I never got to experience Back to the Future... I'm sure I would have enjoyed it.
Just imagine this on The Simpsons Ride..
Ahhhhh.... Thanks for that link, it's been a few years since I've watched that. I remember riding this when I was young on family vacations. It was my favorite part of the trip. One evening at Universal after a storm went through this was a walk on and we rode 3-4 times in a row. Still remember the smell of the rain in the warm humid air that night walking up the ramp to the preshow, "the future is what you make it!" Such nostalgia....
Maybe we should take this to a separate BTTF thread (mods feel free to move this conversation) but man, this was the first ride I ever rode on my first day ever in Universal. For the first time in my life, I came off something completely blown away, so much so that I immediately got back in line to ride it again. And I had such high expectations as well, because like many I am a huge fan of the movies. I literally drove all the way to Florida just to ride BTTF. Skipped Disney completely. Just me and my brother drove all the way for one ride. The fact that it lived up to my high expectations, along with also being blown away by Earthquake and King Kong.....that is when I first fell in love with Universal.
BTTF did for simulators what Spiderman did for dark rides....At the time, BTTF was one of the only screen rides besides T2...I remember getting a real sense of danger from it when I was a kid...I never got to experience Back to the Future... I'm sure I would have enjoyed it.
ET originally had Spaceship ride vehicles? My whole life I never knew this. :saywhat:
What I’m confused about is that the video shows that, yet when they ride, they’re in the bikes. Was the Spaceship a wheelchair accessible vehicle? A bonus vehicle?
Well this is a bit random but from a mislabeled YouTube home video, I bring you grainy but definitely visible footage of the oft-talked about but rarely seen spaceship ride vehicles:
(the video is marked to bring you to the exact moment the vehicle appears onscreen)
Here's a framegrab or two:
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The video is chock-full of USF retro goodies, including Nickelodeon Studios!
Makes sense. Now we have the bike bench for little ones that can’t sit on a bike seat.the also used the ship for small children.I think my first ride on et was in the ship.
Makes sense. Now we have the bike bench for little ones that can’t sit on a bike seat.