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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to Duloc - Happiest Totalitarian Dictatorship On Earth (Well... second happiest) Be sure to visit Duloc’s Fairy Tale Adventure 74 Gift Shops and one ride. #Shrek4D #Shrek @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 2d

From the Cow Missing archive: Park guests enjoyed a soft opening preview of Shrek 4-D, captured just 11 days before its official grand opening on May 23, 2003 at Universal Studios Hollywood. 🟢👑 #Shrek #Shrek4D #UniversalStudiosHollywood @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 3d

From the Cow Missing archive: Park guests enjoyed a soft opening preview of Shrek 4-D, captured just 11 days before its official grand opening on May 23, 2003 at Universal Studios Hollywood. 🟢👑 #Shrek #Shrek4D #UniversalStudiosHollywood @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 4d

In 1994, Universal Studios Hollywood featured a giant inflatable Beethoven dog outside the Animal Actors stage show, perched on top of the retail store called Animal House. 🐾🎬 #ThemeParkHistory #UniversalStudiosHollywood @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 4d

A 1916 Universal Pictures postcard promoting Anna Pavlova’s only feature film The Dumb Girl of Portici on the Universal Studios Lot.

“This Indian Street Scene costing over $10,000” #UniversalStudios #TheDumbGirlOfPortici

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 4d

From the Cow Missing archive: A view from the catwalk, looking down toward the Celebration scene inside E.T. Adventure at Universal Studios Hollywood, circa 2002. #ETAdventure #UniversalStudiosHollywood #ThemeParkHistory @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 5d

From the Cow Missing archives: 2003 photo of Shrek 4D under construction. This entrance now leads into DreamWorks Theatre, featuring Kung Fu Panda at Universal Studios Hollywood. #Shrek4D #ThemeParkHistory @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 5d

From the Cow Missing archive: Shrek 4-D captured just 11 days before its grand opening on May 23, 2003 at Universal Studios Hollywood. @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 5d

From the Cow Missing archive: In February 2004, Larry Kurzweil, then President & COO of Universal Studios Hollywood and CityWalk, posed with former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan at Universal Studios Hollywood. #ThemeParkHistory @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 6d

I ❤️ Universal Studios too! #LoveIsUniversal #UniversalStudios @unistudios.bsky.social @universalstudiosfl.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 6d

Smoke 'em if you got 'em. #UniversalOrlandoResort #CityWalk @universalorl.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 6d

Laboratory Building at Universal City, California. Thousands of feet of film developed here daily. Circa 1920. #UniversalStudios #UniversalPictures @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 7d

Back to the Future The Ride Universal Studios Hollywood Electronic Press Kit Feature 2 (1993) 📹: @unistudios.bsky.social

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Back to the Future The Ride Universal Studios Hollywood Electronic Press Kit Feature 2 (1993)

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 7d

Since 1993, a placard at the entrance of The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood has displayed the ride system’s patent (5,192,247), carried over from Back to the Future: The Ride. #BTTF #ThemeParkHistory #TheSimpsons @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 7d

Step inside the Knott's Scary Farm Halloween Haunt Legacy Store & Museum 🕸️🎃 A 19-minute look at props, costumes, Elvira, and decades of haunt history! 👻🦇 #KnottsScaryFarm #Halloween #Elvira #Horror #Haunted @knottsberryfarm.bsky.social

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2025 Knott's Scary Farm Halloween Haunt Legacy Store & Museum Complete Walk Through Tour Shop Retail

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 7d

30 years of WaterWorld: A Live Sea War Spectacular! #WaterWorld #UniversalStudiosHollywood @unistudios.bsky.social

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Vintage Universal Studios Hollywood WaterWorld TV Commercial (1995)

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 7d

Step back into 1987 at Knott’s Berry Farm at Night 🌙✨
Neon lights, live music, dancing, and the brand-new Boomerang coaster made summer nights unforgettable.
#KnottsBerryFarm #VintageCommercial #ThemeParkHistory 📹: @knottsberryfarm.bsky.social

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Knott’s Berry Farm at Night Television Commercial (1987) | Vintage Theme Park TV Spot

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 7d

Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine opened in 1986, and by 1987, it made history with America’s first side-by-side wave pool. #WildRivers #Irvine #ThemeParkHistory

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Wild Rivers Waterpark TV Commercial Spot (1987) Irvine Southern California Orange County

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 7d

📼 A blast from 1993: Universal Studios Hollywood’s iconic marketing artwork proudly declared…
“THE ONLY PLACE ON EARTH YOU CAN RIDE THE MOVIES!” 🎬 #ThemeParkHistory #UniversalStudiosHollywood @unistudios.bsky.social

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 22d

Conan O'Brien visits the Universal Studios Prop Warehouse (2009)
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Conan O'Brien visits the Universal Studios Prop Warehouse (2009)

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 22d

Universal Studios Property Department!

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Cow Missing @cowmissing.bsky.social · 22d

This photograph, taken in 1915, shows the Universal City Studios lot. And those mountains in the background look very familiar! #UniversalStudios #UncleCarl @unistudios.bsky.social