1990 Universal Studios Florida - The ORIGINAL JAWS RIDE Training Video!

[@TheBitBlock]

The boathouse scene was REALLY amazing in the first version of he ride. The part where the shark grabs the boat... not so hot. I mean you can literally see the teeth falling off the skin. I also like how it's movement seems much less robotic and more real. Maybe we can get Universal to build a new JAWS some day? :D

[@C3Duuu]

I think the Jaws the Ride curse caused the closing to happen

[@zimtheinvaderofficial]

@@C3Duuu what curse

[@mariselaalicea5816]

A be nice Dean

[@her2c4t]

Yeah not anymore

[@mariselaalicea5816]

@Dean be nice

[@jimbear62]

The day I went there , Steven Spielberg and his family were at the park to ride the Jaws ride...I tried to get a picture,but the crowds were too big to take a decent one

[@Madcrazyroblox]

Liar

[@shadowedfate151]

Wow never realized how much of an effect the skippers reaction had on the ride

[@TomCroom]

The skippers MADE the ride IMO. A good skipper and a complacent was the difference between enjoying a world class experience or a just going around in a circle on the water.

[@bakedwithrealchez]

still couldn't pay me to swim in that water I know it's fake but still nope

[@zombiebbq14]

bakedwithrealchez agreed.

[@bad_guy5895]

bakedwithrealchez don't want your face to get crunched from the animatronic gears

[@Showgingah]

@@meiraelise4438 There's actually an article on it. The dude fell in again when they were trying to get him out. He fell in the water, and ironically, was right in the path of the animatronic shark where it directly attacked the boat. The reason why someone clapped was because whoever the skipper was, stayed in character the whole time lmao. Let's just say the original jaws ride...had a crap ton of problems.

[@meiraelise4438]

@@Showgingah jesus lmfao

[@jacksonkendrick943]

Yup

[@Vulpine407]

Glad this video exists. Not many people know that the ride was very different in the Summer of 1990. I was a boat skipper in the early and mid 90s so I ran the ride in both versions. I understand why they had to change it. The tech of the 90s simply wasn't up to what they wanted back then. It was amazing that they could get it to work, really. I don't know the math, but it was explained to me that getting those sharks to move on their platforms and rails underwater took power roughly equivalent to that needed to lift a jet liner into the air.

[@knightofarkronia8652]

You know, I’ve been coming up with ideas for a hypothetical Jaws ride that combines both versions!

[@zzzzrvidoes365]

You have any stories from when you worked on the original ride with the ride breaking down while you were the skipper or any of your coworkers?

[@LostDeltaStudios]

I personally enjoy the original 1990 Jaws Ride, the story and how it was told, was a masterpiece. And don’t get me started on the score! I just wished the technology was planned better, and was lasted way longer.

[@bondseanbond5190]

@@knightofarkronia8652I know (July 11th,2024 and April 27th,2024/🙂).

[@JohnDoe-tg2wy]

HOLY CRAP! I didn't know that the shark originally tried to BITE the boat! I want to ride the older/retro version!

[@priscillapina1224]

The Kid Who Loves Theater hasn't the shark always attacked the boat? I'm pretty sure I remember my sister waking up with a giant shark head next to her

[@asapluke]

Tyler Tremallose I heard the dragging wasn't supposed to happen

[@AnguirusTCG]

The Kid Who Loves Theater It would break all the time, so they had to change it.

[@mercibeau]

Luke Whitten yea they redid the whole ride because everything was off & not coming on time. and there were too much errors especially w the shark ACTUALLY weighing like 400 pounds.

[@AnguirusTCG]

Soneful Damn! Thats a big shark!!!

[@TiaMarie96]

wait so you're telling me that the shark used to actually attack the boat at one point that's awesome

[@braselton94]

tia marie I remember an old VHS tape showing that.

[@bananabird8756]

Tyler Tremallose they actually redid the WHOLE ride

[@indigofrost4782]

animal rights and no abuse! well almost

[@bananabird8756]

Themepark Kid lol yeah they didn't get rid of some of the houses

[@alliesinger297]

tia marie yeah but I just know if it was me in that boat regardless it's a ride or not I am peeing my pants

[@Flynno19]

the shark looks more realistic

[@tuffy10lb]

Yes I agree they do ! More scary

[@lloydkline6946]

❤ original jaws , robot 🦈 shark

[@jacobfrancoman7304]

Ngl, it really did, aside from the sharks gums looking like they’re about to fall out, they looked pretty good

[@tonyleblanc7302]

@@jacobfrancoman7304 when a shark goes to bite prey, it’s gums always look like they’re about to fall out.

[@mariselaalicea5816]

I think the shark was more realistic but the new shark is more looks better but isn't that realistic

[@Badelves]

I kind of like this version better tbh. Jaws in the boathouse scene looks super uncanny and it's quite creepy

[@readordiefanatic]

I noticed that too, at times it really looks like a real shark.

[@MaybeGodwillsaveMe]

I bet it must be so scary for kids when they go into the boathouse set. Wouldn't it have been cool if they went even bigger on that aspect to where it's like you went out in the deep ocean with Brody to hunt Jaws and its only like moonlight and you feel like you're surrounded by ocean?

[@Clay3613]

Exactly, I'd be fine with the second version had they not made the sharks look like immobile hunks of wood.

[@AdamAdver]

Yea

[@theheroneededwillette6964]

Unfortunately this version relied on a system does doesn’t actually work right in water. Among a billion other technical issues

[@tigger6455]

For some reason I feel like this versions boat house scene is so much more suspenseful I wish I got to ride this one but I got to ride jaws a couple of times before it was replaced so I can't complain I still love it and I always will it holds a special place is my childhood nightmares 😂

[@deving.2943]

ITS AWESOME TO SEE BRUCIE SINK LIKE THAT HE MOVES SO MUCH BETTER AND NOT ALL CRAZY. HIS MOVEMENT WORKS SO RIGHT I LOVE IT.

[@ShadowFox746]

Imagine being the dude who fell in the water with that thing coming straight at him. And on top of that hearing your kid scream “no! the shark’s gonna eat daddy!” Especially since the 90’s mechanical shark looks way more realistic/movie accurate than the final version! With my submechanophobia, galeophobia, and thalassophobia, that shit would give me PTSD.

[@Totalfreedomliving]

Same here. Beyond terrifying.

[@reynardmisae6208]

With today’s technology, if Universal Studios recreated this version of Jaws, without question there will be a huge crowd in line trying to get on the ride. @universal #hint

[@giantbaby6996]

Agreed. I think they made a huge mistake closing it. It’s a true classic.

[@meow5655]

@@giantbaby6996 yeah i agree, but they rlly had no choice closing this version

[@Romulan2469]

They need to re-open this again with the CGI and animatronic technology today it would be pure horror.

[@caboose8110]

@@Romulan2469no they’ll ruin it and put screens around your face. universal sucks now

[@BoathouseShark]

This version was from 1990, which they attempt to salvage between then and mid-1991. They then pulled the plug to re-engineer the version that everyone knows, which opened October 1st 1993.

[@isaacgerdon6351]

BoathouseShark Didn’t ask

[@Godzilla-vd9lj]

@@isaacgerdon6351 WHO WAS TALKING TO YOU

[@ThatBoyInBlueAndWhite]

I liek 4:14 bc I like how it just comes out of the water and atchully includes teh boat

[@SwirlyJoe]

3:24 the shark movement was amazing! Looks real! PS I would be terrified to ride alone. Too bad the sharks couldn't survive the water

[@bootsforemmett3674]

The boathouse portion was awesome!

[@THEremiXFACTOR]

It was always gonna be difficult to pull off those effects of the shark grabbing the boat and it exploding at the end. I expect it would've been hard to keep it reliable. Anyway the final version was awesome.

[@PianoDisneygal10]

Yeah, this version of the ride always broke down. It was so famous for it that when I was in middle school, ten years later, kids were still talking about it

[@TomCroom]

Apparently this video is close to getting a half a million views. Who knew there were so many fans of nineties mechanical shark technology?

[@redandbluebulldog1508]

Heck yeah! 2022 is starting to wrap up and you’ve hit 507K+. Congrats! Thanks for posting! Truly incredible documentation in a day before camera phones and the internet! Love this! 😳❤️🦈

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

May I use this footage in a video I'm making about underwater animatronics? I will give your channel full credit.

[@TomCroom]

As long as you credit me, yes. Thank you for asking.

[@Dave_Williams200]

He always do

[@Acermani456]

@@TomCroom if I ever go to Universal Japan, would you like to be my skipper on a private English tour? LOL!

[@Acermani456]

@@TomCroom or do you think they would allow you to do so?

[@Acermani456]

@@TomCroom you see I never got a chance to experience this ride.

[@HoldensaurusTheDinoGamer]

It was a good looking shark. The thing is, they were pneumatic, which means they use air to move cylinders up and down. Sadly, these were not water proof. This is why it never worked. So then universal sued Ride show & engineering (I think that's what it's called) for "poor workmen ship". Than universal brought in Totally Fun company who designed and build the ride and Oceanering Engineering designed and built the Sharks which were water proof and now hydraulic. Hydraulic cylinders are not activated by air, but rather a Hydraulic Fluid. Hence the infamous shark bites the wire was born.

[@Clay3613]

The newer animatronics looked like wood. Everything was pretty good till the ending.

[@SpinalRampage]

They also brought in Intamin to do the track reworks. The refurb cost more than the ride did originally since they reworked nearly the whole thing.

[@jasonthomas6195]

Clay3613 They didn't originally, just look at the old promo videos of the finale. They were sadly left to decline both mechanically and cosmetically by Universal.

[@pearlwhite9758]

Holdensaurus ugh Harry Potter Diagon Alley took the place Jaws was. Don’t get me wrong I am a fan of Harry Potter, it just sucks that it isn’t a ride anymore

[@gagastan18]

Storydale fr. harry potter already had a big themed land in Islands of Adventure, it didn’t need another land

[@kleverstudios]

"Go-go ahe- um, go ahead and uh, hit the cue that thing for all of the stuff..."

[@erikawear]

I wonder how the fake blood worked when it blew up and how it didn't affect the water after so many rides

[@cowboycliparchive1985]

Erika Wiberg I'm sure they had some sort of water filter to keep the water clean. But that would be really interesting to see pure red water after so many times. imagine the tourists faces

[@crazyd4ve875]

Probably wasn't blood, it probably rust.

[@TomCroom]

It was a special chemical that went from red to clear in a few minutes. There was a filtration system, though, so it *allegedly* cycled the water to keep it clean. Allegedly.

[@ChrisHinners008]

@@TomCroomknowing the high maintenance the original version of the ride required, it probably didn't work well.

[@wickedphant0m]

That moment when the shark grabs and pulls the boat... incredible.

[@Vanilladye]

Wow that shark looks wayyyy better than the one on the final iteration of the ride.

[@Carlala614]

I've been looking for a video of the first ride. So much different. The bloody water was a nice touch.

[@TomCroom]

Two years ago today,@UniversalORL closed one of it's most legendary attractions: #JAWS The ORIGINAL Universal Studios Florida JAWS RIDE (1990) Training Video!

[@KingsIslandHistory]

Definitely cool to see. I like how the shark "broke" into the boathouse, alongside the bloody water at the end. The fire effect is definitely more exciting (and realistic) than the shark-pulling-the-boat around deal. Thanks for posting this =)

[@knightofarkronia8652]

Maybe if (and that’s a pretty big if) they brought the ride back (maybe they could find room in Epic Universe? I don’t know), they could combine the two versions? Like maybe while trying to get the shark off of the boat, the grenade launcher ends up discharging by mistake, blowing up the gas dock? Or maybe, that scene at the end where the shark bites the electric cord and then makes one last lunge at the boat could be when the grenade flies into its mouth and it explodes underwater?

[@BoathouseShark]

Actually working > Looking somewhat realistic. Glad you enjoyed it though.

[@1dbanner]

I loved this ride dearly. I wish I'd applied for a job here when I lived in Orlando

[@MagicFergie]

Thank you so much for this amazing footage of such a classic attraction. Jaws, you will be missed :(

[@capsizebrian]

Interesting I love the interaction in the boat house more in this version but I really liked the later version I experienced in the 90s. The fire spreading on the water live in front of you, feeling the heat of it and running through and the cable snagging so that the ride also acknowledged Jaws 2, made things more exciting. While the moment of it biting the boat here sure looks good, ending it with just a water splash and blood effect it a little tame.

[@frenchorcatrainer]

Definitely miss that ride now.

[@REE_RED]

I think this is one of the only videos on the internet that has the boat drag scene

[@TomCroom]

Someday I'll go through the rest of these old VHS tapes, too. LOL

[@LostDeltaStudios]

@@TomCroomyou have more? We would love to see!

[@azaz...]

id love for somebody to make a modern version of this, surely technology has came further than what they had back then , huge potential

[@EdGageActorMusician]

I this shark looked more realistic than the one used to be electrocuted. But that's just me. Anyways, such a great ride, and I miss it. Glad I have the memories of riding it.

[@TomCroom]

@onerandomusername I'm glad you liked it. I only recently remembered that I had it lying in a box in the garage.

[@rickstar171]

wow amazing vide, so glad I could see this. Will never forgot how great this ride was

[@kimmielockman7455]

3:29 had me shook

[@aamiller90]

I like this animatronic more that the new one. Looks more realistic, moves more realistic.

[@gbirdnest]

That was pretty awesome! I started as a Studio Guide at USF in December 1990, and we took a tour of the then-drained Jaws ride and were told about the experience - including the ''shark meat machine'' but I never got to see it - until now. It's also cool that the sinking tour boat looked new - and therefore like it could have just gone down! ; )

[@fire_deer801]

I’m so sad this ride is gone. I never got to go on it because I was 5 when the ride was taken out. Jaws is my favorite movie of all time and I love watching videos from the jaws ride and I just wish I could have gone on it at least once. I hope some day it gets added back ❤️

[@huntercoleman460]

The ride still exists in Japan.

[@Gonjadote]

@@huntercoleman460 yea like there gonna spend all that money just to go ride jaws in a language they won’t even be able to understand 💀 cmon now make it make sense

[@isabelles6380]

wow that shark is pretty terrifying. i miss this ride! (i never rode the original version though)

[@AskSydneyLipton]

I’ve been on the renewed version in 2004 when I was 7 and was terrified but I can assure you if I went on this version I would have had a heart attack and died.

[@PlatinumBolt]

May I use this Footage for a video I'm working on about this version of the Jaws Ride? I'll put a link to your video in the description of my video and give you credit.

[@TomCroom]

Please be sure to credit me in the video (an overlay that says "Credit: Tom Croom" or "Credit" TomCroom.com" is fine. Links in the description don't denote it as clearly. Thanks.

[@PlatinumBolt]

@@TomCroom ok, thanks.

[@Soccsincrocss]

Best ride of all time.. everything nowadays is just screens but this was so cool and practical

[@ChrisDan94_]

I remember this in the 90s.. When it would attack the boat and try and pull it underwater.. So scary for a kid 😂

[@andrewamidala]

So much better than the ride that replaced it, the shark movement was better and look more interesting!!!

[@yulestghoul]

The shark looks so great here... shame it didn't work like it was supposed to ):

[@xenofett7008]

The shark looked much more realistic at that time, than the chunky one they ended up with shortly after.

[@Totalfreedomliving]

Yes. The newer chunkier one looks like absolute garbage. Totally ruined it for me.

[@TehDenizenz]

my left ear enjoyed this video very much

[@brentbaker1670]

Ikr I can only hear it with one ear

[@QueenOfR0ck]

This version of the ride was much better than the other version I've seen over the four years I had a pass at Universal. Unfortunately, from what I heard when Jaws first was opened in 1990 they had a lot of mechanical problems with the ride and had to be re-done by another company since it would break down very often. Hence, why it was a little different from what it was when it first opened. Jaws made a lot more appearances than he does now, or did before it was officially closed recently.

[@jayquinn9157]

There's a picture of me hanging on to my mom for dear life screaming like Donna Wilkes in Jaws 2. They told me it would be a real shark lol

[@mikeracine3132]

I so remember this ride. I started at USF April of 1990. Officially open June 7th 90'. I ran the parking lot and turnstiles area as a lead. I was there 4 yrs and it was a great job. Had so much fun!! Has changed so much since then. It was $47.00 to get in and $3.00 to park hahah. I worked the very first HHN they put on. The good ol days hahah

[@TomCroom]

"Back in the before time..."

[@EdGageActorMusician]

Yeah, I think I was very little when this version was still around. Then when I came back a few years later it was the 2nd and final version(electrocuted version). I'll always enjoy watching the Jaws videos for great memories, and it will always be one of my favorite movie franchises.

[@ajurassicfan9557]

This is surprisingly good quality for 1990. Thanks for sharing

[@TheJurassicSquadYT]

If only they got Roy schider to voice chief Brody on the ride…that would’ve been noce

[@TomCroom]

Interesting enough, he was walking distance from the ride for months due to filming seaQuest at the adjacent soundstages.

[@davidtaylor9219]

A truly great & RARE VIDEO of Jaws - The Ride. 👍👍

[@TomCroom]

Thanks! Someday I'll convert my other VHS tapes. Someday.

[@NENE-xx9xd]

Finally get to see the original part where the shark would bite the boat. But the part had to be removed due to the damage it kept causing to the boat.

[@brycevo]

I know it didn't work, but I really liked this version. Especially since it was more Jaws and not Jaws2

[@mokris29]

it looks like that they drove 1990 the boat really by themselves! You can see it at the throttles!

[@slagarcrue85]

The ride malfunction a lot so eventually universal sued the people that originally people built it about two our three years after it was made. They also apparently around the same time they were having trouble with kongfrontation and earthquake also.

[@thetoyinformer5145]

In my personal belief, this original one was better now, I know they had problems but could they still have in palmettes the same action but just with better animatronic funtions?

[@BombBombora]

+Nazgul LOTR yes it's still there

[@jusjetz]

5:07 so he waits to shoot the grenade in to the sharks mouth until he blows up. just like the first movie but its not a grenade launcher.

[@cat4lina]

I went on this ride when I was like 5 in 2011 before it shut down, and I remember it like yesterday! TAKE THAT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS!! HAH

[@j.johnson8496]

Its no wonder Universal sued the designing company!

[@arturomcneil5919]

They should bring back the Jaws ride back it’s absolutely not fair for that ride be removed

[@PureSwedishViking]

For anyone claiming that this one was better, just a reminder: this version almost never worked properly.

[@meow5655]

basically worked like a real shark

[@Losttoanyreason]

Took the kids a couple of times in the first half of the 2000s. Loved the ride! Lot of fun. Thankfully it was the pre everyone had a cell phone age so your experiance wasn't ruined by everyone blocking your views with their phones like these days or yacking or texting incessantly on their phone .

[@chillindillon3329]

I wish this version came back along with the new version.

[@zombiekiller3668]

the shark looks real

[@mikeisamusician]

And the shark "exploding" with the guts going everywhere? Classic.

[@DrasticFox2004]

My 2 Favorite Universal Studios Trilogys Are Jaws And Back To The Future!

[@kitzuneiasmr2444]

3:26 imagine being stuck there

[@patricksfunnyfarm2407]

Was lucky to ride this version.

[@DrasticFox2004]

Thank You Tom Croom’ For Being A Good Skipper!

[@TomCroom]

Thanks for watching the video!

[@Acermani456]

I can't believe the skipper kept his cool will battling that shark! From the jaws ride we know from the day they would act more scared.

[@lightworker123gaming2]

Im from uk and we went on the origional version it was amazing

[@jackmehoff2420]

I remembered the boat house being smaller. Maybe it’s just because I was a kid, but I swear I remember it differently. Also, why did the entire pond need to be filled? It doesn’t take a genius to realize the costs associated with it. The majority of the ride only needs to have the appearance, but they could have been only a foot deep or so. They could have done so many things better from that standpoint.

[@perppull]

3:34 At that exact pause frame by submechanophobia is at level 101

[@Otamatone_Productions]

4:33 a shark fin should show up here

[@anthonyvitello88]

I remember this ride from a long time ago! It was awesome and I was like 10 lol

[@chgem.2658]

A nightmare to fall in this pond!

[@SoraRoxasdude1]

One question, for the "blood" effect, do they spray some kind of liquid into the water or is it done another way? How do they keep the water blue with the liquid continually being sprayed into the water?

[@Matt561]

I know Spielberg was mad they changed it from blowing up to the ending of Jaws 2

[@JoeysClones]

Best version in my opinion when working 😂

[@mikeisamusician]

I really dig this version's plot more than the second version. The bugger seems to move a little more realistically in the boathouse here than he did in the reboot. I heard Universal employees saying that they closed Jaws because it was too expensive to run. I also heard somewhere that the explosion in the second version cost $60-75/pop. The whole "shark turning the damn boat around" thing was cooler anyway, so why couldn't they have just reinstalled the old effect? Damn. I'll miss this ride.

[@brucewayne7838]

yes they tried to recreate scenes from the movie which was always going to be difficult, hats off to them though.

[@tiffygirl101]

The original made me jump more than the newest!

[@evanamyll]

I can't believe they closed this, I've never been on it. :c darn. I love Universal.

[@MaybeGodwillsaveMe]

Only went to Hollywood, but seems like Florida took on a more immersed experience on the rides

[@ripwednesdayadams]

the boathouse part is AWESOME! the shark looks way more realistic. i only experienced the other version of the jaws ride but it was one of my favorites when i was little. it sucks that they closed it to add more harry potter shit.. as if there wasn’t enough of that already.

[@bookworm1171]

I rode the Universal California ride in 1977 and as a little girl it scared the hell out of me.

[@deving.2943]

BUT I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, 1. HOW DOES HE GET IN THE BOATHOUSE OR DOES HE NOT, BUT HE JUST SITS IN THAT SPOT WAITING TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT. 2. HOW DOES HE KNOW WHEN TO ATTACK THE BOAT, WHAT TRIGGERS HIM TO MOVE AND ATTACK THE BOAT.

[@TomCroom]

The boat is on a track that triggers movement, and there are multiple shark animatronics in the water.

[@DanielDaAwesome77]

Even the last animatronic didn't pop up. LOL that's great.

[@Dreaklock]

This version was WAY better than the more recent version.

[@dmen0563]

I actually got to experience this version as a kid I remember going another year and seeing the shittier shark and being dissapointed

[@c_schuster]

That’s crazy so you’re like 37 now?

[@dmen0563]

​@@c_schuster38 this year

[@bhunt799]

I just wonder if the ride could be made like this today.

[@TomCroom]

Nope. It'd all be 3-D virtual blah blah blah.

[@pheonixfire9517]

Oh wow, this is really cool to see. Not sure why they changed it, but as i said, this is really cool... Shark looks awsome too, apart from were he grabs the boat. Although can can see why he didnt actually do that, just incase...

[@TomCroom]

So KZbin let me know (via my iPhone) that the #Jaws video I posted passed 100,000 likes. Snazzy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJDVaqqjh5h7fK8

[@jhollisphoto]

252 likes ;)