the studiotour.com - Van Helsing: Fortress Dracula

VAN HELSING CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 4TH 2006
After a solid two year run, Van Helsing Fortress Dracula has now closed. A new walk-through attraction (Universal's House of Horrors) opened on March 31 2007 .

"Enter, if you dare, into the dark and supernatural world of 19th century Transylvania in Van Helsing: Fortress Dracula, an all-new attraction inspired by Universal Pictures' Van Helsing.
Journey through set pieces created for the movie with countless spine-tingling special effects and authentic movie props.
Explore Dracula's eerie crypt, surrounded by clusters of flying pygmy bats.
Plunge deep into the catacombs, amidst the sounds of howling werewolves.
It's all the adventure and terror of the movie come to thrilling life.

TIMELINE: Before Van Helsing, there was The Mummy Returns: Chamber of Doom and Chicken Run.
Even further back in time is Marvel Mania and Victoria Station restaurants.

Van Helsing - Exterior - 2006 (photo by Brian Lau)

Please come inside - it's dry! (April 2006)

Advert for Van Helsing (© Universal, 2004)

Van Helsing Fortress Dracula is closed for refurbishment - An all-new haunted attraction will open in early 2007!

Sculpture outside Van Helsing (photo by Brian Lau, August 2006)