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Retro Photo TR: Islands of Adventure 1999


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Weird to think of this as retro, but I found my pics I took in March/April and may of 1999 while Islands of Adventure was doing soft openings. Notice the BRIGHT paint everywhere!

 

Enjoy!

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Dueling Dragons from the now Hess station

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Dueling Dragons

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The Hulk from outside

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Dr. Doom also from outside the fences

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The old logo (EPIC Fail....seriously!!)

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Fire Dragon (now THAT's some red paint!!)

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Hulk from a distance

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The dragons dueling

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And another shot of DD

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Good Poseidon Before they ruined the show!

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Hulk from the back of Mythos

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Now THAT's a green train and track!

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Dr. Doom

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Toon Lagoon

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Seuss from across the lagoon

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Dueling Dragons with the old statues

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Hulk in action

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And Fired Dragon in action

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Green Eggs and Ham (when it was open all the time!)

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Hulk sign

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The Enchanted Oak (where Three Broomsticks now stands)

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And me at work! I used to play organ at Circus McGurkus when IOA first opened.

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I went during the soft opening (All Year!) I went along in September, and loved the park, everything was so clean and bright!

 

Although I have to admit, I quite liked the Universal Studios Escape logo, got a Polo Shirt with it on somewhere

 

Interesting to see you worked there, did you work there for long?

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I went during the soft opening (All Year!) I went along in September, and loved the park, everything was so clean and bright!

 

Although I have to admit, I quite liked the Universal Studios Escape logo, got a Polo Shirt with it on somewhere

 

Interesting to see you worked there, did you work there for long?

 

I worked for USF/IOA from 1999-2002. I also helped open Universal Studios JAPAN in 2001. But I've been at Disney since 1999.

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