Manufacturing the Magic: Universal Studios Hollywood (Ep 11)

The Jim Hill Media Podcast Network

In the seventh installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid talk about how a working ranch & farm in the San Fernando Valley eventually became one of Southern California’s most popular tourist attractions

Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about:

• When was Universal City officially founded

• Which Disney vet designed the Glamour Trams

• Who built the 50-foot-tall King Kong animatronic for this theme park

• On what floor of “Back to the Future: The Ride” was Steve Spielberg’s room located

• Where does the simulated quake that Universal visitors experience during” Earthquake: The Big One” reportedly fall on the Richter scale

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