The Theme Park History of Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls (Universal's Islands of Adventure)
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- Dudley Do-Right’s Ripsaw Falls is a log flume ride that opened at Universal’s Islands of Adventure on May 28th, 1999. Inspired by the Dudley Do-Right characters created by Jay Ward and Alex Anderson, the attraction places guests in the middle of wacky and wild adventure straight out of the animated series.
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Canada Flag Waving by Elipse Productions • Video
Islands of Adventure VHS (2000) • Universal studios Isla...
Lost and Rare Primeval Television by Festival Films vimeo.com/153432867
Crusader Rabbit (1950) • Video
Crusader Rabbit Intro (1956) • Video
Rocky and Bullwinkle Opening Theme • Video
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Universal Orlando Resort Vacation Planning Video • Universal Orlando Reso...
Ripsaw Falls Behind The Scenes • Ripsaw Falls and Bilge...
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls POV - The Big Drop by watchitseeitdoit • Dudley Do-Right's Rips...
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls POV by michael0203DG • Dudley Do-Right's Rips...
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls Exterior Look After the 2011 Rehab by Orlando Theme Park News • Dudley Do-Right's Rips...
Universal’s Islands of Adventures Grand Opening with Giant Inflatables • Universal Studios Isla...
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls Ride Drop by Universal Studios Orlando • Dudley Do-Right's Rips...
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls Queue (After Refurbishment) by Orlando Theme Park News • Dudley Do-Right's Rips...
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls by Marco Henrique • Video
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls 4K Front Seat On-Ride POV by Relaxing Reality • Dudley Do-Right's Rips...
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls by FloridaValentines • Dudley Do Right's Rip ...
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Front Row Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls by Roger Junior Casouli • Front Row Dudley Do-Ri...
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Squirt Guns at Dudley Do-Right’s Ripsaw Falls by Melvin Tan • Dudley Do Right Ripsaw...
Exploring Universal Orlando's Islands Of Adventure: Toon Lagoon by OrlanDave • Exploring Universal Or...
Universal Ride Evacuated After Fire by ABC Action News • Universal ride evacuat...
Fire at Islands of Adventure by JAWJMW33 • FIRE in Island of Adve...
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911 Calls Released In Universal Ripsaw Falls Fire by WESH 2 News • 911 Calls Released In ...
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls Special Effects After the 2011 Rehab by Orlando Theme Park News • Dudley Do-Right's Rips...
Planning Your Adventure at Islands of Adventure by Universal Orlando Resort • Islands Of Adventure |...
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I was really looking forward to this. Still a great attraction even with its age. I mean come on, its Universal’s thrilling iteration of Splash Mountain. Great theming and even better thrills. Great insight and video as always. Nothing better than IOA footage from opening year. Also thanks to Jack for explaining the actual ride story that we never pay attention to because we’re too busy trying to not get wet and bracing for the plunge.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The Reverend Jim Jones I couldn’t agree more.
The Reverend Jim Jones Also a little more intense...
The drop is definitely more intense and the ride soaks you way more than Splash ever could. I just wish the theming was a little more consistent throughout. And when this ride is in bad shape, it’s hard to overlook it. It’s still one of my favorites, although I prefer Popeye and Bluto just a little bit.
Jason Thomas Definitely.
Not a HOT, SUNNY day at Orlando, Florida? Me being a local.....
*NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE!*
I went on this twice and never knew the ride had a story line lmaoo
Yeah, it's not really on display throughout the entire attraction when compared to something like Splash Mountain.
I know
@@ThemeParkHistory Yea, but Rip Saw Fall is kinda like Universal's splash mountain, it's just sad that Disney is replacing Splash Mountain.
I forgot it did too
Yeah me either
Me: * Thinks of Ripsaw Falls *
Theme Park History: * Teleports behind you *
sup
@@ThemeParkHistory nothing much, just going to Universal next week
Nice! Are you staying on site at one of the resorts?
Nani
@@ThemeParkHistory sadly no but I did the most rides I could
It's another Universal ride featuring Brendon Fraser.
We are truly blessed to be in the presence of a once in a lifetime actor.
How fitting that he's Canadian.
@@ThemeParkHistory I personally would feel a lot more blessed if I HAD GOTTEN MY CUP OF COFFEE.
FireBlast Studios *Imohtep hands Fraser a coffee*
@@diggerfan9319 like Terrence and Phillip
The condition of this ride is REALLY bad these days. As in the ceiling and walls are caving in and have holes in them.
This makes me so sad. I used to work at Comic Strip Cafe and it makes me so sad to think of that ride falling apart.
The animatronics are in bad condition too
I rode this ride recently, and for some reason, the Dudley animatronic that rides on the back of his horse has been removed, and a few of his audio tracks as well
They repaired some stuff
I went on it recently and ya, some of the animatronics were missing or were in rough shape. The audio sounded fine for the most part. I just hope they continue to up-keep it and that it stays forever.
Can you do a feature on the Cat in the Hat ride at Universal Studios? Its actually very trippy for a kids ride.
Ikr, it gives me the creeps
wstine79 yes that is needed
I felt cheated by that ride...3 hours in the Florida sun.
Well hopefully he sorta discussed how it was once a crazy spinning ride to now more of a docile dark ride. I know why but I wonder if the UA-cam Theme Park Community knows.
One thing's for sure, it's better than the movie Universal produced.
Splash Mountain is my favourite Disney ride, I absolutely adore it and the main reasons being it's mood created through the story and real physical elements of animatronics used.
I think that's one of the reasons why I loved RipSaw Falls so much. Though I've only ever visited Islands of Adventure once, it was a standout moment.
I remember universal studios Florida before Disney world and Disneyland Disney plus movie
Please do the history of dragon challenge!!! It was an amazing ride
JJF 19 he’s gonna wait till they open Hagrids ride first before he does it
@JJF We will be covering Dueling Dragons/Dragon Challenge when we cover Hogsmeade this June, thank you for the suggestion.
DRAGON CHALLENGE
@@ThemeParkHistory Can you do a History of the eras for Universal attractions? Given the Jurassic Coaster construction and a new park being built with Nintendo and it's rides that are groundbreaking, I would claim Universal is exiting its "screen" era and entering a new era (too soon to name since we don't know it's impact).
I know Expedition Theme Park did this, but for HHN. I think it's a cool idea.
@@ThemeParkHistory please do transformers the ride 3d
As a Canadian I am proud 😜 also this was the first water ride I’ve ever been on that got me ABSOLUTELY SOAKED 😂😂😂 it was sick!
This has always been one of my favorite rides at Islands of Adventure. The last time I went it was closed for refurbishments. I'm looking forward to going on it again next year!
@@cube9862 I go there every year, usually during February vacation
I was looking forward to this and was not disappointed. When I rode it I did not register the Disney references at the time, and it was amusing learning that a movie for the cartoon existed. I would love to see the cat in the hat ride next.
Maybe a history of Poppeye and Bluto’s bilge-rat barges?
The Hatbox ghost999 YESSSS
The Hatbox ghost999 HECK YEAH! More water ride excitement!
That ride soaks you. Tip: Never Ride at night. I did that and I regretted it.
J Terry TV i imagine you were freezing.
@@jtbackup4553 i rode that ride with my wife, my brother and his family - as my brother walked off, someone getting on saw him and we just heard "that dude is WEEEEEETTTTTT" he was, he was absolutely soaking, he looked like youd just dropped a swimming pool on his head.
It's a great ride, one of my favorite water rides of all time. When going to Islands of Adventure my family packs our bathing suits and flip flops before doing Popeyes and Dudleys
The whole concept art of the splitting of the flume for the finale seems interesting! I wonder how it would have looked if they would actually gone through with it.
My guess is that the flume would have been made up of two individual parts, held together with strong magnets, which would be separated when the split happened
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I'm sorry but it's not a small fee. $5 for hot air to be blown at you, feel like that should be a free feature. But that's Orlando.
It's probably the cheapest thing you can purchase at the park lol.
It doesn’t even work, it just heats up the water instead of actually drying you
I was there in January, and when I found out that I had to pay to get dry I totally refused to do that. Instead I just hop on the Hulk to dry up and it worked. Not worth it to pay 5$.
I was kind of expecting more actual history in the video. One thing that's noticeable is that the current iteration of the ride has lap restraints, but you can see in promotional footage from the park's opening that the original ride didn't have any. This is how I remember riding it in the early 2000s - I was so terrified of flying out of the ride as 90 pound kid and the only thing really wedging me into my seat was being sandwiched between my parents.
You should also do a video on Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges!!
All I can say about this ride is… It doesn’t matter what row you sit in, YOU WILL GET SOAKED!
I don't even care about most of these rides, but the overall presentation and things I learn from this channel makes me click these videos as fast as I can.
yeah me too, it widens my trivial knowledge
That 10-to-5 log split would have been such a cool touch!! Would have given two parties the opportunity to briefly mingle before "see ya later"!
This wasn't the only part of DDR's Ripsaw Falls affected by budget cuts. One of the designers mentioned on Season Pass podcast that there were huge cuts to the props/gags in the dark-ride portions, to the point where some of the rooms felt like empty warehouses compared to their intentions, and the ride's designers generally considered it a failure.
It's a real shame that money got in the way, because I agree with those designers that while the ride system is pretty thrilling, the whole experience feels a bit empty and flat compared to Splash Mountain, or even to its neighbor Bilge-Rat Barges.
If they had kept the budget up to really flesh out and improve the indoor scenes and dark ride elements it might have best Splash Mountain for best flume. It is more thrilling but feels like a cheap knockoff due to the limited scenery.
Can you do a few more attractions from Island of Adventures:
- Doctor Doom's Fear Fall
- Popeye and Pluto's Barges
- Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
- Poseidon's Fury
- The Cat In The Hat
Do Poseidon's Fury!
@@everyonesfavoritesejong whats that
@@papingosstudios161 A walk-through attraction located in The Lost Continent area of Islands of Adventure.
Yes!! I absolutely ADORE this ride - I always go with my aunt and cousin to Universal Orlando and they don't like it but I make sure to go on it every time I go, aha. It's aged so well
Rocky and Bullwinkle was always one of my favorite shows, and this ride is also arguably my favorite ride between even both Universal parks.
This ride is epic
I still recall fighting for a jacket with my buddy down the 75 foot drop so that one of us wouldn't be drenched Haha
A character from one of my all time favorite cartoons got his own innovative ride. Such a blasty blast. Makes me wanna go back to Orlando SO BAD. Thanks again, Jack, for this epically nostalgic video.
This was by far one of the best rides I've ever ridden! It managed to cool me off and the design of it was top knotch! It was colorful, and looked cartoony as well as zany! (Something I don't see too much from the folks at Disney who are trying to make the characters as real as possible.) You are seriously making me miss Universal and Islands of Adventure!
Thank you for doing my suggestion!
You ask and we deliver, thank you once again for the suggestion Timtam!
Only posted this for attention.
Dude!!! These videos are so amazing and I love how you cover things other than Disney, and you make Universal History just as interesting as Disney.
The quality of these is on par with Defunctland. I'm glad your getting more attention and I hope it continues. Cheers!
My first job was on this ride. Thanks for the video man. Miss working there. Great job and keep it up. Sub for life.
I absolutely love this ride, it’s one of my favorite rides of all time, there were a few differences when I rode it, a Dudley animatronic and Snidely animatronic were missing, they might be fixing them considering the ride is over 20 years old, I love this ride and I hope to go back to Universal and ride this ride again
Another great job. Went to Universal last summer and this was my second favorite ride. Sticking with IOA Poseidon's Fury would be awesome.
I learn so much from these videos. Great job as always!
Please do "History of The Haunted Mansion" video
The Haunted Mansion has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Eden.
You're welcome and thank you
Wait, it mean I'll be in the credits?
Disney sells a book with the history of the haunted mansion
Yessssssssssssss
Fantastic job great video
Funny wwf reference
GREAT ride. And one of the LONGEST rides I can remember; almost 5 mins I think.
I completely forgot about that fire! The smoke was insane. Thanks for another great video!
2:05 I hear cuphead music in the background. Thank you for including this.
Dudley Do-Right's Rip Saw Falls will be 20 years old on May 28
I went on this thinking it was going to be like Splash Mountain. Boy was I wrong. A lot more wet, and a lot more fun, at the expense of story and theming. Definitely the superior ride.
I usually don't like log flumes but this ride is amazing. Thanks for the video!
Hey man, always love your content! Can you do a History of Rip Ride Rockit at Universal. Or maybe a History of Disney Quest. Thank you!
loved the video!! but i feel you should have touched on how the log flumes were changed slightly.
I’ll never forget this ride as I got stuck on it for a whole hour in Florida July heat, because someone in front of me got stuck in one of the cars. I will never get ‘and so our hero proves that a mountie always gets his man, but not always...his girl’ out of my head lol
In my opinion, one of the best rides in the park. Good job on the documentary bro 👍🏽
Love your videos so good
Thank you so much The LAS Channel!
See, this is a good video. But the history of Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure would be great
Yes please
Great Job as always!
Amazing video as always. I’m a Universal Passholder and love Universal Orlando so I love this channel
Ahh, Rocky and Bullwinkle, I remember those two back in my childhood days, nice to remember them. Another great history video, hope to see more rides like this, I got a thing for water rides really.
I love Rocky and Bullwinkle too
Instead of a specific ride, can you make a video about the history of WDW and UO?
I work at both and I can certainly tell you that each announcement from one sparks an announcement from the other the following day. They're competitive as heck. If you ever thought about doing a video like that, I'd love to help write the script with you (it would probably be a 30 minute special as there is *A LOT* to talk about).
Either way, I do enjoy these. You're definitely in my Top 5 favorite Theme Park UA-camrs.
Thanks so much for the awesome nostalgia you’re the best brother!!!
THANK YOU FOR DOING THISSSSS BEEN SUGGESTING IT FOR A MIN HAHAHA
AS ALWAYS AMAZING QUALITY!!!!!
You should do History of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad!
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Ryan.
You should do Hollywood Rip Ride Rock It Coaster
Love that ride, went on it 5/6 times in a row last year as the queue was non existent. Great ride
Awesome video! This is my favorite universal ride by far!
One of the best channels ever. We need more videos please!
Would definitely love to know the history of "Tomb Raider, the ride". It's a shame we don't have that giant top spin between us anymore...
Great video!
Is it possible to do the history of Sindbad's Storybook Voyage at Tokyo DisneySea? It's probably one of the most underrated Disney attractions out there and one of my favorites.
You should cover poseidons fury!! At unuversal islands of adventure
Poseidon's Fury has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Benjamin!
@@ThemeParkHistory Yay !
@@ThemeParkHistory and simbads adventure show!!!
Dudley do right is a great ride nice video history of the ride love Rocky and Bullwinkle cartons and especially Sherman and Peabody as well
worked an all night shift at the bar came home relaxing while the sunrises and my fav youtuber uploads, good on ya
With the new Gwazi RMC coming, a history of the original wooden coaster would be cool...is that already a thing? Shoulda checked fiest
Can you please do the Transformers ride at Universal studios. ❤love your channel keep it up!
Love it! You’re awesome! :D
This ride looks dope! I love your videos!
Best Ride I Remember Sitting Alone on It was Fun 😀 and Try Do History of Muppetvision 3D
So why exactly did they not go through with having the spitting log?
Reason given was due to budget cuts. We didn't include it because we couldn't confirm but another reason was due to safety concerns and during testing not being able to get the logs to properly split when they were suppose to at the finale.
It's my favorite log ride at any park, plus I grew up watching Rocky and Bullwinkle all the time. My only problem is that I tend to take my family during fall break in October, so drying out can be an issue in the cooler weather. Ponchos help a lot. :)
I very recently finally got to ride this ride at Universal Islands of Adventure and I have to say, it was a TON of fun to ride and I'm sure it was a world class water ride back in 1999 when it first opened and is easily the best water rides I have ever ridden for sure.
0:46 CAUSE THE MOUNITES ALWAYS GET HIS MAN!!!!!!
One of the most underrated characters during that era of wrestling.
I saw myself in the video, my day is complete 😂❤️
What time?
been waiting on this video 😍😍
I also think that there many references to Knott’s Berry Farm’s Timber Mountain Log Ride. The idea of a log manufacturer and mill theming on a log flume was originally a Knott’s Berry Farm idea, and infact, they were the first themed log flume. The bear that attacks Dudley most likely parodies the part of the Knotts ride when a bear attempts to attack the riders. And the saw area may parody the start of the ride at Knott’s in which a log manufacturer company is to your left and right and you can see people sawing and many saws. The drop at the end of Knott’s’s ride include explosions, which this ride does as well.
It’s just a personal theory.
Good catch. I think that the parody of Disney rides is more likely for the simple reason that this attraction is only at Islands of Adventure and Disney is nearby, whereas Knott's is on the other side of the country and not as widely known outside of California. But it is also unquestionable that the designers could have, and likely were, influenced and inspired by different log rides. ;)
Best log flume ride theming wise with splash mountain and has a very good layout. One of the best water ride queues as well! How steep was the original drop btw? We’re very lucky this ride exist cause I just love the fibe and theme it has!
The original drop started at 45 degrees then descended to 50 as riders went down. To be honest I'm surprised there isn't more themed log flume attractions at parks, I can only think of 4: Do-Right/Splash Mountain/Jurassic Park/Journey To Atlantis.
I've only been on it once shortly after it opened, but it felt very intense due to the smaller sized ride vehicles compared to both the Splash Mountain versions.
Theme Park History I think it’s just the shear size and cost of these High themed water rides. Theme parks don’t like building new water rides anymore or don’t have the space for it. Plus most parks have an old log flume ride so they don’t want to redo it.
Theme park history request: walking dead attraction ? Btw good vid
The Walking Dead Attraction has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion Pancake Addictionz.
I went to Universal Studios four years ago with my mom and dad. When we approached this ride, Mom really wanted to go on. I said something about wanting to wait for water rides because I didn't want to spend the whole day soaking wet. She told me "you won't get wet, it's probably just like Splash Mountain where it's one drop and you hardly get wet. It'll be fine."
Oh, the shit I gave her when we got off that ride.
Glad we went on, though! Super fun ride!
I LOVE your videos men! Keep up the good work. Journey to Atlantis or any Sea World attraction would be just awesome
"For a small fee..."
First time used to talk about water guns that cost quarters to use
Second time used to talk about people dryers that have a Minimum fee of $5
....
One of these things is not like the other! :P
Can you do one on Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges?
Nice video man i really wanted to see this ride and thank you
I hear that Cuphead overworld music ^_^" nice touch
History of the Dragon's Challenge from Harry Potter World!
Gummi Goomi they will when covering Hogsmead in June
Can you do the history of “Flight of the hippogriff” maybe as an express video
That's the plan Sebastian for when we cover Hogsmeade this June.
Love all the new releases can’t wait for great movie ride !!
This is my favorite ride at universal i marathoned it 15 times yesterday and now i really wanted to rewatch this video.
Please do a video on Harry Potter and the forbidden journey please!
Whenever they say "I just lost my train of thought!" and a train comes at you, I always yell "and I just lost my sense of humor!'
I think this ride deserves more attention. It's awesome!
I went to this ride twice back in 2015. Amazing ride!
Do Journey into Imagination with Figment!
Journey into Imagination with Figment has been added to the list, thank you for the suggestion darkness21princess.
Lemme get this straight....
Disney owns the video distribution rights but Universal owns the theme park rights?
Whelp.
That's how it was for a while until Ward Productions was purchased by Dreamworks Animation, so technically Rocky and Bullwinkle is now owned by Universal.
Another great video! Good work!
Another amazing video by an amazing channel
Please can you do Popeye and Bluto's bilge-rat barges
Next month, do Popeye's Bilge Rat Barges.
How about in two weeks?
Great video! You're the best :)
I love this one! I went twice in two days when I was here. this one is perfect for the scorching heat of Orlando...
How about Early Years of Six Flags Great Adventure.
We'll look into it, if we talk about the early years it would be included in a video about Six Flags Great Adventure as a whole. Thank you for the suggestion Teddy.
Can you do the history of Popeye and blutos bilge rat barges?
When it rains, it pours The Egg Guy 😉
First time visiting your channel. Great stuff! Thanks for making content 😊
I love this ride. I didn't have cable growing up so Rocky and Bowinkle was like the only daytime cartoon I could watch. Going on this ride has some real sentimental value for a lot of us older folks