“The Simpsons Ride”
If inviting them into your living room isn’t enough, now fans of the amazingly popular TV series can get up close and personal with “The Simpsons” at Universal Orlando Resort. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, stars of TV’s longest running series, will ride along with guests in the new mega-attraction opening this spring.
Replacing the long-standing “Back to the Future” ride, the Simpsons experience comes complete with a Kwik-E-Mart selling Duff and Flaming Moe energy drinks; Squishees are also expected to be available. Actors dressed like Simpsons characters can already be seen roaming the Universal grounds. As the blockbuster hit series and members of the Simpson family come to life, participants will be rocketed on a hysterical, almost unimaginable adventure of animated fun and excitement that only the creators if the original series could design. Universal’s award-winning creative team collaborated with Simpsons originator and executive producer, Matt Groening, and executive producer, James L. Brooks, to create a fantasy amusement park supposedly envisioned by the show’s cantankerous Krusty the Clown.
Groening described the ride as one that is designed to duplicate the home-viewing experience, only at high speed and with lots of screaming. Riders will encounter a side of Springfield previously unexplored as they enjoy the new attraction’s interpretation of thrill rides, dark rides and live shows.
You’ll instantly recognize all the favorite characters, which will be voiced by the original actors: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Marcia Wallace and Pamela Hayden.
The critically acclaimed series features Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson, who take traditional family life and turn it into daily catastrophes. First entering the lives of television audiences in 1990, “The Simpsons” remains incredibly popular today. The prominence of the show helped it receive a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in January of 2000.
If you want to see “The Simpsons” at their best (or is that worst?) don’t turn on the telly—grab your doughnuts and head to Universal Orlando Resort. Do’h!
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