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The Simpsons Ride
(Universal Express)
What it is
Mega-simulator ride.
Scope and scale
Super-headliner.
Fright potential
Visu-
als not scary but very wild ride.
Bottleneck rating
9.
When to go
First thing after park
opening.
Special comments
Must be 40” tall to ride; not recommended for pregnant wo-
men or people prone to motion sickness.
switching-off option
provided.
Authors' rating
Despicable Me Minion Mayhem with attitude; .
Duration of ride
4⅓ minutes.
Aver-
age wait in line per 100 people ahead of you
5 minutes.
Loading speed
Moderate.
This attraction is a simulator ride similar to Star Tours at Disney's Hollywood Studios
and Despicable Me Minion Mayhem at Universal, but with a larger screen more like
that of Soarin' at Epcot.
The attraction takes a wild and humorous poke at thrill rides, dark rides, and live
shows. Two preshows involve
Simpsons
characters speaking sequentially on differ-
ent video screens in the queue; their comments help define the characters for guests
who are unfamiliar with the TV show. The storyline has the conniving Sideshow Bob
secretly arriving at Krustyland amusement park and plotting his revenge on Krusty
theClownandBart,who,inapast
Simpsons
episode,revealedthatSideshowBobhad
committed a crime for which he'd framed Krusty. Sideshow Bob gets even by making
things go wrong with the attractions that the Simpsons (and you) are riding.
Like the show on which it's based, The Simpsons Ride definitely has an
edge—and more than a few wild hairs. Like
Shrek 4-D
, it operates on several levels.
There will be jokes and visuals that you'll get but will fly over your children's
heads—and most assuredly vice versa. You can expect large crowds all day. Some
parents may find the humor a little too coarse for younger children.
