How It Worked: JAWS The Ride
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- Jaws The Ride was an incredibly immersive opening day ride at Universal Studios Florida, but was plagued with countless technical issues. In this video I'll show you the history, engineering and technology behind the ride. Enjoy!
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I rode it several times in the late 90s
@Fionn Kilfeather if you do a google image search there's a diagram but thats all I could find
I have ridden jaws the ride in Universal Hollywood in the early 90s. Would have been way too little before that.😊
1993 Version - U.S.N. Company Liberty - b4 grAduating Boot Camp from RTC Orlando
It's only in America, so no.
I can’t be the only person who’s had nightmares about falling off this boat and seeing a bunch of mechanical sharks surrounding me
It's submechanophobia, if you're wondering
@@MrPOKER725 Thanks, didn’t realise it had a name. Spent the best part of my lunch break looking at the google images that come up - I don’t recommend...
Me!
I read that actually happened to someone in the 1990 version of the ride. He fell out of the boat twice, both in areas were the mechanical sharks were present. After being hauled in a 2nd time, the other riders applauded, assuming he was part of the ride.
@@adamkarnik270 It did. I have the Orlando Sentinel cutting somewhere.
I was a Skipper from 1995 to 1997. I have so many good memories of working on this ride. Summers were brutally hot and Winters would be pretty unbearable at times. My biggest fear was always falling in the water in the part @9:35. That scissor lift could potentially grab you and drag you underwater, crushing you. That was one of the reasons a giant "Emergency Stop" or "EStop" button was installed. We were also equipped with a cord that would pull the EStop if we happened to fall in the water. In addition to all of that, we had to be water safety trained. It was a fun job for a college kid.
In Florida? Winter was unbearable in _FLORIDA??_
@@cleverusername9369 With the humidity in Florida, 30 degress feels like 0 degree's in Alaska where they have a dry cold.
@@cleverusername9369 anything below 70 is gonna feel cold for flordians wearing jackets like its new york with 0-20 degrees
THATS KEWL
Thank you for your service.
The live actors/actresses is the best part of this shows. Always grade A performance
I went on the ride as a kid and I remember thinking the guy with the grenade launcher was also a robot
Not to say I thought he seemed fake I just really believed in animatronics lmao
The skippers are honestly the greatest. One of my friends was a skipper and we both miss Jaws all the time
@@utasora nice pfp
When I went the guy said "I got this, I used to be an X-Men" lmao
With Universals’s new park, Epic Universe, opening in the near future, I feel like they should bring this ride back for the 50th anniversary of Jaws. New tech advancements would make it even more fun and scary!
Especially since I never had the chance to ride it, and Jaws is one of my favorite films. :'C
Nowadays they’d just make it a simulator.
@@SittingBearProd yeah, all screens
If they use the techniques like they did on Hogwarts express with the short throw projectors and the computer processing power you got these days? You'd crap your pants i think 🤣 I mean a modern day phone kicks the pc's they used in 1993's ass.
This exact ride is still in Japan if I remember correctly
I went in this ride 12 times in a row one day on my birthday and wanted to be a skipper my whole childhood, I memorized the entire script and would mouth it along every time until it closed. Rip I’m luv u jaws
I think you have a little typo at the end of the sentence but it's fine and do you still know the script or some of it, I know some parts but they are really simple, if you dont want to say the script that's fine.
@@bryancurdi451 not a typo a meme of a cat says “I’m luv u” with a nice smile. And I Go to Universal often and walk around where jaws use to be pretending to be in a boat, I remember the whole script, alongside half the film. Jaws was my life from the time I was 12 to 21.
@@ethanleclair498 oh then I guess it isn't a typo and wow I can not believe you remembered the whole movie and ride script for a period of time, that's amazing, I was maybe like 4 or 5 when the ride close maybe even 3 or 4, and I dont know if in getting mistaken with the movie but I believe there is a part in the ride where they say something lik oh no a shark and then we go in a shed and I believe there was another shark in the shed so then we left he shed, that is like maybe the only part I remember of the ride, I also dont remember the queue so I dont know if it was good and if I wacth some CZcams videos and it is a ride that I haven't been on for a long time, it then feels like I remember more parts of the ride, and also jaws and other attractions will always have a place in our or on someones heart.
When I was a kid, this was THE ride. Universal really did have the most ambitious rides back then and Jaws was the top of my list. Now the wife and I are passholders and I still relive the nostalgia, even if Ghostbusters, Kongfrontation, Earthquake, and Jaws are distant memories of my childhood.
We still have E.T.!!❤️❤️
@@billycrna Is it still the same ride from the 90s?
Jaws and all the original rides were a grand old time I remember my older brother told my little brother the shark was real and my little brother just started crying
Such great times back then. I miss em😔
Kevin, same here. I am soooo grateful I was able to experience these amazing rides!! Forever cherished in my memories. Definitely my 90s childhood.
For everyone that got to ride this your a legend!
yass
I remember going on this, Kong, and before it opened, the MIB ride. Hard to believe that was over 21 years ago I did that.
You’re. Not your.
I did when I was 14 ! LOL
I got to go on it twice and it was a fun ride 🥰
man imagine how many times this skipper of of this ride and jungle cruise have to reenact over and over during their shifts, daily, weekly, monthly. props to these performers and BRUCE!
This ride traumatized me as a child. I wish I could experience it again
The fire was so intense... I can still feel it today.
Right!! I forgot about the fire they had , it was huge
“The 1st of the eight sharks” is all I needed to hear they went all in on this attraction
I’ll always remember riding this with my family! One of my favorite pictures of my now passed dad is him smiling on this ride. :)
I'm so sorry to hear your dad passed away, he's in a better place now, watching over you as a guardian angel, smiling down on you so always remember to smile back, much love and support 🙏🏻💞♥️
Propane fire effects? Now that's a clean burning set piece, I tell you hwat.
- Hank Hill
😆you win the comment section today my friend 👏🏽
That boy ain’t right
I rode this ride when I was around five years old and my dad purposefully sat me right on the edge of the boat conveniently forgetting to tell me the shark was not real. I was so scared by the end of the ride I almost started crying.
I was in line for this ride by myself and I let this group of snotty teenage girls go ahead of me just so they could sit at the edge of the boat. When the Shark popped out of the water, the snooty girls got drenched. Being stuck up doesn't pay.
It’s kind of sad to see complex practical effect attractions like this going away. Dark rides will never capture the same experience of actually seeing, hearing and feeling things actually happening before your eyes. I still vividly remember feeling the heat from the gas dock explosion on this ride.
Most underrated theme park channel! I’m currently interested in theme park engineering and this is by far the best “how it works” channel. Keep it up!
This ride was a lot of fun. You knew the shark was coming but still jumped a little when it happened kinda like the Pillsbury can🤣
I’m a Harry Potter fan, but I really miss Jaws. This was probably my favorite ride at Universal; I always made sure to ride it at least once when I was there.
Me too, that and the mummy
@@taylorflame727 I went to the Harry Potter world 11 years ago, now I wanna go again!
Can you do a video on how Revenge of the Mummy works?
Yeah i want to see how the whole scarabs scene works from maybe the screen moves to see how the pouring Scarabs was made maybe balls or toy scarabs.
love that ride omg I forgot about that, it used to be king Kong right?
y e s
@@cedarmagic2316 what are scarabs
@@cja_824 bugs
When the travel ban goes away you can always come to Japan and ride it over here!
I wanna go to the Japanese universal! The western park looks boring
Yuken get out of here ya rascal!
@@juggadadjones3966 I don't want any trouble.
@@juggadadjones3966 But after I get the vaccine I'm totally riding it again.
@@Yukendoit miss your live streams buddy! Hope all is well lol this the dude from Detroit that would pop in
We still have Jaws the Ride in Japan
I can still feel the intense heat on my skin when the gas station blew up. Absolutely loved this ride! It was the highlight of my 13th birthday back in 1996
Fun fact: my father in law was part of the engineering team that broke the ride down in order to make room for Diagon Alley. The feeling of betrayal for my husband was strong 😹
@@Shark_Builds_Bro No. that would have been cool. All he gave him was sadness 😹😹😹
Went on this in the very early 90's, maybe 91/92. It was working. Possibly the best holiday I've ever had, to this day!
Jaws. It work reliably (pause) almost never 🤣
You should make one of these for the King Kong ride too. That one scared the shit out of me as a kid
Holy shit do your remember the fire??
Dang, i would have loved to go on that ride before it was gone.
Back in July 97, we queued for over 4 hours to get on the ride, well worth it, I was "lucky" enough to be directly in line with Bruce when he bit the power cable, got some great photos!
Found your channel after riding Flight of Passage in November of last year. I was really curious about how it worked and found a literal GOLDMINE in your channel! It's clear how much attention and detail you pour into each of your high-quality videos, and I appreciate it a lot! I still cannot believe you ONLY HAVE LESS THAN 50K SUBS??? WHAAATT?!?!? I will be sharing your channel with all of my friends. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, I'm glad you like them. In fact I had like I think less than 5K subs when I made that FoP video. I use to make like six flags videos, but people really went nuts for the larger theme park videos.
@@AmusementLabs I think I remember watching one of your videos back when I was crazy about rollercoaster designs and such, but the concepts of these videos definitely appeal to a wider audience. Not only that, it's inspiring a new generation of engineers and providing great content for people like me.
Yup it was 4 k when I saw first and thought WHAT?! He has a patreon btw 🙂
The wall of fire was always really cool. That said, underwater machinery combines all of a person's worst fears.
Electrocution, being crushed, and drowning (which is already a combination of suffocation, heights and a bit of the fear of the dark).
Water rides are the ones that people need to be the most careful around.
Sad thing is, an attraction of this scale could feasible work using modern water dark ride or water coaster-like system.
Somebody make this happen I loved the jaws ride
This ride singlehandedly gave me submechanophobia, when I was a kid I wanted to avoid it at all costs because my imagination of what lie below the water didn't do me any good
Rode it in 1994, my one and only time. So sad it is now gone
As an adult, I rode this in the early 1990’s and loved it. It felt quaint and nostalgic for the Jaws movie I had a wonderful time.
finally made the video I've always wanted you to make!! love this video, keep up the great work!!
THANKS I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO RIDE BOTH RIDES IN CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA. IF I CAN PULL OUT THE VIDEO I TOOK OF THE 1ST ONE IN CALIFORNIA I WILL TRY TO UPLOAD IT
GOD REST BOTH RIDES.
This ride was very immersive for its time. Loved loved loved it! The emcees made the experience incredible. I miss this one!
My mother was on the first team at Universal in group sales so I went often and remember both versions of this ride and it was always a favorite. There was a time during the first version where the shark didn't pop up like he was supposed to so they sent us around again only for it to still fail. The third time it popped up only to go back down like a whack a mole in the water. I remember that we all joked about it being the Jaws trilogy ride. That was back when you would hear rides closing due to technical difficulties. Kong and Earthquake had similar issues. I miss the old rides and shows, even Funtastic World of Hanna Barbara, Hitchcock's Art of Making movies, and even the Murder She Wrote show. Those were the days!
I know what you mean, it felt more of a true Universal experience back then - these days a lot of the rides come from other studio sources... If only Universal had the space, many of these may have been saved....
I agree with both of you guys! The park just had a magical Hollywood feel back then that is sadly no longer. I miss the old Universal and all of these old school attractions. The park is just Simulator City now with no innovation or inspiration
@@dashingrapscallion I think they've seen the light a bit there, they had some backlash after Kong (which is a poor ride full stop - everyone just looked at each other in disbelief when it ended as there was no obvious build up and climax) and the even more dreadful Fast and Furious which I'm betting won't even see it's 10th Anniversary. The new Hagrid ride redeemed quite a bit, so hopefully they'll be doing more actual effects in the future. But I know what you mean, dated as some of them were, you didn't mind riding those older ones over and over, but I have no desire to ride Kong or Fast and Furious again, I happily walk by and just gloat at those wasting their time in long queue (or walk-on in the case of the latter!)
I have never been more scared in my life. Went on this when I was like 9 Extremely scary. I can remember the fear to this day lol.
I remember how long the wait was for this ride back in the 90s when I was a kid. Same with King Kong. Too bad kids these days will never experience these kinds of rides again.
Wow! The first incarnation looked really good. The shark looked great!
Imagine being the boat Captain and having to reenact The jaws experience every six minutes 😳 Can you please do one about king Kong? I remember walking in there as a little kid and it literally smelled like New York.
From 2000 to 2004, I was in highschool and a member (cocaptain) of the cheerleading squad. Every year, we would go to National Competition that would take place at Disney, Orlando Florida. After the competition, we always had 3-4 days to roam the parks and do whatever. I made sure to ride this ride _every single year_ that I went.
Oh, the nostalgia! I can't believe they did away with it, but times change and they have to keep up with new attractions, etc. ♡
I had the privilege of going on the Jaws ride and I loved it!
i just wanted to thank you for bringing back some great memories. i maintained and painted all of those sharks for over a decade. The Jaws crew was always the best and most hard working crew in any ride on Universal property. And as someone who was out in that filthy ride track in the middle of the night trying to scrub the mold and river slime off and keep their teeth pearly white it makes me feel total joy for all the love this ride still.
June 1990-Jan 2021 " We needed a bigger boat"
Unsung heroes. I came to the comments hoping to find posts by those who worked on this famous ride. Unfortunate your comment is from 1 year ago and not acknowledgment! You folks created incredible memories for generations of people.
Great video. Got to ride jaws and loved it.
I have NEVER subscribed to a patreon but every video you post pushes me closer and closer
Took my kids to DW in 01...they were 9 and 6...huge Jaws fans. It was like an outer body experience watching my kids excitement experiencing the Jaws ride. Had a blast...
The most ambitious ride show ever devised.
We were there the first day it was open to the public. There had been a private opening the day before for executives and celebrities. When we were there, NOTHING worked except E.T. The shark was hanging limp out of the lagoon. Everybody there was given a freelifetime pass. Fortunately, when we came back 4 years later, we got to ride it!
Rode Jaws in mid-August 1993 for the 1st time. Had no idea the version I rode was only a few months old!!! Rode it once annually for the next few years. It was fun and I got soaked and scared when Bruce surfaced right next to me on a few of those rides!!
That was one our lead techs at the end with his wife.
things were wild when you were a kid, and now you become the part of it acting in front of your kids, making your them even more wilder
Glad I saw this. This was one of my favorite rides as a kid. Those damn buckets broke my moms hearing aid and soaked us in the boat house. Rip to her. This was our ride. I’m glad they kept Bruce hung up by the earthquake ride. Still sad it’s gone though:( even though my husband and I LOVE diagonally
I had the pleasure riding this ride! And i truly miss it!!! I also rode the old Kongfrontation and Twister. I miss all these rides! I wish universal had a special backlot to put these old rides where we could ride them again....but i know thatd impossible!!
I cant believe it has been 10 years. I feel like I just rode this not long ago. Time flies!
Hey. My jaws behind the scenes video footage is on there. Sweet.
I went on the original version once when it was working. Of course I forgot to bring my video camera.
The original one was clearly the best even though it never worked much.
I miss this ride I remember riding it when I was a kid in like 93 and it terrified me at first but went back a few times later in life and loved it more and more. I feel so lucky to have been able to experience all the old rides including jaws!
This is a great video, thanks for posting it. I was a kid and me and my dad went to the park the summer it opened in the early 90’s. Stood in line for the Jaws ride for two hours only to be told they had to close it due to technical issues. The Kong ride wasn’t operational either. They did give us tickets to the park that were good for several years if we wanted to come back. Unfortunately I never got to, but it has been cool to watch the videos people have shot video of the ride after they worked out the technical problems :)
My favorite ride of all time! That damn fire 🔥 FEELS LIKE HELL!!!
I count myself lucky, as a child we travelled from UK to USA and went on the 2nd incarnation of the Jaws ride and it brings back memories seeing this. Thanks!
First time i rode it was oct of 94. i was 8 and held on to my mom for dear life while in the dark boat house. Was super scared. My last ride of it was in 2008. I sure miss it
It's amazing how one of the greatest theme park failures of all time became one of the best theme park rides of all time! Let's hope it keeps surviving in Japan so many more people get to experience the amazing experience that is Jaws!
Definitely a classic. Glad I was able to experience
I just wish they could make this ride as an inspiration to make jaws 5
I miss this ride i always had to sit at the edge of the boat to see Bruce!
I remember seeing Jaws at universal studios LA in 1980 and it's still going strong.
Great video dude!! I definitely got to ride it when I was younger so I’m glad I got the credit before it closed.
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Sick man great work!!!!
I had the chance to ride it several years ago shortly before it closed. It was fun. Great video, thanks.
Another wonderful video! Some terrific details and history. I was the show director for the second (1993) iteration, and spent many long hours driving in circles around that lagoon with Marc Plogstedt, the programmer from ITEC. It was an insane experience, but it's good to know that people still remember the old Amity boats so fondly...
you created a legendary attraction, it’s sorely missed. but thank you for all the memories, won’t ever forget those 🦈
The jaws attack almost gave my little brother ptsd
This was the reason i wanted to go to universal back in the early 90's, loved it, id had books and magazines on universal as a kid so was a dream come true.
Well done! By far your best and most professional video yet!
I experienced this ride in 2003 & 2006 as a kid. Great memories of a unique ride.
HERES BRUCE!!!! i rode this ride several times as a child and young adult never got old just because the ride was so mechanical i loved it!!
My parents took me on this ride as a kid growing up in the 90s. I was a fairly tough kid and there wasn't much that scared me but oh man how I totally freaked out on this ride. The boat house was when my panic started to set in bc it was dark inside it and by that time we were already being "tracked" by the shark. However when we got out of the boat house and we trapped by the ring of fire, with the shark then lunging at the boat, I totally lost it. For some reason my young brain by that point had completely forgotten it wasn't real and was just a ride lol. I remember experiencing the same kind of panic on the Earthquake ride when the diesel truck fell/slid toward our ride and the place began to fill with water. I look back on it all now very fondly and I am so happy I got to experience those rides. Rides nowadays (for the most part) at Universal Studios are such a let down and not thrilling.
Never got the chance to ride this in Orlando and Hollywood has only one scene during the Studio Tour but I was fortunate to ride this attraction in Japan.
When I was a senior in high school, our class went to Universal Studios Florida (this was in the spring of 1993). The new Jaws ride was nearing completion but not up and running at the time, so alas, I never got the pleasure of going on it...
Apparently its coming back. They put Bruce (the shakes name) hanging up as a teaser not too long ago, you can take pictures with in the park.
Not only did I ride the original (everything miraculously worked!) we snuck around back to watch the meat machine reset. :)
What did it look like resetting? I couldn't find a video.
dude you could go anywhere back in the day couldn’t you LOL
I remember this was the one ride I wanted to go on my entire childhood before I ever went to Universal. We were finally able to go for the first time after years of asking to go, and it was closed down a just few months prior lol.
I actually got to ride this once with all the effects working, there was actually once more encounter than what you described. After the scene where the shark bites the front of the boat and drags it, the next attack happened shortly after the boat drag. On the opposite side of the boat, Jaws comes out of the water and the boat would capsize 45 degrees towards Jaws as he came out of the water at the side of the boat with his mouth wide open. That was the scariest scene I've ever witnessed on a ride!
Great video! My parents dragged me on this ride when I was 5 back in 95 during our trip and thats why I have a deep fear of the ocean and sharks
Finally a photo of the underside of the boats 👏👏👏 fantastic job ☺️ and great video 👌
I’m actually very curious to how backdraft works. It was incredible seeing it! The fire is definitely real.😉
To bad they didn’t have it at the Orlando location cause I would have loved it
awesome video! I saw this ride in CA around 1988/89 i think, and Japan/osaka in 2015. Always great!
I was very fortunate and got to go to a special media day event that was held prior to reopening it to the public. I got to also ride the Earthquake ride. Both were awesome! I had the best time. I was really sorry to see it go.
My parents took me on this ride when I was like 12. I broke down crying because I had a huge fear of sharks. Not very proud of myself during that time.
I remember riding the version of this that existed in California with my parents back when I was 7. Immediately before we came up along the water's edge where the shark lunges at you, I started FLIPPING OUT, going full-on small child meltdown and forcing my mother to switch seats with me mid-ride.
Minutes after we completed the switch the shark animatronic came lunging up beside the ride...directly next to where I would have been sitting, had I not thrown a temper tantrum.
This is one of the few rides I remember from when I went in 1998. We had a decent sized group (it was a youth trip), we had already went around once and met up with another part of our group and decided to ride again, we knew where we were supposed to scream, and we all did, we startled the lady so much she almost fell in. She anticipated it on the next turn, but we had a fun time with it!
I love the video. I rode on this in 2002. Everything seemed to be working fine. Lucky me!
There was a little girl, with her father, on our boat. She was just freaking out as the sharks attacked. Her father was calmly saying "Remember we talked about this. It is all just pretend."
But then the shark came over, the boat rocked, the water canons fired, and she started screaming again. The skipper just carried on like nothing was happening.
A very rememberable ride.
1993. I still remember it as if it was yesterday. Thanks for this.
I was born in `93!
Classic ride! This was so fun as a kid!
Awesome video 👍🏼
Caught this ride 3 times. Nostalgia at its finest
I remember when I was a kid in the early 90’s, and wanting to ride it and it was down for repairs. I did get to ride it some years later several times and glad I got to experience it. Easily one of the most memorable rides I’ve ever been on, and arguable one of the best. After watching this video it’s easy to see why it broke often… so many moving parts, water, hydraulics etc. Lots of things that can break.
Definitely worth subscribing to after this gem 💎!
Absolutely brilliant and informative 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
There may be one still around, somewhere in Asia. Japan maybe???.... Does that version still exist??? O.o
Yes it does at Universal Studios Japan. That one was handed off to MTS to manufacture though so some stuff may be mechanically different.
@@AmusementLabs Mechanically, possibly so. But it's a fantastic recreation complete with gas explosion, high voltage line, and charred Bruce. I got a thrill every time!
Yea universal japan has it still considering japans fondness with the ocean it will stick around for a couple more years
Is this version of the ride like the last version that closed in Florida or the original Florida version with the meat funnel thing
@@AmusementLabs Sharks were built by the same team to broadly the same design.