@@ryans413 I know several actors, and for them gigs at places like this and disneyland are killer. Less then 1 percent of them make it to tv or movies, mostly they work stage gigs their whole lives with several side jobs. Nailing something like this for years and years... thats a level of stability that i dont get in my line of work and my line of work more stable then most.
remuneration doesn’t expire common sense it’s existing damage or something like that try explain appealing examples too unless even if it’s just a joke or not it’s an accident i think the problem is with these vaccines it’s just not as simple and it can get really expensive but if it’s something that’s been used in the vaccine it doesn’t have expired destroy that it’s still in use but it’s already used for years ago old experimental drugs and they still haven’t proven that they can do anything too much bad expensive online expensive stuff that they don’t need to have injected with them anymore it’s extremely tricky even with all these other stuff and the virus that you can get and you don’t know what’s wrong so unorthodox
My brother worked at Terminator. He said every audience was clapping and cheering just like the final one. I saw the show a few times right after it opened and everyone was so into it. I thought it was a fabulous show. Universal should have just updated it a little. I loved how they always got the audience involved.
I worked that attraction for a couple years, 20 years ago. It was always a good time and always a awesome crew front and back of the house. A lot a awesome memories
My grandmother used to work at the park so I got to go alot to the park. I always wondered, how exactly is the effects done when the t-1000 chokes the girl? Is she on a lift that rises her? Or a step she is lifting herself before falling? backward?
28:56 you can see the emotional tears on some of the actors faces... not just from the amazing cheering and support of the crowd. Also I imagine the amazing love they had for the job and the ride they become like extended family with the people they work tirelessly. I remember going with my parents back in 1998, and the Terminator 2 3D ride was brilliant, right up there with Back To The Future The Ride and E.T.... As soon as you stepped into the ride building, you instantly become catapulted out of our reality and into the world and reality of this fiction world. It was done so well that you felt like Cyberdyne was real, you felt like you was in the world of the Terminator. Shame it's gone!
APRICEPRODUCTION You’re so right. The first time I experienced it as a kid I cried the whole time because I thought it was real. It was the only ride to do that to me. I’ll never forget it.
I was blinded by all the smoke from the gunfire haha not kidding, walked out and couldn't see. Had to go to first aide with my parents 😆 98 was full of emotions. It was an AWESOME ATTRACTION!
I saw that show so many times I was there for a few times where they botched something. The one I remember the most was when Arnold's bike got stuck in the back so it never came out. So neither did Arnold. The poor guy playing John had to improvise what to do with no Terminator (at least in that initial scene where he is suppose to drive out). I remember he literally just ran into the time portal lol.
It's probably gonna be replaced by MORE screens. Universal is too cheap for animatronics and practical sets these days. Nothing but screens, screens, SCREENS, not like Disney.
Crawford B i nearly cried when they closed i was unaware that they closed it, and ignored the videos that said it closed i thought they made it up. It turns out it was actually closed and i loved that ride i was so thankful that when my family and i went on this ride on, our first universal trip i will never forgive universal studios for what they have done to the terminator!
I lived at LA only 2 years from Korea, and saw this at 2003 or 2004 when i was only 9, 10 years old. It was when Universal Hollywood was advertising Return of the Mummy ride like hell in TVs and magazines cause it was brand new ride. Of course it was fun, but in my memories those glasses wearing shows ( Terminator, Back to the future, Shrek 4D ) was so scary and shocking for younger myself. It looked so real and not only just watching, the stage and interaction like T2 + riding a actual movie car Back to the future + all that water and wind and shaking and spiders like Shrek 4D was total new experience back then. I came back to Korea at 2005 and in my 30s now with 20 years passed, I still can remember the atmosphere and mood of Universal Studio. Thank you
This is the real Terminator 3 in my eyes....I never understood why they didnt go with this plot, Terminator coulda had the best trilogy along time ago..
There was no need for a trilogy. T2 was a masterpiece and clearly ended the Conner story. Not even James Cameron himself believed there was anywhere else to go after T2.
@@Doomzdayxx Interestingly, in the "making of" for this attraction, Cameron noted the story of Battle Across Time could go on into a potential 3rd film.
T2 ended it perfectly. I enjoy the fanfic called T3 and Salvation and even Genisys amd Dark Fate and the Sarah Connor Chronicles was damn good but T2 was the true ending.
The actors who did this throughout the years are such troopers. Definitely MVP's, so nice to see them get a great send off in the end. I wonder how many years some of them had been around.
Even though it's only short and it messes with continuity, T2 3D will always be my 3rd favourite film in the series. It felt more like a true terminator movie than any of the official sequels that followed it. I hope what ever they replace it with is amazing and not another Fast & Furious style let down.
In Orlando, its replaced not by Minions, but by a Bourne Stunt Show, coming soon (like as soon as they can gather people in a theater soon, covid probably delayed it)
I really miss this show 😭 I hope James Cameron and Universal release a Blu-ray 3D version of the show because now the "third" chapter in James Cameron's Terminator series is lost forever in the format that it was meant to be experienced in. We need a Blu-ray 3D release of this ASAP
I've been saying the same thing for years. They should take the footage that was shot, clean it up, add new VFX, get a blue colour grade on it, and release it as a short film. They could film additional Cyberdyne scenes to attach to the start in order to recreate the live show and just use de-aging technology or Deepfake on the actors for the close ups. It would also be a good chance to explain why the Time Machine can transport things like clothes and weapons now by saying that it's a more advanced version. Let's face it, everyone was expecting the third film to be set in the post-apocalyptic future and this half delivered on that promise. I'd 100% pay full price for it, even if it was just 20-30 minutes long, becasue this is the last time James Cameron ever directed a Terminator film with actual cast members.
@@username4441 he's involved in the new Terminator film as producer and writer. It's a direct sequel to T2. And he's also doing the blue smurf films sequel.
I get that atractions need to stay current, but learn from T2... People LOVE practical effects, animatronics/live actors and less CGI screens in the "Ride the Movies" part of the park
When those terminators starting firing blanks it scared the hell out of me when I was little, but right when that motorcycle showed up and the T-800 shot the T-1000 I got goosebumps all over me. I’d pay so much money just to relive that one more time.
Yeah I wish my family took me to see this the last time I went to universal… I can’t remember what year I was in 1/2 grade so maybe close to 1999. I bet they thought it was too violent for us kids 🙄🖕 thanks a lot grandma
WOW. That final bow gave me chills. Didn't even realize there were actors/actresses doubling characters. The illusion was perfect on stage! I'll always regret not having experienced this ride at least once in my life as a massive James Cameron and T2 fan. Best 4D ride ever made!
I'm not sure they were doubling, they may alternate per show or per day. The ones who weren't in this one were probably just there as part of the send off.
I love how The Terminator has a sense of humor in this. 18:55 John: "GO RIGHT! RIGHT! Oh no, GO LEFT! RIGHT! LEFT! NO, GO RIGHT! RIGHT! GO RIGHT!" Terminator: "John, please stop helping." 23:03 John: "Friend of yours?" Terminator: "He was my college roommate."
The 3D in this ride was INSANE! Absolutely blew my mind as a kid! Also, once I went on the ride and when Terminator was supposed to drive back into the screen his bike broke down and we all had to leave! 🤣🤣
I remember when this opened in 1996! It had one hell of a run! I mean it outlasted Back to the Future, Jaws, King Kong, and Earthquake. Never forgotten!
Im gutted this has closed down, Too many screen rides now!! I miss old Universal, Jaws, Earthquake, etc etc but I guess we need to move with the times, How cool would it have been for Linda Hamilton & Edward Furlong to do this last one
Don't forget about Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Patrick :). That would be awesome, that at the end of the show you realize you have been watching the real actors perform. People would go nuts!
Family Channel definitely. Screen rides are cheap and easy for them. We should have thst stuff locally. Rides like Earthquake & Jaws are what these parks must be made of.
Watching the cast get emotional at the end really got to me, especially the blonde lady playing the Cyberdyne rep. She's basically the biggest part of the whole thing and is the glue that kind of holds it together, and I get the feeling she loved doing it just from watching this.
Saw it in Hollywood, Labor day weekend 2004. I was in a group of about 20 and we all decided to see it together. I loved how regardless of where you are sitting, the 3D effects are right in front of your face. One of my friends jumped out of his seat when the T1000's head came out in the beginning.
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Thank you for preserving this on film! My father and I went to Universal in 2004, and the Terminator attraction was our favorite. We must have gone in at least 6 times during our stay. It’s nice to see the cast of the show take a bow after all these years.
It's sad that an amazing 3D show like this going away. I consider it the best made at the Universal Parks. And I was lucky to check it out at the one in Hollywood before that went in 2012.
FanimationXV i was able to go on terminator in orlando, my family bought me there in 2013 so we stopped going to disney, right now im glad i was so happy that i saw terminator, i will miss this ride deeply:(
Did not realize that they closed this down until I reserved my Universal trip for June. I was lucky to have caught this in my past visits. The emotions from the cast member. That is called love and dedication on what they did on a steller performance.
@@vwiesner1 You can't say that as there's a lot of work gone into that and it is really good, a lot of people enjoy it. I'd like to see you do a better show if you think it sucks.
I remember seeing this show at least three times when I went to Universal in high school, that's how much I loved it. I thought it was so cool that they spent this much time into presenting Cyberdyne and Skynet as this force for good and reliability, like it was giving us a glimpse into what people within the fictional world of the series saw the company as. Very cool for lore and world-building stuff.
I was fortunate to visit Cyberdyne Systems in July 2015 and see the show twice. The interaction of live to video and back was seamless. It was a really great show, with an excellent gift shop at the end! I still have the endoskeleton mug they sold there. I had no idea they 'd closed it until I literally stumbled across this video. Looks like they still have it in operation in Universal Studios, Japan.
On my first trip to Orlando, this was the first attraction my family checked out and words can't describe how much it blew us away. It was the bar for the rest of our trip and not many things surpassed it.
I distinctly remember the part where Arnold used the metallic-hover-bot-turned-frisbee against the hostile T-800, and how the POV switches to an above shot to show the skull head fly towards you. Still as terrifying as when I first saw it as a kid in 1998; even without 3D
I never made it to Universal in time to experience this (first visit was in 2021), so thank you so very much for uploading it here. It's like I'm there!
Seeing this hit me in the heart, I never knew T2-3D ended until now, I was there when it was new in the 90's and seeing it was one of the best days of my young life! Saw it in '98 and went at least 5 times in that one trip, finally after 18 years, I got to go back to Universal and headed back over there, it was my (unbeknownst to me at the time) final visit in 2016. This is truly the end of an era, seeing the actors assembling on stage one last time for one last send-off really made it real, it's over. But I have some consolation in seeing that the last showing was a blast & that was a great audience. If anyone from Universal Studios Florida who worked on this attraction over the years is reading this: thanks for the memories, you're part of my life. Love and peace from England! :'D
I went to universal studies shortly after the Terminator 2 3D attraction opened. As a HUGE Terminator fan it was the first thing I went to see. I loved it, even though some of it was a little cheesy. The Attraction was more 4D than 3D. The rumbling seats and the lightly sprayed water simulating flying debris was really amazing. I want to thank you for filming the show allowing me to relive the experience again. I'm really surprised by how much of it i had forgotten. Again, thank you.
Someone just reminded me that this closed, I had completely forgotten. I was never a fan of the Terminator series, mainly because this show scared me as a child. However, I grew up to not only appreciate the show but to also love it. It was an amazing practical effects show with hands down the best 3D visual effects I have, to this day, ever seen. They were cheesy at times and had dated 3D animation, but the effect was so incredible it really did not matter (and it's something you will never get to experience again, as video can never do it justice). To get a glimpse of it though, just look at the final 3D scene. The creature, even without the glasses, looks like he's popping out of that screen. That's incredible. This was such a fun send off to the show and I'm glad they even let people stand in the back. Too awesome. I'm also glad that my mother suggested I go watch the show during our last trip while she sat down to take a break, as it was the final show of that day. Right after we left Florida, they announced it was closing and I wouldn't get that chance again. Thanks for the video. Wanted to relive the memory.
This ride was absolutely amazing. I first rode it back in 2007 when I was on vacation with my family. T2 is my favorite Terminator movie and when I got to experience this magic at Universal Studios, it was better then I could ever imagine. One of my favorite rides at the park and I still cannot believe they got rid of it. At least I have my memories and I can always look back at the time I got my own Terminator experience.
In the '90s, they sold Cyberdyne polo shirts. I wore it to work one day and my boss asked about Cyberdyne thinking I had worked there. I told him that they did advanced robotics and AI. I kept describing the place until he told me that such things don't exist. Then I told him it was from the Terminator films. We had a good laugh over it.
With skynet no more, Sarah and her son John Conner can finally live I peaceful life with a bright future ahead of them. Thank you for everything T-800 and farewell:)
We went to Florida in 1996 and saw this. I remember all this but also remember the motorbike coming out into the audience and driving through the seats as we were sat in the gap.... Was amazing, but I guess was changed for safety reasons.
Man, Terminator 2 is one of my favourite films (I used to watch it all the time with my Dad) and I was lucky enough as a kid to be taken to the theme parks in Florida and this was an absolute highlight. Saw it a few times and it really blew me away. It was so well presented and the live actors were always fantastic. One of my happiest memories. I remember one time there was a guy who was so into it, he was saying things like "Skynet is evil, we must destroy it" under his breath to himself. He was so amped up, but also kind of an oddball. When we went into the auditorium my mum almost end up sat next to him so we quickly dived to a different row.
I will never understand why they got rid of this. It was like a money spout they turned off. Every single time there was a line a mile long. The ride, no matter how long it was around and how old they say it got, there was always a huge line of people. Every single time and that is impressive for a movie that came out in 1991
This and the Back to the Future Ride were always highlights of my Universal Studios visits as a kid. If there’s any consolation, I can relive those memories thanks to UA-cam. ❤️
Such an amazing ride! Saw the show so many times at every visit to Universal, the first time I saw it it blew me away! Great video from start of show to end!
So sad they closed this ride...the effects and cast members where so cool an made it such an awesome ride!! I hope they are all well and universal should bring this ride back 😎😎😎😎👍🏻
Was lucky to have experienced it back in 2009 when I was there. It made me feel like a kid again back in 1991. It was such a special experience! All good things come to an end. 🙁
When i was young and did this show, i was too young to see the first 2 movies so I had no idea what was happening in the show but still thought it was cool. Nowadays T2 is my favorite movie of all time and i would kill to experience this show again
Back in the day, this attraction was amazing! The technology at the time was cutting edge. The seamless transition between the live actors and video-animatronics was fantastic. Of course, that 3D back then was cool as well. Unfortunately, time changed everything. 3D technology has advanced so much since then, and you could tell in the ride today. But that didn’t stop my excitement to experience it one last time when we visited several years ago. BTW, a bit of trivia: I lived in Orlando more than two decades ago. One of the actors who portrayed the Terminator was once a member of the group *NSYNC. He chose not to continue with the group, feeling that the group would go nowhere. That was the opening that allowed Lance Bass to join the group. Lance was my boss’ nephew, and he himself told me what had happened. Back then, the group was just starting. He actually accompanied me on my first visit to Universal Studios, which was cool, because we could enter the attractions as VIP guests. Going to miss it, but at least I got to go one last time.
Look at the crap we are getting now with TERMINATOR DARK FATE ...watch out for the female lesbian LGBT-1000. This world and Hollywood have lost their minds.
As a FL resident and (former) Annual Pass holder, I went on this a TON of times - usually to get out of the 100° heat for awhile, heh. Most of the times I went on it there was no line (I almost always went during the “off-season). But the actors, regardless of whether the show was at full capacity or a considerably smaller amount of people, always took the performance seriously and never phoned it in (at least as far as I could tell, heh). This show was a fantastic experience and I always enjoyed it.
I saw this a couple of times in 1999. This, by far, was one of the BEST 3D "rides" I've ever seen or "been in" in my entire life. Especially when that "spider" reaches out and touches you in the middle of your eyeball!
this show was truly my top favorite at universal studios (hollywood). I'm 24 now and I'm just sad thinking about how I may never see this in person again. At least florida had a few more years! I'm sure that I was 12 or 13 the last time I saw it, but I think that my earlier years were when I thoroughly enjoyed it and watched with so much amazement
I am 40 and I still remember this experience like it was yesterday. This was the best 3D experience of my LIFE!!!! I was explaining this story to my son and we just watched this together. 💛
I remember reading that opening day of Hogsmead actually had the line to enter the land go the long way around Islands of Adventure and at one point even used the extended queue of Spiderman to hold onto people.
I was gonna say it was cheesy " hug I'll be back" but seeing the actors and their dedication ugh I love this so much and hate that I never got to experience it
From the bottom of my heart I will miss this show. I saw it for the first time with my father over ten years ago, and I would have never explored the world of Terminator without seeing it. Universal Studios is getting lazy in their presentation: As beautiful and streamlined as they are, they're beginning to suffer from "Movie in a Box" syndrome. Of which I mean coping out using live actors to bring screen and practical special effects and instead just putting guests in a moving seat that moves past scenery and 3D screens. I started to notice it in 2015: Spider-Man, TRANSFORMERS, The Forbidden Journey, Minions, and then the closing of Twister in place of a 3D Jimmy Fallon Ride and of course the new (and underwhelming) FAST and FURIOUS. All of these rides rely on more screen than tangeable effects. Terminator was that hidden gem in the park where you got everything: Live actors, animatronics, immersion, 3D...all branched from one into another without needing to change rooms. Even DISASTER held a place in my heart because you interacted with people and it touched on movie magic that makes Universal have such nostaligic value. I'm not knocking the 3D box rides, as they're undoubtedly top of their class. I just hope Universal doesn't lose sight of the value that was Terminator. T2 is a classic, and I hope what comes in the future harkens back to previous movies to create that nostalgia with modern technology, instead of throwing together whatever is trending onto a 3D screan and automated vehicle.
I have seen it in 2003, back when i was a 12 year old boy with my father we went to Florida for a holiday. I rember asking him if it was the real Arnold on the bike, he just smiled and said yes. :)
Well, here 4DX theaters are becoming increasingly common, so I don't see the point of traveling that far, plus pay for an expensive theme park ticket, and long lines just to have a similar experience. And now even my home LG TV gives you better and brighter 3d images that those murky and dark images that rides like transformers and Krusty's have.
I was really sad to see disaster, twister, and now terminator go cause those were freaking awesome to see and the fast and furious ride is terrible even though the line is cool the rest of it just felt like a disappointment like the actual ride itself felt really short
I got to see this when I was there, back when I was a teenager, around 17. Im 35 now, and I had a yellow T2 3D t-shirt for a long time which now its gone. I enjoyed the show though . It was great
I know all things must come to an end but I’m truely sad to see that this attraction has closed. I first saw T23D when I was 7 years old on my first trip to Disney Orlando (I know this is universal). I was absolutely terrified (I think this was the first 3D film I ever saw. Loved every second of it. I’m now 29 and the terminator is in my DNA. This ride sparked the interest in the films so a great shame it is now gone.
who else is old enough to remember when it was called Terminator 2 3D Battle Across TIme. ???
Big T I remember it being called terminator 4D
I worked there then. I was in high school. I was excited for this b4 it opened. And now... im old af 😂😂
i remember
I saw it in Florida when I was 9 years old, the year it started.
Big T I remember I was a little kid when this ride came out back in the 90s
I feel more for the actors, some people dream of being in a movie.
For them, this IS their movie, and those are their fans.
DwayneHicks426 They probably did this attraction for years it’s big for the stage actors too
@@ryans413 I know several actors, and for them gigs at places like this and disneyland are killer. Less then 1 percent of them make it to tv or movies, mostly they work stage gigs their whole lives with several side jobs. Nailing something like this for years and years... thats a level of stability that i dont get in my line of work and my line of work more stable then most.
well said!
remuneration doesn’t expire common sense it’s existing damage or something like that try explain appealing examples too unless even if it’s just a joke or not it’s an accident i think the problem is with these vaccines it’s just not as simple and it can get really expensive but if it’s something that’s been used in the vaccine it doesn’t have expired destroy that it’s still in use but it’s already used for years ago old experimental drugs and they still haven’t proven that they can do anything too much bad expensive online expensive stuff that they don’t need to have injected with them anymore it’s extremely tricky even with all these other stuff and the virus that you can get and you don’t know what’s wrong so unorthodox
Also of these guys are stunt men to. That want a steady gig. They actually make great steady money.
Forget Dark Fate. This is the True Sequel of Terminator 2.
Son of Jesus John died anyways
This is too much better than Dark fate.
@@isuckatvideogames5609 THX T-100000 Explained
John died so easily, all because of T-800 that was sent back in time too late to make a difference in Skynet's war against humanity.
Forget about Terminator 3, Salvation, and Genisys. T, T2, T3D Ride, and Dark Fate works.
My brother worked at Terminator. He said every audience was clapping and cheering just like the final one. I saw the show a few times right after it opened and everyone was so into it. I thought it was a fabulous show. Universal should have just updated it a little. I loved how they always got the audience involved.
I liked Universal studios more than Disney as a kid.
Well, the terminator franchise is now done for universal, as the franchise had already finished. It was finally time for Universal to take it away
It was cool sitting with the open area on where they were running around through the audience.
@@southparkboyproductions6040 It's back
@@Gonk is it really?
I worked that attraction for a couple years, 20 years ago. It was always a good time and always a awesome crew front and back of the house. A lot a awesome memories
I remember seeing this in 1997 and it was the greatest ride in the world at that time.
My grandmother used to work at the park so I got to go alot to the park. I always wondered, how exactly is the effects done when the t-1000 chokes the girl? Is she on a lift that rises her? Or a step she is lifting herself before falling? backward?
@ small rising step.
28:56 you can see the emotional tears on some of the actors faces... not just from the amazing cheering and support of the crowd. Also I imagine the amazing love they had for the job and the ride they become like extended family with the people they work tirelessly. I remember going with my parents back in 1998, and the Terminator 2 3D ride was brilliant, right up there with Back To The Future The Ride and E.T....
As soon as you stepped into the ride building, you instantly become catapulted out of our reality and into the world and reality of this fiction world. It was done so well that you felt like Cyberdyne was real, you felt like you was in the world of the Terminator. Shame it's gone!
APRICEPRODUCTION You’re so right. The first time I experienced it as a kid I cried the whole time because I thought it was real. It was the only ride to do that to me. I’ll never forget it.
I was blinded by all the smoke from the gunfire haha not kidding, walked out and couldn't see. Had to go to first aide with my parents 😆 98 was full of emotions. It was an AWESOME ATTRACTION!
I'm mean Japan's is still open
I honestly want to cry of nostalgia!
@@Hairbycecy John Connor-san, get down!
I honestly got teary eyed watching this. So many memories with this attraction.
I saw that show so many times I was there for a few times where they botched something. The one I remember the most was when Arnold's bike got stuck in the back so it never came out. So neither did Arnold. The poor guy playing John had to improvise what to do with no Terminator (at least in that initial scene where he is suppose to drive out). I remember he literally just ran into the time portal lol.
I remember we had to stand in that room before entering the theatre. I used to sit down & my parents would get mad at me for sitting.
TruestDragon he came into portal but he’s still has his clothes on lol 😆
Yah my clothes must stay on!!
@@ahhwe-any7434 lol
Definitely going to miss this one, such great special effects and great plot!
Crawford Bergl I have a feeling we'll see even better special fx with its replacement
The battlefield is my favorite part about this ride. Too bad the wonder and practicality of the war-torn set will probably be replaced with phony CGI.
It's probably gonna be replaced by MORE screens. Universal is too cheap for animatronics and practical sets these days. Nothing but screens, screens, SCREENS, not like Disney.
Crawford B i nearly cried when they closed i was unaware that they closed it, and ignored the videos that said it closed i thought they made it up. It turns out it was actually closed and i loved that ride i was so thankful that when my family and i went on this ride on, our first universal trip i will never forgive universal studios for what they have done to the terminator!
I Don't know what's gonna replace this attraction ?
I lived at LA only 2 years from Korea, and saw this at 2003 or 2004 when i was only 9, 10 years old. It was when Universal Hollywood was advertising Return of the Mummy ride like hell in TVs and magazines cause it was brand new ride. Of course it was fun, but in my memories those glasses wearing shows ( Terminator, Back to the future, Shrek 4D ) was so scary and shocking for younger myself. It looked so real and not only just watching, the stage and interaction like T2 + riding a actual movie car Back to the future + all that water and wind and shaking and spiders like Shrek 4D was total new experience back then. I came back to Korea at 2005 and in my 30s now with 20 years passed, I still can remember the atmosphere and mood of Universal Studio. Thank you
This is the real Terminator 3 in my eyes....I never understood why they didnt go with this plot, Terminator coulda had the best trilogy along time ago..
BUT VICTORVILLE
There was no need for a trilogy. T2 was a masterpiece and clearly ended the Conner story. Not even James Cameron himself believed there was anywhere else to go after T2.
Right on
@@Doomzdayxx Interestingly, in the "making of" for this attraction, Cameron noted the story of Battle Across Time could go on into a potential 3rd film.
T2 ended it perfectly. I enjoy the fanfic called T3 and Salvation and even Genisys amd Dark Fate and the Sarah Connor Chronicles was damn good but T2 was the true ending.
The actors who did this throughout the years are such troopers. Definitely MVP's, so nice to see them get a great send off in the end. I wonder how many years some of them had been around.
Even though it's only short and it messes with continuity, T2 3D will always be my 3rd favourite film in the series. It felt more like a true terminator movie than any of the official sequels that followed it.
I hope what ever they replace it with is amazing and not another Fast & Furious style let down.
It was minions...
In Orlando, its replaced not by Minions, but by a Bourne Stunt Show, coming soon (like as soon as they can gather people in a theater soon, covid probably delayed it)
Time to bring this back to Universal studios. There is a new generation that needs to see this fantastic show...not just on youtube
I really miss this show 😭 I hope James Cameron and Universal release a Blu-ray 3D version of the show because now the "third" chapter in James Cameron's Terminator series is lost forever in the format that it was meant to be experienced in. We need a Blu-ray 3D release of this ASAP
I've been saying the same thing for years. They should take the footage that was shot, clean it up, add new VFX, get a blue colour grade on it, and release it as a short film. They could film additional Cyberdyne scenes to attach to the start in order to recreate the live show and just use de-aging technology or Deepfake on the actors for the close ups. It would also be a good chance to explain why the Time Machine can transport things like clothes and weapons now by saying that it's a more advanced version.
Let's face it, everyone was expecting the third film to be set in the post-apocalyptic future and this half delivered on that promise. I'd 100% pay full price for it, even if it was just 20-30 minutes long, becasue this is the last time James Cameron ever directed a Terminator film with actual cast members.
Cameron is too busy making stupid blue teletubbie men on flying lizard movies.
The first one was fine maybe even second one would be nice but after that I would have to agree with you.
@@username4441 he's involved in the new Terminator film as producer and writer. It's a direct sequel to T2. And he's also doing the blue smurf films sequel.
@@zaltmanbleroze he needs to cut it out with the fricken blue gumby anthologies.
I get that atractions need to stay current, but learn from T2... People LOVE practical effects, animatronics/live actors and less CGI screens in the "Ride the Movies" part of the park
You’re right but cgi is cheaper than employing actors
@@ericmorris1589 Hence it cheapens the experience
We Come to universal to see the live action stuff we dont get by watching a screen. But replacing it with screen. What duh.
all rides are now just some 3d ride.
Terminator Salvation did practical effect most of the time
When those terminators starting firing blanks it scared the hell out of me when I was little, but right when that motorcycle showed up and the T-800 shot the T-1000 I got goosebumps all over me. I’d pay so much money just to relive that one more time.
it's still going in Japan if you have the money
I tried to fall to the floor when I was a kid and that part happened. I thought it was all real.
Yeah I wish my family took me to see this the last time I went to universal… I can’t remember what year I was in 1/2 grade so maybe close to 1999. I bet they thought it was too violent for us kids 🙄🖕 thanks a lot grandma
WOW. That final bow gave me chills. Didn't even realize there were actors/actresses doubling characters. The illusion was perfect on stage! I'll always regret not having experienced this ride at least once in my life as a massive James Cameron and T2 fan. Best 4D ride ever made!
I'm not sure they were doubling, they may alternate per show or per day. The ones who weren't in this one were probably just there as part of the send off.
When i was a kid i legit thought they had the original movie actors there 🤣
I was too young to remember when I saw this ride.
I saw this way back in the day. I can’t remember what year but the Jaws ride was still operational. So was Twister. I will miss them all.
They did a fantastic job.
Went on this in 97 when I was 12, it blew my mind! Loved it so much and still love Terminator!
I went in 97 too! I was 11!!
I came from Australia to see it in December 2013. I had wanted to see it since it came out in 1996. It was such an incredible experience.
I love how The Terminator has a sense of humor in this.
18:55
John: "GO RIGHT! RIGHT! Oh no, GO LEFT! RIGHT! LEFT! NO, GO RIGHT! RIGHT! GO RIGHT!"
Terminator: "John, please stop helping."
23:03
John: "Friend of yours?"
Terminator: "He was my college roommate."
The 3D in this ride was INSANE! Absolutely blew my mind as a kid! Also, once I went on the ride and when Terminator was supposed to drive back into the screen his bike broke down and we all had to leave! 🤣🤣
@@Bawitdabadabangdadang worked there and we hated when the bike would fail. Clearing the theater early was such a pain.
I remember when this opened in 1996! It had one hell of a run! I mean it outlasted Back to the Future, Jaws, King Kong, and Earthquake. Never forgotten!
open 6 years later than those
Im gutted this has closed down, Too many screen rides now!! I miss old Universal, Jaws, Earthquake, etc etc but I guess we need to move with the times, How cool would it have been for Linda Hamilton & Edward Furlong to do this last one
Don't forget about Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Patrick :). That would be awesome, that at the end of the show you realize you have been watching the real actors perform. People would go nuts!
Omg that would have been incredible!! 😩
Family Channel definitely. Screen rides are cheap and easy for them. We should have thst stuff locally. Rides like Earthquake & Jaws are what these parks must be made of.
Earthquake and tornado were good but Jaws had some problems
Back draft at night after getting wet on Jurassic park to dry off. 😊
I saw this once as a kid in the 90s and is a core memory of mine.
The huge robots scared me as a kid. I was expecting them to start walking around the crowd.
Watching the cast get emotional at the end really got to me, especially the blonde lady playing the Cyberdyne rep. She's basically the biggest part of the whole thing and is the glue that kind of holds it together, and I get the feeling she loved doing it just from watching this.
Saw it in Hollywood, Labor day weekend 2004. I was in a group of about 20 and we all decided to see it together. I loved how regardless of where you are sitting, the 3D effects are right in front of your face. One of my friends jumped out of his seat when the T1000's head came out in the beginning.
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Thank you for preserving this on film! My father and I went to Universal in 2004, and the Terminator attraction was our favorite. We must have gone in at least 6 times during our stay. It’s nice to see the cast of the show take a bow after all these years.
It's sad that an amazing 3D show like this going away. I consider it the best made at the Universal Parks.
And I was lucky to check it out at the one in Hollywood before that went in 2012.
FanimationXV i was able to go on terminator in orlando, my family bought me there in 2013 so we stopped going to disney, right now im glad i was so happy that i saw terminator, i will miss this ride deeply:(
And now it’s Minions 🤦🏻♂️ lordy
Now the Terminator is a female lesbian LGBT-1000 in the new Movie TERMINATOR DARK FATE.
OOoooh hell NO!!!!!
I was one of the first ones to see it when it first came out
@@spongebobsquarepants3770 THX Logo Terminator 2 3D T-100000 Explained
Did not realize that they closed this down until I reserved my Universal trip for June. I was lucky to have caught this in my past visits. The emotions from the cast member. That is called love and dedication on what they did on a steller performance.
THE BEST ATTRACTION AT UNIVERSAL
I can’t believe they took this away
But we now have Bourne and it's so much better!!
@@invaderkittykai Agreed. I make it a point to go at least two times to Bourne
@@invaderkittykai bourne sucks
@@vwiesner1 You can't say that as there's a lot of work gone into that and it is really good, a lot of people enjoy it.
I'd like to see you do a better show if you think it sucks.
Si bien no se puede comparar Terminator con Bourne, considero que el show de Bourne es muy bueno, está a la altura
Thank you for preserving this show. After the awful Dark Fate movie, this attraction was truly T-3.
I remember seeing this show at least three times when I went to Universal in high school, that's how much I loved it. I thought it was so cool that they spent this much time into presenting Cyberdyne and Skynet as this force for good and reliability, like it was giving us a glimpse into what people within the fictional world of the series saw the company as. Very cool for lore and world-building stuff.
Alright Universal. You wanna make more simulator / show rides? THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A SIMULATOR / SHOW RIDE!!!
I was fortunate to visit Cyberdyne Systems in July 2015 and see the show twice. The interaction of live to video and back was seamless. It was a really great show, with an excellent gift shop at the end! I still have the endoskeleton mug they sold there. I had no idea they 'd closed it until I literally stumbled across this video. Looks like they still have it in operation in Universal Studios, Japan.
I can’t believe they replaced this masterpiece for a minions crap ride.
Not at Florida. They're replacing it with a Jason Bourne stunt show.
Universal Studio Japan replaced BttF ride for a minions crap ride.
They don’t last forever or else park lose money gotta keep up on what’s popular. But I agree pretty cool attraction
Wrong park. Minions replaced T2:3D at Universal Studios Hollywood, the Orlando show is getting replaced with Borne stunt show.
nickzilla20 I know right?
This attraction was the best. The audience always got into it. Almost cult-like.
1995 technology was pretty amazing wasn't it. I remember seeing this for the first time in December 1997.
On my first trip to Orlando, this was the first attraction my family checked out and words can't describe how much it blew us away. It was the bar for the rest of our trip and not many things surpassed it.
I distinctly remember the part where Arnold used the metallic-hover-bot-turned-frisbee against the hostile T-800, and how the POV switches to an above shot to show the skull head fly towards you. Still as terrifying as when I first saw it as a kid in 1998; even without 3D
I never made it to Universal in time to experience this (first visit was in 2021), so thank you so very much for uploading it here. It's like I'm there!
Seeing this hit me in the heart, I never knew T2-3D ended until now, I was there when it was new in the 90's and seeing it was one of the best days of my young life! Saw it in '98 and went at least 5 times in that one trip, finally after 18 years, I got to go back to Universal and headed back over there, it was my (unbeknownst to me at the time) final visit in 2016. This is truly the end of an era, seeing the actors assembling on stage one last time for one last send-off really made it real, it's over. But I have some consolation in seeing that the last showing was a blast & that was a great audience. If anyone from Universal Studios Florida who worked on this attraction over the years is reading this: thanks for the memories, you're part of my life. Love and peace from England! :'D
Why did I get emotional at the end haha Such a good childhood memory
I did too ):
👍
I went to universal studies shortly after the Terminator 2 3D attraction opened. As a HUGE Terminator fan it was the first thing I went to see. I loved it, even though some of it was a little cheesy. The Attraction was more 4D than 3D. The rumbling seats and the lightly sprayed water simulating flying debris was really amazing. I want to thank you for filming the show allowing me to relive the experience again. I'm really surprised by how much of it i had forgotten. Again, thank you.
Anyone else remember "Superrrrr" lol
Yeah I member!
Yeah I remember good good show.sad to see it go.
How you all doingg?! SUUUPPPAAAHHHHH!!!
yeah, she was Superrrrr Hot! 😜😍
Yooo!!! Mean flashback
Someone just reminded me that this closed, I had completely forgotten. I was never a fan of the Terminator series, mainly because this show scared me as a child. However, I grew up to not only appreciate the show but to also love it. It was an amazing practical effects show with hands down the best 3D visual effects I have, to this day, ever seen. They were cheesy at times and had dated 3D animation, but the effect was so incredible it really did not matter (and it's something you will never get to experience again, as video can never do it justice). To get a glimpse of it though, just look at the final 3D scene. The creature, even without the glasses, looks like he's popping out of that screen. That's incredible. This was such a fun send off to the show and I'm glad they even let people stand in the back. Too awesome. I'm also glad that my mother suggested I go watch the show during our last trip while she sat down to take a break, as it was the final show of that day. Right after we left Florida, they announced it was closing and I wouldn't get that chance again. Thanks for the video. Wanted to relive the memory.
I only watched this once as a child. I could barely remember anything but I remember this scared me.
This was my favorite show at Universal Studios. So sad they end the show, watched it at least 4-5 times and every time always a good time. Thanks
4:50 Originally it was Shaq that had a cybernetic contact in his eye to help him make the free throws. Man it's been awhile since I've seen that.
YES!
It was Shaq?!
Yes! The joke is not good with soccer! I saw this when the ride was new and everyone laughed as soon as Shaq appeared with the contact!
Shaq is still in the video at Universal Studios Japan. The ride is still open to this day.
@@jaypainespotter Not anymore, closed down with no opening date.
Such great memories of this !! Went to Florida as a kid Terminator crazy and made my family go on it like 8 times haha
This ride was absolutely amazing. I first rode it back in 2007 when I was on vacation with my family. T2 is my favorite Terminator movie and when I got to experience this magic at Universal Studios, it was better then I could ever imagine. One of my favorite rides at the park and I still cannot believe they got rid of it. At least I have my memories and I can always look back at the time I got my own Terminator experience.
Glad I purchased a Terminator shirt from there when I did in 2016.
In the '90s, they sold Cyberdyne polo shirts. I wore it to work one day and my boss asked about Cyberdyne thinking I had worked there. I told him that they did advanced robotics and AI. I kept describing the place until he told me that such things don't exist. Then I told him it was from the Terminator films. We had a good laugh over it.
Bill Came I would’ve told him yeah it doesn’t exist...YET 😂👀
With skynet no more, Sarah and her son John Conner can finally live I peaceful life with a bright future ahead of them. Thank you for everything T-800 and farewell:)
This attraction was impressive when it first opened and years later up to it's closing. It was a grand run and there won't be another like it.
I was lucky to go on this attraction at universal studios in Hollywood when I was a kid. Awesome nostalgia.
We went to Florida in 1996 and saw this. I remember all this but also remember the motorbike coming out into the audience and driving through the seats as we were sat in the gap.... Was amazing, but I guess was changed for safety reasons.
Man, Terminator 2 is one of my favourite films (I used to watch it all the time with my Dad) and I was lucky enough as a kid to be taken to the theme parks in Florida and this was an absolute highlight. Saw it a few times and it really blew me away. It was so well presented and the live actors were always fantastic. One of my happiest memories. I remember one time there was a guy who was so into it, he was saying things like "Skynet is evil, we must destroy it" under his breath to himself. He was so amped up, but also kind of an oddball. When we went into the auditorium my mum almost end up sat next to him so we quickly dived to a different row.
I totally feel the audience's passion ... wow I got goosebumps.
Imagine riding this attraction after watching that Woke Fate...
@@rumuelnathanael8043 this is 1000 times better than than garbage
Not sure why this just popped up in the Recommended videos but I watched all 30 min of it, I loved that ride and T2
I will never understand why they got rid of this. It was like a money spout they turned off. Every single time there was a line a mile long. The ride, no matter how long it was around and how old they say it got, there was always a huge line of people. Every single time and that is impressive for a movie that came out in 1991
This and the Back to the Future Ride were always highlights of my Universal Studios visits as a kid. If there’s any consolation, I can relive those memories thanks to UA-cam. ❤️
Too many white actors
Universal Studios Japan still has this show
23:01 He finally got his phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range!
Such an amazing ride! Saw the show so many times at every visit to Universal, the first time I saw it it blew me away! Great video from start of show to end!
I love how everyone was cheering just like the 1st time they saw it. Makes me happy knowing that they enjoyed the show
So sad they closed this ride...the effects and cast members where so cool an made it such an awesome ride!! I hope they are all well and universal should bring this ride back 😎😎😎😎👍🏻
Was lucky to have experienced it back in 2009 when I was there. It made me feel like a kid again back in 1991. It was such a special experience! All good things come to an end. 🙁
That final show was fantastic. I absolutely loved watching the show live in California a while back.
Wait, wasn't this got discontinued? I just heard that this is still available only in Japan.
I would love to see this again. Saw it back in like 00-01.
When i was young and did this show, i was too young to see the first 2 movies so I had no idea what was happening in the show but still thought it was cool. Nowadays T2 is my favorite movie of all time and i would kill to experience this show again
Back in the day, this attraction was amazing! The technology at the time was cutting edge. The seamless transition between the live actors and video-animatronics was fantastic. Of course, that 3D back then was cool as well.
Unfortunately, time changed everything. 3D technology has advanced so much since then, and you could tell in the ride today. But that didn’t stop my excitement to experience it one last time when we visited several years ago.
BTW, a bit of trivia: I lived in Orlando more than two decades ago. One of the actors who portrayed the Terminator was once a member of the group *NSYNC. He chose not to continue with the group, feeling that the group would go nowhere. That was the opening that allowed Lance Bass to join the group. Lance was my boss’ nephew, and he himself told me what had happened. Back then, the group was just starting. He actually accompanied me on my first visit to Universal Studios, which was cool, because we could enter the attractions as VIP guests.
Going to miss it, but at least I got to go one last time.
i saw this once when i was 7 or 8. i thought it was amazing. A stand out moment in my childhood.
So am I the only one considering this is what sequel after T2 suppose to be.
No, lots of people consider this the real Terminator 3.
Definitely. I'm very surprised this was never made into a movie.
Look at the crap we are getting now with TERMINATOR DARK FATE ...watch out for the female lesbian LGBT-1000.
This world and Hollywood have lost their minds.
Larry Le I agree
Oh dude, I’m right there with ya! It was like the perfect epilogue
Sad to see this show fold..saw it three times over the years. I still slam Don Julio with the T2:3D shot glasses I bought in the merch store.
I feel happy I could saw the attraction. Back in 2007 it was considered one of the best of all parks
that's the year I saw it in Orlando. Maybe we sat next to each other :D
As a FL resident and (former) Annual Pass holder, I went on this a TON of times - usually to get out of the 100° heat for awhile, heh. Most of the times I went on it there was no line (I almost always went during the “off-season). But the actors, regardless of whether the show was at full capacity or a considerably smaller amount of people, always took the performance seriously and never phoned it in (at least as far as I could tell, heh). This show was a fantastic experience and I always enjoyed it.
this attraction in itself, is better than the whole plot of terminator dark fate
Studio Beanie because it wasn’t about money like DF was.
@@Thermool yeah, I guess so.
YESSSS! I was at that last final show! Loved how the lady in red always said. "SUPPPERRRR"
I saw this a couple of times in 1999. This, by far, was one of the BEST 3D "rides" I've ever seen or "been in" in my entire life. Especially when that "spider" reaches out and touches you in the middle of your eyeball!
This is really cool that live action blend with 3D
Great childhood memories, going to miss this and the awesome props in the gift shop at the end.
this show was truly my top favorite at universal studios (hollywood). I'm 24 now and I'm just sad thinking about how I may never see this in person again. At least florida had a few more years! I'm sure that I was 12 or 13 the last time I saw it, but I think that my earlier years were when I thoroughly enjoyed it and watched with so much amazement
Glad I got to see this show in person 10 years ago. Sad that they took this masterpiece down.
I am 40 and I still remember this experience like it was yesterday. This was the best 3D experience of my LIFE!!!! I was explaining this story to my son and we just watched this together. 💛
I had no clue that it had an extended queue, but I guess most universal rides do, interesting
I remember reading that opening day of Hogsmead actually had the line to enter the land go the long way around Islands of Adventure and at one point even used the extended queue of Spiderman to hold onto people.
Huh
Still have my dad's endo skull zippo he got from the gift shop in the house somewhere!
The Memories well never die.
Bring this backkkk! This was so cool back in the day!
All good things must come to an end.
To make way for even better things.
Charles Johnson what was once great is now outdated, and there's no changing that
Ravenclaw nothing will be better than the original rides
Charles Johnson i hope they dont close down the Jurassic Park River Adventure.
Yea like my luck
I was gonna say it was cheesy " hug I'll be back" but seeing the actors and their dedication ugh I love this so much and hate that I never got to experience it
From the bottom of my heart I will miss this show. I saw it for the first time with my father over ten years ago, and I would have never explored the world of Terminator without seeing it. Universal Studios is getting lazy in their presentation: As beautiful and streamlined as they are, they're beginning to suffer from "Movie in a Box" syndrome. Of which I mean coping out using live actors to bring screen and practical special effects and instead just putting guests in a moving seat that moves past scenery and 3D screens. I started to notice it in 2015: Spider-Man, TRANSFORMERS, The Forbidden Journey, Minions, and then the closing of Twister in place of a 3D Jimmy Fallon Ride and of course the new (and underwhelming) FAST and FURIOUS. All of these rides rely on more screen than tangeable effects. Terminator was that hidden gem in the park where you got everything: Live actors, animatronics, immersion, 3D...all branched from one into another without needing to change rooms. Even DISASTER held a place in my heart because you interacted with people and it touched on movie magic that makes Universal have such nostaligic value. I'm not knocking the 3D box rides, as they're undoubtedly top of their class. I just hope Universal doesn't lose sight of the value that was Terminator. T2 is a classic, and I hope what comes in the future harkens back to previous movies to create that nostalgia with modern technology, instead of throwing together whatever is trending onto a 3D screan and automated vehicle.
I have seen it in 2003, back when i was a 12 year old boy with my father we went to Florida for a holiday. I rember asking him if it was the real Arnold on the bike, he just smiled and said yes. :)
Well, here 4DX theaters are becoming increasingly common, so I don't see the point of traveling that far, plus pay for an expensive theme park ticket, and long lines just to have a similar experience. And now even my home LG TV gives you better and brighter 3d images that those murky and dark images that rides like transformers and Krusty's have.
I was really sad to see disaster, twister, and now terminator go cause those were freaking awesome to see and the fast and furious ride is terrible even though the line is cool the rest of it just felt like a disappointment like the actual ride itself felt really short
Lol
@@AmedeoIndelI agree
I got to see this when I was there, back when I was a teenager, around 17. Im 35 now, and I had a yellow T2 3D t-shirt for a long time which now its gone. I enjoyed the show though . It was great
I did not expect to be tearing up at the end of this video. Great job to everyone involved
whoever recorded this and posted it, thank you! 😃 ... (I was one of the first ones to see it back in the day)
Sad to see its gone, I'll miss this one. Loved it as a kid so much.
They still have one last of this left in the Universal studio of Tokyo, I think. Now I have more reasons to visit Japan...
22:40 Oh look at that, John Conor almost died, would have ruined the franchise if he actually did...
Replace "ruined" w/ "saved".
It's fine, John dies in Dark Fate anyways, so hasta la vista baby!
@@jp3813 I totally agree with you
it feels like when you complete the game and you unlock a bonus level, this is amazing
A shame Arnold himself wasn’t there for the end...the cast genuine emotion at the end 😢
We saw this on a trip to Universal Studios Orlando FLA. back in Spring 2015.. it was great!
I know all things must come to an end but I’m truely sad to see that this attraction has closed. I first saw T23D when I was 7 years old on my first trip to Disney Orlando (I know this is universal). I was absolutely terrified (I think this was the first 3D film I ever saw. Loved every second of it. I’m now 29 and the terminator is in my DNA. This ride sparked the interest in the films so a great shame it is now gone.
i rember goibg to this when i was 6 in 1999