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The Simpsons Ride is a motion simulator ride located in the Springfield areas of both Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood. Based on the animated television series The Simpsons , the ride was announced in 2007 as a replacement for Back to the Future: The Ride at both parks. [ 9 ]
Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl is a theme park attraction at Universal Studios Florida, which opened on August 11, 2013. The ride is based on The Simpsons ' Treehouse of Horror specials, and is named after recurring characters Kang and Kodos.
Guests go on a time-traveling adventure to stop the trilogy's antagonist, Biff Tannen. The ride closed permanently on September 3, 2007 to make way for The Simpsons Ride, which opened on May 19, 2008. The Simpsons Ride: Backdraft: 1992 2010 Lower lot: Backdraft was a fire special effects show based on the Ron Howard film of the same name.
Universal Studios Florida was the first of three theme parks to open at Universal Orlando Resort, joined later by Universal Islands of Adventure in 1999, and the first water theme park called Universal Volcano Bay in 2017. In 2019, it ranked eleventh in the world – sixth in North America – for overall attendance among amusement parks with ...
On March 30, 2007, Universal Studios Florida officially closed the ride for good, while Universal Studios Hollywood closed its version exactly on September 3, 2007. On April 24, 2007, Universal Parks & Resorts announced that a new replacement would be built at both Universal parks based on the long-running animated television show, The Simpsons .
At the inauguration of Back to the Future The Ride in 1993, Universal Studios Hollywood staged a promo raffle with a DeLorean today known as VIN #10902 up for grabs. Two contests were organized, but in both cases the winners preferred the prize money and not the car prize, which was subsequently kept in the warehouses of Universal Studios ...
The Simpsons Ride: 2008 Universal Studios Florida World Expo/Springfield Motion simulator dark ride based on The Simpsons: Transformers: The Ride 3D: 2013 Universal Studios Florida Production Central Motion simulator dark ride based on the Transformers film franchise. Features real sets and screens
The animation in the ride uses computer generated 3D animation rendered by Blur Studio and Reel FX, [121] rather than the traditional 2-D animation seen on The Simpsons. [122] The Universal Studios Florida version of the ride hosted its one millionth rider on July 14, 2008, reaching the milestone faster than any other attraction in the resort ...