(Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer) Jon Corfino, senior director and executive producer at Universal Creative, at the new Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash! ride at Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. SEE ALSO: Universal theme park revenue dropped $4 billion in 2020Ī Snowball the rabbit animatronic just before riders board sets up the twist in the ride’s backstory: The riders are all pets seeking a forever home on adoption day. Sidebar stories playing on living room TVs offer tips for newly adopted pets on how to beg for treats. But for now, social distancing mandates keep the line moving quickly with little time to pause or peruse the Easter eggs sprinkled throughout the queue. The apartment couches and loveseats will offer a nice opportunity for a quick rest when the queue bogs down - although the hard plastic cushions aren’t very comfortable. A running gag is set up early with Norman the guinea pig popping up in an air conditioning vent. Buddy occasionally dozes off with his head on a bag of flour, only to be awoken by passing riders. Riders pass through apartment kitchens, living rooms and kids’ bedrooms where video screen windows offer views of the cityscape “outside.” A few animatronic scenes are mixed into the queue with Buddy the dachshund getting a fun and convincing massage from a kitchen blender. Preview of the new Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash! ride at Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Inside one mail slot, Leonard the posh poodle head-bangs to music as lights flash and a disco ball spins. The mail slots of the apartments offer video peeks at what pets do when their owners are away - the premise for the movie franchise. SEE ALSO: Disneyland adopts ‘gender inclusive’ hair and dress rules for employees “It’s really one of the things we all relate with very much - that unconditional love.”
“Let’s face it, we all love our pets,” said Universal Creative’s Jon Corfino, who served as senior director and executive producer on the Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash. Secret Life of Pets riders enter through an apartment lobby where a tenant bulletin board sets up the backstory for the ride: It’s adoption day at the local pet store. The Secret Life of Pets dark ride is housed inside a newly constructed city block of five-story brownstones on the upper lot near the Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem ride - making up the new Illumination animation studios themed land.
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