Universal Studios Florida

1st Logo (1989-1993)
Visuals: Simply the Universal Studios Florida logo of the time. Text regarding the filming location is above.

Variants:
 * This logo appears in-credit on Orlando-based episodes of Super Sloppy Double Dare.
 * Swamp Thing has this logo against a black background.

Technique: None.

Audio: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Can be seen on Swamp Thing on Me-TV. All reruns of Super Sloppy Double Dare taped in Universal keep this logo intact.

2nd Logo (Late 1989?-March 28, 1991)


Visuals: On a black background, the text ‘UNIVERSAL STUDIOS’ scrolls past the camera, each letter displaying a clip from a movie or TV show, all related to an attraction within the theme park, including films like Jetsons: The Movie, Back to the Future and Jaws. Once the text has gone offscreen, the camera pulls back, revealing ‘UNIVERSAL STUDIOS’ again, this time in pink encased within a border designed to look like the marquee of a movie theatre, against a backdrop of structures silhouetted against an evening sky (most likely representing Hollywood, California) The word ‘Florida’ in cursive calligraphy writes itself on screen, all while searchlights scan the sky.

Variants:

- Most commercials for the park cut the logo down to its last couple seconds (‘Florida’ writing itself on screen)

- Several later commercials feature a reanimated version of the logo, now in CGI. The text now has more depth and the colours have been swapped (‘Universal Studios’ now in yellow and ‘Florida’ in pink). A reflection can also be seen below the Universal Studios part of the logo.

Technique: Mostly 2D animation, save for the movie clips which were mostly filmed in live action.

Audio: A dramatic orchestral piece that becomes majestic toward the end, starting with a loud orchestral wind up, followed by a lone trumpet which progressively is joined by the rest of the elements before a lighter section as the Universal logo pulls back and two flourishes as the logo forms.

Audio Variant: Starting in 1990 (most likely after Universal Studios Florida opened), the announcer tells us a different description; here, he starts speaking almost immediately after the letters start scrolling.

Availability: Can be seen on all MCA/Universal Home Video VHS tapes from at least late 1989 through 1991. It also appeared on some Hanna-Barbera Home Video tapes in 1990 (usually following a promo for The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera). The last tape to have it was White Palace.

3rd Logo (1998-2002)


Visuals: Same as the Universal Studios Theme Parks logo, but "THEME PARKS" is replaced with "FLORIDA".

Technique: Same as the Universal Studios Theme Parks logo.

Audio: Either the music of the commercial or none.

Availability: Unknown.