed Areas

The park has eight themed areas, also known as 'islands'. These are Port of Entry, Marvel Superhero Island, Toon Lagoon, Seuss Landing, The Lost Continent, Jurassic Park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade and Skull Island: Reign of Kong.

Roller coasters

Present

Class	Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Roller	Flight of the Hippogriff	Vekoma	Family	June 29, 2000	Operating
Roller	Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure	Intamin	Launched Motorbike	June 13, 2019	Operating
Roller	The Incredible Hulk Coaster	Bolliger & Mabillard	Launched	May 28, 1999	Operating
Roller	Pteranodon Flyers	Setpoint	Suspended Family Single rail	May 28, 1999	Operating
Roller	Jurassic World VelociCoaster	Intamin	Launched	June 10, 2021	Operating
Powered	High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride	Mack Rides	Family	June 22, 2006	Operating

Past

Class	Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Roller	Dragon Challenge	Bolliger & Mabillard	Inverted Twin	May 28, 1999	September 4, 2017	Scrapped

Attractions

This list is incomplete, please expand it if you can.

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man	Oceaneering	Tracked Dark Ride	May 28, 1999
Doctor Doom's Fearfall	S&S Worldwide	Drop Tower	May 28, 1999
Caro-Seuss-El	Morgan	Carousel	May 28, 1999
Cat in the Hat	MTS Systems Corporation	Tracked Dark Ride	May 28, 1999
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls	Mack Rides	Log Flume	May 28, 1999
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey	Dynamic Attractions	Tracked Dark Ride	June 18, 2010
Hogwarts Express	Doppelmayr	Ropeway	July 8, 2014
Jurassic Park River Adventure	Vekoma	Shoot the Chute	May 28, 1999
Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges	Barr Engineering	River Rapids	May 28, 1999

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Island Skipper Tours	Unknown	Boat Ride	1999	2002	Scrapped

External links

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  Universal Islands of Adventure on the Roller Coaster DataBase.