The Simpsons Ride
Universal Studios Hollywood - Universal Studios Hollywood
The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood is tracked with live posted waits, current operating status, and recent reliability signals.
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The Simpsons Ride wait time and ride planning
The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood is tracked with live posted waits, current operating status, and recent reliability signals. Over the latest 91-day sample, its average posted wait is 35 minutes. The latest status shows the ride marked closed. CrowdLevels counted about 155 downtime minutes across the tracked window. You can find it in Springfield.
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The Simpsons Ride latest wait, 90-day average, and downtime
The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood is tracked with live posted waits, current operating status, and recent reliability signals. Over the latest 91-day sample, its average posted wait is 35 minutes. The latest status shows the ride marked closed. CrowdLevels counted about 155 downtime minutes across the tracked window. You can find it in Springfield.
Ride background
The Simpsons Ride is a large-format motion simulator set inside Krustyland, where guests are thrown into a chaotic theme-park disaster with the Simpson family. The attraction replaced Back to the Future: The Ride while reusing a simulator theater format built around exaggerated movement and animated sight gags.
Ride details
- Land
- Springfield
- Opened
- 2008
- Ride type
- Motion simulator
- Duration
- ~4.5 minutes
- Hourly capacity
- Not published
- Height requirement
- 40 inches
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The Simpsons Ride is a large-format motion simulator set inside Krustyland, where guests are thrown into a chaotic theme-park disaster with the Simpson family. The attraction replaced Back to the Future: The Ride while reusing a simulator theater format built around exaggerated movement and animated sight gags.
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