Editor’s Note: Jerry Green served as Universal Studios Hollywood’s Entertainment Director in the 1980s. His new memoir – 25 Years Inside Universal Studios: From Tour Guide to Entertainment Director – serves as a fascinating look inside the company during its early years. His book is available now on Amazon.com! Today, we’ll be taking an inside look at the creation of Universal Studios Florida, and what it took for Universal to challenge Disney on both coasts. Be sure to read Jerry Green’s book to learn more about this and other stories from the park! … “I mean, really, what can possibly…
Author: Jerry Green
Editor’s Note: Jerry Green served as Universal Studios Hollywood’s Entertainment Director in the 1980s. His new memoir – 25 Years Inside Universal Studios: From Tour Guide to Entertainment Director – serves as a fascinating look inside the company during its early years. His book is available now on Amazon.com! Today, we’ll be looking at Universal Studios Hollywood’s gradual transformation from a Studio Tour to a full-fledged theme park. Be sure to read Jerry Green’s book to learn more about this and other stories from the park! … The saying that ‘many emergency room visits begin with the words, “Hey guys,…
Editor’s Note: Jerry Green served as Universal Studios Hollywood’s Entertainment Director in the 1980s. His new memoir – 25 Years Inside Universal Studios: From Tour Guide to Entertainment Director – serves as a fascinating look inside the company during its early years. His book is available now on Amazon.com! Today, we’ll be looking at the life of an early Studio Tour guide, and how someone eventually got their start in what would be one of the largest entertainment powerhouses in the world. Be sure to read Jerry Green’s book to learn more about this and other stories from the park!…
After a three-month refurbishment, WaterWorld has soft-opened to guests with a 4:00 PM unannounced show, Inside Universal has learned. Billed as a rehearsal, today’s performance will be WaterWorld’s first public show to utilize the show’s new control system which was overhauled during the hiatus. While today’s rehearsal is a good sign that the show will be reopening soon, team members did note that regular performances from this point onward are not guaranteed. In terms of changes, much of the three-month refurbishment focused on improving the show’s infrastructure rather than on the show’s content. A new QLab show control system, coupled…