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The Simpsons Ride

Universal Studios Florida · Springfield

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15 min

Posted at ·

That's roughly 1.1 Butterbeers, sipped properly, or 2.1 Hogwarts Express trips.

The facts

Type
IMAX Dome motion simulator[1]
Manufacturer
Intamin, Oceaneering International[1]
Designer
Universal Creative, Blur Studio, Reel FX[1]
Opened
May 15, 2008[1]
Ride time
4 min 30 s[1]
Height requirement
40 in[1]
Theme
The Simpsons[1]

In that time, you could instead

  • Watch The Blues Brothers Show15 min · source
  • Complete Viking Training Camp15 min · source
  • Do the whole Hogwarts Express, queue to exit15 min · source

What it's usually like

Typically ~20 min. Quietest around 8 AM (~10 min), busiest around 1 PM (~30 min).

8 AM10 PM

Reliability: 4 unplanned closures on record over 47 days — usually back within ~50 min.

Typical standby from 4234 of our own readings over 47 days — it only gets sharper as the archive grows.

The last 24 hours

peak 20 min · average 17 min · 110 readings

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Average posted wait per hour, last 24 hours · park time · flat gray bars are hours the ride sat closed.

Sources

  1. [1] Wikipedia

Collected by Belts and Bars from Queue-Times.com. We keep every reading, so this history only gets longer.