JAWS Ride POV Universal Florida
Thanks for Watching the full Universal Studios JAWS ride, great white shark encounter, at Amity Island, Universal Studios Florida. This HD POV Jaws Ride video is of the full ride in Hi Def before it closed for Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts ride and Diagon Alley.
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Jaws is a theme park attraction based upon the films of the same name. The attraction places guests aboard tour boats for what should be a leisurely tour of Amity Harbor, but instead becomes a harrowing chase between the craft and a very determined great white shark. Jaws is an expanded version of a famous scene on the long-running backlot tour at Universal Studios Hollywood, also inspired by the film, and could be found at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. A near-duplicate version of the attraction can also be found at Universal Studios Japan near Osaka.
On December 2, 2011, Universal Orlando Resort announced that the Jaws attraction along with the entire Amity area of Universal Studios Florida would close permanently on January 2, 2012, to "make room for an exciting, NEW, experience." (the second phase of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.) Severe backlash followed after the announcement. The attraction officially closed on January 2, 2012, at 9:00 pm with Michael Skipper aka "Skip" giving the final voyage to the last lucky group of 48 guests. By the next morning, the entire Amity area was walled off and completely demolished in the following months. The hanging shark statue from the town square remains as a tribute to the ride and can be found in the Fisherman's Wharf area of the San Francisco section of the park.