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Curious George Goes to Town

Curious George Goes to Town, Water play area in Universal Studios Florida, United States.

Curious George Goes to Town was a children's water and ball play area at Universal Studios Florida, built on the former Bates Motel set from Psycho IV: The Beginning. Its centerpiece was a light-blue clock tower with a red roof and spire, a sculpted blue elephant head below the front clock face, and a brown monkey figure above a small spraying fountain. Behind it stood the indoor Ball Factory, where guests fired multicolored foam balls from blasters and a second-floor catwalk.

Curious George Goes to Town opened at Universal Studios Florida in 1998 on the former site of the Bates Motel set from Psycho IV: The Beginning. The Hollywood counterpart, The Adventures of Curious George, opened in March 2008 replacing the Nickelodeon Blast Zone. The Florida area closed permanently on January 16, 2023, alongside Fievel's Playland and other attractions; the Hollywood version had shut on September 6, 2013 for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The Florida site reopened on June 14, 2024 as Po's Kung Fu Training Camp in DreamWorks Land.

The Ball Factory carried decor drawn from the books: the rocket from Curious George Gets a Medal, the cruise ship and fire truck from the original Curious George, and the Man with the Yellow Hat's blue car. The Hollywood version used a jungle-temple theme while keeping the George characters.

The Florida site closed permanently on January 16, 2023, so the water area and Ball Factory can no longer be visited; the space reopened on June 14, 2024 as Po's Kung Fu Training Camp in DreamWorks Land. The Hollywood version, The Adventures of Curious George, shut on September 6, 2013 for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

The Ball Factory stood at the back of the play area, where guests fired multi-coloured foam balls from blasters and cannons and tubes carried them to baskets that tipped over the crowd every five minutes. Its windows were screens rather than glass, and a second-floor catwalk held more blasters and a slide down to the ground floor.

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