CatDog: The Ride

CatDog: The Ride is a dark ride based on the Nickelodeon animated series CatDog. The attraction is located at Universal Studios Florida, and was opened in 1999 as part of a major expansion to the park's KidZone area.
== Attraction Summary: ==
CatDog: The Ride is a dark ride based on the Nickelodeon animated series CatDog. The attraction is located at Universal Studios Florida, and was opened in 1999 as part of a major expansion to the park's KidZone area.
==== Queue and Pre-show ====
Guests enter through an entrance modeled after CatDog's house from the show, which leads into their living room where they are greeted by Winslow T. Oddfellow (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui), who explains that CatDog are going to be on a TV show and need guests to help them get there. The queue then leads into the garage, where guests board their vehicles (which resemble cars from the series) for their journey.
==== The ride ====
Guests travel through Nearburg in search of CatDog's house, encountering various characters from the show along the way including Cliff Feltbottom (voiced by Tom Kenny), Lube Ignatius McSlimey Doggerton (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui), Shriek Dubois (voiced by Maria Bamford) and Rancid Rabbit (also voiced by Tom Kenny). The ride ends with guests arriving at CatDog's house, where they are greeted on the porch.
== Trivia: ==
* This is one of two attractions based on a Nickelodeon animated series to be located in Universal Studios Florida; the other being SpongeBob StorePants.
* In 2010, this attraction was closed for a brief period of time to make way for the construction of Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem.
* The ride's theme song is "CatDog Theme Song" by Mark Mothersbaugh.
* This attraction was originally going to be called CatDog: The Ride, but it was changed because Universal Studios Florida didn't want people thinking that this would be an intense thrill ride like Revenge Of The Mummy or Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and they wanted kids who are afraid of roller coasters to ride this attraction.
* This is the first dark ride based on a Nickelodeon animated series.
* The CatDog: The Ride sign was removed in 2010 when Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem opened, but it returned in 2012 after Universal Studios Florida closed Jaws and replaced it with Fast & Furious Supercharged.
* The CatDog: The Ride sign was removed in 2015 when Universal Studios Florida closed Terminator 2 3D and replaced it with Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon.
* This is the first dark ride based on a Nickelodeon animated series to be located at Universal Studios Florida.
* This is the first dark ride based on a Nickelodeon animated series to be located at Universal Studios Florida.
* The CatDog: The Ride sign was removed in 2015 when Universal Studios Florida closed Terminator 2 3D and replaced it with Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon.