I went on this when I was about seven years old. I remember crying and being really scared and sometimes, when I have a nightmare, I see those images of the water flooding the subway...
Well it's fake , the water is controlled by the basement down the stage, the truck is controlled by machines at the back, the subway train... ehhh let's just say that it controls itself.
This and Norman bates running after us was the scariest part of the tour, but also my favourites! I still joke about Norman bates ever since I went on the tour 😂
I got on this when i was 3 years old and I loved it. I could’ve sworn there was a movie where the flooding actually happened. Does anyone know the name of it?
It doent really take them that long for them to reset the ride. Also got the ground its not cement they put carpet over it so it doesnt look wet & the water used recirculates and they reuse it.
I live in LA and go to Universal all the time, the tour guide can make or break the tour and that guy sounds like he broke that tour with those jokes... I've gotten some really amazing guides who were funny and did a great job guiding us along and didn't make it awkward with their bad jokes.. Also, the third car is the best car to sit in, it gets the middle view of everything!
My mom showed me some old photos when she and her friends went down to Universal Studios Hollywood in the old days before The Simpsons, Despicable Me and Harry Potter Lands were built back then. It happened yesterday when I was cleaning up part of the house where I live with my parents.
Basically the set is programmed to be activated at the press of a button and it's all timed, it takes 3 minuets to be reset, the structures that fall are on hydraulics so they lift back up again when the train has left the set.
I know right? When I was there my tram announcer was awesome, he actually sounded surprised when stuff happened. Like when the shark ate George, when Norman Bates was chasing us, and when this happened.
I remember the earthquake ride was set up to make us believe we were on a subway and that there was an actual earthquake happening. They never said it was a movie set before and added the fact that it is fake. Although, last time I was here it was like 10 years ago, so... All of the stuff I went on when I was younger has either been changed or completely demolished for something new.
i don't really remember much but when i went on this ride there was more to it; the tour guide or someone asked for volunteers and i remember one time he asked for a grandma or someone old to go pretend they were gardening ?? idk but we went past and they put it on a tv where she got struck by lightning or something. i realize this doesn't seem to make much sense but i swear to god it was earthquake that i was riding when this happened.
Earthquakes are tricky natural disasters to survive these days, because I worry about death and injury which don't seem pretty at all. California is the golden state for these shaky pieces of natural phenomenon that occur on fault lines (e.g. San Andreas Fault, Hayward Fault, etc.).
i agree.......same applies to the safari ride at disneyland, as well as the jaws ride here. it's always so painfully obvious when the operators stick to the script. i've had a few who just improvised with a really snarky, dry and self-aware commentary, and had every car cracking up. it's humor that's up with the times, and is very aware of how dated the ride looks regardless, they're the reason the ride is fun - and help the fans in getting back in line.
This is essentially a transitional stage between "Earthquake" and "Disaster". It retains the physical aspects of the former while adding the stupid comments of the latter. It's sad that the park made such a stupid decision.
I rode this as a kid...probably the closest I'll ever get to feeling an earthquake. It was freaky, though! When I rode it, where the fire came down, it looked like a semi truck came down thru the ceiling when it broke.
geez I bet people in that ride were like "ugh it had to be this fucking guy" from their expressions (even the old dudes face) or they were like fuck it I am gonna ignore this guy and enjoy the ride also love how in the end he figured out nobody was laughing the entire time haha lol that guy is corny as hell
Very similar to Universal Orlando. This is probably the ride that freaks me out the most. Something about feeling trapped underground and having water rushing in is not fun. I'll take a hurricane over an earthquake any day.
I remember going to universal when i was 6 and my dad took me on the ride while i was sleeping, woke up in the middle of the ride when the water was pouring in and needless to say i flipped shit and thought it was real.
The tour guide was so cheesy - "this is the biggest break up since my last girlfriend" LOL. He looked so awkward at the end when he was rolling around in his chair and he didnt sound very paniky while the earthquake effects were happening. Hehe its a good ride though
i rode this once when i was 8 or 9 i think, freaked me out like no tomoroww, i havent been in probably 20 plus years. i really wanna check out the harry potter one in florida, has anyone been? is it cool at all? im a huge potter fan
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I went on this when I was about seven years old. I remember crying and being really scared and sometimes, when I have a nightmare, I see those images of the water flooding the subway...
I remembered going on this at 5 YEARS OLD and crying so much I thought I was gonna die!!!LOL😂😅
Same. I thought I was about to die. And I still wouldn't ride it to this day. 😂
We went and they were filming a move so cameras were there chairs that said names but that was in 2015 so cool
That happened to me too when I was small back in 2000. I cried as I clutched my dad. I was a huge wimp. lol.
Well it's fake , the water is controlled by the basement down the stage, the truck is controlled by machines at the back, the subway train... ehhh let's just say that it controls itself.
I can't believe they still have this ride,i took my kids on this ride when they were little,now there grown.
The tour guide has brilliant acting
Is Shaggy from Scooby Doo the tour guide?
zaktatack lmao
I have vague memories of going on this ride as a little girl, I remember the lights flickering and a bus falling out from the ceiling!
1:43 Lol that guy is like "this is the fakest ride ever"
Ive been on that when i was five and the only thing i remember is thinking in my mind IM GONA DIE, and also crying through the whole thing
"Who woulda thought at a Metro Station we would shake shake shake shake shake it?" omg I would love to have that tour guide!
Thanks for the info about the 3rd car.
My first time on that ride was scary because I didn't know that was suppose to happen I was like 5 at the time
They should make it more realistic...if that was actually happening, I'm sure the tour guides wouldn't be making so many puns -___-
This and Norman bates running after us was the scariest part of the tour, but also my favourites! I still joke about Norman bates ever since I went on the tour 😂
I got on this when i was 3 years old and I loved it. I could’ve sworn there was a movie where the flooding actually happened. Does anyone know the name of it?
It doent really take them that long for them to reset the ride. Also got the ground its not cement they put carpet over it so it doesnt look wet & the water used recirculates and they reuse it.
I live in LA and go to Universal all the time, the tour guide can make or break the tour and that guy sounds like he broke that tour with those jokes... I've gotten some really amazing guides who were funny and did a great job guiding us along and didn't make it awkward with their bad jokes.. Also, the third car is the best car to sit in, it gets the middle view of everything!
That tour guide just made the ride even more crappier.
It was much better back in the late 80's.
My mom showed me some old photos when she and her friends went down to Universal Studios Hollywood in the old days before The Simpsons, Despicable Me and Harry Potter Lands were built back then. It happened yesterday when I was cleaning up part of the house where I live with my parents.
Basically the set is programmed to be activated at the press of a button and it's all timed, it takes 3 minuets to be reset, the structures that fall are on hydraulics so they lift back up again when the train has left the set.
I know right? When I was there my tram announcer was awesome, he actually sounded surprised when stuff happened. Like when the shark ate George, when Norman Bates was chasing us, and when this happened.
I remember the earthquake ride was set up to make us believe we were on a subway and that there was an actual earthquake happening. They never said it was a movie set before and added the fact that it is fake. Although, last time I was here it was like 10 years ago, so... All of the stuff I went on when I was younger has either been changed or completely demolished for something new.
Yes I know this is a ride. I do all kinds of rides. Wouldnt it be crazy id an earthquake happend while at this point of the ride?
@MrMagic204 No it just resets and the water gets recycled and is reused for the next tram going through.
Thank God I got to experience Disney World's parks as a kid back when every single person wasn't taking photos with their phone
deep down inside they're all Asian tourists
i don't really remember much but when i went on this ride there was more to it; the tour guide or someone asked for volunteers and i remember one time he asked for a grandma or someone old to go pretend they were gardening ?? idk but we went past and they put it on a tv where she got struck by lightning or something. i realize this doesn't seem to make much sense but i swear to god it was earthquake that i was riding when this happened.
Yeah it is and they actually used this for a CSI episode.
@thomas9012 not sure.
awesome, thanks ! :)
Earthquakes are tricky natural disasters to survive these days, because I worry about death and injury which don't seem pretty at all. California is the golden state for these shaky pieces of natural phenomenon that occur on fault lines (e.g. San Andreas Fault, Hayward Fault, etc.).
What?? No way that's true . Next your gonna tell me there's tornados in the Midwest and seasonal flooding down south . Fool me once , shame on you
i agree.......same applies to the safari ride at disneyland, as well as the jaws ride here. it's always so painfully obvious when the operators stick to the script. i've had a few who just improvised with a really snarky, dry and self-aware commentary, and had every car cracking up. it's humor that's up with the times, and is very aware of how dated the ride looks regardless, they're the reason the ride is fun - and help the fans in getting back in line.
That tour guide person reminds me of one of the Half life 2 citizens
This is essentially a transitional stage between "Earthquake" and "Disaster". It retains the physical aspects of the former while adding the stupid comments of the latter. It's sad that the park made such a stupid decision.
Wrong version
That’s the Orlando version, Hollywood is keeping it.
I don't know, i really can't imagine how such a mess can be cleared out in such short time o.o
I rode this as a kid...probably the closest I'll ever get to feeling an earthquake. It was freaky, though! When I rode it, where the fire came down, it looked like a semi truck came down thru the ceiling when it broke.
When that tour guide made the Metro Station joke.....
what do you mean?
i loved this ride!!
no its because people have a mind that wonders and get strange thoughts like that
When I went, the tour guide actually made it a lot scarier. There was a lot of screaming, actually. Most of it from me, actually probably.
I remember that it was an 8.3 earthquake that open in 1989 in Universal Studios Hollywood.
That looks really cool I wish I could go on that
Well its a movie set so they have to make it look as real as possible.
"I haven't seen a break up that bad since my last girlfriend" said Corny. Seriously...
Well this is part of the Studio Tram Tour.
I dont know I guess people that have never been here before.
i was on this ride in orlando florida and a little girl behing me was crying so hard she kept saying "MOM THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!!"
Driver is the worst. Destroys the magic.
that old guy in the orange looks like hes having the time of his life lol
what year was that
I cried when I went on this a long time ago. The commentary wasn't stupid like this though...
Same thing as the Disaster! Ride in USO (Universal studios Orlando). Yet both are epic
The year was 2010.
Man thats realistic! Do they hav to clean it up before every ride?
Nope, The attraction resets itself!
This ride was changed some time after this to a ride/"show" called Disaster
I believe the title of the episode is "Bones on a Blue Line".
I hope that tour guide was fired. He's making a mockery of his job.
@m3andmyfrands the water just circulates an get reused. Tey other pros just reset.
I saw that episode of Bones :D so awesome
One thing I don't get, Can this be only ridden once in a few minutes. Because they need time to fix the scene... or..?
Imagine there was a real earthquake on that ride and for 5 seconds every one is like damn these graphics are good :O
I did the one in Florida and like that ride (could go on once a month) but no as I live out of state
Why do people think there will be an actual earth quick?IT'S THE NAME OF THE RIDE!!!!!!
They still have this ride? I don't think so?
Alan Aleman yes, they do
wow.. when i rode it, we stopped 4 the whole flood.. my shoes got wet but luckily i was wearing crocs
how the heck to they get everything ready again for the next ride? o.o
That tour guide sounded corny as hell lmfao, but that ride is off the hook.
@MizzLexii123 yea its real water.
that guy talking killed the excitement
that tram guy that was talking i went in the tram and when we were going he said byebye suckers!LOL
this is my fav ride in universal.
Me and my friends get on this ride as stupid freshman thinking it was boring until we got to this part . :(
Wow brilliant acting by the guide and those jokes were hillarious.
-_-
Oh that was a ride, lol. I thought that was on real and i was like wtf are they doing, sitting there happy and not doing anything xD
Bones omfg i love that show
Creative ride
Wait was that supposed to happen, please don't think that I'm stupid lol
yeah it was supposed to happen
Why is there a EarthQuic?
They must of changed this ride..was a subway when i was young
You know, Ill have to look cause Im not even sure.
didnt they shoot take it too the head here?
i sat where the gas truck came down and blew up, now i think, "hey mom, where's the marshmallows?" lol
geez I bet people in that ride were like "ugh it had to be this fucking guy" from their expressions (even the old dudes face) or they were like fuck it I am gonna ignore this guy and enjoy the ride also love how in the end he figured out nobody was laughing the entire time haha lol
that guy is corny as hell
Listen to the song take it to the head this ride is used in it
Very similar to Universal Orlando. This is probably the ride that freaks me out the most. Something about feeling trapped underground and having water rushing in is not fun. I'll take a hurricane over an earthquake any day.
This is universal studios.... lol
kylee boyer
That's why I said "Universal Orlando". This IS a Universal, just not the Universal in Orlando.
0:42 did he said "Sonic Set-up"?
there was a earthquake today 3/28/2014 in california
My mum & dad put me on this when I was 5. I wonder how they still have custody of me.
I remember going to universal when i was 6 and my dad took me on the ride while i was sleeping, woke up in the middle of the ride when the water was pouring in and needless to say i flipped shit and thought it was real.
What if an actual earthquake happened during a ride?
When I was on it , there was a real earthquake when I was on it i suffered broken arms and legs and my collar bone
the earthquake was on the studio tour
Same thing wen i was on this as a kid 20 years ago. I was 7 this thing was scary and alot more faster i thought. Hmm idk
The tour guide was so cheesy - "this is the biggest break up since my last girlfriend" LOL. He looked so awkward at the end when he was rolling around in his chair and he didnt sound very paniky while the earthquake effects were happening. Hehe its a good ride though
they used this in a movie. one of the Axel Foley ones.
i luv this part of the tour...reminds me of the first time i went on it...which was just yesterday.
who is this name its weard
i rode this once when i was 8 or 9 i think, freaked me out like no tomoroww, i havent been in probably 20 plus years. i really wanna check out the harry potter one in florida, has anyone been? is it cool at all? im a huge potter fan
was that real!
is that a real earthqueak
what if theres an actual earthquake during the ride hahaha
@Fantosonium well they tell u what happens before the ride starts plus it's very unlikely for an earthquake in florida :P