The Simpsons Ride (2008)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Directors:

Mike B. Anderson
John Rice

Genre:

Animation | Short

Plot:

Springfield's theme park Krustyland, run by Krusty the Clown, is opening it's newest roller coaster...

Cast

Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Maggie Simpson / Nelson Muntz / Ralph Wiggum / The Happy Little Elves (voice)
Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Krusty the Clown / Grampa Simpson / Groundskeeper Willie / Squeaky Voiced Teen / Hans Moleman / Barney Gumble / Kodos / Repo Man / Mr. Freidman (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Chief Wiggum / Apu Nahasapeemapetilon / Moe Szyslak / Professor Frink / Cletus Spuckler / Officer Lou / The Sarcastic Man / Snake Jailbird / Pants-off Johnson (voice)
Kelsey Grammer	...	Sideshow Bob (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten (voice)
Russi Taylor	...	Martin Prince (voice)
Christopher Lloyd	...	Dr. Emmett L. Brown (voice)

Runtime:

5 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Although Harry Shearer did not participate in the ride all of his major characters make appearances without lines. Mr. Burns and Smithers can be seen in a hot air balloon at the end of the ride. Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Lenny, Dr. Hibbert, Kent Brockman, and Officer Eddie all appear in the queue video and in Krusty's midway welcome video. Jasper can be seen in the welcome video as well. Otto appears in the queue video and driving the school bus towards the end of the ride. In Willie's milk bottle booth he imagines the face of Principal Skinner on the bottles in order to knock them over. Scratchy can be seen in various forms throughout the ride and co-stars with Itchy in the pre-flight safety video. Kang can be seen in a spaceship alongside Kodos at the end of the ride. Rainer Wolfcastle appears on a poster in the queue for "Krusty's Wet and Smoky Stunt Show". Ned Flanders also appears on a poster for "The Sea Captain's Queasy Time Lagoon Adventure" and Burns and Smithers also appear on a poster for "Madame Manjula's The Future Looker-After!"

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Simpson family are sitting in their living room, the floor, walls, and ceiling fly out into space. Off the the very right of the screen, a pink wall can be seen floating away. It then completely vanishes in mid air. (It is best visible if you're sitting on the right top level of the theater.)

Movie Connections:

References Back to the Future (1985)

An entertaining ride

I miss the old Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, but this ride is an enjoyable one. You take on the role of tourists at Krustyland, which is under attack by the evil Sideshow Bob, who has sworn to kill the Simpsons. The ride is full of plenty of classic Simpsons humor and features the voice cast from the show. This also happens to be the only ride I've ever been on in which I wish I'd spent more time waiting in line, because there's plenty of funny new Simpsons clips to watch in line and I didn't get to see them all. Overall a pretty enjoyable experience that pokes fun at Universal Studios itself and at theme parks and rides in general. A good time!