E.T. Adventure Ride - Vintage TV Commercial - Universal Studios Hollywood (1991)
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Television commercial for The E.T.
Television commercial for The E.T. Adventure ride at Universal Studios Hollywood.
The E.T. Adventure (1991 - 2003) at Universal Studios Hollywood.
"For many people, The E.T. Adventure had a very special place in their hearts. Kids (of all ages) loved the attraction. By the time it closed, it was getting more than a little creaky, and it was in need of an update, but it had a lot more than many other attractions – it had a heart, and it had a story.
The story was simple – get on a bike with E.T. in the basket, and help him get back to his home planet. Mirroring many of the iconic images from the movie, police officers with torches and lurching cars had to be avoided, along with mysterious space-suit-clad figures. One of the highlights was the soaring flight above the city and across the moon. The ride went where the film didn’t go, though – due to an unexplained warp in space-time, the bike ended up actually landing on E.T.s planet, and seeing all his little friends, before dropping him off, then landing back on earth.
The “heart” was demonstrated by the simple device of every visitor telling their first name to a crew member as they entered the queue line. At the very end of the ride, an E.T. figure at the side of the ride vehicle said “goodbye” to every visitor, by name. Beautifully simple, but that personal touch made a massive difference. Of course, it also enabled teens to make E.T. say all sorts of unsavory things by combining names together to make naughty words.
All that’s now left of the E.T. Adventure at Universal Studios Hollywood is the old painted-out logo on the roof of the show building now playing host to The Revenge of the Mummy. The “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” logo was added to the roof as part of the 20th Anniversary celebration of the film in 2001. It was painted over in 2003 when the ride was removed.
The E.T. Adventure can still be experienced at Universal Orlando in Florida.
©1991 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved
(http://www.universalstudioshollywood....)
Posted for entertainment and educational purposes only.
No copyrights infringed. All works property of the company listed above. Please do not reproduce without their expressed written consent.
Ride Systems
Although it looks like a soundstage, the building in which E.T. was housed was built especially for the attraction. The area before was an unloading and waiting area for trams while visitors were in the Special Effects Stages and a small prop warehouse.
The ride vehicles were on 9-seater platforms that were suspended under a track that ran around the attraction. The platforms were modeled on bicycles, with an E.T. figure in the basket on the front bike. The E.T. figure reacted to the goings-on throughout the ride – when he was scared he hid, and at the end of the ride, when E.T. had returned to his home planet, the E.T. figure was not visibly in the basket anymore.
Many of the animatronic figures in the preshow area and in the attraction were built by Sally Corp in Florida.
Goodbye System:
Birket Engineering developed the original concept for the E.T. goodbye system with Universal Studios Florida project personnel, with Birket having complete responsibility for the design and implementation of the system. With the success of the attraction, Universal Studios again contracted with Birket to provide the system with enhancements for the Hollywood and Osaka E.T projects.
Upon entering the attraction, guests are given a bar-coded passport containing the guest’s name. While boarding the ride vehicle, a host/hostess collects the passports from each of the passengers and passes them over a window scanner as the vehicle leaves. Birket’s goodbye system identifies the vehicle as it leaves by reading an RF tag mounted to the top of the vehicle. The vehicle now “knows” who is riding it. As the guests approach the end of the ride, an animated E.T. turns to greet the vehicle and speaks to each guest by name." ~ http://www.thestudiotour.com/
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The E.T. Adventure (1991 - 2003) at Universal Studios Hollywood.
"For many people, The E.T. Adventure had a very special place in their hearts. Kids (of all ages) loved the attraction. By the time it closed, it was getting more than a little creaky, and it was in need of an update, but it had a lot more than many other attractions – it had a heart, and it had a story.
The story was simple – get on a bike with E.T. in the basket, and help him get back to his home planet. Mirroring many of the iconic images from the movie, police officers with torches and lurching cars had to be avoided, along with mysterious space-suit-clad figures. One of the highlights was the soaring flight above the city and across the moon. The ride went where the film didn’t go, though – due to an unexplained warp in space-time, the bike ended up actually landing on E.T.s planet, and seeing all his little friends, before dropping him off, then landing back on earth.
The “heart” was demonstrated by the simple device of every visitor telling their first name to a crew member as they entered the queue line. At the very end of the ride, an E.T. figure at the side of the ride vehicle said “goodbye” to every visitor, by name. Beautifully simple, but that personal touch made a massive difference. Of course, it also enabled teens to make E.T. say all sorts of unsavory things by combining names together to make naughty words.
All that’s now left of the E.T. Adventure at Universal Studios Hollywood is the old painted-out logo on the roof of the show building now playing host to The Revenge of the Mummy. The “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” logo was added to the roof as part of the 20th Anniversary celebration of the film in 2001. It was painted over in 2003 when the ride was removed.
The E.T. Adventure can still be experienced at Universal Orlando in Florida.
©1991 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved
(http://www.universalstudioshollywood....)
Posted for entertainment and educational purposes only.
No copyrights infringed. All works property of the company listed above. Please do not reproduce without their expressed written consent.
Ride Systems
Although it looks like a soundstage, the building in which E.T. was housed was built especially for the attraction. The area before was an unloading and waiting area for trams while visitors were in the Special Effects Stages and a small prop warehouse.
The ride vehicles were on 9-seater platforms that were suspended under a track that ran around the attraction. The platforms were modeled on bicycles, with an E.T. figure in the basket on the front bike. The E.T. figure reacted to the goings-on throughout the ride – when he was scared he hid, and at the end of the ride, when E.T. had returned to his home planet, the E.T. figure was not visibly in the basket anymore.
Many of the animatronic figures in the preshow area and in the attraction were built by Sally Corp in Florida.
Goodbye System:
Birket Engineering developed the original concept for the E.T. goodbye system with Universal Studios Florida project personnel, with Birket having complete responsibility for the design and implementation of the system. With the success of the attraction, Universal Studios again contracted with Birket to provide the system with enhancements for the Hollywood and Osaka E.T projects.
Upon entering the attraction, guests are given a bar-coded passport containing the guest’s name. While boarding the ride vehicle, a host/hostess collects the passports from each of the passengers and passes them over a window scanner as the vehicle leaves. Birket’s goodbye system identifies the vehicle as it leaves by reading an RF tag mounted to the top of the vehicle. The vehicle now “knows” who is riding it. As the guests approach the end of the ride, an animated E.T. turns to greet the vehicle and speaks to each guest by name." ~ http://www.thestudiotour.com/
Keywords:
Ride The Movies
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Tour
San Fernando Valley
91608
Soundstage
Dark Ride
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Los Angeles
Universal City
North Hollywood
Studio City
California
Load Platform
Vista
Green Planet
Steven Spielberg
Preshow
Studio Center
Lower Lot
Starway Escalator
Theme Music
Botanicus
John Williams
Animatronics
Sally Corporation
Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride
Queue
NASA
Zrick
#UniversalStudiosHollywood
#UniversalStudios
#NBCUniversal
#ETAdventure
#StudioTour
#GrowBolder
#USH
#UniversalHollywood
#UniStudios
#ET
#KidsRide
#SoundStage
#UniversalCityWalk
#DarkRide
#CowMissing
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