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Back to the Future Countdown to Closure - Speeches and Photo Gallery
August 2 2007
Chris Mackenzie (Universal Studios Hollywood): Doc Brown's Institute of Future Technology, better known as Back to the Future: The Ride has thrilled visitors to Universal Studios Hollywood, the Entertainment Capital of LA. However, on September 3rd after more than 61 million flights, this great ride will be closing it's doors. [crowd boos] So today with the help of some very special guests and the Hill Valley clock tower, we begin the countdown to the final flight of Back to the Future. During our month long celebration, not only will guests have the chance to take one last trip across the space-time continuum but one lucky time-traveller will win our Out of time sweepstakes and will become the proud new owner of an original 1981 DeLorean, and while it can't travel through time, online and in-park guests will have a chance to own this piece of automotive history. And it's another opportunity for our very special guests, the many DeLorean owners we have in the crowd today, to get their hands on one more of these beautiful automobiles.
Photos: Skillz Entertainment 2007.
Exterior of the Institute of Future Technology (April 2006)
Back to the Future... The Ride sign (April 2006)
Safety warning sign (September 2006)
Entering the Institute of Future Technology (September 2006)
Temporal Body Scan as you pass through the turnstile (September 2006)
Interior of the Institute Building - a network of stairways and balconies to get you to the correct height for your ride vehicle (September 2006)
Interior of the Institute Building - a network of stairways and balconies to get you to the correct height for your ride vehicle (September 2006)
Queueing up to the 'Your Ride Experience Begins Here' sign (September 2006)
Biff's Car on display outside the Institute (1997, photo by Phillip Donnelly)