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3 unusual facts about Islands of Adventure


Boardwalk and Baseball

After all, the park was considered to have the only "real" roller coasters in the Orlando area (Disney only had junior coasters and this was a decade before Islands of Adventure was built).

Dagwood sandwich

In May 1999, a counter-service restaurant named Blondie's opened at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure, serving a traditional Dagwood-style sandwich.

Maitland Middle School

Both Musicale and Chamber Singers have won awards at Music in the Parks a festival held at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure.


Bob Oschack

Before the program was revamped as In the Loop with iVillage and moved to Chicago, he was the only reporter on the original show that did his segment inside the park of Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure.


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