Universal Studios Hollywood [Californie - 1964]

In a move that may halt Hollywood and, in
effect, a major portion of the Universal Studios Hollywood Park,
Teamsters Local 399 may decide to strike on August 1st if a new
agreement is not met. Teamsters Local 399 represents thousands of
drivers in Hollywood. They drive vehicles that transport everything
from equipment, to star trailers to pretty much anything in Hollywood
that needs moving.

How would this effect visitors to a theme park? Well Universal is a
working movie studio within the jurisdiction of Local 399. This
means that they handle the shuttle that transports disabled guests
from the upper lot area of the park to the lower lot where Jurassic
Park, The Mummy and a few food locations are.

The real big issue, though, is that they also drive the trams for the
Studio Tour. Should a strike occur, we could easily see the flagship
attraction of Universal Studios Hollywood go from an average of 2 hour
wait times on the weekends to 3 to 4 hours as managers scramble to
drive guests through the back lot and keep the show going. If they
have a hard time covering tram shifts the shuttle to the lower lot may
be shut down entirely during busier times as there will be no one to
drive them.

In any case, it might be a good idea to
run to Universal before August 1st to check out the new King Kong 360º
3D while you can. Otherwise you may be waiting all day to take the
studio tour while studio execs leave their desk jobs to navigate
paying park guests through movie history.