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v2019.06 GUIDE FOR RIDER SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD ATTRACTION INFORMATION SYMBOL DESCRIPTIONS 4-5 GENERAL INFORMATION 6-9 We have provided this guide to give you as much detailed Parking information about each attraction experience as possible. Our Wheelchair and Electric Convenience Vehicle Rental goal is to ensure that everyone is able to make well-informed Restrooms decisions about their ability to safely, comfortably and conveniently Family Center experience each of our attractions. If, at any time, you feel that you First Aid do not have enough information to make these decisions, please Guests Using Wheeled Mobility Devices contact any of our experienced Team Members for help in planning Manual-Driven and Power-Driven Mobility Device Safe your day. Usage Policy Guests Using Electric Convenience Vehicles (ECVs) and Electric Wheelchairs Additionally, we have included specific information for guests Guests Using Oxygen Tanks/Devices with disabilities. This information provides a clear outline of Hearing Disabilities the accommodations at each attraction, as well as the physical Captioning requirements for entering or exiting ride vehicles and other Assistance for Guests Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing attraction areas. It is important to note that, although all of our Telephones Team Members are eager to make your day as pleasant as possible, Large-Print and Braille Scripts they are not trained in lifting or carrying techniques and therefore Service Animals cannot provide physical assistance. We suggest that guests with Guests with Prostheses disabilities bring a companion who can provide any physical Casts or Braces assistance that may be needed. Evacuations ACCOMPANIED BY A SUPERVISING COMPANION 9 Our goal is to provide the best accommodation possible to all of our guests. With the information that follows, and the expert assistance EXPLANATION OF TERMS 9 our Team Members can offer in answering questions, we are Attraction Description confident the experience you have with us will exceed Important Access Information your expectations! Rider Requirements Guests with Service Animals Information for Guests Using Mobility Devices SAFETY ADVISORY 10 PARTICIPATE RESPONSIBLY For Your Safety Ride Information FAILURE TO FOLLOW POSTED GUIDELINES Lost Items MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR Magnetic Fields EXPULSION FROM THE PARK Restraint Systems Loose and Free-Flowing Articles ATTRACTION DESCRIPTIONS Despicable Me Minion Mayhem 11 Dino Play for Kids 11 DreamWorks Theatre Featuring Kung Fu Panda 12 Flight of the Hippogriff™ 12-13 Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™ 13-14 Jurassic World-The Ride 14 Revenge of the Mummy – The Ride 14-15 Silly Swirly Fun Ride 15 The Simpsons Ride™ 16 Special Effects Show 16-17 Studio Tour 17 Super Silly Fun Land 17 TRANSFORMERS™: The Ride-3D 18 Universal’s Animal Actors 18 The Walking Dead Attraction 19 WaterWorld 19 Attraction employs safety restraints which may ATTRACTION INFORMATION restrict certain guests from riding due to body shape and size. A test seat is available at select SYMBOL DESCRIPTIONS attractions to assist guests in determining their ability to ride. You will see the following symbols used throughout the Attraction Descriptions section and the Ride Warning signage: Guests must transfer to a manual wheelchair. Attraction is not allowed for guests with a history of heart conditions or abnormal blood pressure. Guests must be able to transfer to the ride vehicle’s seating with assistance from another member of their party. Attraction is not allowed for guests with a history Attraction Team Members may not assist. of neck, back or similar physical conditions. Guests may remain in their wheelchair throughout the attraction experience. Expectant mothers are not allowed on this attraction. Guests may remain in their Electric Convenience Vehicle (ECV) throughout the attraction experience. Attraction is not recommended for those susceptible to motion sickness or dizziness. Guests must be of the indicated height to experience this attraction. Attraction is not recommended for guests who are susceptible to fear of heights. Children within this range of height must be accompanied by a Supervising Companion. Attraction is not recommended for guests who have medical sensitivity to strobe effects. Parental discretion is recommended due to mature themes or frightening images. Attraction is not recommended for guests who have medical sensitivity to fog effects. Closed Caption available. Attraction is not recommended for guests who have fear of enclosed spaces. Open Caption monitors available. Attraction is not recommended for guests wearing casts. Audio available for portions of the attraction through Assistive Listening Devices. Attraction is not recommended for recent surgery or other conditions that may be Large print scripts with Braille are available for loan. aggravated by this ride. Braille Prosthetic limbs should be secured to prevent Attraction/ride vehicle can accommodate hazards or loss due to ride forces. service animals. One natural leg must fit underneath the shin Attraction/ride vehicle not accessible for guard. Prosthetic limbs should be secured to service animals. Service animal kennel available prevent hazards or loss due to ride forces. upon request. 4 5 MANUAL-DRIVEN AND POWER-DRIVEN MOBILITY DEVICE SAFE USAGE POLICY GENERAL INFORMATION Guests must adhere to Universal Studios Hollywood’s safe usage policy for manual-driven and power-driven mobility devices, such as, but not limited to, standard wheelchairs, stroller-wheelchairs, PARKING scooters, walkers, or other manual-driven mobility devices and Guests entering the toll plaza with an accessible parking permit will be power-driven wheelchairs, Electric Convenience Vehicles/scooters, directed to the parking area for guests with disabilities. Segways or other power-driven mobility devices. • Guests must operate these mobility devices at a safe speed WHEELCHAIR AND ELECTRIC CONVENIENCE equivalent to or slightly slower than surrounding pedestrians. VEHICLE RENTAL • Guests are responsible for any harm, damages or injury caused Wheelchairs and Electric Convenience Vehicles (ECVs) are available to any person or property due to the user’s intentional, reckless for a fee at our wheelchair/stroller rental facility located just inside the or negligent usage of these mobility devices. main entrance. • The Park is not responsible for any harm or damage caused RESTROOMS to any mobility device by other Park guests, or while a mobility All restrooms have wheelchair-accessible facilities and are located device is left unattended, or while a mobility device is used in throughout the Park. Family Restrooms (single-user) are available on violation of these rules. CityWalk near the westside restrooms, the wet play area of Super Silly • Powered mobility devices are prohibited on escalators Fun Land and adjacent to the Lower Lot restrooms. and must utilize elevators and Alternate Transport Vehicles provided. FAMILY CENTER • Manual mobility devices are allowed on escalators but guests The Family Center offers the following services: must exit the device and maintain control of it during the trip. • Quiet Rooms: Specially-equipped spaces where guests with autism • Guests who cannot exit or maintain control of their device spectrum disorder and their families can take a break. Sensory toys must utilize elevators and Alternate Transport and therapy blankets available for use in quiet rooms upon request. Vehicles provided. • Nursing Rooms: Private, lockable nursing rooms for breastfeeding • Powered mobility devices must be powered down and keys come with a chair and sink. removed (as applicable) when left unattended. • Family Restrooms: Adult and children accessible single-user restrooms. GUESTS USING ELECTRIC CONVENIENCE FIRST AID VEHICLES (ECVs) AND ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIRS We have two First Aid stations for your convenience, which are Our show and attraction entrances accommodate all identified on the Studio Map by the First Aid symbol. One is located wheelchairs (both standard and electric) and most ECVs. next to the Universal’s Animal Actors show on the Upper Lot. The other is located next to Studio Store on the Lower Lot. Nurses are on GUESTS USING OXYGEN TANKS/DEVICES duty during regular Park hours to assist you. Certified EMTs provide Due to the dramatic movement of the ride vehicles and additional coverage throughout the Park. Please see any Team Member certain special effects at Universal Studios Hollywood, oxygen if you are in need of First Aid assistance. (including compressed and liquid) tanks are only permitted at the following locations: GUESTS USING WHEELED MOBILITY DEVICES • DreamWorks Theatre Featuring Kung Fu Panda Accessible routes and access for guests in wheeled mobility (stationary seating only) devices are provided throughout the property. • Special Effects Show A shuttle equipped with a wheelchair lift is available to transport guests • Universal’s Animal Actors from the bottom of Universal Hollywood Drive (next to Lankershim • The Walking Dead Attraction Blvd.) to the hotels, CityWalk and the Theme Park. A shuttle is available • WaterWorld to transport guests that cannot navigate the escalators between the Theme Park’s Lower Lot and Upper Lot. Please refer to your Studio Map Oxygen concentrators or other related devices may be permitted if to find Lower Lot/Upper Lot transportation locations. they can be secured and do not interfere with ride restraints. Please see a Team