The Simpsons Ride (5K) POV - Universal Studios Florida 2024

Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @frontseatpov   Front Seat POV© 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. It first opened at Universal Studios Florida on May 15, 2008, and then a few days later at Universal Studios Hollywood on May 19, 2008. The producers of The Simpsons contributed to the design of the ride, which uses CGI animation, also worked on the ride's 2D animation. At the time of its opening, the ride featured state-of-the-art projection and hydraulic technology. In 2013, the ride became the centerpiece of a themed Simpsons area at both parks, based on the fictional town of Springfield depicted in the animated series. The attraction is more than four minutes long and features two pre-show line queues that guests experience before boarding the ride. Its theme focuses on Krustyland, a theme park built by and named after Krusty the Clown, in which his former sidekick, evil genius Sideshow Bob, attempts to get revenge on Krusty and the Simpson family. Many characters from the animated series make an appearance, all voiced by their original actors. Also, despite for being a family attraction, The Simpsons Ride is one of the first major theme park attractions to be based on an adult animated franchise. Planning for The Simpsons Ride started two years prior to its opening. The Simpsons creators James L. Brooks and Matt Groening, as well as executive producer and current show runner Al Jean, collaborated with the Universal Studios Florida's creative team, Universal Creative, to help develop the ride. Music for the ride was composed by Jim Dooley, who worked with composer Hans Zimmer on the feature film and video game. The ride is located at both Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood in the former Back to the Future: The Ride buildings at both locations. The Back to the Future opened in Florida in 1991 and closed March 30, 2007, while the Hollywood version opened in 1993 and closed on September 3, 2007. Construction at the Florida location. The construction began at Universal Studios Florida in May 2007, and the original concrete on the ground from Back to the Future: The Ride was dismantled and replaced by a red and blue ground holding trees and benches. The building was given a complete overhaul; the cars were changed and the original Intamin mechanics system was updated by Entech Innovative Engineering. The construction began at Universal Studios Hollywood in mid-September 2007, with the disposal of the building's Back to the Future insignia. Outdoor painting on the building began in January 2008. In the summer of 2013, shortly after the Springfield U.S.A. land opened near the ride, the Universal Studios Florida version of the ride received notable projection system upgrades, as well as adding a few new lines for Homer recorded by Dan Castellaneta. In April 2022, the Universal Studios Hollywood ride reopened from refurbishment with an updated soundtrack and slightly altered timings. As a result of the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019, The Simpsons are now a Disney-owned intellectual property. Unlike the Marvel licensing agreement signed in 1994 granting Universal Destinations & Experiences the rights to use those characters in perpetuity,the licensing agreement between 20th Century Fox and Universal Destinations & Experiences was term-limited, rumored to be for 20 years, in which case it would presumably end in either 2027 or 2028. The four-minute ride uses 85 feet (26 meters) IMAX Dome screens and Sony Projectors. There are 24 ride cars, each seating eight people,[8] and approximately 2000 people can ride it per hour.[19] The projection system uses four overlapping Sony SXRD 4K resolution projectors on each dome,[20] using custom-made semi-circular fisheye lenses to project undistorted images at a rate of 60 frames per second (in comparison, most feature films project at 24 frames per second).[8] The video is projected onto two dome screens which are made of 416 panels (each 4 feet (1.2 meters) by 2 feet (0.61 meters)) and are approximately 80 feet (24 meters) tall and 85 feet (26 meters) wide. The animation in the ride uses computer-generated 3D animation rendered by Blur Studio and Reel FX, rather than the traditional 2-D animation seen on The Simpsons and the queue and pre-show of the ride. The animation reference was provided by Film Roman, the animation studio that animated the series until 2016, when Fox Television Animation took over. Each car contains 12 speakers and a Dolby 6.1 surround sound, while the domes contain an additional 90 speakers.