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Comic Strip Lane
What it is
Walk-through exhibit and shopping and dining venue.
Scope and scale
Diver-
sion.
Fright potential
Not frightening in any respect.
Bottleneck rating
0.
When to go
Anytime.
This is the main street of Toon Lagoon. Here you can visit the domains of Beetle
Bailey, Hagar the Horrible, Krazy Kat, the Family Circus, and Blondie and Dagwood,
among others of whom your kids have never heard. Shops and eateries tie in to the
cartoon strip theme. This is a great place for photo ops with cartoon characters.
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls
(Universal Express)
What it is
Flume ride.
Scope and scale
Major attraction.
Fright potential
The big drop
frightensguestsofallages.
Bottleneck rating
8.
When to go
Before11a.m.
Special com-
ments
Must be 44″ tall to ride.
Authors' rating
A minimalist Splash Mountain; .
Dur-
ation of ride
5 minutes.
Average wait in line per 100 people ahead of you
9 minutes.
Loading speed
Moderate.
Inspired by the
Rocky and Bullwinkle
cartoons, this ride features Canadian Mountie
Dudley Do-Right as he attempts to save his girlfriend, Nell Fenwick, from the evil
Snidely Whiplash. Storyline aside, it's a flume ride, with the inevitable big drop at the
end. Universal claims that this is the first flume ride to “send riders plummeting 15
feet below the surface of the water.” In reality, though, you're just plummeting into a
tunnel. The flume is as good as Splash Mountain's at the Magic Kingdom, and the fi-
nal drop is a whopper, but the theming and the visuals aren't even in the same league.
