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Shrek 4-D (also known as Shrek 3-D, Shrek 4D Adventure, Shrek's Never Before Seen Adventure, and The Ghost of Lord Farquaad) is a 4-D film at various theme parks around the world. Universal Parks & Resorts owns the main rights to the film which is currently shown at their parks in Hollywood,[12] Florida,[11] Japan[13] and Singapore.[14] It is expected that Shrek 4-D will be included in their South Korea park currently under construction.[4][5] Outside of the Universal parks, the movie is shown at Movie Park Germany[10] in Germany. Shrek 4D Adventure was shown at Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia from September 2005 until August 2010.[7][8][15] A spin-off attraction titled Donkey's Photo Finish is located at the Florida venue while Meet Shrek and Donkey is located at the Hollywood venue. In Universal Studios Japan, the attraction is shown in the same theater as Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic, with the Shrek 4-D film shown for the first half of the day, and the Sesame Street film shown for the second half of the day.
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Universal Parks & Resorts have implemented the movie into four of their amusement parks with plans to integrate it into a fifth. The first park to show the film was Universal Studios Hollywood on May 23, 2003.[2] This was followed by Universal Studios Florida and Japan in June.[1] In 2010, the attraction opened with Universal Studios Singapore in the Shrek themed Far Far Away themed area. Outside of the Universal Parks, the film has only been shown at two theme parks. Movie Park Germany began showing the film in 2004, with Warner Bros. Movie World starting one year later.[6]
Warner Bros. Movie World was the first to close Shrek 4D Adventure. An announcement at the start of August 2010 detailed that the attraction would be closing at the end of the month. The final showing was on August 29, 2010.[7][8]
Universal Studios Hollywood's Shrek 4-D queue has been used for many years to make mazes for Universal's Halloween Horror Nights event. In 2006, The Asylum operated in the queue.[16] This was followed by A Nightmare on Elm Street themed mazes for the next two years.[17][18] In 2009 My Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever operated in the queue.[19]
The animated film produced for the attraction was later released on DVD under the modified title Shrek 3-D[20] and included pairs of two-color 3-D glasses. The DVD included an anaglyph 3-D version along with a conventional version without 3-D effects. The DVD release also include a preview of Shrek 2.
On May 13, 2007, the film was shown on Nickelodeon as Shrek's Never Before Seen Adventure,[20] with the 3-D effects removed.
In October 2011, the film was released on Netflix under the title The Ghost of Lord Farquaad as a part of DreamWorks Spooky Stories.[21][22]
A comic adaptation of the film was featured as issue #1 of the Shrek comic book mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics.
In the Universal Studios parks, guests wait outside the building (housed in a soundstage) where they watch various clips from the first Shrek film running on a loop. The queue also includes multiple posters for fake advertisements for attractions in the Kingdom of Duloc. Guests then enter a dungeon in Duloc where the storyline for the attraction will be revealed.[23]
At Warner Bros. Movie World, the queue begins outside the Roxy Theatre and wraps around the left-hand side of the building into the alleyway. Guests are ushered into the pre-show room where they are given a pair of 3D glasses.[24] A similar set-up occurs at Movie Park Germany.
Participants are given their "OgreVision" 3-D Goggles as they enter a dungeon-like room with two giant television screens on either side. While loading the pre-show room attraction presenters commonly make jokes to encourage people to move closer to each other in order to fit the capacity audience in the room. The pre-show begins with the Three Little Pigs, Gingy, and Pinocchio revealing that Lord Farquaad has kidnapped them and is holding them in Castle Duloc's dungeon. The Magic Mirror begins to summarise the story of what happened before (i.e. the first Shrek film) by stating "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." as a spoof on Star Wars. When he is chastised, he quickly responds, "Sorry...I've been feeling really spaced out lately...". After the Mirror finishes, Farquaad appears and states that he intends to torture the fairytale creatures as well as the audience in order to find Shrek and Fiona. The monitor screen later shows a spoof of Test Card F with Lord Farquaad replacing Carole Hersee`s image. The Mirror Then warns the audience about safety. The cinema doors are then opened and guests take their seats in the theatre.[25]
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The short film takes place right after the first Shrek film. In it, the spirit of Lord Farquaad returns from the dead to kidnap Princess Fiona. Therefore, it is up to Shrek and Donkey to rescue her. Farquaad sends a stone dragon after them, but Dragon arrives, leading to a chase scene, ending with the stone dragon losing its wings against the walls of a hole and falling into the water below. Farquaad sends Fiona on a raft to fall over the waterfall (with Thelonious still on it, not realizing he was supposed to get off). Shrek and Donkey arrive to rescue her. In the end, all four of them fall over the waterfall, but are saved by Dragon. Dragon then breathes fire at Farquaad, destroying him.[26][27]
Although the animation is 3-D, the ride is a 4-D film, which incorporates physical effects including movable seats, mist sprayers and lighting, in addition to the film.[28][29][29] Stationary seats, which do not move during the film, are marked and available for those who want to watch the film without the physical effects.