Revenge of the Mummy (Hollywood)

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Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride
Entrance of the roller coaster
Location	Universal Studios Hollywood
Park Section	Lower Lot
Type	Steel - Enclosed
Status	Open
Opened	June 25, 2004
Manufacturer	Premier Rides
Model	Sitting Coaster
Lift/launch system	LIM Launch Track
Length	1,800 feet (548.6 m)
Max speed	45 mile per hour (72.4 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	2:00
Max Vertical Angle	50 degrees
Cost	$40,000,000
Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride at RCDB
Pictures of Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride at RCDB

Revenge of the Mummy is an indoor steel roller coaster featured at both the Universal Orlando Resort and the Universal Studios Hollywood theme parks. Both coasters are based upon the popular Mummy movie franchise directed by Stephen Sommers. The rides opened on May 21, 2004 (Florida) and June 25, 2004 (Hollywood) and were built by Premier Rides. The Orlando version of the ride was reputed to be built at a cost of $40,000,000 USD^{[citation needed]}. Both coasters have a height restriction of 48 inches^{[citation needed]}.

The Revenge of the Mummy coasters use Linear Induction Motors (LIM), a technology used to launch riders from a complete standstill. The coaster in Florida features 3 LIM launches.

The coaster lasts about 2 minutes^{[citation needed]} and is housed in the building of the former attraction, the E.T. Adventure.

While it shares a name with the coaster in Florida, they have unique plots and track layouts. The Florida version boasts a fake unload section while the Hollywood version boasts a backwards section climaxing in a fiery turntable ending.

[edit] Description

The Hollywood version of the ride features scarab beetles, warrior mummies, and Imhotep in sand form as well. However the movie set backstory is dropped in favor of an actual cursed tomb, where riders board mine cars. Hollywood's coaster was built in the gutted E.T. Adventure building, so the coaster was built by digging downward to accommodate space. The coaster features a long backwards section, unlike Florida. Also unlike Florida's version, there is no "fake unload" sequence or Brendan Fraser film projection at the end.

[edit] The Ride

When first entering the ride queue, guests are brought into a dark tomb, with hieroglyphs covering the walls. Before loading into the ride, guests are told the story of Imhotep and his plan to destroy humankind with a solar eclipse. The ride starts by slowly moving into the tomb, past corpses returning to life. The ride stops to find find an archaeologist warning guests that the curse is real and to leave the tomb. He is suddenly engulfed by scarab beetles as the ride brings guest deeper into the tomb, past even more of Imhotep's followers coming to life. The guests enter into the Treasure Room and see on the wall the image of Imhotep's face made of sand. He gives the riders the option to serve him with eternal life or die. His Warrior mummies attack the car as it launches towards the underworld. The car stops again as scarabs pour out at the guests. The car moves backwards into the tomb again and after a few moments stops in the daylight outside of the tomb. The solar eclipse is occurring and Imhotep's curse is broken as the ride ends.