Garden of Allah Villas???

[JAL2525]

I noticed on our trips into Universal Studios an area "Garden of Allah Villas". My question is what is this area and what are the buildings used for currently and did they have a different use in prior years? Would just like to know.

 

[towerrat]

The Garden of Allah Villas is Universal's tribute to the famous apartment complex that was on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. In its' heyday it was home to many celebs (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marx Brothers, Ernest Hemingway, and others)
When Universal Studios first opened, it hosted a small attraction called How to Make a Mega Movie Deal which evolved into AT&T at the Movies. The attraction closed around 2001 and turned into the Cafe LaBamba restaurant. The villas are somewhat in use today as offices.

 

[snchpnz]

We walked around the complex once and went upstairs (there was no sign saying we couldn't ) we found an open door and it was just a big dark dusty room with a couple of chairs and dusty glass cups. Very weird but nothing special. We just stood at the door and took some pics (didn't want to get in trouble)

 

[JAL2525]

That's kind of what I assumed. We only started going to US/IA 2 years ago and I could not find an explanation anywhere. I just get curious on things like that.

Thanks for the info towerrat...and snchpnz did you keep the pics?

 

[snchpnz]

No, I looked for the pic on my PC to upload it but I couldn't find it. Either I didn't upload it to my pc and erased it from my camera or I lost the pic when I reformatted my hard drive.

 

[ChrisFL]

The attraction closed around 2001 and turned into the Cafe LaBamba restaurant. The villas are somewhat in use today as offices.

Just for clarification, Cafe La Bamba was already there, did they just expand it? I believe Cafe La Bamba has been there since the park opened

 

[Notatourist]

The Garden of Allah Villas is Universal's tribute to the famous apartment complex that was on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. In its' heyday it was home to many celebs (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marx Brothers, Ernest Hemingway, and others)
When Universal Studios first opened, it hosted a small attraction called How to Make a Mega Movie Deal which evolved into AT&T at the Movies. The attraction closed around 2001 and turned into the Cafe LaBamba restaurant. The villas are somewhat in use today as offices.

They used the outside as an extension of seats, but no cooking went on there.

 

[JAL2525]

The Garden of Allah Villas is Universal's tribute to the famous apartment complex that was on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. In its' heyday it was home to many celebs (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marx Brothers, Ernest Hemingway, and others)
When Universal Studios first opened, it hosted a small attraction called How to Make a Mega Movie Deal which evolved into AT&T at the Movies. The attraction closed around 2001 and turned into the Cafe LaBamba restaurant. The villas are somewhat in use today as offices.

What was the attraction that was there...was it a walk through???

 

[ChrisFL]

What was the attraction that was there...was it a walk through???

It was a walk-through with a mini movie type thing and some small interactive bits from what I recall

 

[JAL2525]

Thanks Again ChrisFL...good to know.

 

[MarilIncredible]

I vaguely remember an attraction that involved computers and the Munsters characters. You typed a line or phrase on a computer keyboard, chose which character you wanted to say it, and then you saw your character saying the line on the computer screen. [Sis and I made Grandpa say something corny like "Why did I drink blood when I could have had a V8?!"]It was kind of like some of the animation & sound interactive things at MGM/DHS.

Was this the attraction in this building years ago, or am I mixing up Orlando with Hollywood?

 

[macraven]

It was a walk-through with a mini movie type thing and some small interactive bits from what I recall

is that a new tag you have?

kewl...!

 

[ChrisFL]

is that a new tag you have?

kewl...!

yes, the tag fairy got me after 10 years

 

[macraven]

yes, the tag fairy got me after 10 years

CONGRATULATIONS HOMIE...!!
You wear it well.




now, tell us what it came from...

 

[ChrisFL]

CONGRATULATIONS HOMIE...!!
You wear it well.




now, tell us what it came from...

Ok, on the community board, we were discussing the show "Flash Forward" except a lot of people kept only comparing it to the show "Lost", then going into detail about Lost, etc.....which is a show I never watched and was a little bit annoyed that they weren't even talking about Flash Forward much in the conversation.....hence the tag

 

[erclvrb18]

can you please send me the pix to two_be_me (at) hotmail dot com
im a huge huge garden of allah fan!