Fanboy and Chum Chum: The Ride

Fanboy and Chum Chum: The Ride is a dark ride at Universal Studios Florida. It is based on the Nickelodeon animated series Fanboy and Chum Chum, which premiered in 2009. The attraction opened to the public on June 4, 2010 as part of a major expansion of Universal's KidZone area that also included Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem and Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster.
== Attraction Summary: ==
==== Queue and Pre-show: ====
The queue for the ride is located in a large, colorful room with several interactive elements. Guests are greeted by Fanboy and Chum Chum on a television screen who explain that they need help finding their missing Frosty Freezy Freeze machine. After entering the next room, guests see Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason (voiced by Jamie Kennedy) on another television screen explaining how to use their "Frosty Finders" to locate it. He then instructs guests to follow the arrows on the floor.
==== The ride: ====
The ride begins with Fanboy and Chum Chum (voiced by David Hornsby and Nika Futterman) greeting riders in a room filled with Frosty Freezy Freeze machines, which they explain are being used as portals to other worlds. They then ask for help finding their missing machine, which is located somewhere in Oz Comix's comic book store. After entering one of the portals, riders find themselves in Oz's store, where they are greeted by the owner (voiced by Jeff Bennett). He explains that he has been having trouble with a villain named Dr. Flan (also voiced by Bennett), who is trying to steal his comic books. After entering another portal, riders find themselves in an alleyway where they encounter Boog Shlizetti and Chimp Chomp robots controlled by Dr. Flan from inside his lair at the top of a nearby building. The doctor then sends out a giant robot to attack the riders, but Fanboy and Chum Chum arrive in their superhero costumes and defeat it. The duo then enter Dr. Flan's lair through another portal, where they find him attempting to steal Oz's comic books with his robots' help. After defeating them as well, Fanboy and Chum Chum return the stolen comics back to Oz before entering one final portal that takes them back into the Frosty Freezy Freeze room at Galaxy Hills Elementary School (the setting of the series). Fanboy and Chum Chum then thank riders for their help before they exit the ride.
== Trivia: ==
The attraction is located in a building that was previously used as part of Woody Woodpecker's KidZone, which opened with Universal Studios Florida on June 7, 1990. It housed several attractions including E.T.'s Toy Closet (1990–2002), Curious George Goes to Town (1999–2010) and Fievel's Playland (1991–2002).
The attraction is the first dark ride to be based on a Nickelodeon series. It was also Universal's first original dark ride since Men in Black: Alien Attack (2000) and its only one until Fast & Furious – Supercharged opened in 2018.
Fanboy and Chum Chum: The Ride is located next to Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, which opened at Universal Studios Florida on July 2, 2012 as part of an expansion that included Super Silly Fun Land, a play area based on the Despicable Me franchise.