Knotts' New Ride 'Voyage To The Iron Reef' Is 'Transformers' Meets 'Toy Story Mania'
I took a Voyage to the Iron Reef to review the new ride at Knotts Berry Farm. Read my Voyage to the Iron Reef review review and find out what I thought.
Read MoreI took a Voyage to the Iron Reef to review the new ride at Knotts Berry Farm. Read my Voyage to the Iron Reef review review and find out what I thought.
Read MoreIf you don't have plans for the next couple of summers yet, you may be tempted to take some theme park trips after you read this post. After the jump: Disneyland Paris will get a Ratatouille attraction in 2014 Check out the first model image from Shanghai Disneyland Disney's Imagineers will be the subject of…
Read More/Film boss Peter Sciretta was lucky enough to get an early preview of Universal Studios Hollywood's new Transformers The Ride 3D last month, but for the rest of us, this weekend marks the long-awaited debut of the attraction. General Glenn Morshower (played by Glenn Morshower) led the grand opening ceremony, which doubled as a set-up for…
Read MoreEarlier today we ran an exclusive preview of Universal Studios Hollywood's new Transformers: The Ride, which will have its grand opening on May 25th 2012. Universal has just released a three minute behind the scenes featurette showing the development and construction of this new theme park attraction. Watch it now embedded after the jump.
Read MoreYesterday at noon, a text message popped up on my phone: "TF has soft opened. Wanna go?" And with that, I put all of my scheduled work on hold. I jumped in a car and was off to Universal City. Transformers: The Ride doesn't open at Universal Studios Hollywood until May 25th 2012, but yesterday…
Read MoreI can't say I have much love for Michael Bay's Transformers as a movie franchise, but even I have to admit that their huge, splashy, more-is-more approach is perfect inspiration for a theme park ride. With the spring opening of Transformers: The Ride 3D at Universal Studios Hollywood just months away, the company has revealed…
Read MoreThe title of this post is "Theme Park Bits," but it should really be called "Universal Studios Theme Park Bits." While most of us have been spent the past week alternating between lounging about in our PJs and bickering with our families, the international amusement park division was apparently busy getting new attractions for its…
Read MoreTransformers The Ride opens this weekend at Universal Studios Singapore and, if you're like me, you wish you could hop on a plane to check it out. Sure it's opening at Universal Studios Hollywood this Spring but, just like seeing a movie early, there's something special about riding a ride before anyone else. We've already…
Read MoreIn feverish anticipation of the public unveiling of Transformers: The Ride December 2 at Universal Studios Singapore, several videos have popped online that give you both a tour inside the ride and brief glimpses of the ride itself. We've seen photos, but now it's movie time. Enough fuss, the videos are after the jump. Thanks…
Read MoreIt won't be in the U.S. for several months yet but the ride is finally ready. Transformers The Ride will open at Universal Studios Singapore on December 3 and the 3D simulator has already been going through staff previews. One of those lucky enough to check out the ride provided a detailed description of the…
Read MoreMovies getting made into huge theme park rides isn't anything new. Star Wars was turned to Star Tours over two decades ago and just got a big reboot. Harry Potter has his own land, Spider-Man and The Simpsons have advanced 3D rides and that's just the tip of the iceberg. The next franchise to be…
Read MoreIn October 2008, Universal Studios announced that they would be launching a theme park attraction based on Michael Bay's Transformers at the Hollywood and Singapore theme parks. The ride will use High Definition 3D footage, along with practical special effects and "stunning" robotics (ie expect giant animatronic robots) to "place humans in the middle of…
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