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The Special Effects Program
Discover the Secrets of Making Movie Magic at Universal Studios®:

Through this interactive tour of Universal Studios students will learn, hands-on, about the arts and sciences used to create some of the most spectacular special effects in motion picture history and what it took to recreate those effects in some of Universal Studios’ most popular attractions.

Tour highlights include:

  • Visit Revenge of the Mummy® to learn the secrets of set design and construction.
  • Go behind the scenes at Men In Black: Alien Attack® to learn how such effects as animatronics, lasers, strobe lights and fog effects are utilized to set the atmosphere for this attraction.
  • Experience the Universal Horror Make-Up Show® for an up-close look at how make-up effects are created.
  • Stroll through some of our soundstages and production facilities – an area off-limits to the general public.
  • Walk through the streets of New York City, San Francisco and Hollywood to learn the importance of atmosphere through set design.
  • Visit Twister…Ride it Out®and learn what it takes to recreate an F-5 tornado.

These three-hour facilitated tours begin 1 hour before the theme park opens and allows students access to areas of the theme park unavailable to the general public.

 

  • Advance reservations are required. Tours are subject to availability and to a 15 person minimum requirement per group.
  • $18.00 (+ tax) plus the price of student admission ticket.

 

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