Patch Notes // updated 2024.05
Hollywood · Universal Studios · Universal Orlando
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Gained a new, larger entrance archway and signage during a May 6-15, 2024 refurbishment closure, relocating the attraction's entrance as its surrounding Woody Woodpecker's KidZone was demolished and replaced by DreamWorks Land (opened June 14, 2024).
Reworked the pre-show video and story framing during a 2002 refurbishment marking the film's 20th anniversary, replacing the original premise (guests cast as 'actors' on an E.T. sequel holding studio 'backstage passes') with the current interplanetary-passport mission to return E.T. to the Green Planet.
Opened June 7, 1990 as an original opening-day attraction of Universal Studios Florida, a Steven Spielberg-collaborated suspended dark ride that flies guests by 'bicycle' to E.T.'s home planet to heal it.