Former Show // latest change 2003.06.12
Production Central · Universal Studios · Universal Orlando
Former Show · the memorial record
This show is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
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Shrek 4-D opened in the former Hitchcock theater on June 12, 2003, following a May 31 soft opening, and kept several Hitchcock props and set pieces in the building.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies closed permanently on January 3, 2003, after twelve and a half years of operation.
Universal announced in May 2002 that Shrek 4-D would come to Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood, with the Florida version taking over the Hitchcock attraction's building.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies opened with Universal Studios Florida on June 7, 1990, as an original Production Central theater attraction sponsored by Kodak.
The attraction ran in four parts: a prop-lined queue, a 3-D preshow of Hitchcock clips including Dial M for Murder that ended with birds from The Birds appearing to fly out over the audience, a main theater set at the Bates Motel where Anthony Perkins appeared on screen explaining how the Psycho shower scene was filmed and the scene was then broken down with an audience volunteer, and an interactive walk-through post-show of Hitchcock sets and props.
Per the documented record, Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies at Universal Studios opened on Jun 7, 1990.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies is dated Jan 3, 2003: Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies closed permanently on January 3, 2003, after twelve and a half years of operation.
The latest documented change (documented Jun 12, 2003): Shrek 4-D opened in the former Hitchcock theater on June 12, 2003, following a May 31 soft opening, and kept several Hitchcock props and set pieces in the building.
5 documented changes, dating back to 1990 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.
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