On July 15, 1964, two years after Music Corporation of America (MCA) took over Universal Pictures, the modern Universal Studios Hollywood Tour – then called the Universal City Studios Tour – was established to include a series of dressing room walk-throughs, peeks at actual production, and soon after, staged events.

The attraction grew over the years into the full-blown theme park currently in operation as of 2024. The narrated tram tour initially featured a fleet of what were named “Glamor Trams,” and still runs through the studio’s active backlot as of 2024. The staged events, stunt demonstrations and high-tech rides overshadow the motion-picture production that once lured fans to Universal Studios Hollywood.

Some of the pop culture attractions that have been a part of the Universal Studios Hollywood Tour include a roaming troupe of Cylons from the original 1970’s Battlestar Galactica television series, the eerie house from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, the King Kong attraction, a mechanically-parted Red Sea from The Ten Commandments, and, of course, the killer shark from Steven Spielberg’s Jaws.