TRANSFORMERS: The Ride-3D
40"102cmA motion-base vehicle thrown through four and a half minutes of 3D robot combat, and the most aggressive screen ride in the park.
Transformers uses the same ride system as Islands of Adventure's Spider-Man: a motion-base vehicle on a track that moves through a series of rooms, alternating between physical sets and enormous 3D screens, with the vehicle's own motion synchronised to what is happening on screen. When it works — and here it works — you cannot tell where the built set ends and the projection begins.
Tips for TRANSFORMERS: The Ride-3D
- Middle seats take substantially less punishment than the outer two in each row. Ask at the load platform if motion is a concern; the team will place you.
- The single rider line here is genuinely good and frequently runs at a quarter of standby, because the vehicles seat twelve and gaps appear constantly.
- Do not ride this in the same hour as The Simpsons Ride or Despicable Me Minion Mayhem. Three screen rides in quick succession is how people lose an afternoon.
- Front row gives the cleanest 3D alignment. If you have ridden before and found the effect blurry from the back, that is why.
- It runs in the dark and air conditioned throughout, which makes it a reasonable choice in the worst heat of the afternoon if motion is not an issue for you.