Former Ride // latest change 2008.01.17
San Francisco · Universal Studios · Universal Orlando
Former Ride · the memorial record
This ride is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
◆ Latest milestone
The same show building reopened as Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You!, a new attraction that kept the subway earthquake scene inside a new storyline.
Earthquake: The Big One closed permanently on November 5, 2007 after more than seventeen years of operation.
From 2002 the attraction's preshow was based on several Universal films rather than the 1974 film Earthquake alone, while the ride portion through the collapsing subway station was unchanged.
Earthquake: The Big One opened with Universal Studios Florida on June 7, 1990 as an original attraction in the park's San Francisco area, a special-effects ride based on the 1974 film Earthquake that sent guests on a subway train through a collapsing San Francisco station.
The ride operated only for short periods during its first four months after opening because of a series of operational problems, prompting Universal to sue manufacturer Ride & Show Engineering, Inc.; the suit was dropped once the attraction ran reliably.
Per the documented record, Earthquake: The Big One at Universal Studios opened on Jun 7, 1990.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Earthquake: The Big One is dated Nov 5, 2007: Earthquake: The Big One closed permanently on November 5, 2007 after more than seventeen years of operation.
The latest documented change (documented Jan 17, 2008): The same show building reopened as Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You!, a new attraction that kept the subway earthquake scene inside a new storyline.
5 documented changes, dating back to 1990 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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