Damn Universal Studios Orlando website is slooooow! I just had to gripe about it. I was trying to research a new ride that recently came out and there site is so filled with large graphics and Shockwave garbage that it takes forever to load. This isn't the first time I've attempted to reach the Universal Studios website and experienced slowness.
Shhhh, don't tell the rabid "Disney-ites" that I'm headed to Disney World in May and also plan on spending a day at Universal Studios. To the fanatical Disney-ites, going to Universal is sacrilege! I will say that I have done both Disney World and Universal and Disney World does so many things better.
For instance, when you are waiting in line for an attraction at Disney World, typically you are "inside" the attraction with a certain theme to that particular attraction. Conversely, for many of the Universal Studios attractions, you are stuck outside in the blazing Florida sun! Even when the attraction is covered and shielded from direct sunlight, it isn't completely enclosed, so there is no air conditioning. They do attempt to cool their customers with fans blowing on you with some water mist, but it's more like pushing hot air into warm water which is then splashed onto your already hot, sweaty, sticky body - causing you to become even wetter and stickier. Yikes! This blog post is starting to sound pornographic!
In any case, Universal Studios does have its good points. It does have some major thrill ride, headline-type attractions which adults certainly will enjoy. They certainly have been ramping up their TV commercial advertisements over the past 2 years. What they should do is take that advertising budget and instead spend it on enclosing ALL of the rides (except big rides like roller coasters), and then provide air conditioning.
Another improvements to Universal Studios I'd like to see is their FastPass system which they call Express Pass. Hate to say it, but it sucks compared to Disney FastPass. When I went to Universal Studios two years ago, I assumed their Express Pass system worked very similar to Disney's Fast Pass system. Boy was I wrong! The Express Passes were SOLD out by like 1pm for every attraction. Since we didn't get to the Universal park until 11am, and we were attempting to save our Express Pass for Spiderman, we didn't attempt to get an Express Pass until 1pm. Bad mistake. As I said they were all sold out. So this mean standing in lines that took a ridiculously long time.
I have no problem waiting in lines at attraction parks, but Universal Studios has nothing on Disney when it comes to theming and air conditioning when waiting in line. At least in the Disney parks, for most of the major attractions you are indoors in a cool, air conditioned setting with theming to keep your preoccupied. Not so at Univeral Studios! Their idea of air conditioning is to stick fans blowing mist at your face. By the time the mist hits you the Florida sun has heated the water so it feels like warm water hitting your face. Considering Florida is humid as it is, having warm water hit you is not my idea of fun. Worse, for the majority of the major attractions you are stuck in lines outdoors with no theming to keep you preoccupied. Disney World on the other hand uses indoor themes in their lines with air conditioning to keep you cool.
Granted, Universal Studios is more of a "thrill" park than a park for kids requiring cute characters & themes, but they should have at least build the park will lines that are mostly indoors. This is Florida for cripes sake! They build Universal Studios AFTER the majority of Disney World was built, so you would think they would try and model Disney World and do it one better than Walt Disney, especially considering the strong reputation and nostalgia that Disney World had attained. If Universal Studios wanted to draw people away from Disney World, they could have tried to make it at least comfortable with A/C. But they decided to take the cheap way out.
I will still go to Universal Studios in May, since I do enjoy the thrill rides, but my expectations have certainly been lowered. At least now I know what to expect now. Universal Studios - - I knew Walt Disney. Walt Disney was a friend of mine. Universal Studios, you're no Walt Disney World!
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Tom, you are right on with the fast pass system being palry in comparison to Walt Disney World. But let's not forget- if you stay ON Universal property you don't even need a fast pass! You have "walk on" rights and bypass even the fast passers, so estimated wait times are frequently inaccurate.
Disney Rocks!
I had the same experience when preparing for a visit to Universal in February. We went to both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. If you can get past the constant blaring of loud music, then both parks are a lot of fun, though not as enjoyable for small kids as Disney.
The trick for Universal Studios is to stay at one of their resorts, which gives you express pass privaleges for your entire stay.
Yeah, I knew if you stated at Universal Studios "on property" you get "cut the line" privileges. But I wouldn't trade the Disney resort experience for a Universal resort.
In fact, I experienced the Universal Studios "guest privileges" first hand while waiting in line for the "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" attraction with my wife.
We were the 15th persons in line and we waited 1 and a half hours to "attempt" to ride One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish before giving up. Why would a ride with only 15 people take so long?
Answer: Any time a Universal guest showed up, they had a "special" line that superceded the regular line. They wouldn't even alternate a few from the regular line. So if Universal guests kept showing up, you were stuck in that same line position. In theory you could be in line for infinity.
I have to say, that really ticked me off. You think a line is short and we were forced to waste an hour and a half before begrudgingly giving up and leaving the line.
Maybe I'll pay the extra $35 for a "Universal Express Plus" which allows you to 'skip the regular lines' at all of the major attractions at Universal Studios and Universal's Islands of Adventure.
HI , DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE NAME OF, OR WHO SINGS , THAT REALLY ROCK'N SONG USED IN THE CURRENT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS , ORLANDO , T.V. AD ?? YHANKS , JEFF .
It is by Less Than Jake - on their new album Anthem. Track 14, a bonus track.
It's a cover version of Surrender (originally performed by Cheap Trick) that is played on the Universal Studios commercial
On the current tv ad, the song is not surrender. I love that song though and would love to know who sings it!!!!!
uhhh, Tom is right. The Universal Studio theme song is Surrender by Less than Jake. More proof? Go here:
http://www.clipland.com/Talk/message/24667/Re-Re-Cover-Song-on-Universal-Studios-Commercial.html
JAMES IS RIGHT... I DOWNLOADED THE LESS THAN JAKE VERSION OF SURRENDER. NOT ONE PART OF THE SONG IS EVEN CLOSE TO THE VERY LATEST U.S-O. T.V. AD SONG. ANTHEM IS NOT LESS THAN JAKE'S LATEST LP.
"B IS FOR B-SIDES" , RELEASED 7-20-04
"ANTHEM" , RELEASED 5-20-03 , ACCORDING TO THE MTV WEBSITE: "LESS THAN JAKE". I EMAILED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPT AT US-O , FRIDAY. THEY WERE QUICK TO REPLY.... "THE SONG USED , IS SURRENDER , BY CHEAP TRICK". WHAT THE #$%& ! MAYBE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY GET DIFFRENT COMMERCIALS..??
JEFF
hmmmm. Very strange. I played the song "Surrender" by Less than Jake and you're right it in't the background music in the Universal Studios commercial, though the lyrics sound somewhat correct (i.e. repeating the word "surrender").
The Less than Jake version sounds like a faster version of the original Cheap Trick song. Maybe it was the Cheap Trick song after all. I will have to go investigate.
This site is also saying the song is Less than Jake for the Universal Studios commercial. (last comment) What gives?
http://www.phildennison.net/archives/2004/03/04/my-memory-has-just-been-sold/
And another site claiming it's Cheap Trick's version of Surrender. oy!
http://www.whatsthatcalled.com/html/u.php?show=2
The surrender song was the theme for orlando's old commetial about a year ago. The new one that is airing on tv now is a different song. I've been serching alot but couldn't find the title....
JAMES IS RIGHT AGAIN.THE SURRENDER COMMERCIAL STARTED PLAYING HERE,IN MINNESOTA , LAST SUMMER. I THINK IT WAS THE ORIGINAL CHEAP TRICK VERSION. IT WASN'T AS FAST AS THE LESS THAN JAKE VERSION. THE WORD SURRENDER IS NOT IN THE NEW COMMERCIAL AT ALL. I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE REPEATED WORD IN THE WHOLE NEM AD...THE COMMERCIAL STARTS OUT WITH ONE THE MOST "KICK ASS" GUITAR RIFFS I'VE EVER HEARD , AND IT SOUNDS REALLY FAMILAR. AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK....JAMES ? TOM , I'M REALLY ENJOYING YOUR WEB SITE.... THANKS , JEFF BLOK
They must not be playing the new Universal Studios commercial in Connecticut. The one I see is still the old one. i.e. the parade going on with all the Marvel super heroes, and a large black woman smiling and shaking her body with her hands in the air as confetti falls.
The new song is amazing, but when it seems, that the song is going to have some lyrics, the commercial starts its own dialoge and blocks out the sound.
~I though they said ya...ya..., but It's been a while since I've seen the commercial.
THE MARVEL SUPER HEROS COMMERCIAL IS THE CURRENT ONE SHOWN HERE IN MINNESOTA, NOW . THE BACKGROUND MUSIC HAS ONLY ONE REPEATED WORD AND NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BOTH VERSIONS OF SURRENDER. CHEAP TRICK COULD ONLY WISH THEIR MUSIC IS AS GOOD AS THIS SONG... THE CHEAP TRICK SURRENDER VERSION , COMMERCIAL ; I THINK SHOWED PEOPLE ON A LOG RIDE. DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR..??
ya, it does, tom was right with what he said about the black woman shaking her hooters in the parade. But I don't think any of the info we are writing can lead us to the song. Do you know unversal studios's email cause i think we should ask them
guestservices@universalorlando.com
advertising@universalorlando.com
I GOT AN EMAIL BACK SAYING ; THAT I WAS'NT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE "ADVERTISING" EMAIL ADDRESS...
What the song sounds like to me anyway is,
"Psychadelic Warlords" by Hawkwind.
I'M NOT FAMILAR WITH HAWKWIND . IT LOOKS LIKE THE SONG "PSYCHEDELIC WARLORDS (DISAPPEAR IN SMOKE)", IS 0N THEIR 2ND LP , "HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN GRILL". THE LP DEBUTED ON THE "TOP 200 TOP POP ALBUM CHARTS" , 10-5-74...DAVE BROCK AND FLUCTUATING LINEUP INCLUDED GINGER BAKER AND LEMMY KILMINSTER WHERE BAND MEMBERS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE LP HAS MADE TO "CD" , NO RELEASE DATE ON THAT... UNITED ARTISTS 328 ...INTERESTING...THIS MIGHT TAKE AWHILE...
JEFF BLOK
I'M NOT FAMILAR WITH HAWKWIND . IT LOOKS LIKE THE SONG "PSYCHEDELIC WARLORDS (DISAPPEAR IN SMOKE)", IS 0N THEIR 2ND LP , "HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN GRILL". THE LP DEBUTED ON THE "TOP 200 TOP POP ALBUM CHARTS" , 10-5-74...DAVE BROCK AND FLUCTUATING LINEUP INCLUDED GINGER BAKER AND LEMMY KILMINSTER WHERE BAND MEMBERS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE LP HAS MADE IT TO "CD" , NO RELEASE DATE ON THAT... UNITED ARTISTS 328 ...INTERESTING...THIS MIGHT TAKE AWHILE...
JEFF BLOK
I finally saw the new Universal commercial you guys are talking about with the new song. Only caught tail end of it, but it is indeed a different song from the old commercial which was Surrender.
I think a lot of the commercial content was new. However, they did have the same clip of the black woman shaking while confetti falls, which is why this thread was so confusing. Two different commercials yet some similar video content but different songs.
Hey guys, I looked and looked. I finally found a thread that claims to have an answer. They say it's not even a real song, but a jingle guy. See for yourself at http://adtunes.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11268&hl=universal&st=0\
Hope I'm wrong, song sounds really cool.
Ok, the local alternative radio station in my city plays this song on occasion. So it IS a real song, I can't find it though and it's driving me nuts. There are lyrics in the midwest version but I don't know what they are.
I LISTENED TO BOTH VERSIONS OF HAWKWIND'S SONG "THE PSYCHEDELIC WARLORDS" , 6:51 & 3:56 . ONCE AGAIN , NOT EVEN CLOSE. IN THE ADTUNES.COM THREAD , NO PROOF, WHAT SO EVER, WAS GIVEN TO SUPPORT THE JINGLE CLAIM. THAT PERSON PROBABLY REPORTS FOR "NEWS WEEK"......
i found it the one weve all been lookn for ready it moby, bodyrock iv searchd n finally found it . it goes yeah yeah, enjoy.
It song in the commercial goes yeah yeah but that Moby song is not it.
Universal Orlando is awesome. They have some of the greatest rides a theme park can have. Like Revenge of the mummy is the best ride ever in Universal history. I tell everyone to come down to see the greatest place on earth. I wish I could make some good movies and make a good theme park in the world. But you guys need a ride about fast and furious I think myself. Nothing for nothing but you need to take out back to the future. It is a good ride but the movie is a couple years old. When you thought Disney ruled the world you guys were still in your shell ready bloom.
I LISTENED TO MOBY'S "BODYROCK" AND THE REMIXES TOO. NOT EVEN CLOSE , ROBT WAS RIGHT... HAWKWIND , MOBY ; I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THESE TWO HAVE STUCK IN THEIR EARS OR ANYWHERE ELSE...PLEASE SEND RESUMES' TO "NEWS WEEK"...
is anyone seeing the ads with the boy and shrek?
I recently vistited universal studios orlando resort and i really enjoyed my stay, but there is one ridiculous thing i found,at islands of adventure i saw the Jurassic park flying ride, i really wanted to go on it,so, when i got to it i was about to walk in when they said i couldnt go on becacause i was over the hieght of a pole as i needed to be a child under that hieght,i was really annoyed by this as i was i child and i wanted a go!
The terydactyl ride- I know- I too wanted to ride that ride!! I was disappointed I couldn't. But then I am one to want to try everything- Dh had to tear me away from the line for The Flying Unicorn- I just know as a little girl I would have HAD to have had one of those stuffed white pegasus's with blue eyes
I went on the flying unicon and i though the seats where well uncomfortble i was pratically paralised when i got off!
Hey. Does anyone know where I can find clips of Universal Studios commercials with the black woman with her hands in the air shaking her body in a parade? And the one with the same woman that puts her children on her breasts when she is scared at Universal? I need them for a project. Please email me.
Tiffany
creatiff2003@yahoo.com
Does anybody know who sings the actual version of the song "Surrender" that is used in the commercials? I have listened to the versions by Cheap Trick and Less than Jake, but they're just not as good as the version in the commercial. Also, if anyone has any information about the classical song used in the other commercials, such as where I can listen to clips or if it has a name, it would be greatly appreciated. It's probably just a jingle type of thing, though. Thanks.
hi
does anyone know what that song is for universal studios where they show the people with the cardboard signs, /?????? i am dieing to know tht song
i last saw it on yesterday
hi
does anyone know what that song is for universal studios commercial where they show the people with the cardboard signs, /?????? i am dieing to know tht song
i last saw it on yesterday
hi
does anyone know what that song is for universal studios commercial where they show the people with the cardboard signs, /?????? i am dieing to know tht song
i last saw it on yesterday
the song in the newest commercial with the cardboard sighns is called "stay entertained" by stellastar if any of u want it i can email it to u
my email is mmunnymaker@yahoo.com
your welcome
hey does anyone know who sings that song on the new universal studios HOLLYWOOD comercial?
Chuckie... I think Matt is right... It's stay entertained by stellastar. The chorus is really good with the "Ohhhh... Ohhhh" lol
hi i purcashed a deep freeze mug and put it in the freezer about twice and it broke on me i was wondering what the vendor of the mug was. i bought the mug when i was in the unversail orlando theme park.
okay you guys check this out!
you know that song some of you guys are dying to find out when the universal studios commercials appears? yeah the one with the random people holding cardboards as signs. the artist who sings it is
stellaster.
stellaster-stay entertained
fyi: the song only gets good when you hear the chorus.
hey i went to orlando florida Decemeber 21st-December 26th and i went to 4 parks and i liked universal stuidos the most because it has the best stuff to do there because i like all of the movie making stuff and i really enjoyed everything that i saw there like twister and earthquake and etc.. it was all amazing. there is one thing though i would like to know if there is a website where i can maybe can all of the stuff that you guys use in the park/ in the movies like some of the sound effects and the extra video clips you guys add and everything because i really like to make movies and i made about 8 movies already and i want to use some more professional stuff in them but my movies aren't like your movies mine are just like about a vacation or a special event and i make it look really nice so please respond to me a.s.a.p about my question if i can get downloads of that stuff thanks
THE commerical has Emeril the Chef in the beginning and the song is Goodbye Horses by Q lazarus...also, believe it or not the same song played in silence of the lambs when buffalo bill is dancing naked. Go to limewire.com and check it out for your self!!
who knows the song for the newest orlander tv-ad? i really want to know sooooooooooooo bad i dont know what ill do if i don't hear the whole song!
FOUND THE NEW SONG! it's called Time Machine and it's by The Click Five. I will accept my oodles of cash and thank-you's later
what's the name of the "new" Univeral Orlando commercial where Emeril light's the torches around the table, with blue man group, and others. It's kinda techno-ish with an electric guitar in it?
Stay Entertained" by Stellastarr may be the one if its the commercial where people are holding signs to go to universal studios hollywood, in other words this commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YDrQuP9Ek4
hope that helps.
The version of "Surrender" in the Orlando Universal Studios is indeed Cheap Trick - well, their vocals, at least. In 2004 ad masters at DeepMix made a remix of the song with Cheap Trick. You can read an article on the process AND if you go to the DeepMix website, check ou the spots link, and view the commercial. Here are the links....
http://www.digitalprosound.com/2004/03_mar/news/aqpkryhs.htm
http://www.deepmix.com/
WOW A HUNDRED THANKS to the person that found the Click Five Song!! Thats all I wanted so THANK YOU!!! I love the song!
hi i found the song everyone is asking about its called alright by supergrass love it!!!!!!
OK, so there's a brand new Orlando commercial on that I'm tryin' to find the song to. It's with a mother and daughter and the mother turns young again and is wearing baggy clothes...the commercial starts out with a strings solo and then there's lyrics, but I can't remember them right now. Any clue what it would be??
I'm also trying to find the song to the Orlando commerce commercial with the mom and daughter and the mom changes into a little girl. My daughters and I love that commercial and I always tell them "that's me and you!" If anyone knows the name please post it!
Thanks!
I STILL CAN'T FIND THE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AD. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?
Tiff
The song in the commercial where the mother turns young is called "time machine" by the click five. Im Positive of it.
The great new song is "Alright" by Supergrass. At least, that's the one I was looking for. Thanks, Candice!
The great song in the new commercials is called "Alright" by Supergrass. Thanks, Candice.
does anyone know the song in the universal studios commercial where the people are throwing the cardboard in a pile entering into the park. And the singer's singin "oh woah, oh woah, oh woah."
The song is called "Stay Entertained" by uh Stellastarr*. The new hit song's used inside the new Universal Studios commercial where the people are holding those cardboard signs, pretty awesome song in my opinion.
Its very simple. If you have older kids Universal is by far the best park. Younger kids you want Disney. If you have kids that are 10 and up they probably will get bored at Disney. Univeral Studios and Especially Islands of Adventure at Universal boast four of the top twenty five thrill rides in the country. Disney has none.