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I know you had already done a Backdraft video; but if you decide to remake that video, you should do what you did here and do a British version of either Scott Glenn or Kurt Russell.
The old Universal effects driven attractions (Twister, Jaws, Earthquake, Kong [to an extent]) were so much fun! I really wish they still made attractions like this...
They were, but it costs a lot less and requires a lot less maintenance to have screens which is why they keep using screens. Its unfortunate but it costs Disney over 14 billion a year to run all their stuff so its safe to assume that Universal isn't that far off from daily operating costs
they still do, their newer rides are technically way more enhanced than any of the old rides. but i think the presentation lacks the certain charme that these old rides had. in the old rides, every effect was a highlight on its own, but in the newer rides the effects dont seem that big, even tho they are way more complicated. i really miss the old rides. so glad i still got to see Twister and Disaster
@@lutherheggs451 Nah. You're half right. Yes, trotting out sad screen rides is cheaper than practical effects. But no, with how much they charge and all of the money they make, they could give us the practical effects and still turn a tidy profit if people weren't gullible enough to pay top dollar for the sad screen rides with a smile on their face. They're just doing this to get even more profit. They're not in the poor house. Just look at how much less they were charging back when they had practical effects. But as we've seen. Guests pushed back enough that they had to stop building the screen rides, and Hagrids and VC have been top tier at least. Bourne was screenish... but at least its a great screen.
@@trackmaster152002im so tired of screens. im older but forbidden journey was one of my bigger dissapointments. I wanted to be 30 feet in the air on a quidditch pitch not looking at a screen. The only screen based ride ive liked is Mickeys Runaway Railroad. Thats an actual cartoon so it makes sense. But i will never wait more than 20 minutes for Avatar, Soarin, Kong Skull Island (saved by the ride vehicle and animatronics) Simpsons, or the like. Yes, i will give them all a try. I really wish that Mario Kart ride at Epic Universe would be anything else.
I'm an actual storm chaser and can admit Universal really did give it effort creating an indoor 60 foot tall tornado. Remember seeing it myself and was pretty impressed. Of course, it's tiny in comparison to the real thing I've witnessed. I have what is now a vintage Universal Twister Ride it Out shirt. Gotta love this classic film. Thank you for taking the time to create this video. By the way... I loved your intro. ~ NWS trained spotter.
I give Universal credit; not only did they respectfully tone down the marketing and delay the official opening, but used it as a means to educate and raise funds for the red cross.
I remember going to see this as a kid and bawling my eyes out thinking I was gonna die in a tornado there, the team member there actually let me stay behind to watch the reset of the effects
Meanwhile, I was just like "Is this really what they hyped it up to be?..." as soon as they turned on the twisting stringbean machine, wishing that it was actually bigger than an E1 with all that damage LMAO. I was a super big tornado nerd as a kid and dragged my parents into this attraction CONSTANTLY, just because the special effects and atmospheric tension were so good. I hope that by watching them reset the effects, that you were able to come out of the attraction with a newfound appreciation instead of ongoing fear or phobia. Empathetic team members like that mean the entire world to impressionable kids!
I brought my son during Halloween 2001. The entire vacation was eerie. The airports were barren due to the country still reeling over the September 11 terrorist attacks. The parks were also very lightly attended. My 5 yro was pumped about going into this ride. His mom had to take him out of there. He was terrified. They really did an amazing job with the presentation. I'll never forget it.
Universal is missing these attractions, as someone that works in the theatre industry these rides always thrilled me. So much heavy usage of screens now, doesnt cut it compared to 'Actual' effects.
I agree completely. Haven’t ridden whatever replaced Backdraft yet but I do miss it. Kong scared me sooo much as a kid but then it burned down and they replaced it with what, screens? And now of course they replaced some solid practical effects in Jurassic park river ride with more screens? Ugh.
Twister was hands down my favorite experience at UO when I was younger. I would just stand there open mouthed in awe at how cool the effects were. I actually was there for HHN 25 and got to be one of the people that got to experience before it closed a few nights before the closure. I will never let go what a terrible decision it was to replace it with Fallon. I get needing to keep things fresh in a park, but seriously who thought a ride themed on a late night talk show in the 21st century was a good idea?
I always appreciated that The People Under The Stairs was playing on the drive in theater in the attraction . Underrated. More people probably saw it there than watched the actual movie.
My grandma passed away a few years ago now, but she and my grandpa lived in Central Florida for almost 25 years. Growing up and until 2017, we would visit almost every summer. My grandma LOVED Universal and took us EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR that we visited. Twister was an attraction we loved as a family and ALWAYS made sure to visit it before we did almost anything else in the park. Thank you for this video. It brings back incredible memories.
I rode this ride a few times. I was so fascinated by it as a young kid. I’ll always remember the warm gust from the tornado. Super cool stuff. It looked so real in person.
No joke, first time at Universal we ironically ran into that attraction to escape a bad storm that was sweeping through (since it was the closest indoor one)😂
Absolutely delighted by that intro lmao...This was my favorite attraction at Universal Studios before its closure. I loved seeing all the practical effects come together, and Twister has been my favorite movie for my entire life. When it closed I remembered the lack of interest/jokes about it existing, but I always felt with an update/face lift it would continue to be a classic attraction. I understood it needed to be replaced but what a crappy replacement it got. I last experienced it the month before it closed. It was one of two attractions at the time that had a secret free tour available if you knew how to ask for it. Knowing the closure was coming, my family and I decided to see if we could do it. The tour involved the person manning the line radio someone to meet us and take us to an employee only door that was located in the que I did not realize was a working door in all the years it was open lol. They took you through a hallway in the back, where we were told some various facts on filming for the attraction (which did in fact include that the two actors weren't friendly when the attraction was being created). There was a bulletin board in the back with various photos from the movie set, and a picture of Helen Hunt with Bill Paxton that was signed by the two. They then lead us into the coolest part of the tour: the control room. Its at this point the original guide, who was pretty uninterested in this film/attraction lol..and mostly made a lot of jokes about it/jabs about how often bill paxton reminded you who he is, left us with the control room operator. She was a lovely woman older woman, who had been with the company for years. She told us about how much electricity was used to run the show, how many fans, the wind speed from each direction, the amount of dry ice it took to create the ability to see the tornado itself. We watched her first reset the attraction, then operate the attraction, saw how each effect work from above (the control room was behind the audience so you could see everything very clearly), and she spoke at great length about it all. I got the feeling we may have been the most interested people to attend the tour. Both the guide and her seemed surprised I loved the movie so much. When it was time to reset the attraction for the next group, she actually let me do it. Some of it she held my hand for it (literally), but some of it I got to do myself. It was awesome. Afterwards they led us down to the preshow areas to watch the films, then took us through the exit so we could watch it all reset up close. We were VIPs until we exited the attraction basically. When I finished watching that last show, I looked up at the control booth and saw her give me a big smile while she waved. Despite the ride closure, they did not allow people to take pics during the tour. I really wanted to get a pic with her because this was such a special moment/memory for me. I miss it every time I'm at the park. I really hope they bring it back someday.
I love that Universal does little things like this and the care from the people behind the scenes. I never got to experience the tour sadly but have read many, great stories about it.
@@ExpeditionThemePark I'm sad that much of that magic is sort of lost nowadays. MIB's tour is not nearly as robust or much of an experience at all really. It is cool how close you can come to an animatronic, but nothing really beat watching small details in twister reset I never even noticed before. It was a much more complete experience and one that really somehow remained a bit of a secret until the end. I really wish they'd add these little tours at some of their other attractions. They're great for people who are huge fans of the films the attractions are based on. ^^
I was 8 in 1996, and I became weirdly obsessed with the Twister movie. I watched it at least a few times a week. A few years later my grandparents took me to Universal and I was COMPLETELY hyper focused on this experience. I think I made my grands do it 5 or 6 times. I convinced them to buy me the cow plush from the gift shop (which has been lost to time and I’ll be sad about it forever). When it closed before I could get back to Universal I was devastated. So the “too intense for kids” thing is most likely just parents being overly sensitive, I was all about it as a kid and wanted so badly to experience it again as an adult.
We did this in 2002 when I was 7 years old based on a review in an unofficial guide to Florida theme parks that said the attraction was behind a glass barrier... It was not. The floors in the show building were remarkably clean though, I know this because I spent the entire time staring down at them.
@@peaceteez Same! Clung to my mam's leg. She has limited mobility, so she had a special pass that got us to the front row of most shows/rides, so were where literally front and centre for it XD The first thing we did that same holiday was The Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter, a real baptism of fire for both of those parks
This rise TRAUMATIZED me as a child. We went on it when I was 11. I did not want to. For some reason, I have no idea why, I had an irrational fear of tornadoes. And if you’ve been on this ride, you know exactly what the pre show entails. I was sobbing when we were done. Now I can’t help but laugh. On sweet god, the plush cow!
I'd say a fear of tornadoes is nowhere near irrational... but I was a little OLDER than you when I first did Twister, and I remember my heart was pumping hard as we watched the video in the destroyed house and then the storm sirens went off and they "evacuated" us onto the set. It was a very effective preshow and main show.
Ngl, even though the actual experience was toned down from the original concept, it was still scary as hell. Given, the last time I experienced Twister in Orlando I was maybe 15 but I'd probably still be just as terrified now. Being from the west coast, I've never been through an actual twister and pray that I never will. That experience is only a fraction of the terror and destruction of an actual tornado and it made me really think about what people go through in tornado alley during these deadly storms. Despite it not being Universal's intention to educate or spread awareness necessarily, it certainly had that effect on teenage me
@@ExpeditionThemePark I suggest seeing the new film in a 4D theater, if possible... It's so much fun! Wish they would do a release of the original in a 4D theater!
Amazing video! I miss that attraction very much while riding it on 2011. I'm excited for Twisters showing in theaters, if it succeed they'll try to make another one. May the Universal Team bless for a comeback.
@@ExpeditionThemePark Hey Expedition Theme Park, we were wondering, because me and TwisterXV-Tech have been Twister...Ride It Out fans for years, and I mean years lol. We even have our own Twister...Ride It Out game on this online game called "Roblox", and 38.2K people have played it! We were greatly wondering if we could by any chance whatsoever have a link to some of the lost footages you found of the attraction as it was under construction. (We only need it to enhance our game to make it as accurate as possible. For that reason, we will not leak it to the public, and only need it for ourselves because we may have some details that we may have gotten wrong and want to fix. We also would like to learn more about how they made the attraction, and these footages show a lot and would mean a lot if we may have some of them.)
@@ExpeditionThemePark Hey Expedition Theme Park, we were wondering, because me and TwisterXV-Tech have been Twister...Ride It Out fans for years, and I mean years lol. Ever since we were young kids around 5 years old. We even have our own Twister...Ride It Out game on this online game called "Roblox", and 38.2K people have played it! We were greatly wondering if we could by any chance whatsoever have a link to some of the lost footages you found of the attraction as it was under construction. (We only need it to enhance our game to make it as accurate as possible. For that reason, we will not leak it to the public, and only need it for ourselves because we may have some details that we may have gotten wrong and want to fix. We also would like to learn more about how they made the attraction, and these footages show a lot and would mean a lot if we may have some of them.)
I was 6 years old when we went to universal studios in 98 and this is the one ride I will forever regret freaking out and leaving. I remember everything about it so vividly and then I got hit with wind right before walking in and I got terrified 😅
I went on it as a kid and I don't remember it being that scary.. the anticipation was scarier than the actual ride. Parents really be freaking out over nothing 😭 just comfort your kid and they'll be fine
This ride is one of the ones that most sticks out in my brain from my 2011 trip to Universal. I hadn’t seen the movie other than maybe 10 minutes on TNT one time, but afterwards it pushed me to check it out. The intro is GREAT, this ride was great, this video was a banger from beginning to end.
The scariest part of that ride was when the roof and floor of the audience stands fell at the end of the show, it was loud and a crazy slight drop. A truly fantastic ride, a crime that it was replaced by a Jimmy Fallon ride
Universal Studios should build a "Lost Universal" section onto their park and bring back all of their past rides sort of like what Kennywood did with their Lost Kennywood section.
ah, what?! it shut down?! i've ridden it twice in my life (the first i was sobbing the whole time cuz i was a child lmao) and had no idea. great video!
I really loved this attraction. When I was 12 (just after the film came out) I sent a storyboard for a Twister themed attraction to Universal Studios. I got a very nice response back explaining that they didn't accept unsolicited material. But my idea was broadly very similar to the final attraction - accept it involved a few more scenes and live stunt actors.
This show at universal was always a must when I went to the park, I genuinely miss it as one the last attractions that would give you a peak into how universal movies scenes were made
Great job as always, Sam specially, your cameos although you miss the feeling of not wanting to be there and hatred of each other that the two stars of the movie had for the entire shoot and was obvious in the preshow video
I haven't finished the video yet, but I had to comment. Having 'ridden' Twister several times, the opening acting was spot on. I had tears of laughter in my eyes. My family would make lots of "I'm Bill Paxton" jokes
Loved the video. Twister was great because it was a physical experience. I went to Universal Florida recently, and the amount of screen based rides was annoying, especially for someone who can get motion sick from them. I think my nephew and I went on Cat in the Hat just to see a proper dark ride after feeling ill from Hogwarts. Twister's theming and queue were so strong, and even Bill Paxton's droll speeches gave a sense of anticipation for the effects event. That, and I am not a Jimmy Fallon fan, so when a beloved ride is replaced by one that you cannot stand, well....
Well done British Bill Paxton. Thanks to you, with the help of Pretend Enthused Helen Hunt, I now miss having Twister around even more Lol. You definitely don't know what you got until its gone, and I'd much rather have Twister than Jimmy Fallon. Great Expedition, I miss all the old attractions. I'm just glad I got to experience Twister and Jaws both before they closed permanently. Hopefully the acting career keeps going, I'm looking forward to more Lol
Love this idea of seeing the original concept of rides and production history. It's so interesting to what we could have got and why it didn't work(mostly it's budget or rights issue or time). I would love to see either MIB ride history since it had MANY concepts before it was made to what we got
I really do miss this show, the cool thing I learned about this experience were the sounds. They used camel and lion roars, including dinosaur sfx. Pretty cool! Thanks a bunch for this amazing video! The reason I also remember this attraction so much is because my father kept getting into the show to avoid the rain, lol. Good memories.
I'm among the few that got to experience both Backdraft at Universal Studios Hollywood back in 2004 and Twister at Universal Studios Florida back in 2015 (a few months before it closed). Both were fun and I wish there were more attractions like them. I enjoyed Twister more than I did Backdraft probably because I had already seen the movie multiple times and was excited to get the chance to see iconic locations and how they were able to pull the movie off (I didn't see Backdraft until long after my first visit to Universal Studios Hollywood in 2004, so I went into that attraction knowing pretty much nothing about the movie). I cannot wait for Twisters to come out later this week.
this was one of the first rides i ever did at universal when i first went at 19 and it was one of my favorites. i was DEVASTATED when it closed. the footage in this video made me so nostalgic
Such a great era of action movies - I wanted to be a meteorologist after watching Twister at the drive-in! Outbreak, Cliff Hanger and Dantes Peak were also up there for me. Ohhhh the childhood memories 😍
I remember this ride, the queue was so creativity ! Wait around the almost destroyed farm house and expected to fall on top of you. It was nerve racking as a child .
Excellent video! Watching this reminded me of the first and only time I ever went on this attraction back in 2012. Around this time, I was really getting into theme parks and hadn't been to Universal Studios in years. During the part of the queue where you're about to watch the video parts with Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, the ride attendant was really hamming things up. He shined a flashlight on his face and was speaking in a goofy scary voice and making fun of the attraction. He then told us that when Bill Paxton appeared on the screen and put his hand on his hip, a rock was going to hurl towards us and we had to dodge it by copying Bill and put our hands on our hips and lean to the left and right. He even had us practice this 'dodging technique'. Needless to say, when the video started nothing happened but the attendant kept the charade up and even yelled "The rock is coming!" when Bill did the hand/hip pose. It kinda sucked that some employees were tired of the ride and were willing to mess with park guests out of boredom. It made my first experience kinda crappy lol.
Omg, by 0:48 my attention had been caught and I look up from my work to see wth I’m going watching that just made me lol. Then by 1:34 when you watch Jackie just stare at that split screen waiting for Sam to come back on 😂 I’ve quit working, and I will now resume this video. But you get my thumbs up on the intro alone 😂🎉 I’m sure the rest is great, your histories never disappoint- but love the comedic intro 😂
I loved the queue for this ride so much, maybe moreso than the ride, haha. I still remember walking under the wrecked floor of the house with a jewelery box precariously balanced on a board with a necklace dangling from it. The attention to detail in the original rides was really of another calibur compared to today.
There are very few memories I retain from my childhood. Visiting Universal Studios and going on the Twister and Jaws "rides" is one of them. It was super cool and I hope I keep those memories for a long time to come.
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British Bill Paxton and Pretend Helen Hunt. I love this channel. 😂
I know you had already done a Backdraft video; but if you decide to remake that video, you should do what you did here and do a British version of either Scott Glenn or Kurt Russell.
It would be really cool if you could return to talking about Alton Towers or Thorpe Park
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Less of the acting, please. It's always a bad sign when a youtuber switches from narration to shoving their face into things.
The old Universal effects driven attractions (Twister, Jaws, Earthquake, Kong [to an extent]) were so much fun! I really wish they still made attractions like this...
So fun!
They were, but it costs a lot less and requires a lot less maintenance to have screens which is why they keep using screens. Its unfortunate but it costs Disney over 14 billion a year to run all their stuff so its safe to assume that Universal isn't that far off from daily operating costs
they still do, their newer rides are technically way more enhanced than any of the old rides. but i think the presentation lacks the certain charme that these old rides had. in the old rides, every effect was a highlight on its own, but in the newer rides the effects dont seem that big, even tho they are way more complicated. i really miss the old rides. so glad i still got to see Twister and Disaster
@@lutherheggs451 Nah. You're half right. Yes, trotting out sad screen rides is cheaper than practical effects. But no, with how much they charge and all of the money they make, they could give us the practical effects and still turn a tidy profit if people weren't gullible enough to pay top dollar for the sad screen rides with a smile on their face. They're just doing this to get even more profit. They're not in the poor house. Just look at how much less they were charging back when they had practical effects.
But as we've seen. Guests pushed back enough that they had to stop building the screen rides, and Hagrids and VC have been top tier at least. Bourne was screenish... but at least its a great screen.
@@trackmaster152002im so tired of screens. im older but forbidden journey was one of my bigger dissapointments. I wanted to be 30 feet in the air on a quidditch pitch not looking at a screen. The only screen based ride ive liked is Mickeys Runaway Railroad. Thats an actual cartoon so it makes sense. But i will never wait more than 20 minutes for Avatar, Soarin, Kong Skull Island (saved by the ride vehicle and animatronics) Simpsons, or the like. Yes, i will give them all a try. I really wish that Mario Kart ride at Epic Universe would be anything else.
That intro deserves an academy award 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 !!!
Why thank you aha
The best Expedition ever just based on this parody of something my friends and I laugh about all the time. I miss Twister.
@@ExpeditionThemePark really great intro! That took me back. Really appreciate you.
No matter how hard you tried, you and Jackie were still less wooden than the real Bill and Helen were! 😂
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The flying cow was the best part off the ride. Universal need to start doing this type of attraction again.
I think each ride should have one flying cow, regardless of theme or circumstance.
@@LadyDarkHatterhard agree
i mean the Bourne show is great.......
I remember my little sister crying "The COW!" lol
Merlin have kind of done it with a flying demon thing in Ghost Train at Thorpe Park 😂
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"I'm British Bill Paxton" and the floating cow plushie got me. 😆 you guys really captured their hate for each other in that intro.
He also cameoed in his vid about that awful universal studios GameCube game
That is true. I guess just in only Universal videos.
I'm an actual storm chaser and can admit Universal really did give it effort creating an indoor 60 foot tall tornado. Remember seeing it myself and was pretty impressed. Of course, it's tiny in comparison to the real thing I've witnessed. I have what is now a vintage Universal Twister Ride it Out shirt. Gotta love this classic film. Thank you for taking the time to create this video. By the way... I loved your intro.
~ NWS trained spotter.
I give Universal credit; not only did they respectfully tone down the marketing and delay the official opening, but used it as a means to educate and raise funds for the red cross.
I remember going to see this as a kid and bawling my eyes out thinking I was gonna die in a tornado there, the team member there actually let me stay behind to watch the reset of the effects
Meanwhile, I was just like "Is this really what they hyped it up to be?..." as soon as they turned on the twisting stringbean machine, wishing that it was actually bigger than an E1 with all that damage LMAO. I was a super big tornado nerd as a kid and dragged my parents into this attraction CONSTANTLY, just because the special effects and atmospheric tension were so good.
I hope that by watching them reset the effects, that you were able to come out of the attraction with a newfound appreciation instead of ongoing fear or phobia. Empathetic team members like that mean the entire world to impressionable kids!
The extra long uncomfortable pause before fake Helen hunt appears was perfect
I brought my son during Halloween 2001. The entire vacation was eerie. The airports were barren due to the country still reeling over the September 11 terrorist attacks. The parks were also very lightly attended. My 5 yro was pumped about going into this ride. His mom had to take him out of there. He was terrified. They really did an amazing job with the presentation. I'll never forget it.
That intro video is just gold. This is hilarious
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I did like the original queue line that featured all the cars from the film like the 2 trucks or the barnstormer
Universal is missing these attractions, as someone that works in the theatre industry these rides always thrilled me. So much heavy usage of screens now, doesnt cut it compared to 'Actual' effects.
I agree completely. Haven’t ridden whatever replaced Backdraft yet but I do miss it. Kong scared me sooo much as a kid but then it burned down and they replaced it with what, screens? And now of course they replaced some solid practical effects in Jurassic park river ride with more screens? Ugh.
Babe, wake up. New cow tornado lore just dropped.
Wxactly
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😂"I'm British Bill Paxton playing Bill Paxton Playing a storm chaser." Is now one of my fav quotes of all time 😁🥳
LMAO This is by far the greatest episode intro you've ever done. The cow behind Jackie had me HOWLING.
That wasn't me. That was British Bill
Apparently Paxton and Hunt hated working with eachother so much they had to be filled separately for the official attraction
Twister was hands down my favorite experience at UO when I was younger. I would just stand there open mouthed in awe at how cool the effects were. I actually was there for HHN 25 and got to be one of the people that got to experience before it closed a few nights before the closure. I will never let go what a terrible decision it was to replace it with Fallon. I get needing to keep things fresh in a park, but seriously who thought a ride themed on a late night talk show in the 21st century was a good idea?
I grew up 20mins from the park, born in 93. Fond memories of this attraction. I miss it dearly.
I always appreciated that The People Under The Stairs was playing on the drive in theater in the attraction . Underrated. More people probably saw it there than watched the actual movie.
I went through the HHN house of it! That was my introduction to the movie
Good movie!
I love The People Under The Stairs
Yup...even better during HHN to point it out to scared ppl🤣✨🖤 we had SUCH fun
For Jimmy Fallon Race Through New York to replace this is the saddest thing.
My thoughts exactly...how could they have thought going from Twister to something so absolutely lame and irrelevant is amazing.
My grandma passed away a few years ago now, but she and my grandpa lived in Central Florida for almost 25 years.
Growing up and until 2017, we would visit almost every summer.
My grandma LOVED Universal and took us EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR that we visited.
Twister was an attraction we loved as a family and ALWAYS made sure to visit it before we did almost anything else in the park.
Thank you for this video. It brings back incredible memories.
That’s cool that she was a fan and she took you every year
The floating cow was hillarious. The whole intro was incredible and spot on. Thank you for making this. ❤
Thank you for watching.
I rode this ride a few times. I was so fascinated by it as a young kid. I’ll always remember the warm gust from the tornado. Super cool stuff. It looked so real in person.
Same!
The intro made me laugh too hard. The flying cow plushie really sold it, and I had to pause the video because I couldn't breathe
That was a real cow ;)
No joke, first time at Universal we ironically ran into that attraction to escape a bad storm that was sweeping through (since it was the closest indoor one)😂
From one storm to another!
Please tell me someone in your party thought that the Twister name in the building meant the game.😂
@@Emplordxiiinah, we knew it was the movie 😂
Omg that's CLASSIC Florida theme park✨🖤 u just defined my childhood and early 20s!!!😊
@@Emplordxiiimy brain never went there and I almost peed I laughed so hard at that❤😂
You guys, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton are in this video!! I can’t believe you scored both of them! 🎉 great vid
Especially with Paxton’s schedule being so full, being dead and all.
@@emc2-n7r almost like they had a seance or something!
British Bill Paxton has me dead 🤣🤣🤣
Wouldn’t it be “Sir William Paxton”? 🤔
Absolutely delighted by that intro lmao...This was my favorite attraction at Universal Studios before its closure. I loved seeing all the practical effects come together, and Twister has been my favorite movie for my entire life. When it closed I remembered the lack of interest/jokes about it existing, but I always felt with an update/face lift it would continue to be a classic attraction. I understood it needed to be replaced but what a crappy replacement it got.
I last experienced it the month before it closed. It was one of two attractions at the time that had a secret free tour available if you knew how to ask for it. Knowing the closure was coming, my family and I decided to see if we could do it. The tour involved the person manning the line radio someone to meet us and take us to an employee only door that was located in the que I did not realize was a working door in all the years it was open lol. They took you through a hallway in the back, where we were told some various facts on filming for the attraction (which did in fact include that the two actors weren't friendly when the attraction was being created). There was a bulletin board in the back with various photos from the movie set, and a picture of Helen Hunt with Bill Paxton that was signed by the two. They then lead us into the coolest part of the tour: the control room. Its at this point the original guide, who was pretty uninterested in this film/attraction lol..and mostly made a lot of jokes about it/jabs about how often bill paxton reminded you who he is, left us with the control room operator. She was a lovely woman older woman, who had been with the company for years. She told us about how much electricity was used to run the show, how many fans, the wind speed from each direction, the amount of dry ice it took to create the ability to see the tornado itself. We watched her first reset the attraction, then operate the attraction, saw how each effect work from above (the control room was behind the audience so you could see everything very clearly), and she spoke at great length about it all. I got the feeling we may have been the most interested people to attend the tour. Both the guide and her seemed surprised I loved the movie so much. When it was time to reset the attraction for the next group, she actually let me do it. Some of it she held my hand for it (literally), but some of it I got to do myself. It was awesome. Afterwards they led us down to the preshow areas to watch the films, then took us through the exit so we could watch it all reset up close. We were VIPs until we exited the attraction basically. When I finished watching that last show, I looked up at the control booth and saw her give me a big smile while she waved. Despite the ride closure, they did not allow people to take pics during the tour. I really wanted to get a pic with her because this was such a special moment/memory for me. I miss it every time I'm at the park. I really hope they bring it back someday.
I love that Universal does little things like this and the care from the people behind the scenes. I never got to experience the tour sadly but have read many, great stories about it.
@@ExpeditionThemePark I'm sad that much of that magic is sort of lost nowadays. MIB's tour is not nearly as robust or much of an experience at all really. It is cool how close you can come to an animatronic, but nothing really beat watching small details in twister reset I never even noticed before. It was a much more complete experience and one that really somehow remained a bit of a secret until the end.
I really wish they'd add these little tours at some of their other attractions. They're great for people who are huge fans of the films the attractions are based on. ^^
I was 8 in 1996, and I became weirdly obsessed with the Twister movie. I watched it at least a few times a week. A few years later my grandparents took me to Universal and I was COMPLETELY hyper focused on this experience. I think I made my grands do it 5 or 6 times. I convinced them to buy me the cow plush from the gift shop (which has been lost to time and I’ll be sad about it forever). When it closed before I could get back to Universal I was devastated. So the “too intense for kids” thing is most likely just parents being overly sensitive, I was all about it as a kid and wanted so badly to experience it again as an adult.
This was the first movie my grandma went to the movies to see since the 70s. She was like where's the cartoon or short before the movie. 😂.
We did this in 2002 when I was 7 years old based on a review in an unofficial guide to Florida theme parks that said the attraction was behind a glass barrier... It was not. The floors in the show building were remarkably clean though, I know this because I spent the entire time staring down at them.
No way!?? Me too! I was also really young when I went and I was so terrified and just hid behind my mom and stared at the ground the whole time
@@peaceteez Same! Clung to my mam's leg. She has limited mobility, so she had a special pass that got us to the front row of most shows/rides, so were where literally front and centre for it XD The first thing we did that same holiday was The Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter, a real baptism of fire for both of those parks
@@realGeorgelucas18563 Oh God you poor soul
This rise TRAUMATIZED me as a child. We went on it when I was 11. I did not want to. For some reason, I have no idea why, I had an irrational fear of tornadoes. And if you’ve been on this ride, you know exactly what the pre show entails. I was sobbing when we were done. Now I can’t help but laugh. On sweet god, the plush cow!
I was even younger and it scared the shit out of me
Honestly same 😭 I was like 9 when I went and I hid behind my mom and stared at the ground the entire time because I was terrified
I'd say a fear of tornadoes is nowhere near irrational... but I was a little OLDER than you when I first did Twister, and I remember my heart was pumping hard as we watched the video in the destroyed house and then the storm sirens went off and they "evacuated" us onto the set. It was a very effective preshow and main show.
These are good things right?
Imagine a modern twister attraction using the EMV from Indiana Jones and dinosaur. Would be absolutely amazing
That would be so good!
Theme it to both the old and new Twister movies.
Ngl, even though the actual experience was toned down from the original concept, it was still scary as hell. Given, the last time I experienced Twister in Orlando I was maybe 15 but I'd probably still be just as terrified now. Being from the west coast, I've never been through an actual twister and pray that I never will. That experience is only a fraction of the terror and destruction of an actual tornado and it made me really think about what people go through in tornado alley during these deadly storms. Despite it not being Universal's intention to educate or spread awareness necessarily, it certainly had that effect on teenage me
I love how you dropped this right around the time the new twister movie just released gives it more hype.
We are excited to see it!
@@ExpeditionThemePark I suggest seeing the new film in a 4D theater, if possible... It's so much fun! Wish they would do a release of the original in a 4D theater!
@@barnabasstewart4104 Apollo gifted you with the gift of prophecy! They are releasing the original in 4D theaters!
I remember that ride! My brother bought a Twister cup that would spin your drink as a souvenir.
I was always impressed by the effects used in the attraction. It was a unique experience that is still very memorable to this day.
British Bill and Pretend Helen are epic!😂❤️
great actors
British Bill Paxton and pretend Helen Hunt has me rolling. 😂🎉😂
Good casting imo!
Amazing video! I miss that attraction very much while riding it on 2011.
I'm excited for Twisters showing in theaters, if it succeed they'll try to make another one. May the Universal Team bless for a comeback.
Me too! Going to see it tomorrow.
@@ExpeditionThemePark Hey Expedition Theme Park, we were wondering, because me and TwisterXV-Tech have been Twister...Ride It Out fans for years, and I mean years lol. We even have our own Twister...Ride It Out game on this online game called "Roblox", and 38.2K people have played it! We were greatly wondering if we could by any chance whatsoever have a link to some of the lost footages you found of the attraction as it was under construction. (We only need it to enhance our game to make it as accurate as possible. For that reason, we will not leak it to the public, and only need it for ourselves because we may have some details that we may have gotten wrong and want to fix. We also would like to learn more about how they made the attraction, and these footages show a lot and would mean a lot if we may have some of them.)
@@ExpeditionThemePark Hey Expedition Theme Park, we were wondering, because me and TwisterXV-Tech have been Twister...Ride It Out fans for years, and I mean years lol. Ever since we were young kids around 5 years old. We even have our own Twister...Ride It Out game on this online game called "Roblox", and 38.2K people have played it! We were greatly wondering if we could by any chance whatsoever have a link to some of the lost footages you found of the attraction as it was under construction. (We only need it to enhance our game to make it as accurate as possible. For that reason, we will not leak it to the public, and only need it for ourselves because we may have some details that we may have gotten wrong and want to fix. We also would like to learn more about how they made the attraction, and these footages show a lot and would mean a lot if we may have some of them.)
You two are awesome. And no real cows were harmed in the making of this video.
It is true! The cow is alive and well on my shelf.
RIP Bill, seeing Twisters tomorrow so this has got my hyped 🌪️
I was just happy to watch this video but after that intro I'm Super Enthused!
I was 6 years old when we went to universal studios in 98 and this is the one ride I will forever regret freaking out and leaving. I remember everything about it so vividly and then I got hit with wind right before walking in and I got terrified 😅
I went on it as a kid and I don't remember it being that scary.. the anticipation was scarier than the actual ride. Parents really be freaking out over nothing 😭 just comfort your kid and they'll be fine
This ride is one of the ones that most sticks out in my brain from my 2011 trip to Universal. I hadn’t seen the movie other than maybe 10 minutes on TNT one time, but afterwards it pushed me to check it out.
The intro is GREAT, this ride was great, this video was a banger from beginning to end.
The scariest part of that ride was when the roof and floor of the audience stands fell at the end of the show, it was loud and a crazy slight drop.
A truly fantastic ride, a crime that it was replaced by a Jimmy Fallon ride
Universal Studios should build a "Lost Universal" section onto their park and bring back all of their past rides sort of like what Kennywood did with their Lost Kennywood section.
ah, what?! it shut down?! i've ridden it twice in my life (the first i was sobbing the whole time cuz i was a child lmao) and had no idea. great video!
Love the intro! As a lifelong Midwesterner, experiencing this in 2008 was pretty magical.
thank you!
1:09 oh man I didn't know you would recreate the pre show and I was saying to my "please let Jackie show up". I CALLED IT BABY!!!
Had to!
Another great video !!!!! I love the fact you and Jackie did this together!!!! Great job you two!!!!
Thank you
You guys are really upping your game, and I’m loving every minute of it!!
Thank you!
The intro to the video was absolutely fantastic!
thank you!
I really loved this attraction. When I was 12 (just after the film came out) I sent a storyboard for a Twister themed attraction to Universal Studios. I got a very nice response back explaining that they didn't accept unsolicited material. But my idea was broadly very similar to the final attraction - accept it involved a few more scenes and live stunt actors.
That is awesome. Who knows!
This show at universal was always a must when I went to the park, I genuinely miss it as one the last attractions that would give you a peak into how universal movies scenes were made
I bet you were crying with laughter bouncing that toy cow 😂up and down . Amazing intro
Thank you aha
that was one of the best expedition intros ever
Great job as always, Sam specially, your cameos although you miss the feeling of not wanting to be there and hatred of each other that the two stars of the movie had for the entire shoot and was obvious in the preshow video
I haven't finished the video yet, but I had to comment. Having 'ridden' Twister several times, the opening acting was spot on. I had tears of laughter in my eyes. My family would make lots of "I'm Bill Paxton" jokes
Loved the video. Twister was great because it was a physical experience. I went to Universal Florida recently, and the amount of screen based rides was annoying, especially for someone who can get motion sick from them. I think my nephew and I went on Cat in the Hat just to see a proper dark ride after feeling ill from Hogwarts.
Twister's theming and queue were so strong, and even Bill Paxton's droll speeches gave a sense of anticipation for the effects event.
That, and I am not a Jimmy Fallon fan, so when a beloved ride is replaced by one that you cannot stand, well....
Well done British Bill Paxton. Thanks to you, with the help of Pretend Enthused Helen Hunt, I now miss having Twister around even more Lol. You definitely don't know what you got until its gone, and I'd much rather have Twister than Jimmy Fallon. Great Expedition, I miss all the old attractions. I'm just glad I got to experience Twister and Jaws both before they closed permanently. Hopefully the acting career keeps going, I'm looking forward to more Lol
I, too, am a fan for life. I loved Twister: Ride it out! Thanks Sam. Jackie was awesome and hilarious, too. You two are the best!
Excellent video! Thanks for making it (and awesome acting 😉)! I'm glad to say I got to experience the ride before it shut down. 🌪 ❤
Sam, you're hilarious!! 😆 Thank you so much for covering Twister... Ride It Out, a favorite. R.I.P. Twister attraction.
Thank you!
You got an immediate thumbs up from me with that intro parody! I mean, that was genius!!
I want the Twister Announcer to speak at my funeral.
Loved the love action bits! Amd imagine, being the person doing the last run of twister. All thise cheers. For the ride and you!
Love this idea of seeing the original concept of rides and production history. It's so interesting to what we could have got and why it didn't work(mostly it's budget or rights issue or time). I would love to see either MIB ride history since it had MANY concepts before it was made to what we got
Incredible video. This was so nostalgic to me as someone who’s visited Orlando from overseas since the late 90’s. Your parody was top tier too 😂👏
I've gotten to ride twister a couple times. I loved it quite a bit. But I'm a theater nerd so practical stage effects like that blow my mind.
I really do miss this show, the cool thing I learned about this experience were the sounds. They used camel and lion roars, including dinosaur sfx. Pretty cool! Thanks a bunch for this amazing video! The reason I also remember this attraction so much is because my father kept getting into the show to avoid the rain, lol. Good memories.
Did this in 99' in its prime years. Unforgettably epic.
I'm among the few that got to experience both Backdraft at Universal Studios Hollywood back in 2004 and Twister at Universal Studios Florida back in 2015 (a few months before it closed). Both were fun and I wish there were more attractions like them. I enjoyed Twister more than I did Backdraft probably because I had already seen the movie multiple times and was excited to get the chance to see iconic locations and how they were able to pull the movie off (I didn't see Backdraft until long after my first visit to Universal Studios Hollywood in 2004, so I went into that attraction knowing pretty much nothing about the movie).
I cannot wait for Twisters to come out later this week.
Me too! We are going to see it tomorrow
That intro was perfection and COW
This intro is so funny 😂 love your videos, appreciate how thorough, factual and entertaining they are. Thanks for making them!
thank you for watching!
15:30 ahh i love 90's public domain music. They dont make it like they used to.
this was one of the first rides i ever did at universal when i first went at 19 and it was one of my favorites. i was DEVASTATED when it closed. the footage in this video made me so nostalgic
Such a great era of action movies - I wanted to be a meteorologist after watching Twister at the drive-in!
Outbreak, Cliff Hanger and Dantes Peak were also up there for me. Ohhhh the childhood memories 😍
You as British Bill Paxton was more than we deserve.....but Jackie coming out as pretend Helen Hunt...Chef's kiss. You guys are awesome.
This was one of my favorite rides!!! I miss it dearly!
I remember this ride, the queue was so creativity ! Wait around the almost destroyed farm house and expected to fall on top of you. It was nerve racking as a child .
such a cute flying cow plushie!! i wonder where helen hunt got it
My favorite themed entertainment couple just took it to a whole new level - this is the greatest thing ever!! ❤❤❤
Appreciate you!
you deserve an oscar just for that intro alone!!!!
OMG! I love this guys! LOL
😍
I miss this ride so much!
Me too!
The pre show spit screen with hands on hips killed me! This preshow is burned into my brain and you absolutely nailed the vibe lol.
Very well done. Definitely nailed it. Always great videos
I’m so glad I got to see this before they took it away. Man what a great show it was. Thank you for showing this!!! Amazing work
Just saw Twisters at the Alamo Drafthouse- the videos before the previews included a lot of the clips about this ride were shown. Good times!
British Bill Paxton is a national hero! (Super Enthused Helen Hunt, too.) Great video!
Thank you! They are stars for sure.
Excellent video! Watching this reminded me of the first and only time I ever went on this attraction back in 2012.
Around this time, I was really getting into theme parks and hadn't been to Universal Studios in years. During the part of the queue where you're about to watch the video parts with Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, the ride attendant was really hamming things up. He shined a flashlight on his face and was speaking in a goofy scary voice and making fun of the attraction. He then told us that when Bill Paxton appeared on the screen and put his hand on his hip, a rock was going to hurl towards us and we had to dodge it by copying Bill and put our hands on our hips and lean to the left and right. He even had us practice this 'dodging technique'.
Needless to say, when the video started nothing happened but the attendant kept the charade up and even yelled "The rock is coming!" when Bill did the hand/hip pose. It kinda sucked that some employees were tired of the ride and were willing to mess with park guests out of boredom. It made my first experience kinda crappy lol.
Its so interesting how Team Members can make such lasting memories.
Lol that intro was golden! Glad to see another video from you. I'd love to see an expedition for the Universal Hollywood Studio Tour
Hilarious intro guys! Great job Sam!
Thank you!
Excellent vlog Sam! Loved it and how timely, I am seeing the new movie tonight! Oscars to you and Jackie! Fab acting!😊
It’s Bill and Jo! That’s Awesome! Love this! Twister is in my top ten movie list 💛🌪️🐄
i vividly remember being horrified by this as a child, so glad youre covering it!!
It could be scary!
If you two don't win emmys, I'm going to be enraged! Love this! What a great addon to my Wednesday!
Omg, by 0:48 my attention had been caught and I look up from my work to see wth I’m going watching that just made me lol. Then by 1:34 when you watch Jackie just stare at that split screen waiting for Sam to come back on 😂 I’ve quit working, and I will now resume this video. But you get my thumbs up on the intro alone 😂🎉 I’m sure the rest is great, your histories never disappoint- but love the comedic intro 😂
I loved the queue for this ride so much, maybe moreso than the ride, haha. I still remember walking under the wrecked floor of the house with a jewelery box precariously balanced on a board with a necklace dangling from it. The attention to detail in the original rides was really of another calibur compared to today.
There are very few memories I retain from my childhood. Visiting Universal Studios and going on the Twister and Jaws "rides" is one of them. It was super cool and I hope I keep those memories for a long time to come.