Theme Parks #7 - Earthquake
Thursday, April 10th
Theme Parks #7 - Earthquake, Universal Studios Orlando
Opened: 1990. Closed: 2007
This ride was actually on my list before last Saturday’s sad news, though I do think Mr. Heston’s death magnifies the sadness of this ride being closed.
Earthquake was a ride based on the 1974 film of the same name wherein, well, you were in an earthquake. But that wasn’t all! First, you pass by assorted memorabilia from the film. As a child of the 80’s, I obviously had no memory of the film Earthquake, but it didn’t matter - this was real stuff really in the movie, so it was cool.