Little Max's PBS Kids Blast

**Little Max's PBS Kids Blast** is a simulator ride. It's the same thing as Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast, but with PBS Kids characters.

The story line revolved around Grizzle, (brother to King Fire who is an enemy of Little Max's) from the Yolkian planet that has stolen Little Max's newest rocket creation, the *PBSK Rocket*, a rocket dedicated to PBS Kids. Little Max, along with his brother John and sphere-animal thing, Spherepup, invite the audience to give chase in other rockets through the worlds and sound stages of PBS Kids shows.

## Theme Parks/Cities/PBS Station Studios that has this ride (with ride openings and closings)

* Universal Studios Florida (Sponsored by: WUCF) (Opened: July 14, 2005) (Closed: March 10, 2012) (Replaced by: Transformers 3D)
* Universal Studios Hollywood (Sponsored by: KCET) (Opened: August 1, 2005) (Closed: April 1, 2010) (Replaced by: Transformers 3D)
* Gatlinburg (Sponsored by: WETP) (Opened: March 12, 2006) (Closed: present)
* WPBT Studios (Opened: August 20, 2006) (Closed: present)
* WNET Studios (Opened: January 22, 2007) (Closed: November 16, 2016) (Replaced by: PBS Kids Lab)
* CPTV Studios (Opened: April 30, 2008) (Closed: present)

## Shows included

* Little Max's Adventures (main show for ride)

### Sound Stages

* Arthur
* Barney & Friends
* Jay Jay the Jet Plane
* Cyberchase
* Clifford the Big Red Dog
* Sesame Street

### Used but not included as sound stages

* Wishbone
* Mister Rogers Neighborhood
* Caillou
* Between the Lions
* Corduroy
* Eliot Moose
* Timothy Goes to School
* Seven Little Monsters
* George Shrinks
* Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
* The Berenstain Bears
* Maya & Miguel
* Noddy
* Teletubbies
* Dragon Tales
* Kidsongs
* Lamb Chop's Play-Along
* Wimzie's House
* Tots TV
* Peep and the Big Wide World
* Thomas & Friends
* Boohbah
* Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
* The Puzzle Place

## Attraction

### Queue

While in the queue line, there were TV screens that played various videos that the guests could watch. These included the rules of the attraction (given by a PBS Kids character), clips from various PBS Kids shows, 1999-2008 PBS Kids ID's, and a sneak peek preview of the ride via clips from *LMA* *Movie* (since March 14, 2010).

#### Shows used

* Mister Rogers Neighborhood
* Sesame Street
* Little Max's Adventures
* Barney & Friends
* Kidsongs
* The Puzzle Place
* Wishbone
* Tots TV
* Arthur
* Teletubbies
* Zoom
* Zoboomafoo
* Dragon Tales
* Between the Lions
* Caillou
* Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000)
* Cyberchase
* Clifford's Puppy Days
* Peep and the Big Wide World
* Thomas & Friends
* Pocoyo
* Bob the Builder
* It's a Big Big World
* Curious George
* Super Why!
* WordGirl
* WordWorld
* Martha Speaks
* Sid the Science Kid
* Dinosaur Train
* The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
* Wild Kratts
* Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
* Peg + Cat
* Odd Squad
* Nature Cat
* Ready Jet Go!
* Splash and Bubbles
* Pinkalicious & Peterrific
* Let's Go Luna!
* Molly of Denali
* Esme & Roy
* Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
* Cliford the Big Red Dog (2019)
* Hero Elementary
* Elinor Wonders Why

### Pre-Show

After a ride crew member directs riders into a briefing room, Little Max welcomes the riders and, with help from his brother John, unveils his newest invention: the PBSK Rocket. Shortly afterwards, Grizzle breaks into the lab so he can return John's teddy bear. Then, he claims the PBSK Rocket for his own, flying off through PBS Kids Studios. Quickly, Little Max announces that he and John will follow the Grizzle-Bot in their Grizzle-Land rocket, while the riders will follow in the original (and slightly unpredictable) Traveler rockets. He assures everyone that he will safely pilot the riders by remote, right before it shorts circuits and causes a black-out, ending the pre-show with the lab doors opening and a crew member ushering the riders into the rockets and delivering safety instructions.

### Ride

John nervously counts down from 10 for the launch, but Little Max interrupts him by starting the rockets and leaving the lab. They make chase for Grizzle-Bot through the sound stages, who leads them first through the Barney & Friends home, with the rockets almost running into Baby Bop by accident. However, Spherepup pulls her out of the way just in time using his tongue. They leave the soundstage and make way for the Jay Jay the Jet Plane soudn stage, where Jay Jay offers John his wheel as assistance. The dumbstruck John accidentally poofs the rockets (and their passengers) to Cyberspace, the Cyberchase sound stage, sending the rockets crashing through the planet's capital city. The chase ends with Little Max, John, and the riders trapped in Hacker's throne room, where they are confronted by Buzz. They barely escape after Buzz's breath fries Grizzle-Bot and destroys the PBSK Rocket, when the engines on the Grizzle-Land rocket and Traveler rockets fail, so John, using Jay Jay's magic wheel thing, poofs everyone (Grizzles excluded) back to Earth, through the Clifford the Big Red Dog sound stage, until they plummet into Sesame Street. Elmo, mistaking the Grizzle-Land rocket for a furniture for Elmo's World, ensnares Little Max in his Elmo's World net, blinding the pilot and sending everyone crashing through downtown, ending with the Grizzle-Land rocket and Traveler rockets rockets going through a drain pipe leading back to Little Max's lab. Just when everyone thinks they're safe, Grizzle barges in, trapping Little Max and using the pilot remote to make the ride vehicles do the chicken dance, which John couldn't stop dancing to. Realizing that he still has Jay Jay's magic wheel, he sends out a laser blast that flies over the riders and cracks Grizzle. The ride ends with John poofing up a bunch of puppies and Little Max wishing everyone farewell. The door with the large "PBS Kids in Theme Park" closes, ending the ride and the attendants congratulate the riders on a job well done.

### Post-Show

After the ride, the guests went into a play area/store known as PBS Kids Backyard. There, the guests played interactive games and saw exhibits from PBS Kids' history as well as shop for PBS Kids merchandise. There was also a character meet and greet with Elmo and an interactive television camera that guests played with. In the attraction's earlier days, Little Max made character appearances with Elmo. Music from different PBS Kids shows and PBS Kids IDs were played while the guests played or shopped.

In October 7, 2013, the signs from old PBS Kids shows at Gatlinburg, WPBT Studios, WNET Studios, and CPTV Studios were taken away and were replaced with signs from still running PBS Kids shows such as Sesame Street, Arthur, Caillou, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, and Peg + Cat, with the fact that PBS Kids rebranded. It also added new shows except at WNET Studios (because of the fact that it closed in 2016).

## Trivia

* In the entrance of the ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, Planet K, the mascot of KCET for kids (that is), is available for Meet n' Greet.