Back to the Future: The Ride
| Back to the Future: The Ride | |
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| Universal Studios Florida | |
| Area | World Expo |
| Status | Closed |
| Cost | $40 million |
| Soft opening date | May 1, 1990 |
| Opening date | May 2, 1991 |
| Closing date | March 30, 2007 |
| Replaced by | The Simpsons Ride |
| Universal Studios Hollywood | |
| Area | Upper Lot |
| Status | Closed |
| Cost | $60 million |
| Opening date | June 12, 1993 |
| Closing date | September 3, 2007 |
| Replaced | Battle of Galactica |
| Replaced by | The Simpsons Ride |
| Universal Studios Japan | |
| Area | San Francisco |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | March 31, 2001 |
| Closing date | May 31, 2016 |
| Replaced by | Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem |
| General statistics | |
| Attraction type | OMNIMAX motion simulator |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Universal Creative |
| Theme | Back to the Future |
| Vehicle type | DeLorean time machine |
| Vehicles | 12 |
| Riders per vehicle | 8 |
| Rows | 2 |
| Riders per row | 4 |
| Duration | 15 minutes |
| Height restriction | 40 in (102 cm) |
| Host | Doc Brown |
 Universal Express available |
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 Single rider line available |
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 Must transfer from wheelchair |
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| Back to the Future: The Ride | |
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Promotional Poster
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| Directed by | David De Vos Douglas Trumbull |
| Produced by |
Steven Spielberg Peter N. Alexander Sheery McKenna |
| Written by |
Peyton Reed Bob Gale |
| Starring |
Christopher Lloyd Thomas F. Wilson Darlene Vogel Douglas Trumbull Michael Klastorin |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
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Release date
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Florida: May 2, 1991 California: June 12, 1993 Japan: March 31, 2001 DVD: February 10, 2009 Blu-ray: October 26, 2010 |
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Running time
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32 minutes |
Back to the Future: The Ride was a simulator ride at Universal Studios theme parks. It was based on and inspired by the Back to the Future film series and is a mini-sequel to 1990's Back to the Future Part III. It was previously located at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood, where it has since been replaced by The Simpsons Ride, and at Universal Studios Japan where it will be replaced by Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem.
The ride's story centered on a first-person adventure through time, in pursuit of Biff Tannen. Steven Spielberg, executive producer of the films, served as creative consultant for it. It was the only project in the Back to the Future franchise to star Christopher Lloyd's character, Dr. Emmett L. Brown, as the lead protagonist.
The idea of a Back to the Future–based ride was first discussed in a 1986 meeting between Steven Spielberg and MCA Planning and Development's Peter N. Alexander on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot on the eve of the debut of the King Kong Encounter scene for the park's Studio Tour. Spielberg recalled how his friend George Lucas had just taken him for a ride on Lucas' Star Tours ride at Disneyland, telling Spielberg that "[ Universal ] could never do a Star Tours". Spielberg requested that Alexander see what he can do with Back to the Future. At the time, the proposed concept of the Universal Studios Florida project was put on hold and considered to be dead, and, according to Alexander, Spielberg's suggestion helped to bring the project back to life.
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