Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges
(Universal Express)
What it is
Whitewater-raft ride.
Scope and scale
Major attraction.
Fright potential
Ride
is wild and wet but not frightening.
Bottleneck rating
8.
When to go
Before 10:30 a.m.
Special comment
Must be 42″ tall to ride.
Authors' rating
Bring your own soap;
.
Duration of ride
4½ minutes.
Average wait in line per 100 people ahead of you
7
minutes.
Loading speed
Moderate.
This whitewater-raft ride for the whole family is engineered to ensure that everyone
gets drenched; the ride even provides water cannons for highly intelligent non-parti-
cipants ashore to fire at those aboard. The rapids are rougher and more interesting,
and the ride longer, than Animal Kingdom's Kali River Rapids. If you didn't drown
on Dudley Do-Right, here's a second chance.
Remember that you
will
get wet. That's OK on a hot summer day, unless it's
first thing in the morning. Now is the time to use the raingear or plastic bags
to protect yourselves. Most important, keep your footwear dry to avoid
blisters later.
JURASSIC PARK
JURASSIC PARK (for anyone who's been asleep for 20 years) is a Steven Spielberg
film franchise about a fictitious theme park with real dinosaurs. Jurassic Park at
Universal's Islands of Adventure is a real theme park (or at least a section of one)
with fictitious dinosaurs.
