| Universal Baton Rouge Resort | |
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Also known as |
UBRR |
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Industry |
Theme parks |
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Headquarters |
near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
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Owner |
NBCUniversal (Comcast) |
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Slogan |
So Be Ready! |
Universal Baton Rouge Resort (shortly known as UBRR) is a amusement park resort located in Louisiana, USA. It's owned and operated by NBCUniversal, a Comcast company.
It consists two theme parks, a water park, CityWalk dinning, entertainment, and shopping complex, and six hotels.
The resort is similar to Universal's other predecessors, like Universal Orlando Resort, since it showcases two selected theme parks, one downtown district, a water parks, and hotels.
Parks[]
- Universal Studios Louisiana a movie and television show based theme park. Opened on August 14, 1992
- Universal Metazoa, an animal theme park which Universal's answer to Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at Lake Beuna Vista, Florida. Opened on March 21, 2002
- Universal's Splashtastic Cove, a water park located next door to Universal's Cabana Bay Beach Resort. Opened on June 2, 2012
CityWalk Baton Rouge[]
A Southern State version of Universal CityWalk contains 2 floors with stores, restaurants, entertainments, and night clubs. Opened on February 25, 2002.
Restaurants
Hard Rock Cafe
Universal Food Court
- McDonald's
- Burger King
- Wendy's
- Taco Bell
- Pizza Hut
- Panda Express
- KFC
WWE Cafe
NBC Sport Grill & Brew
The Cowfish
Antojitos Authentic Mexican Food
Pat O’Brien’s
Firehouse Subs - a daily and sub service cafe which, Universal Baton Rouge Resort in this version, it showcasing the theme around the firehouse department, along with the series of replicas of firemen props, and fire trucks.
Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville
Bob Marley–A Tribute to Freedom
Hot Dog Hall of Fame
Vivo Italian Kitchen
Starbucks - a coffee and pastry cafe
KUDOS - a Greek restaurant.
Chuck E. Cheese's
Hershey's Chocolate Bar & Store (at Hershey's Chocolate World)
Stores
Fossils - TBA
Universal Baton Rouge Resort Souvenirs - a gift shop which sells merchandise of Universal Baton Rouge Resort.
GameStop - a gaming store
Kouri-Ten - a store themed to Japanese culture which sells Japanese-related merchidise, such as clothings/appreal, Japan-themed postcards, snacks, toys, games, DVDs of Japanese anime and other Japanese/Asian entertainment, mangas, etc. The name of the store "Kouri-Ten" is a Japanese word means "retail store".
7-Eleven Experience - an interactive snack store
Toys "R" Us - a toy and video game store
M&M's Store - TBA
Hershey's Chocolate Bar & Store (at Hershey's Chocolate World)
Barnes & Noble
Snacks and drinks
Hershey's Chocolate Bar & Store (at Hershey's Chocolate World)
Kouri-Ten - a store themed to Japanese culture which sells Japanese-related merchidise, such as clothings/appreal, Japan-themed postcards, snacks, toys, games, DVDs of Japanese anime and other Japanese/Asian entertainment, mangas, etc. The name of the store "Kouri-Ten" is a Japanese word means "retail store".
Attractions
7-Eleven Experience - an interactive snack store
Chuck E. Cheese's - an arcade center, pizzeria and a birthday restaurant, which solely aimed at children under age of 14 with families.
Laugh@Night - a nighttime sketch-up comedy show exclusively for guest age 18 years old and older.
MTV Teen Club - a nighttime music club inspired by the channel MTV, and aimed at teen and young adult guests age 13 to 31.
PBS Kids Club - a children's fun center based on PBS Kids.
AMC Theater - Universal Cinema Complex - a movie theater, presented by AMC Theater.
Universal Arcade Complex - an arcade.
M&M's World Louisiana - TBA
Hershey's Chocolate World at Universal Baton Rouge Resort - an indoor visitors' center, which a Louisianan version of the Hershey's Chocolate World chain, solely owned by The Hershey Company, focuses on Hershey's food products, which consists of attractions, shops, dinning, and activities for children and adults.
- Hershey's Chocolate Tour - a dark ride takes guests through the tour around the chocolate factory to learn how Hershey's candies are made.
- Create-Your-Own Candy Bar - an interactive area where guests can create thier own chocolate candies by hand.
- Hershey's Great Chocolate Factory Mystery in 4D - a 4D film which follows a story about TBA
- Chocolate Taste Test - Immerse yourself in the flavorful world of chocolate in our tasting experience! Filled with the sights, sounds and smells of chocolate, Hershey’s tasting experts show you how to engage all senses to taste chocolates from milk to dark and varieties in between.
Hotels[]
- Universal Studios Hotel - a hotel containing five floors based based on Universal Pictures' films like Jaws, E.T., Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, and Despicable Me. August 14, 1992
- Hard Rock Hotel
- Universal's Cabana Bay Beach Resort, TBA
- The Hogsmeade Lodge, TBA
- CASORT (Casino & Suite Resort), a hotel and casino. August 14, 1992
Events[]
Resort[]
- Universal Weddings & Honeymoons, a weeding festival held at the weeding area nearby CityWalk and occurs from Feburary 1 to March 8.
- Universal Grad Night
- Universal Graduation Day!, TBA
Both parks[]
- A Celebration of Harry Potter, a three-day weekend fan event held at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter sections in two URL theme parks, Universal Studios Louisiana and Universal Metazoa, which is theme to Harry Potter book and movie series. It occurs in January.
- Otakunami, an annual celebration held solely at Super Nintendo World at both parks. This celebration is themed on anime and manga series, like Dragonball Z or Naruto. During this event, most of the visitors and the park's staff are dressed as their favorite character, whether from anime, manga or video game. It occurs every Tuesdays of each mounth of the parks, July (Universal Studios Lousiana) and Augest (Universal Metazoa)
- Halloween events
- Universal's Halloween Spooktaclaur Weekends, a family-oriented Halloween event spanning two theme parks, Universal Studios Louisiana and Universal Metazoa, filled with trick-or-treating spots, Halloween-related activates and entertainment. Opened on October 2016. Occurring dates: October 1-November 2.Theme: Halloween
- Universal Resort Louisiana's Halloween Horror Nights, a nightly Halloween event spanning two theme parks, Universal Studios Louisiana (as Hollywood of Horror) and Universal Metazoa (as Savage Safari), at URL. Opened on September 2016 Occurring dates: late-September-November 2. Event's age recommendation: 13 to adult. Theme: Halloween
- Christmas events
- Joy to the World at Universal Studios, TBA
- Holly Jolly Safari, TBA
CityWalk Baton Rouge[]
- CityWalk BBQ Cook-Off
- Eve
Parking areas[]
Area 1[]
- Jurassic Park - 1-25
- Minion - TBA
- Batman - TBA
- King Kong - TBA
Area 2[]
- Jaws - TBA
- E.T. - TBA
- Mario - TBA
- My Little Pony - TBA
Trivia[]
- Since the park Six Flags New Orleans was closed and left abounded after being destroyed by the hurricane Katrina in 2005, Universal Baton Rouge Resort solely licensed Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and DC Comics to its two parks.
Commercials, promos and planning videos[]
Main article: Universal Baton Rouge Resort/Commercials, promos and planning videos transcripts