Universal Studios Japan
Universal Studios theme park in Osaka
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| 2025 | Universal Studios Japan introduced the Kuromi Live: Kuromify the World Tour 'Crystal Clear', a live-action show featuring Kuromi & My Melody characters, in the New York City themed land. |
| 2025 | Villain-Con Minion Blast attraction was introduced, a moving walkway shooter ride themed to the Minions film franchise. |
| 2024 | Universal Studios Japan introduced the Detective Conan 4-D Live Show ~Jewel Under The Starry Sky~, a 3D/live-action attraction based on the Case Closed franchise in the New York City-themed land. |
| December 11 2024 | Donkey Kong Country expansion opened, featuring Mine-Cart Madness roller coaster, Jungle Beat Shakes quick-service location, and Funky's Fly 'n' Buy merchandise store. |
| January 22 2024 | The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man - The Ride officially closed, exactly 20 years after its original opening. |
| 2023 | The theme park hosts 9 million guests, becoming the 15th-most visited theme park in the world. |
| 2023 | The park reached its highest-ever attendance of 16,000,000 visitors and ranked 3rd worldwide. |
| October 7 2023 | Universal Studios Beijing begins extended operating hours, open until 10:00 PM from Thursday to Monday, with Universal CityWalk extending business hours until midnight. |
| May 2023 | Park announced the closure of The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man - The Ride. |
| March 1 2023 | No limit! Parade officially premiered, marking the first time Mario and Pikachu franchises appeared in a Universal Studios parade. |
| February 27 2023 | No limit! Parade held its first preview performance, featuring characters from Hello Kitty, Peanuts, Despicable Me, Sesame Street, Sing, Mario Kart, and Pokémon. |
| 2022 | Universal Studios Beijing opened and attracted 4,300,000 visitors in its first year of operation. |
| 2022 | Universal Studios Japan saw significant recovery with 12,350,000 visitors. |
| November 2022 | Mario and Pikachu appeared on Universal's No Limit! marketing float at the Midosuji Autumn Party. |
| November 18 2022 | The 'Winter Holiday' themed event at Universal Beijing Resort officially begins. |
| October 2022 | An employee discovered human bones in shrubbery along a road west of the Universal Studios Japan premises. |
| October 31 2022 | Universal Beijing Resort completes cleaning, disinfection, and risk assessments, preparing to resume operations in accordance with Beijing's epidemic prevention requirements. |
| January 22 2022 | Universal Beijing Resort launched its first 'Chinese New Year' seasonal theme event, running until February 20, 2022. |
| 2021 | Introduced the 'Carousel of Kung Fu Heroes', a family carousel with seats themed after Kung Fu Panda characters. |
| 2021 | Minion Land officially opens at Universal Studios Beijing, featuring multiple attractions including Despicable Me Minion Mayhem motion simulator ride, Sing on Tour musical stageshow, Super Swirly family ride, and Loop-Dee Doop-Dee indoor roller coaster. |
| 2021 | Opened 'Lanterns of Legendary Legends', a family-friendly Balloon Race-style attraction within the Kung Fu Panda land. |
| 2021 | Universal Studios Beijing opened the Jurassic World Isla Nublar land, featuring three major attractions: Jurassic World Adventure (a motion-base ride with animatronic dinosaurs including T-Rex and Velociraptors), Jurassic Flyers (a steel inverted powered coaster), and Camp Jurassic (an indoor children's play area in an aviary). |
| 2021 | Universal Studios Beijing launched its dedicated Waterworld land, featuring the first Waterworld-themed area in any Universal park. The attraction includes a thrilling live stunt show with high-speed water motorcycle stunts, dramatic plane crashes, and immersive water battle performances. |
| 2021 | Universal Studios Beijing opens the Transformers: Metrobase area, featuring three major attractions: Transformers: Battle for the AllSpark (a motion-based 3D simulator ride), Decepticoaster (a roller coaster), and Bumblebee Boogie (a spinner ride). |
| 2021 | Premiered 'Untrainable', a How to Train Your Dragon-themed stageshow at the park. |
| 2021 | Opened 'Lights, Camera, Action!' attraction, featuring directors Zhang Yimou and Steven Spielberg, which is a version of the Universal Studios Singapore attraction. |
| 2021 | Universal Studios Beijing opened the Wizarding World of Harry Potter area, featuring multiple attractions including Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (a motion simulator dark ride), Flight of the Hippogriff (a Mack Rides Youngstar Coaster), Ollivanders Experience in Hogsmeade (an interactive wand selection experience), and the Frog Choir (an a cappella stage show with amphibian hand puppets). |
| 2021 | Attendance began recovering, reaching 5,500,000 visitors. |
| November 23 2021 | A fire started in one of the indoor areas of the Yoshi's Adventure attraction, causing an evacuation of the entire ride and the rest of the park. No park guests were injured. |
| September 20 2021 | Universal Studios Beijing officially opened, launching its daily 'Universal on Parade' featuring themed floats, characters, and performers from Despicable Me/Minions, Shrek, Madagascar, and Kung Fu Panda franchises. |
| September 20 2021 | Universal Beijing Resort officially opens to the public. |
| August 26 2021 | Universal Resort subway station opened on Beijing Subway's Batong line and Line 7, providing direct public transit access to the theme park. |
| August 26 2021 | Bus routes 589 and T116 from Tongzhou were extended to Universal Beijing Resort, improving transportation connectivity to the theme park. |
| August 12 2021 | An accident occurred at the Yoshi's Adventure attraction when a Goomba stack animatronic fell onto the ride during operation. |
| April 2021 | Construction of Phase 1 of Universal Beijing Resort is completed. |
| March 18 2021 | Super Nintendo World opened as the park's eleventh themed area, after experiencing several delays in its launch. |
| 2020 | Due to likely pandemic restrictions, attendance dramatically dropped to 4,901,000 visitors. |
| 2020 | Opened the Mario Cafe & Store, originally themed as 'Schwab's Pharmacy', offering themed food and exclusive Mario merchandise. |
| February 2020 | Snoopy's Great Race permanently closed after initial COVID-19 park closure. |
| 2019 | Park attendance returned to 14,500,000 visitors. |
| 2019 | Introduced 'Sing on Tour', a musical theatre attraction based on Illumination's Sing film, located in the themed 'Illumination Theater'. |
| 2018 | Attendance slightly decreased to 14,300,000 visitors. |
| 2018 | WaterWorld attraction renovated and updated to its current version, continuing to showcase elaborate water-based special effects and stunts. |
| 2018 | Freeze Ray Sliders ride was added to Minion Park, featuring spinning cars that simulate Minions cooling off the park's fountain with Gru's freeze ray. |
| 2018 | Added the 'Playing with Curious George' show attraction featuring the popular children's character. |
| May 17 2018 | Universal Spectacle Night Parade premiered, featuring floats and performers from Harry Potter, Transformers, Jurassic World, and Despicable Me franchises. |
| 2017 | Universal Studios Japan recorded 14,935,000 visitors, its highest attendance up to that point. |
| March 2017 | Minion Park opened at Universal Studios Japan, featuring attractions inspired by the Despicable Me franchise, including the Despicable Me Minion Mayhem simulator ride. |
| 2016 | Park attendance reached 14,500,000 visitors. |
| October 31 2016 | Groundbreaking ceremony held for Universal Studios Beijing, marking the official start of construction for the theme park. |
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