The last remaining Back to the Future ride in the world is closing this spring. Back to the Future: The Ride will be no more.
According to Cinema Today, Universal Studios Japan in Osaka will shutter the attraction on May 31.
The ride opened at Universal Studios Florida in 1991 and Universal Studios Hollywood two years later in 1993. Both, however, were closed in 2007. The last remaining one has been at Universal Studios Japan, where the ride has been since the park opened in 2001. It’s identical, but features a Japanese language track.
「2015年」の到来でどうなるのか注目されている「バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー・ザ・ライド」。明日も行ってきます！ pic.twitter.com/AeK0mdRw2I
— 自販機 (@AWAXLAND_DandL) August 1, 2015
The ride apparently came out of a conversation George Lucas had with Steven Spielberg when Lucas said that Universal Studios “could never do a Star Tours.” In recent years, the ride, powered by an OMNIMAX motion simulator, has shown its age.
ＵＳＪ、サンフランシスコエリアのバック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー・ザ・ライド、待ち時間４０分。でも、頑張って並びます。 pic.twitter.com/LLBiILR31w
— YOU-G (@digitalyokozuna) January 24, 2015
Yet, even with the cathode ray TVs and the old motion tech, it’s been a fan favorite at Universal Studios Japan in part, perhaps, because the movies continued to havea following in the country.
「バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー・ザ・ライド」のこの待ち時間は、まるでクローズになることを予感させていたかのようです。
(写真は3月10日撮影)#USJ #ユニバ #BTTF pic.twitter.com/tRI0LRATp2— にきら@USJ→Next 未定 (@Nikira_USJ) March 31, 2016
This photo was taken on March 10. The wait is 120 minutes.
Every fall, I go to Universal Studios Japan with my family and every fall, without fail, we ride Back to the Future: The Ride. It’s my eldest son’s favorite ride, and he has numerous memories, such as the time his Daddy lost (but then found!) his phone in the DeLorean. Considering how the Back the Future gift shop became a Minions store last year, we did see this coming. But he’s going to be crushed when he hears this.
At least the ride lived to see 2015.
記念すべき日！ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパンのバック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー・ザ・ライドに乗車したかった(T^T)トミカのデロリアンを見て慰めてますf(^^;#USJ #ユニバ #BTTF #BTTF2015 #BTTFDAY pic.twitter.com/VSbgGyWcJY
— USJ小ネタ☆ (@usjkoneta) October 21, 2015
バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー・ザ・ライドは あのスピルバーグ氏が『PART3』の撮影中に閃いて作られたアトラクションです。『PART2』に使われた「2015年のヒル・ヴァレー」のセットが撤去される前にロケも行いました。#USJ pic.twitter.com/bDbiv50Kk4
— USJ情報局 L.C.A.STUDIOS (@LCASTUDIOS_USJ) March 20, 2016
