History
In 2002, Universal Parks & Resorts set about designing a dark ride based on the popular Mummy movie franchise. As part of this process, Universal Studios Florida closed Kongfrontation on September 8, 2002, and Universal Studios Hollywood closed E.T. Adventure on March 14, 2003. On May 21, 2004, Revenge of the Mummy opened at Universal Studios Florida. This was followed by the opening of the ride at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 25, 2004.
In December 2008, Resorts World Sentosa which now encompasses Universal Studios Singapore announced a Revenge of the Mummy would be built at the park due to open in 2010. Unlike the previous two installations, the one at Universal Studios Singapore was reported to cost only US$20 million instead of US$40 million. On March 18, 2010, the ride officially opened to the public.
Revenge of the Mummy was also destined for the new Universal Studios Dubailand theme park where it would exist in the proposed Legendary Heroes section of the park. This has yet to eventuate as the Universal Studios Dubailand project is indefinitely on hold.
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