# GB Universal Proton Pack Surfaces?!

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**Category:** Proton Packs\
**Created:** [March 14, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb-universal-proton-pack-surfaces/12702 "2020-03-14T13:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![riverofslime](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/riverofslime/32/4060_2.png) [@riverofslime](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/riverofslime)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb-universal-proton-pack-surfaces/12702/41 "2024-02-27T06:58:47Z")

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Very cool stuff!

So this was some kind of live show like the Indiana Jones Stunt Show at Disney?

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**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb-universal-proton-pack-surfaces/12702/42 "2024-02-27T11:46:43Z")

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> [@RiverofSlime post\_id=4992833 time=1709017127 user\_id=56889](#):
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> So this was some kind of live show like the Indiana Jones Stunt Show at Disney?

Yep.

Back in 1990, Universal Studios Florida debuted “Ghostbusters: A Live Action Spooktacular” (most commonly shortened to “Spooktacular” these days), a stage show framed as a studio set tour, which ended up taking a turn into the paranormal as it became a live version of the temple battle with Gozer in both it’s bubble suit and Stay Puft configurations… In addition to large practical props, the show also featured an elaborate Pepper’s Ghost effect to feature proton stream effects.

On top of that, Universal also had an approximation of the Firehouse, a reasonable replica of Ecto-1, and had people in Ghostbusters uniforms and equipment walking through the park. The Spooktacular ran for three years in this configuration, then it had a small update starting in 1993, until the indoor stage portion closed in 1996.

After 1996, the show was “succeeded” by an outdoor show featuring the Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice… With later versions of this show taking some inspiration from _[Extreme Ghostbusters](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/extreme-ghostbusters)_, before that came to an end in 2005.

You can read a little more about it, as well as see some photos and videos of the old shows [here](https://www.spookcentral.tk/sclib/universal-studios-ghostbusters-attractions).

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**Author:** ![mercifull](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mercifull/32/4051_2.png) [@mercifull](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mercifull)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/gb-universal-proton-pack-surfaces/12702/43 "2024-02-27T14:12:40Z")

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![image](https://i.imgur.com/W144WLE.jpg)

![image](https://i.imgur.com/FOydoVh.jpg)

A couple of photos from when I visited Universal in the mid 90s.

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