Line #16 Ride/TwisterRideItOut


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3	->'''Creator/HelenHunt''': At a certain point, you can't tell the difference between the movie... and reality.
4	->'''Creator/BillPaxton''': You start believing the twister is not just a weather condition. It takes on a life of its own, becoming an entity. A demon spirit, a devouring colossus bent on destruction. By the end, there's only one thing you can do -- hold on for your life.
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6	''Twister...Ride it Out'' was a special effects simulation attraction at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]]. Based off of the film, ''Film/{{Twister}}'', the attraction recreated certain highlights from the picture.
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8	The attraction also took a behind-the-scenes look of the film, as the film's two stars, Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, would discuss on screen what they had gone through when making the picture, mentioning the incredible amount of special effects-work that was put into the movie and just how close they got to a real tornado. They would also discuss tornadoes themselves, describing them as terrifying yet beautiful forces of nature that should never be underestimated.
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10	This would all culminate in the attraction's finale, where guests would get put right in the middle of the scene in the film where a Drive-In theater is terrorized by a tornado; also mixing in other elements from the film such as the flying cow and the "Dorothy" device.
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12	After the park-original attraction, ''Theatre/GhostbustersSpooktacular'', closed in November 1996, it would not be until 1997 that ''Twister'' was announced as its replacement. While designing the attraction, Universal Creative, consulted real meteorologists to get a decent idea on how the experience in the attraction should look and feel.
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14	Initially slated to open in March 1998, it was delayed [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents due to a series of tornadoes in Central Florida killing many people that same month]][[invoked]]. It would finally open two months later on May 4, 1998.
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16	After a 17-year run, the attraction was closed on November 2, 2015 due to declining popularity and expensive operation costs. It was replaced by ''Ride/RaceThroughNewYorkStarringJimmyFallon'', which opened in 2017.
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18	!!Tropes used in ''Twister...Ride it Out'' include:
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20	* AdaptationDistillation: The attraction essentially just combines certain bits from the film all into one scene; as a result, we have the Drive-In scene that includes a cow flying by as well as the "Dorothy" device.
21	* CarMeetsHouse:
22	** The attraction's facade had a tractor lodged into a wall.
23	** The second pre-show, which was themed as a destroyed house, had a car crashed through the roof.
24	* ClipShow: The first pre-show was largely this, showcasing some of the most memorable moments from the movie.
25	* ContentWarnings: Signs at the entrance warned that the attraction is "PG-13" rated and may be too intense for children.
26	* DoNotTouchTheFunnelCloud: In the main show, guests would see the tornado literally right in front of them without getting sucked in.
27	* DescriptionPorn: In the pre-shows, both Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt would go into extreme detail about tornadoes, describing them as a horrifically devastating force of nature, but at the same time a beautiful and awe-inspiring sight to behold.
28	* DramaticShattering: The windows behind the guests would "shatter" when the tornado gets too close.
29	* DramaticThunder: Occurred right at the end of the second pre-show, after Bill Paxton says, "Hold on for your life."
30	* DramaticWind: In the second pre-show, guests would feel a sudden torrent of wind when Bill Paxton begins to describe a twister as "A demon spirit, a devouring colossus bent on destruction".
31	* DriveInTheater: The setting of the main show where the tornado attacks.
32	* EmergencyBroadcast: A [=TV=] could be seen playing a Tornado warning broadcast as the guests walked into the main show room.
33	* EpilepticFlashingLights: Strobe lighting was used in the main show when the windows shattered apart.
34	* EtherealChoir: One could be heard about mid-way into the main show.
35	* HydrantGeyser: This happened in the main show when the tornado moves a car forward enough to dislodge a fire hydrant.
36	* ImpactSilhouette: In the queue line, there was a [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Twister_Ride_it_Out_03.jpg metal door with a massive imprint of a cow.]]
37	* InstantThunder: During the main show, the thunder strangely comes ''before'' lightning strikes a tree.
38	* ItsQuietTooQuiet: With the exception of the distant sound of a tornado siren, the Drive-In is eerily quiet until the tornado and lightning shows up.
39	* JumpScare: At the finale of the attraction, the platform the guests stood on dropped a few inches, startling numerous first-time riders.
40	* MonumentalDamage: As seen above in the page image, advertisements depicted the tornado destroying the Universal Studios arch.
41	* NeverTrustATitle: Despite the second part of the title being "...Ride It Out", the attraction was not a ride, just a special effects show.
42	* OminousMusicBoxTune: The faint sound of a music box could be heard amid the wreckage in the second pre-show.
43	* PsychoStrings: A part of the famous shower scene music from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' could faintly be heard coming from the Drive-In screen, just before the tornado hits.
44	* RecycledSoundtrack: The main show used a small piece of music from ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' at the part where the gas station pumps leak out.
45	* SceneryGorn: The second pre-show room was set inside a house that had been ripped to shreds by a tornado, and sounding as if it was ready to collapse.
46	* ShoutOut: The Drive-In Theater in the main show played clips from ''Film/ThePeopleUnderTheStairs'', and two of the movies shown to be in the theater's schedule were ''Psycho'' and ''Film/TheShining''.
47	* SinisterScrapingSound: The sound shows up when the tornado makes the porch the guests are on start to shake violently.
48	* TheSlowWalk: Initially in the main show, the tornado comes in at a frighteningly slow pace.
49	* SoundtrackDissonance: Some of the more cheerful music from the movie was used at the end as guests exited the attraction...right after having witnessed a Drive-In theater get torn to shreds by a tornado.
50	* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''Film/{{Backdraft}}'' attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood and Japan, which just like this attraction is a special effects show going behind the scenes of a movie, though just using big fires instead of tornadoes.
51	* SplitScreen: The first pre-show had Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt on two separate screens, also showing them in two different locations. This was supposedly done because Bill and Helen did not get along during the shooting of the original movie, and afterwards never wanted to work with each other again.
52	* StockSoundEffects: The sound effect of what else but a tornado siren is used in the main show.
53	* TheStoic: Bill Paxton talks about tornadoes in a completely monotone voice throughout the entire attraction.
54	* StuffBlowingUp: Happens towards the end of the main show, when a gas tank leaks, leading to... predictable results.
55	* TakeThat: In the second pre-show room, as an EasterEgg there was a pair of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse ears crushed beneath a car tire.
56	* {{Tagline}}: "It will blow you away!"
57	* UpdatedReRelease: In a less-than-positive instance, the attraction used to have an extended queue line that featured props from the movie and set up the story better; but this was all removed in 2008/2009 to make way for the ''Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit'' coaster.
58	* VaporTrail: Towards the end of the main show, the carnage would result in a gas station tank leaking out a trail of gasoline. The trail then gets lit by lightning sparks, and the fire travels up to some explosives.

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