History Ride / TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan

The ride was eventually cloned at Universal Studios Japan, opening on January 23, 2004. Its opening caused a massive spike in attendance for the park, with it going from 8.8 million to 9.9 million visitors in just under a year. This iteration of the ride will [[https://www.usj.co.jp/company/company_e/2023/0516.html close]] on January 22, 2024 alongside ''Ride/Terminator23DBattleAcrossTime'' and Film/{{Backdraft}} to make way for new attractions.

The ride was eventually cloned at Universal Studios Japan, opening on January 23, 2004. Its opening caused a massive spike in attendance for the park, with it going from 8.8 million to 9.9 million visitors in just under a year.

-->'''Doctor Octopus''': With my anti-gravity cannon, even Spider-Man won't be able to stop me!
-->'''Hobgoblin''': You mean ''us''!

-->'''Doctor Octopus''': With my heavy gravity cannon, even Spider-Man won't be able to stop me!

The attraction has guests enter and queue through the Daily Bugle, where television monitors overhead show news footage of the Syndicate wreaking havoc throughout the city, with authorities as being completely overwhelmed. The footage also reveals that the Syndicate has stolen the Statue of Liberty, which they obtained by levitating it into the air, via a special weapon that Doc Ock had acquired. With the Statue of Liberty hostage, the Syndicate broadcasts that they will only place it back if the entire city surrenders to them. J. Jonah Jameson, seeing a newspaper-selling advantage in all of the turmoil, yet having no photographers to spare, sends the guests out in the Daily Bugle's new "SCOOP" vehicles to take pictures of what's going on. From there, things get rather...chaotic, to say the least.

** In the Universal Express queue line, there is a long row of file cabinets that have the names of different characters and beings from the Marvel Universe. One of the bins is labelled "[[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]".

When designing the attraction, the creative teams sought inspiration from two earlier attractions: ''Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide'' and ''Ride/Terminator23DBattleAcrossTime''. The plan would be for this attraction to combine the former's thrilling simulations with the latter's seamless integration of 3-D film with real-life sets - and in addition have this all take place on a moving vehicle. The big problem with this plan was the fact that 3-D only looks good if viewed from at the center; at a different angle, it comes off as looking completely distorted. To get around this, the creative team had to flat-out develop a whole new process which they referred to as "squinching" - having the 3-D film "move" with the location of the ride vehicle. [[note]]If you're confused right now, don't be ashamed.[[/note]] Since the process had never been done before, the creative team was repeatedly told that there was no way it would be possible - but luckily they managed to prove all doubters wrong ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJqA4ivyQw click here]] for more information about this whole process) The attraction also required a very-much elaborate type of ride system in order to have the vehicles be on top of a mobile simulation-base. All of these technical hurdles ended up sending the attraction extremely over-budget; which unfortunately resulted in many of the planned additions of the new park being slashed from the budget.

* AdultFear: The news report shows a little boy that's trapped upstairs in a burning building that's about to explode. Luckily, Spidey gets to him in time.

** In the Universal Express queue line, there is a long row of file cabinets that have the names of different characters and beings from the Marvel Universe. One of the bins is labelled "[[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]].

** In the Universal Express queue line, there is a long row of file cabinets that have the names of different characters and beings from the Marvel Universe.

** The 2012 overhaul gives Doctor Octopus a trenchcoat reminiscent of the one worn by his ''Film/SpiderMan2'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpectacularSpiderMan'' incarnations.

* PaddleballShot: Several scenes in the ride definitely go the extra mile with making use of the 3D effects. Examples include: Spider-Man's pointer finger, Scream's claws (and her face), Hydro-Man's hand, one of Doc Ock's tentacles, and one of Hobgoblin's pumpkin bombs.

-->''(about to electrocute the vehicle) "INTRUDERS! If you think you're getting out of here, you're in for a real...SHOCK!"''

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The ride vehicles spin rapidly as they are sent down into the sewers.

The ride was eventually cloned at Universal Studios Japan, opening on January 23rd, 2004. Its opening caused a massive spike in attendance for the park, with it going from 8.8 million to 9.9 million visitors in just under a year.

After years of design and planning, the ride opened with Islands of Adventure on May 28th, 1999. Upon opening, the attraction was an immediate success, leaving virtually everyone stepping off the ride mind-blown at how it was done. Its insta-popularity led to lines going on for hours, which even today can still occur. It also won several theme park awards, notably winning the "Golden Ticket Award for Best Dark Ride" for ''twelve years in a row''. The ride continues to receive serious praise from both the industry and theme park enthusiasts, with it often being ranked as one of the greatest theme park attractions of all time.