Universal Studios Paris

, located in and  near, is one of the Universal Studios theme parks, owned and operated by USPR-CDA Parks S.A., a joint-venture of  and. The park is similar to the Universal Orlando Resort since it also contains selected attractions from Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood. It was the second Universal Studios park in Europe (the first was and it's  resort, which Universal owned from 1998-2004).

The park was announced in 1997. Construction began a year later in December 1998. The park opened on August 20, 2003 (a promotional special, Anything Can Happen: Welcome to Universal Studios Paris, was produced to promote the park's opening). Over 25 million guests visited the park in 2005. Since then, Universal Studios Paris has had approximately 8 million visitors every year. Most visitors are French & Belgian tourists and tourists from other European countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland. It is also very popular among Québécois and Franco-Ontarian tourists from Canada, as well as American tourists and expatriates. In 2007, 's became the largest shareholder in Universal Studios Paris. In 2011, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, a themed area based on the blockbuster Harry Potter film series, opened to the public.

Various events were held in 2015 to celebrate the park's 11th anniversary, by which time a total of 85 million guests had cumulatively attended the park.

Recent events include limited-time attractions such as " - Vivre!" and " - Vivre!", both based on popular French-language properties.

Licensed properties included at Universal Studios Paris
Like other Universal parks, Universal Studios Paris does not limit itself to attractions based on Universal's owned-library. It has licensed other franchises from different studios, especially European creations, for many of the attractions. Some examples include:
 * Spider-Man
 * Terminator
 * The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit (IMPS S.A. Brussels)
 * Sesame Street and The Furchester Hotel
 * Dragon Tales
 * Ghostbusters
 * Beetlejuice and Harry Potter
 * Tintin
 * Rupert Bear
 * Horrid Henry
 * Postman Pat
 * Warrior Cats
 * properties
 * Toad Patrol, Mole Miner and Between The Lions (Seagrounds Financial Group)
 * Horrible Histories
 * One Piece and Dragon Ball
 * Blazing Dragons
 * Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
 * Sailor Moon
 * Top Gear
 * Watership Down ( Estate)
 * Asterix, Lucky Luke, Babar and Code Lyoko
 * Transformers, Power Rangers and My Little Pony
 * Barney & Friends, Thomas & Friends, Angelina Ballerina and Bob the Builder
 * Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat
 * SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Redwall

Hollywood
Themed to
 * Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue (Revue Rock 'n Roll du Cimetière avec Beetlejuice) [Show]
 * Lights! Camera! Action! Hosted by Steven Spielberg (Lumières! Caméra! Action! avec Steven Spielberg) [Show]
 * Shrek 4-D [4D Theatre]
 * Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic (5, Rue Sésame - Magie du Cinéma en 4D) [4D Theatre]

New York City
Themed to
 * The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (Les Aventures Incroyable de L'Homme Araignée) [Dark Ride]
 * T2-3D: Battle Across Time (T2-3D: La bataille à travers le temps) [3D Theatre]
 * King Kong Encounter (Rencontre avec King Kong) [Experience]

San Francisco

 * Backdraft (Backdraft - Pompiers en alerte) [Experience]

Minion Park

 * Despicable Me Minion Mayhem (Moi, moche et méchant: Chaos de Les Minions) [4D Theatre]
 * Freeze Ray Sliders [Gerstlauer Spinning Coaster]

Amity Village
Inspired by Steven Spielberg's Jaws.
 * Jaws (Les Dents de la mer) [Boat Ride]

Universal Kidzone
A section aimed at children and families with some themed sub-zones.

Kidzone Central

 * E.T. Adventure [Dark Ride]
 * Fievel's Playland [Playground]
 * Firestar's Challenge [Vekoma SLC]
 * Horrid Henry's Rickety 'Ol Coaster [Gravity Group Family Wooden Coaster]
 * Kidzone Theater [Shows]
 * Warriors Woods [Experience]

Mattel Play! Town

 * A Day in the Park with Barney (Une journée dans le parc avec Barney) [Show]
 * Mattel Play! Town Paris [Experience]
 * Troublesome Trucks [Gerstlauer Junior Coaster]
 * Thomas Town [Experience]

Postman Pat Village

 * Mrs Goggins' Post Office [Experience]
 * SDS Mail Centre [Experience]

Sesame Street

 * Abby's Magical Tree (Arbre magique d'Abby) [Experience]
 * Abby's Magical Garden (Jardin magique d'Abby) [Experience]
 * Big Bird's Nest (Le nid d'Oiseau Géant) [Experience]
 * Elmo's Bubble Bath (Bain moussant d'Elmo) [Experience]
 * The Furchester Hotel Live! (L'Hôtel Furchester - Vivre!) [Show]
 * Nac's TV Studio (Studio de TéLé Nac) [Experience]

Dragon Land

 * Ord's Playground (Aire de jeux d'Ord) [Playground]
 * Zak and Wheezie's Dragon Chasers (Circulaires de Jacques et Wheezie) [Zamperla Flying Tigers with Dragons]

Sagwa's Chinatown

 * Sagwa's Rickshaw Run (Course Rickshaw d'Sagwa) [Zamperla Custom Looping Coaster]

Redwall Abbey

 * Redwall Adventure (Rougemuraille: Une aventure d'enfer) [Dark Ride, opened on Opening Day 2003]
 * Sparra Chase (Chasse d'Moineau) [Vekoma Stingray, opened in 2010]

WaterWorld
Based on Universal's 1995 film of the same name.
 * Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacular (Waterworld: Un monde sans terre) [Show]

Top Gear Testing Grounds (Ambitious but Rubbish... and Fun)

 * Stig Training Facility [Zamperla U-Drive]
 * Top Gear Test Track [Experience]

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

 * Dragon Challenge (Le défi du dragon) [B&M Dueling Inverted Coasters]
 * Flight of the Hippogriff (Vol de l'hippogriffe) [Vekoma Junior Coaster 335m]
 * Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (Harry Potter et le voyage interdit) [Dark Ride]

Characters
Much like with the previous Universal parks, USP has characters both from Universal and third-party companies. USP has the French license to use the Sesame Street, Redwall, and The Smurfs characters, alongside many others.

Sesame Street

 * Elmo
 * Zoe
 * Cookie Monster
 * Bert
 * Ernie
 * Grover
 * Big Bird
 * Count von Count
 * Oscar the Grouch
 * Abby Cadabby
 * Julia
 * Nac (from 5, Rue Sésame)
 * Yoyo (from 5, Rue Sésame)
 * Olive (from 5, Rue Sésame)
 * Georges (from 5, Rue Sésame)
 * Pino (from Sesamstraat) (Rarely)
 * Tommie (from Sesamstraat) (Rarely)
 * Ieniemienie (from Sesamstraat) (Rarely)
 * Samson (from Sesamstraße) (Rarely)
 * Rumpe (from Sesamstraße) (Rarely)
 * Feli Filu (from Sesamstraße) (Rarely)
 * Dionigi (from Strada Sesamo) (Rarely)
 * Abla (from Strada Sesamo) (Rarely)

Redwall

 * Matthias
 * Cornflower
 * Basil Stag Hare
 * Constance
 * Winifred the Otter
 * Jess Squirrel
 * Foremole
 * Warbeak Sparra
 * Cheek Stag Otter
 * Mattimeo

The Smurfs

 * Papa Smurf
 * Smurfette
 * Hefty Smurf
 * Grouchy Smurf
 * Brainy Smurf

Watership Down

 * Hazel
 * Fiver
 * Bigwig
 * Blackberry
 * Dandelion
 * Pipkin
 * Hawkbit
 * Captain Holly
 * Primrose
 * Kehaar
 * Hannah

Barney & Friends

 * Barney
 * Baby Bop
 * BJ
 * Riff

Dragon Tales

 * Ord
 * Cassie
 * Zak & Wheezie

Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat

 * Sagwa Miao
 * Dongwa Miao
 * Sheegwa Miao
 * Fu-Fu
 * Baba Miao (Rarely)
 * Mama Miao (Rarely)
 * Nai-Nai Miao (Rarely)
 * Yeh-Yeh Miao (Rarely)

Others

 * Woody and Winnie Woodpecker
 * Optimus Prime (Transformers)
 * Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony)
 * Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona
 * Firestar (Warrior Cats)
 * Sailor Moon
 * Spider-Man
 * The Stig (Top Gear)
 * Goku and Vegeta (Dragon Ball)
 * Postman Pat
 * Marty, Alex, King Julien, Maurice, Gloria, Mort, Skipper, and Rico (Madagascar)
 * Sir Topham Hatt (Thomas & Friends)
 * Angelina Mouseling and Alice Nimbletoes (Angelina Ballerina)

Map
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Trivia

 * The park has licenses owned by Carwardine in the US.