The show closed at the end of the summer season for its traditional fall downtime during Halloween Horror Nights and will not reopen. According to insiders, Hurricane Irma damaged some of the show's equipment, as it did the Academy of Villains stage next to the park's lagoon, which causes that performance to have to move to a temporary stage for the first few weeks of Halloween Horror Nights.
Universal's Cinematic Spectacular – 100 Years of Movie Memories debuted in 2012 to celebrate Universal Studios' 100th anniversary, so the "news hook" for the show, if you will, has long passed. The show lay mired near the bottom of our reader reviews for the park, so it seems that the public agreed with Universal that it was time for a change.
A new nighttime show will debut on the lagoon at some point. From Universal's press release:
A new nighttime lagoon show is coming to Universal Studios Florida that will include new animation featuring characters from favorite Universal attractions, a new storyline, new music, lighting and special effects. It will take Universal’s Cinematic Spectacular – 100 Years of Movie Memories, which is now closed, to an entirely new level. This is one of many new experiences coming to Universal Orlando as we continue to grow our destination. Stay tuned to the Universal Orlando blog for updates – more details will be released soon.
In the meantime, Universal Orlando visitors can watch a new, holiday-themed nighttime show this fall when a new projection light show debuts on Hogwarts Castle in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter on Nov. 18.
Universal Studios Florida this week also closed its Terminator 2 3D show, to make way for another as-yet-unannounced replacement, featuring a Universal franchise.
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I just don't know what Universal can do with this, or even what type of show will really appeal to their theme park audience. It's clear the HP Hogwarts show was pretty popular in USH, but IOA's WWoHP isn't really designed to allow a similar show to be viewed by the masses. I think USF would be better served with a nighttime parade to keep crowds through closing instead of trying to come up with a new fireworks show wedged into the limited waterfront area.
11 years ago I took this video
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I'll agree that some of the clips were probably outdated to young audiences, even if many of them were classics. It'll be neat to see what they come up with for the new show. Universal has been using top notch tech for everything post the creation of HP, so I wouldn't be surprised if they go over an above everything Disney is doing for nighttime shows.
I did like the stunt show Universal once had on the lake. It even was cool to see it multiple times because depending where you stood something different went on.
I hope the new one is worth it. I hope they get rid of the ugly water screens. Although the projection works best on those screens I don't like how they look during the day.
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