Islands of Adventure

Islands of Adventure is an American theme park located in Orlando, Florida, a part of the larger Universal Orlando Resort. The park is owned by Universal Studios, and features the slogan of "Live the adventure", and includes seven different themed areas, each themed to a particular Entertainment universe. It opened on May 28, 1999,[1] being the second theme park opened at Universal's Orlando complex, the first being Universal Studios Florida which opened in 1990.

The theme park originally opened in 1999 with six park areas; Port of Entry, Seuss Landing, The Lost Continent, Jurassic Park, Toon Lagoon and Marvel Super Hero Island. In 2010, the seventh park area, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, was added to the park,[2] replacing a section of The Lost Continent as well as a previous backstage support facility.

## Contents

* 1 Park areas
* 1.1 Seuss Landing
* 1.2 The Lost Continent
* 1.3 The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade
* 1.4 Jurassic Park
* 1.5 Toon Lagoon
* 1.6 Marvel Super Hero Island
* 2 References

## Park areas[edit]

Islands of Adventure includes seven distinctly themed park areas, or "islands". The first area, Port of Entry, serves as the park's main entrance and includes multiple shops. From there, guests are able to precede around the park into six further "islands" themed to Entertainment universes: Seuss Landing, based on the books of Dr. Seuss, The Lost Continent, themed to mythic legends and characters, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, based on the Harry Potter books and film series, Jurassic Park, based on the Jurassic Park film series and original novels by Michael Crichton, Toon Lagoon, based on multiple classic cartoon characters from comic strips and TV shows, and Marvel Super Hero Island, based on the superheros and environments of Marvel Comics.

### Seuss Landing[edit]

* The Cat in the Hat
* If I Ran the Zoo
* One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
* Caro-Seuss-El
* The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride
* Oh, the Stories You'll Hear!

### The Lost Continent[edit]

* Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City
* The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad Stunt Show
* The Mystic Fountain

### The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade[edit]

* Dragon Challenge (Closing on September 4, 2017)[3]
* Hungarian Horntail
* Chinese Fireball
* Flight of the Hippogriff
* Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
* Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station
* Ollivanders Wand Shop Experience
* Triwizard Spirit Rally
* Frog Choir

### Jurassic Park[edit]

* Jurassic Park River Adventure
* Skull Island: Reign of Kong
* Jurassic Park Discovery Center
* Camp Jurassic
* Pteranodon Flyers

### Toon Lagoon[edit]

* Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
* Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges
* Me Ship, the Olive
* Mat Hoffman's Aggro Circus
* Toon Lagoon Character Party

### Marvel Super Hero Island[edit]

* The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
* Doctor Doom's Fearfall
* The Incredible Hulk Coaster
* Storm Force Accelatron
* Meet Spider-Man and the Marvel Superheroes

## References[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/news/archives/1999/stories/051399_02.shtml
2. ↑ http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20100611/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_harry_potter_park
3. ↑ http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-bz-universal-potter-dragon-challenge-20170724-story.html