Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball: The Big Adventure!

Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball: The Big Adventure! is an EMV/slot-car/thrill/dark ride attraction. It uses similar technologies as Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland, Journey to the Center of the Earth at Tokyo DisneySea and TestTrack at Epcot. It is located at Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios London, Universal Studios Manhattan and Universal Studios Japan.

It is based off the Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball media franchise.

The ride is considered to be one of the most technologically complex attractions Yonatan Ashad has ever built.

Ever since the ride opened, it was a critical success and one of Yonatan Ashad's most popular attractions.

It’s also been considered one of the scariest attractions Yonatan Ashad has ever made in their parks due to some parts taking place in darkness as well as some frightening imagery including depictions of violence, noise and slight depictions of blood.

History
World of Yonatan Ashad Movies was an attraction that was located in the current building of Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball: The Big Adventure! and was sponsored by General Electric. Their sponsorship expired and they opted not to renew. Now without a sponsor, the park would now have to financially support the attraction themselves, Due to the lack of sponsorship and the costs made to fix the rides being too high, the ride frequently broke down and the parts and animatronics for the ride broke down due to this.

On November 16, 2001, Yonatan Ashad announced that World of Yonatan Ashad Movies would close permanently on March 16, 2002.

The attraction closed on March 16, 2002, the day that the Yonatan Ashad Christmas Celebration ended. Both Alejandro Garcia and Alberto Canetto attended the closing ceremony and rode World of Yonatan Ashad Movies one last time before it was gone. Garcia and Canetto were reportably very disappointed with the attractions removal, and so much so, it’s rumored that FiddleGriff threatened to cut ties with Europa if they removed Monster Plantation, another attraction designed by FiddleGriff.

The reason was publicly given, but the lack of corporate sponsorship is widely accepted as having played the largest part in the decision. Also widely speculated as a reason for the attraction closing were high operational costs without a sponsor and becoming very outdated and not that very popular during the late 2000's.

In the early 2010s, rumors began to circulate that Yonatan Ashad would be making making a Test Track/Journey Through The Land Before Time-esque hybrid ride system based on a cartoon franchise. By then, rumors did not specify which franchise they’d be basing the ride off of, but this would soon become clear after Universal confirmed they were working on a ride based off a cartoon franchise.

The building stood unoccupied for well over 6 months as Yonatan Ashad decided between either relaunching the attraction (which would have required a new storyline and major building renovation and upgrades) or demolishing the building and creating a new attraction in its place.

However, Europa Entertainment suggested an idea to gut the building and demolish some parts of the building, rebuild it and turn it into a new attraction stuck with Universal representatives and Europa Entertainment businessmen. It would take World of Yonatan Ashad Movies, close it down, and refurbish it into a new ride that focused only on a popular cartoon (that's more mature) or a mature movie franchise.

Again, the reason why it was closed because it was becoming outdated. Universal and Europa Entertainment wanted an E-Ticket attraction based on a more mature franchise. Several ideas were proposed such as South Park, Family Guy, The Thing, Alien, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday The 13th or Child's Play. Unfortunately, this new attraction would not have any involvement with Theodore Chrisman and Don Bluth, much to the disappointment of many fans.

The company decided to use its partnership with Yonatan Ashad to make a ride based off Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball. Universal then approached Bloo for permission to use his properties. With Yonatan's approval, Yonatan Ashad consulted Europa, Dynamic Structures, Sally Corp. and Yonatan Ash Creative to think of ideas for the ride by 2003.

On November 16, 2003, at Wrestling Zone 21, the ride was announced as Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball: The Big Adventure! which was planned to open in Spring 2005.

Construction
After World of Yonatan Ashad Movies had closed on March 16, 2002, everything inside the ride building was removed, as the building was nearly taken down and rebuilt. After, a new track was constructed outside of the building which was used as the high-speed parts for Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball: The Big Adventure!. Work inside the building also continued at the same time. The ride was scheduled to open in May 2005, but after numerous problems rose, the ride opening was delayed by nearly a year. Also, the cars used on the ride were designed to resemble the look of a bus or a taxi that is used to go through a tour of Elmore.

Problems
Over the course of the construction of Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball: The Big Adventure!, numerous problems occurred causing delays in the ride opening. One problem that workers at Yonatan Ashad Creative had to overcome was that the wheels used on the ride vehicles could not stand up to the demand of the ride course and speed. This problem was resolved but a second, more severe problem caused the ride to be delayed by over a year. In order for the ride to run with the highest hourly capacity possible, twenty-nine ride vehicles would be needed. The ride programming system could only handle operating a maximum of six buses/taxis over the layout of the ride. One by one, programmers were able to get the computer system able to run twenty-nine ride vehicles all at once. After these problems were resolved, Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball: The Big Adventure! officially opened to the public on January 9, 2006.

Safety Sign
WARNING!

Dark Spaces and Loud Noises

This is a high-speed turbulent journey that includes sharp turns, dramatic accelerations, sudden braking, steeply-banked curves, sharp turns, tilting, sudden drops, and stops.

Failure to follow posted guidelines may result in serious injury or expulsion from the park.

Due to some frightening imagery on this ride, parental discretion is advised.

To ride, you must be free of: Passengers must be at least 46’ inches tall to ride and 48’ inches to ride alone
 * High Blood Pressure
 * Heart, Back or Neck Problems
 * Motion Sickness or Dizziness
 * Medical Sensitivities to Smoke, Strobe, and Fire Effects
 * Pregnancy
 * ...or any other conditions that may make the ride unsuitable

Exterior
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Queue
Guests enter the ride by entering the massive The Gumball Studios facade, browsing through the film setup of a fictional sequel titled "Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball: The Big Adventure!". The show's, molds, and concept drawings are on display inside.

The queue consists of the stand-by line, the Express line (ImmerseBand line at USL) and the Single Riders line. The queue area is set up to resemble an old animation studio. First, we will get a small hallway with posters from animated movies by Yonatan Ashad from 1964-2009. The second section of the indoor queue is an eight-sided room, with the upper parts of the walls displaying some artist renderings of the characters from YATAWOG. The flatscreen TVs are shown on top of the ceiling showing playing clips from Yonatan Ashad's The Amazing World of Gumball episodes.

After weaving through the second room, guests then enter one of two pre-show theaters.

Pre-Show
Guests are loaded into either Room A or Room B, then the lights dim and a projection appears.

Safety Video
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Ride
The guests exit the pre-show area and proceed down a staircase to the underground loading area. Yonatan Ashad cast members dressed as workers stand at control panels for the Elmore car park. Guests go onto the Elmore cars and they speed off into a dark alley, replicating the feel of going outside. The car then goes over to the bus station. We are now at the Elmore Bus Station. Guests work themselves to the end of the line where they are given 3D glasses.

Yonatan Ashad cast members dressed as workers stand at control panels for the Toonville buses through windows in the walls (which are actually projection screens). After riders get on their vehicle (designed to look like Toonville buses), guests board and we find Mordecai and Rigby at the driver's seat. Mordecai welcomes guests to their tour and tells guests about their buses. He says it is equipped with a GPS, DVD player, and an emergency beacon. Then buses speed off into a dark alley.

The tour begins in Elmore as the tour boat passes the homes of SpongeBob’s house, Squidward’s house, Patrick’s rock, and Sandy’s treedome as well as various side businesses. As the tour buses approach a lighthouse situated on top of a rock, Nicole Watterson is heard in the background saying that some villains are on the loose and that the guests are really on a secret mission to investigate strange Toonville related incidents via the taxis. Soon after, the guests encounter Gumball. He warns that he is in for the most dangerous night of his life and for the guests to be careful. He then goes off, hearing that Maggie has been kidnapped. In this scene, a series of synchronized effects are used to simulate Gumball jumping on the bus.

The bus almost crashes into an oncoming semi-truck before swerving out of the way, revealing that the semi-truck threw off the bus course. This causes the buses to enter the dark part of Toonville where now you encounter Rob, Plankton, Bratty Kid, Dawn Swatworthy, Julie, and The Rip-off Cartoons (including Coconut Fred, Miao Le Xing, Jeffrey, Sara, Boj, Gela Samsonadze, Abboud, Hammoud, Azzouz, and Salloom.) Rob says that they are here to crash Gumball's party and to take over all of Elmore, including Elmore. Plankton then yells "Get em!". Jeffrey and Sara then start screaming at you and they start using attacks. Boj lands on the front of the cab. He then pulls his hand up behind his head to for one big final slash. “I’ll tell Richard you said hello.” The cab spins, throwing Boj off and we crash through the side of a building.

We find ourselves driving through the Krusty Krab where we see Ami, Yumi, Phineas, and Ferb sitting at a table sharing a tall chocolate milkshake. “Hey! Watch where you’re going.” Ami screams as we zoom by. We also see SpongeBob and Patrick eating a big plate of fries. “AHHHH!" "It’s Miao Le Xing and he’s right behind you!” SpongeBob screams. We then bust out the front door of the diner and The Rip-off Cartoons leap in front of the cab (3D effect on the screen). The Rip-off Cartoons have the blocked as they laugh and creep forward. Gumball, still on the bus, comes from out of nowhere and pounces on him, pinning them to the ground. “I’ll take care of him! You guys get out of here!” We take a sharp right turn and speed away. We then pick up Lincoln and Maggie so they can escape the villains.

Our bus spins 180° to face the second screen on which Lincoln is fighting Mr. Pickles. and Coconut Fred chases the bus (Mordecai and Rigby) who are furiously heading in reverse until Coconut Fred gets hit by a train. Rob grabs the bus and the two struggle until Rob breaks a water pipe which sprays riders with water. The bus enters a dead-end pathway before reversing and hurl the bus into the sewer, where Gumball is waiting and says to go back to the Elmore Bus Station But is attacked by Konstatin Odkinov and Nikita Odkinov there.

Mordecai and Rigby then comes up with the idea to try to hide the tour bus in a nearby warehouse and wait for Gumball's arrival. As Mordecai and Rigby bring the tour bus to a stop inside the warehouse and looks for somewhere to tie it up, a sound is heard somewhere near the back of the warehouse. As nervous Mordecai tries to figure out what it was, a loud crashing noise breaks the silence as the walls of the warehouse begin to shake. Mordecai and Rigby realize that Jeffrey and Sara are barging against the outside of the warehouse trying to break in. Mordecai and Rigby starts to drive off but are unable to get the tour bus to drop into gear. After several tense seconds of fighting with the tour bus throttle, Bob and Larry finally gets it to drop into gear just as Jeffrey and Sara break a hole through the wall and surfaces inside of the warehouse, grazing the side of the bus.

As the tour bus leaves the warehouse, we are speeding along, where to our right is the ocean at the bottom of the hill (3D effect on the screen). Plankton comes out and taunts us with his sinister laugh (3D effect on another screen). His hands start reaching into our bus and twirling inches in front of our face as we feel water dripping on us by audio animatronics. He then hits our bus, sending us spinning off down the side of the hill. We land in the water and our cab starts bobbing in the water. We start to feel the bus rise and we then see a giant animatronic of Plankton's face in front of our bus (similar to King Kong Encounter animatronics), as his hand blasts us with his laser. Plankton comes over the side of the bus, laughing maniacally. We hear Mr. Krabs' voice coming from the water beneath us. “Plankton, you let them go!” Plankton's head looks down as if he is looking at Mr. Krabs, Spongebob and Patrick. “Not a chance pathetic crab salad!” “So be it!” We hear the blast of a light as the room lights up in a gold glow by Spongebob, who was called by Nicole and Mr. Krabs. He drops us and we are splashed as we start floating in the water again. Mr. Krabs swims up to us and tells us to leave.

In the next room, audio-animatronic figures of Rob, Coconut Fred, Boj, Plankton and Gela Samsonadze are seen atop the Elmore bridge discussing the previous situation. Suddenly, Rob notices the bus. The riders attempt to escape the bridge, where Rob's group chase the bus. We then end up at The Wattersons House as the Decepticons get hit by a sign while chasing the bus. Passengers are then asked to pack their stuff and leave. After this, they enter the Watterson's house, which is actually a gift shop.

Before passengers enter the gift shop, Nicole congratulates us for helping get rid of the villains.

Gift Shop
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The Wattersons Cafe\The Elmore Dine-In Restaurant
This is a place outside of the ride where passengers can get refreshments (food and/or drink) before the ride begins or after. TBA.

Burgers

 * M'Joyous
 * The M'Guffin
 * Krabby Patty

Pizzas/Italian cuisine (Mario Bros Pizza)

 * Toonville Mario Bros Pizza: Cheese Pizza
 * Toonville Mario Bros Pizza: Pepperoni Pizza
 * Toonville Mini Pizza - A mini kids sized pizza. Cheese or pepperoni served with choice of side and beverage.
 * Toonville Mario Bros Pizza: Meat Friends Pizza - A pizza with Pepperoni, Sausage, Mini Meatballs, Bacon and Canadian Bacon.
 * Toonville Mario Bros Pizza: Beast Boy's Veggie Pizza - A vegetable pizza.
 * Spaghetti and Meatballs
 * Cuban Pizza - BBQ Pork, and Ham and Pickles combined with our super-secret cuban sauce on our special 7-cheese blend pizza.


 * Fettuccine

Chicken

 * Anais Chicken - Rabbit-shaped chicken nuggets. These are homemade and gourmet.

Sides

 * Kraft Macaroni and Cheese


 * Finn's World Famous Kebabs
 * Jake's Waffle Fries
 * Shrimp - Popcorn shrimp.
 * Beast Boy's Seasonal Vegetables
 * French Fries
 * Auntie Anne's Pretzel Bites - Authentic Auntie Anne's pretzel bites, served with a giant platter with all of our deluxe sauces.
 * Lobster Tail
 * Onion Rings
 * Curly Fries - Loaded Fries - French fries, curly fries, waffle fries, or a combination of the three with cheese, bacon [substitute for chili at extra cost], chives, scallops, sour cream, and a topping of your choice. [additional toppings include thousand island, ranch, jalapenos, tomatoes, queso, carne asada, steak, etc.)

Appetizers

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Seafood

 * Fish-N-Chips - English-style with seasoned fries, coleslaw, tartar sauce.
 * Shrimp Marinara - Linguini pasta, garlic, basil, white wine, tomatoes, crushed red pepper, marinara sauce, Parmesan cheese.
 * Boom Boom Shrimp Bites - Miniature shrimp bites with boom boom sauce and a spice of your choice
 * TBA Fried Shrimp - with tartar and cocktail sauce, seasoned fries, coleslaw.
 * Shrimp Marinara - Linguini pasta, garlic, basil, white wine, tomatoes, crushed red pepper, marinara sauce, Parmesan cheese.
 * Lemon Salmon - with pappardelle pasta, mushrooms, asparagus, red pepper, artichoke hearts, lemon-Alfredo sauce.

Pastas

 * Lasagna - Tomato, meat sauce, ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan cheese.
 * Gumball's Elmore Pasta - TBA.
 * Gumball's Elmore Pasta with Shrimp - TBA
 * Gumball's Elmore Pasta with Chicken - TBA
 * Mushroom Ravioli - Lobster cream sauce, Roma tomatoes, spinach. Add shrimp.
 * Island Chicken and Shrimp Pasta - Jerk seasoning, peppers, asparagus, mushrooms, white wine Alfredo sauce, linguini.
 * Pasta Bolognese - Any type of pasta you want, with bolognese sauce and ground beef.

Desserts

 * TBA  - Creamy chocolate pudding with crushed Oreo cookies and gummy worms.
 * Gumball Sundae - A chocolate chip cookie topped with a choice of blueberry, vanilla or chocolate ice cream & chocolate sauce.
 * Cartoon Milkshakes - Bacon N' Vanilla, Strawberry Banana Blueberry, or Triple Chocolate Cookies N' Cream.
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Drinks Edit

 * Any Coca-Cola Freestyle drink of your choice
 * ICEE products (made with Coca-Cola products including Coca-Cola, Sprite, and Fanta.)

Statistics

 * Manufacturer: Dynamic Attractions
 * Designer: Universal Creative
 * Top Speed: 65mph
 * Ride System: Slot Car/ EMV Dark Ride
 * Restraint: TBA
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Breakdown Spiels
Technical Difficulties or Inclement Weather Evacuation Ride Restart
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Trivia

 * When the passengers go past Ami, Yumi, Phineas and Ferb sitting at a table sharing a tall chocolate milkshake, they are able to smell the milkshake.