Universal Studios Hollywood's Enhanced

VIP Experience Raises the Bar for Visitors Looking for Star Treatment

The Tour Combines a Private Guided Theme Park Adventure

with Front-of-the-Line Privileges and Unprecedented

Behind-the-Scenes Access

 

Universal City, California (April 22, 2012)—Universal Studios HollywoodSM has raised the bar for its star-treatment "VIP Experience," granting limited parties of guests expanded behind-the-scenes access to previously "off-limits" areas of the famed Hollywood dream factory, pampering them with an elegant continental breakfast at a VIP Lounge, offering unlimited food service at favorite theme park locations, and ushering them to the front of the line at such world famous attractions as "The Simpsons RideTM," "Revenge of the MummyTM" and "Jurassic Park®—The Ride."

 

The additional access to key Studio production areas now allows "VIP Experience" guests the opportunity to see the machinery of the filmmaking process in its entirety, including sound stages and standing sets, post-production bays and craft support facilities, and an up-close view of an authentic Academy Awards® Oscar® statuette.

 

Guests are steered through the famed studio's movie lot in groups of no more than 15 persons and travel aboard comfortable trolleys designed to provide them with an optimal view of every facet of the studio.  VIP Guides, armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of the studio's history, as well its current production schedule, provide a personalized commentary.

 

Created by the Studio as a perk for its stars and business associates, the "VIP Experience" has been a favorite of celebrities ranging from European sovereigns to Hollywood royalty.  Only in recent years, in response to growing demand for a "luxury" studio experience, has the program been offered to the public and never before with these new enhancements.

 

The new additions to the program—which extend the all-day "VIP Experience" by nearly two hours—include a private tour of the production facility where movie set, scenic design and lighting techniques are created.  Guests now have a chance to observe film and television sets in the early phases of construction and get an illuminating glimpse at the complexities of set lighting design.

 

A tour of the world's only fully functioning "Production House," located on a remote part of the backlot, involves guests in another facet of the movie-making process by showing the use of a practical house, constructed for the sole purpose of accommodating entire film cast and crews in a real house environment.

 

The immersive experience also includes a visit to Universal's famed Property Warehouse, situated in the heart of the studio's backlot.  Built in 1915, the "Prop House" is the largest of its kind in the world.  A 100,000-square-foot, three-story facility, the "Prop House" contains an eclectic assemblage of more than 400,000 items representing virtually every set dressing and handheld article required for any movie across time the world over.  Miles of aisles reveal a limitless collection of furniture, draperies, kitchen supplies, statues, musical instruments, jewelry, weapons and other props.

 

The "VIP Experience" also introduces guests to the intricacies of film and television sound post-production with a behind-the-scenes tour of the Studio's Sound Department, where they observe various techniques applied in dubbing, sound mixing, ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) and Foley sound effects. 

 

"VIP Experience" guests also disembark from the trolley to stroll along an array of movie sets made famous in such hits as Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," "Bruce Almighty," "Evan Almighty," "Spartacus," "Psycho," and  "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," as well as sites for such horror favorites as "Frankenstein," "Dracula" and "The Wolf Man."

 

A highlight of the "VIP Experience" includes escorted, hassle-free, front-of-the-line privileges at many of Universal Studios most popular attractions, as well as complimentary breakfast and lunch with the inclusion of the theme park's "All You Can You Eat" program and complimentary valet parking.

Contact:

Universal Studios Hollywood

100 Universal City Plaza

Universal City, CA 91608

001-818-622-5120

Toll-free: 800-864-8377

www.universalstudioshollywood.com

Media contact:

Trana Pittam, senior manager, international and online media

Universal Studios Hollywood Publicity

001-818-622-3855

trana.pittam@nbcuni.com

 

 

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