Backdraft - The Complete Experience - Universal Studios Hollywood

You could actually feel a LOT of heat during this exhibition ride. It reminded me of the West Edmonton Mall Dragon in regards to the amount of heat that the show would actually let the viewers experience. It was an awesome showcase into how "REAL" movie effects could make for an awesome movie in comparison to today's CGI.

and to think Ron Howard went from being Andy's son to a teenager in Happy Days to a director. he is cool

It was probably really expensive to run this attraction, but it’d be amazing if they brought this back and I’m sure it would still hold up with all the other attractions and shows.

It's a shame that Universal Studios has gotten rid of nearly all their "special effects stage" attractions: Backdraft, Ghostbusters, Twister, that one in Singapore with the hurricane in NYC, Terminator, Alfred Hitchcock.... I really miss the old "go behind the scenes" feel of these parks, that really tried to hammer in the illusion that you were on a live set or in a production building in Hollywood, and the "Fake" part turns all too real. If I had a time machine, I'd go back to visit these parks as they were back in the early 1990s.

Thank you for posting this! I opened Backdraft as a USH Tour Guide. It ran continuously and I personally did up to 10 shows a day there. At that time there was no fire shield around the Ops panel in the main room and it got HOT over there! It took a long time to get the sensors adjusted properly in the early days of testing and soft openings so we were constantly getting faults and having to do a full building evacuation several times a day. Ultimately it was a huge favorite with the guests. SO many great memories to look back on!

This attraction is what inspired me to become a firefighter when I was 5 back in 2002. Just noticed it closed after my birthday (4/10). Thanks for sharing :')

This show scared the hell out of me, I specifically remember leaving the building with my dad before anybody else left... the one at California was extremely realistic, it looked like the pit of hell opened up in front of the audience (then again it could be the exaggeration of my children experience)

This brought tears to my eyes. I miss these classic attractions.

I miss this attraction so much. I saw this back in 97 and i was blown away. This is a universal classic.

RIP Backdraft.

Backdraft and Twister including Earthquake were great special effects attractions at Universal Studios, it looks so realistic just like how they did in the movies. Disaster movies always rely on special effects and the realism

I miss this attraction so most, one of the reasons why I liked Universal Studios back then :(

I noticed that the props from Transformers the Ride 3-D reused alot of the prop in this attraction such as the catwalk, the fuel tanks, and Pipes

Did this during my first trip to Universal Hollywood. When I went back for my second trip I was wearing a Backdraft T-shirt that even I mistook for a real Chicago Fire Department duty T-shirt only to discover it was gone.

I remember being six years old, and when they did the fire demonstration The room heated up to what felt like 200° Crazy experience as a child that teaches you how intense Real fire is

I wish I would've gotten to go to this attraction. I love being a volunteer firefighter and I love this movie, so definitely sad that this isn't there anymore. They should bring it back

BRING IT BACK UV

I miss this attraction so much. When I first visited universal it was all about fire effects… from the studio tour to the backdraft sound stage. Now everything is about 3D effects

Backdraft, BTTF, and Original JP I will always remember fondly

I love how the queue music was Bruce Hornsby’s “The Show Goes On” from the soundtrack ❤️