For decades, one of the most memorable moments on the Universal Studios Hollywood Studio Tour was the Parting of the Red Sea — a clever special effect inspired by the biblical epic The Ten Commandments. This sequence recreated the moment Moses divides the waters for the Israelites to cross safely — only this time, guests experienced it firsthand from aboard the Studio Tour tram. As the tram approached Park Lake, the tour guide would explain its long film history — it had served as a backdrop for productions like Creature from the Black Lagoon and McHale’s Navy. The guide then warned everyone to lift their bags off the floor — “You might get wet!” — before counting down to the main event. When the tram entered the lake, the waters parted dramatically, revealing a dry path through the middle. What guests were actually seeing was an ingenious combination of hydraulics and mechanical gates hidden beneath the surface. Massive metal plates, hinged underwater, would rotate open to let water...