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* ApprovalOfGod: ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' writer James Roberts was [[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1435572790346801156 pleasantly surprised]] to know that Universal Beijing {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed Swerve's Bar from his series.



** The third theme park in Universal Orlando Resort. It was first thought of during the expansion of the resort in 1998, and they even bought the land to build the park. But the economic fallout of the September 11th attacks along with the initial financial failure of Islands of Adventure made the project less viable and the land was sold off a few years later. Eventually, with the success of the ''Harry Potter'' rides and the purchase of [=NBCUniversal=] by Comcast, the land was bought back by the end of 2015 for $130 million, leading to many, including local news outlets, to speculate that the third theme park[[note]]Or fourth, if you count Volcano Bay[[/note]] will finally be coming within the next few years. These speculations were confirmed in 2019 when the third park was finally announced as Universal's Epic Universe for an intended late 2023 opening. Once construction began on the park, it was quickly put on a year's long hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic and is now looking to open between late 2024 and mid-2025.

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** The third theme park in Universal Orlando Resort. It was first thought of during the expansion of the resort in 1998, and they even bought the land to build the park. But the economic fallout of the September 11th attacks along with the initial financial failure of Islands of Adventure made the project less viable and the land was sold off a few years later. Eventually, with the success of the ''Harry Potter'' rides and the purchase of [=NBCUniversal=] by Comcast, the land was bought back by the end of 2015 for $130 million, leading to many, including local news outlets, to speculate that the third theme park[[note]]Or fourth, if you count Volcano Bay[[/note]] will finally be coming within the next few years. These speculations were confirmed in 2019 when the third park was finally announced as Universal's Epic Universe for an intended late 2023 opening. Once construction began on the park, it was quickly put on a year's long hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and is now looking to open between late 2024 and mid-2025.



* FandomNod: Universal tends to leave many references to their past attractions around throughout the park, such as a hieroglyphic and golden statue of King Kong in Revenge of the Mummy as well as the Back to the Future and JAWS props still on display in the park.

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* FandomNod: Universal tends to leave many references to their past attractions around throughout the park, such as a hieroglyphic and golden statue of King Kong in Revenge ''Revenge of the Mummy Mummy'' as well as the Back ''Back to the Future Future'' and JAWS ''JAWS'' props still on display in the park.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Ever since its opening, ''The Wizarding World of Harry Potter'' has dominated the marketing for all the Universal resorts. ''Ride/DespicableMeMinionMayhem'' also gets this treatment to an extent, especially in Universal Studios Japan, where Minion merchandise manages to outsell even the merchandise for Potter.

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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Ever since its opening, ''The Wizarding World of Harry Potter'' has dominated the marketing for all the Universal resorts. ''Ride/DespicableMeMinionMayhem'' also gets this treatment to an extent, especially in Universal Studios Japan, where Minion merchandise manages to outsell even the merchandise for Potter.''Potter''.



** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'' has Creator/MikeMyers, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/CameronDiaz, and Creator/JohnLithgow returning as [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and Lord Farquaad]]. Additionally, Gingy, Pinocchio, The Three Little Pigs, The Magic Mirror, Thelonius, and The Three Blind Mice are voiced by the same [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]] animators that played them in [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the film]].

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** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'' has Creator/MikeMyers, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/CameronDiaz, and Creator/JohnLithgow returning as [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and Lord Farquaad]]. Additionally, Gingy, Pinocchio, The Three Little Pigs, The Magic Mirror, Thelonius, and The Three Blind Mice are voiced by the same [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]] animators that played them in [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 the film]].

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** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'' has Creator/MikeMyers, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/CameronDiaz, and Creator/JohnLithgow returning as [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and Lord Farquaad]].

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** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD'' has Creator/MikeMyers, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/CameronDiaz, and Creator/JohnLithgow returning as [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, and Lord Farquaad]]. Additionally, Gingy, Pinocchio, The Three Little Pigs, The Magic Mirror, Thelonius, and The Three Blind Mice are voiced by the same [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]] animators that played them in [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the film]].


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** While Creator/JackBlack and Creator/DustinHoffman didn't return for ''Ride/KungFuPandaAdventure'', they were able to get Creator/MickWingert and Creator/FredTatasciore to reprise their roles as Po and Shifu from [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness the TV show]] and video games. Additionally, Creator/JamesHong once again plays Mr. Ping. When it comes to the [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]] characters in the pre-show, [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Shrek, Donkey]], and [[Franchise/{{Madagascar}} Marty]] are voiced by [[Creator/MichaelJGough their]] [[Creator/PhilLamarr usual]] [[TheOtherDarrin stand-ins]], and secondary characters like Gingy, Pinocchio, The Magic Mirror, and Skipper were voiced by Creator/ConradVernon, Cody Cameron, Chris Miller, and Tom [=McGrath=] once again. Creator/AnnaKendrick reportedly returned as [[WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}} Poppy]], but this hasn't been confirmed.

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* InMemoriam: The Pantages Theatre at Universal Studios Florida features a window advertisement honoring six victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting who were both present and past employees at Universal: Jonathan Camuy, Anthony Laureano, Xavier Serrano, Shane Tomlinson, Luis Vielma, and Jerald Wright. A separate window at the Pantages Theatre also honors the late Blaine Kern, whose Kern Studios company is responsible for creating Mardi Gras floats for both New Orleans' parades and at Universal parks.

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The Pantages Theatre at Universal Studios Florida features a window advertisement honoring six victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting who were both present and past employees at Universal: Jonathan Camuy, Anthony Laureano, Xavier Serrano, Shane Tomlinson, Luis Vielma, and Jerald Wright. A separate window at the Pantages Theatre also honors the late Blaine Kern, whose Kern Studios company is responsible for creating Mardi Gras floats for both New Orleans' parades and at Universal parks.

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