The Screen Test Home Video Adventure

The Screen Test Home Video Adventure was an Interactive Experience attraction formerly located at Universal Studios Florida. It gave guests the opportunity to star in one of two films, "Your Day at Universal Studios" or "The Star Trek Adventure". It was closed in 1996, and replaced by "The Islands of Adventure Preview Center" in 1997.infobox Universal ride


caption=The former entrance to the Screen Test Home Video Adventure attraction.
name=The Screen Test Home Video Adventure
park=Universal Studios Florida
land=New York
theme=Universal Studios and Star Trek
opened=March, 1991
closed=November 11, 1996
duration=10-15
custom_label_2=Replaced By
custom_value_2=Islands of Adventure Preview Center

Attraction Summary

The Screen Test Adventure was located in a small building next to Universal's other former attraction Kongfrontation. The building was supposedly a theater called The Paradise Theater. After waiting, guests entered the building. Inside it, they would stand in front of a blue screen with a team member directing them on what to do. The guests could chose to be the star of either "Your Day at Universal Studios", an adventure through the park and it's attractions, or "The Star Trek Adventure", a sci-fi themed film inspired by the original Star Trek series. After they were finished filming their scenes, the team member would congratulate guests, and show them the final film. The film included the filmed shots of guests digitally inserted with the help of the blue screen. After the experience, guests would have a choice of buying a copy of them in the finished film.

History

The attraction opened at the park in 1991, with only "Your day at Universal Studios" used as a film, while "The Star Trek Adventure" was added late the same year. The attraction closed completely on November 11, 1996, only a few days after the closure of the parks Ghostbusters Spooktacular attraction. A week befor the closing, a message was placed during the credits of the films used stating "GoodBye, Screen Test!". The attraction was replaced by "The Islands of Adventure Preview Center" in 1997.

Trivia

*The attraction was the only added-cost attraction at the park.
*The blue screen in the attraction was reused in the also now closed attraction.
*The attraction was located in a fake movie theater named the Paramount Theater. After the closure, the name was changed to the Paradise Theater.

Sources

* [http://www.thepsychomovies.com/psychohouse/usfmap1.jpg] - The Screen Test Home Video Adventure seen on an early 1991 map for the park.