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Construction problems caused the attractions at both parks to have delayed openings. The ride was first publicly announced in February 1989 as one of the many ones being added as part of the new Universal Studios Florida theme park, scheduled for opening in mid-1990 it was also later confirmed in July that it will be a 1991 addition to Universal Studios Hollywood. Intamin was eventually contracted to develop the ride system for the attraction.
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During the development of the ride, the designers traveled with foam models of the DeLorean to the Expo Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where an OMNIMAX theatre was the setting for trial runs of the ride's film. Riders would board motion-based vehicles modeled after the DeLorean featured in the films, and watch a film projected onto a large, dome-shaped IMAX screen.
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The second concept of a simulator ride ultimately came to fruition. A roller coaster was the original concept for a Back to the Future ride, but designers realized it would be too hard to effectively tell a story due to the fast motion. Initial planning for the ride began in 1988. At the time, the proposed concept of the Universal Studios Florida project was put on hold and considered to be dead, and, according to Alexander, Spielberg's suggestion helped to bring the project back to life.
Spielberg requested that Alexander see what he could do with Back to the Future. Spielberg recalled how his friend George Lucas had just taken him for a ride on Lucas' Star Tours ride at Disneyland, telling Spielberg that Universal "could never do a Star Tours". Alexander on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot on the eve of the debut of the King Kong Encounter scene for the park's Studio Tour. The idea of a Back to the Future–based ride was first discussed in a 1986 meeting between Steven Spielberg and MCA Planning and Development's Peter N. The Simpsons Ride opened in its place at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida, while Despicable Me Minion Mayhem opened in its place at Universal Studios Japan.
Declining popularity in the early 2000s led to the ride's eventual closure in 2007, although the version at Universal Studios Japan continued to operate until 2016. Steven Spielberg, looking to match the success of the Star Tours ride at Disneyland, served as the ride's creative consultant. Riders engage in a race through time in pursuit of Biff Tannen, who has stolen the DeLorean time machine. Based on the Back to the Future franchise, the ride is a first person adventure that takes place after the events depicted in Back to the Future Part III. A third installation opened on March 31, 2001, in the San Francisco area of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan. A second installation opened on June 12, 1993, in the Lower Lot area of Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California. The first installation opened on May 2, 1991, at the World Expo area of Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida.
Back to the Future: The Ride was a simulator ride located at several Universal Destinations & Experiences locations.
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