Trivia / Men in Black: Alien Attack

• Distanced from Current Events: It was planned for the "Tiffany" cutout from the first movie to be featured in the opening training scene. This was later scrapped after Columbine.
• No Export for You: The attraction is exclusive to the Florida park and was never duplicated to any of the other Universal Studios parks.
• Role Reprise: Both Will Smith and Rip Torn reprised their respective roles for the attraction.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The dark ride shooter concept was initially meant for an X-Men attraction over at Islands of Adventure, but budget cuts to the park proved to be its undoing. It was later on decided that the concept would fit better with a Men in Black theme instead.
  • Jurassic Park River Adventure was going to be located on the space this ride occupies before it was decided that Jurassic Park should have its own area at the new park.
  • Pushing the red button was originally going to make the vehicles go into hyperspeed (similar to the first movie), with the effect being pulled off via projection tunnels and wind. The idea was abandoned when the designers felt there was no way to convincingly make the vehicles feel like they're going fast. The space it was meant for was made into the scanner scene instead.
  • The ride's facade would've been a replica of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel exterior from the film.
  • Before the World's Fair concept was decided upon, there were several alternate ideas thrown around for what the MIB headquarters would be disguised as, such as a Florida orange juice factory tour and the Orlando International Airport.
  • A MIB-themed restaurant was meant to accompany the ride before getting slashed from the budget. On the attraction's exterior, note how the store's entrance is an "M" and the restrooms' entrance is an "I", but there's no "B". The restaurant's entrance was meant to be that "B".
  • "The Universe and You" attraction was at one point going to be called "It's a Small Universe After All".
  • The "Immigration Room" section of the queue line was going to feature more audio-animatronics until it was decided that the money would be better spent on the ride itself.
  • Higher-ups wanted to use the same vehicles that The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man use, but dropped this idea after testing it and finding it too hard to hit targets.

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