Orlando Universal Studios Is Closing Jaws?!?!? (12.2.11)

After scaring millions of visitors and children for 21 years, Universal Orlando is closing its much-beloved JAWS ride come January 2. The ride, based on the 1975 Academy Award-winning film "Jaws", will close "to make room for a new attraction", Universal Orlando announced on Friday. It was one of the original attractions at the park, which opened in 1990.

A giant fin slices through the waves. Your boat begins rocking back and forth. Suddenly he lunges out of the water... row upon row of razor sharp teeth. Everyone thought he'd been destroyed, but now he's back. And this time, you're in the water WITH him!

A leisurely boat tour off the coast of Amity goes horribly wrong when you suddenly come face to face with the largest Great White shark ever seen in these -- or any other -- parts. Your boat's skipper calls for help and fires into the water. A darkened boathouse offers no refuge. The monstrous shark hammers your boat relentlessly, surrounding you with a sea of wreckage. If you can just get past those flaming fuel pumps you might make it back to dry land...