How It Worked: Poseidon's Fury - Legendary Practical Effects (NOW DEFUNCT)

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[@jackdennis9286]

It’s a shame this attraction is leaving. It was one of the few, in my opinion, unique experiences at universal. Almost everything else is a simulator-style dark ride of sorts

[@mayganphynix8267]

This is exactly why I’m so sad that it’s gone 😞

[@genfaze]

I cannot stress enough the magic of walking into a small room, the lights going out and abruptly finding yourself in a completely different place full of fire and water.

[@KaibaKid_]

Poseidon's Fury was an incredible show, and it saddened me greatly to hear it was closing, but seeing how well-received its final night of operation was truly warmed my heart. I always wondered how strong the water pressure had to be to make the Vortex, and now I know, all thanks to you, the most underrated theme park channel on KZbin. Thank you. RIP Poseidon's Fury

[@theinfinitistig1109]

I will miss this attraction greatly. Sure, the show itself wasn’t the greatest, but the way they managed to move that water around was. I enjoyed walking through the tunnel, just being mind blown how they did it and how cool it was to walk through. I have been to Universal Studios many times and that was always an attraction visited every single time.

[@imaginationstationyt6948]

Thanks for making this wonderful tribute to a soon to be missed attraction and showing how it worked :)

[@DonoVideoProductions]

I LOVED this attraction. Honestly, my favorite at Universal. The water tunnel was great, yes, but the final room switch, for me, was the gem of the whole experience. I saw it before it was "tweaked." It was startling, unexpected, and soooo fast and quiet - an engineering triumph. You cannot beat a practical effect. Projections are fine for some things, but real, tangible materials and technology will always be better. This jewel will live on in legend, and will be sorely missed.

[@AmusementLabs]

Yeah the procession into the same chamber always was a very odd choice cause it didn't make much sense for the plot.

[@GoodEnoughEngineering]

I was coincidentally there on its last day of operation. You could tell you were a part of something very special. The crowd feedback and sheer appreciation for this attraction was almost indescribable. I'm very grateful we got to experience that.

[@coloradostrong8285]

No you weren't. You started getting seasick on the water taxi as it pulled away from the dock, and had to go back to the room at Cabana Bay. Then you told us you got motion sickness on the elevator going to the 3rd floor.

[@slyder5597]

Was in the final show. Was truly a once in a lifetime experience to be in there.

[@Elmerstudd007]

I'm gonna miss this hidden masterpiece.... by far one of the best attractions Islands of Advendture had.

[@raydnosaj087]

Truly a hidden gem of the park. I wish Universal prioritized original ideas like they used to.

[@mayganphynix8267]

Me too. It’s all IPs now, and it’s getting old..

[@LeeMubai33]

This show was one of the coolest, most immersive rides I had ever seen as a kid. (Especially the original version). You can tell Disney got a lot of inspiration for Rise of the Resistance from it as well.

[@mayganphynix8267]

ROTR? Really?

[@MonteWest]

Like what?

[@asklouie]

They could probably reuse the building and vortex as some sort of Zelda labyrinth. It's a shame really, because the queue area had some amazing Minoan art and really looked like an archeological site somewhere in Crete.

[@UrSammich]

I was thinking the same thing. They could keep some aspects of the attraction/show room for Zelda if that does happen. At the very least the outside themeing. However, the other problem with a Zelda theme land is which Zelda time line/story do you base it off of. Mario and DK are easy, but Zelda is complex.

[@nerfer1091]

Apparently part of the reason it closed was due to water leakage damaging the show building, so unfortunately I don't think they'll be able to repurpose it

[@mmocken]

I saw the original show in 1999, it was amazing, but overshadowed by Spider-Man…and all the other great rides at Universal

[@mayganphynix8267]

I’ve always had mixed feelings about this attraction. I love the technical stuff. I LOVE the human interaction from the tour guide, that is something you don’t see anymore in attractions, a character that interacts with the audience like that. But I felt like it also fell short, it had SO much potential to be better then what it was.

[@PandaWithAJetpack]

I first saw this attraction when I was in 4th grade, and I made sure to drag my family to it on every subsequent trip. We last saw it in December of 2022 and I’m really glad we did. It was cheesy, but I always loved it!

[@mayganphynix8267]

I feel the same way about it. It’s not the best, but it’s unique and the technology is so impressive.

[@joshwebsterracing5380]

I loved this attraction as a kid - probably went on it about 10-15 times over my life. There was a long period of maybe 12 years where we didn't go to IOA and just last November I got to come back and ride it one last time... glad I didn't know it would be my last time before it closed otherwise I'd have been blubbering away walking through that water tunnel! I'll always remember the smell of the mist and chlorine as you walked inside it. It was never the star of the park but thoroughly enjoyable to get away from the midday sun and cool off inside and enjoy a show. RIP Poseidon's Fury... and thank you to all the incredible tour guides over the years for making it so magical!

[@nolan1913]

This video has made me more emotional than i wanna admit. Not the best attraction but absolutely a loved one

[@theautomator2001]

No more X Box mic! Your videos are getting better with every release, keep up the good work.

[@93JB93]

I was 7 years old 2001. It was late July. My sisters and I had all 9 of my cousins visit us in Tampa for summer break. We decided to go to universal studios and Islands of Adventure. We packed all our things and left for Orlando and went to the parks. I don't remember much of the show but I do remember how bright and vividly blue that tunnel was. I think about it from time to time. The pressure pushing the water. The cool air hitting my body as I walked deeper thru. Marvelous Attraction!

[@DanielGBenesScienceShows]

I absolutely LOVED the music that played outside the building. It was epic, dramatic and peaceful at the same time. I feel very fortunate to have been able to see the inside show once in 2019 and record much of the outside music in early 2023 to listen back to if I need to.

[@fredleggett923]

It really speaks volumes about "modern audiences" that a wonderfully innovative show that revolved around the Greek Pantheon (the first version, at least), totally unique in the annals of theme parks, is likely going to be replaced with...a Goddamn videogame character. The Lost Continent is a masterwork of mismanagement. I look back on how it was slowly, but surely, hollowed-out to appease rabid Potterheads and die a little inside. The removal of the Sinbad stunt show was also a major mistake, as it left Islands with zero live shows and could've been reworked, but nooooo, that would've taken a small amount of talent and effort, so it was just scrapped. Universal is a textbook case of a company taking two steps forward and four steps back.

[@fandomcentralstation]

I’ll never forget the one time I went on this attraction. Walking through that water vortex in my Hufflepuff robe holding my wand was a magical experience

[@danie5522]

finally saw this show a couple days before it closed and came out of it so sad that i'd never get to see it again. such a cool concept, and the cheesiness of the plot only made it more fun to me. poseidon's fury, i hardly knew ye

[@rmannayr2129]

THE WATER TUNNEL WAS THE BEST PART!

[@chriscuthill5067]

The first time I went to Universal I had no idea what this show was or what to expect. The vortex was so amazing!

[@LunarSault23]

I did this on the 8th grade field trip, hell of a show

[@11679MRT]

My family did this one time in 2014 - honestly, the only thing I really remembered about it (before watching this video) was the heat from the flames - surprisingly hot

[@djplonghead5403]

We went to Orlando in Mid to early February of 2023, the outdoor effects where all shut off but the attraction itself was still in operation. We had no idea they where closing the attraction soon or anything, it's crazy to think just how close we where to the end.

[@jamiekernc9925]

Some of us “Instant Fans” are actually out of state passholders who only got to go twice a year. Taylor was the best guide ;) , and PF was a must do.

[@michaelbarton6314]

This was absolutely my favorite attraction! Thank you

[@mrkgochicoa75]

What was really funny about the vortex is when it malfunctioned and stopped while anyone was in the tunnel they would just get soaked by the water haha

[@nicolebrown622]

It just soaked, possibly knocked down and hurt! It was a big deal when it happened. But wasn’t often.

[@bluegold1026]

Gotta admit that vortex tunnel is pretty unique. I love that effect! There’s no concrete proof a LoZ land is gonna replace the attraction. It’s just rumors. Rumors are to be taken with skepticism

[@KoBxElucidator]

Still remember the first time I saw that water tunnel as a kid in the early 2000s. My mind was blown!

[@michaeltaylor1603]

What a great SHOW! It was so good people wanted MORE and thought it was a pre-show. If there was space behind it, that could have been the follow UP! That water effect was likely very costly even with recycled water the electricity for the pumps! Thanks for the behind the scenes magic.

[@xanderjuneau9049]

Experienced this 3 days before it closed. Still one of the best attractions Universal ever had. The shows are well thought out, the actors give their all and give 10/10 performances always. And the use of theatrical effects and tricks to wow the audience is top notch. This attraction will be missed.

[@loserface516]

I love how much behind-the-scenes footage was filmed for this attraction! Very sad I missed out on it during my last trip. 😢

[@JohnVanderbeck]

I was working this attraction once when the cortex stopped spinning and dropped all that water down on the guests in the tunnel. Lots of vouchers issued heh.

[@nicolebrown622]

And everyone and their mother comes to the rescue. It’s a mess. I remember when Forbidden journey opened and they had to create a code 5 room for the guests because so many people were getting sick.

[@engima2913]

It’s always a good day when I see one of your videos pop up in my subscription list. Great video as always!!! Thanks!

[@theclockmax]

What a great video as always. I really appreciate the effort that goes into these videos

[@leftfinned]

Used to frequent this years ago….that was an amazing effect!! Love knowing how it works. Thanks.

[@boredmillionaire9914]

love the background music, perfect for the video theme and tone 👍

[@rmannayr2129]

GONNA MISS POSEIDON'S FURY!

[@onair6652]

One of my favorite, I remember my first time there. Thanks for sharing

[@kevinbrown7442]

I liked it, and sindbad, will miss them both. Im from the uk, and every time we've been we have seen them shows.

[@badbilly1083]

I’ll never forget my first visit or my second to Fury! Great show!

[@Leo-zk9rd]

i work at universal, in 2022 we were supposed to repaint some of the electrical and mechanical rooms behind the scenes at Fury and the flooding in the rooms was just too insane (I think it was from the tunnel honestly) we decided not to do it. The water tunnel really had to go with all the issues it was causing, it was time.

[@crazybird199]

I only ever got to experience this once, but the time I did, it was epic.

[@ParkMind]

Great video. It is always interesting to see how these attractions work

[@shadowprince4482]

I hope parks start trying to do more attractions like this because of the potential "ride capacity" and then do virtual ques for regular rides. They'd have to strike a balance of show type attractions to rides but it'd be nice to go to theme parks and not spend 70% of the time standing in line for rides.

[@Tig3rbutts]

Just discovered your channel and really enjoying learning about the "magic" behind so many of these rides! I went to Islands of Adventure in 2018 and Poseidon's Fury was very much one of those "eh it's almost closing time, we might as well do one more ride" sort of things, but I was blown away by that vortex tunnel. Sad to lose an ambitious original ride experience, but I am also excited for what's to come at Universal Parks in Florida!~

[@jonathonfreeman9233]

yeah, this is a ride where I can FONDLY say goodbye to (which is strange to say). The format was very oldschool Universal (talking 80s/90s California park), and for the massive headache the water would present? I can see the reasoning behind not keeping it. Still, I'm going to miss the quirky ultra-cheese of STAND BACK DARKANON! (which consistently made everyone groan-laugh).

[@reddcube]

I love the archive footage of the construction

[@AmusementLabs]

I actually was trying to get in contact with the lady in the archival footage for an interview, but didn't hear back.

[@mechaplatypus82]

We went there on vacation just for the jurassic park island, but poseidon's fury was our second favorite show

[@ack7]

I can’t believe I visited this attraction less than a month before it closed. I’m glad I got to experience something just before it closed forever.

[@0116scooter]

Sad to see this go. Was blown away y the original show and effects when I was in high school and we got a preview of the park before opening.

[@DannytheTourist]

Lord Darkenon is quite hot. That's why I actually like the second version. He and Doctor Doom are my two IOA crushes.

[@skycreeper0173]

Super awesome video. It is pretty sad to see the attraction was closed down.

[@chaadlosan]

Very insightful. I was at universal many years ago, but did not go on that attraction. Maybe I should have.

[@piplup10203854]

I really liked this show so it's to sad it's now gone but it's always cool to look back on the best of rides throughout history and seeing as this on one of those list 🥹 gonna miss it for sure though.

[@GlennJimenez]

I was fortunate enough to view both versions multiple times. I have to admit the original was better than the second version.

[@eekedout]

My family and I were down there the following day. I’m sad I wasn’t able to see it and missed it by only one day.

[@randallidell7027]

I saw this attraction when the park first opened. I remember the sheer awe and wonder the crowd expressed at the water tunnel. I had always assumed that the tunnel itself spun like a tube and somehow pulled the water along with the force of gravity.

[@sheokh]

A shame it closed. I remember enjoying the interactive show when I went in 2000.

[@ayo-pc4cf]

There should be more attractions like this

[@WillowWispGaming]

this was one of my moms favorites, despite us only getting to experience it twice. i was so bummed to hear it was gone :(

[@rockrollangel1972]

it was a good way to get out of the heat for a while

[@protoborg]

I'm no engineer and even I could have done that tunnel better. You simply line the tunnel with a tube that is one inch smaller diameter to the tunnel's inner wall. It would be made of acrylic so it can be transparent. It would then act as the inner wall of a long, clear tubular tank that keeps the water off the guests while still achieving the same effect. It would also mean that the water need not be pumped at such high pressure as the inner transparent wall would force the water to travel around the wall of the tunnel. It is sad that rather than continuing to use practical effects, people are continuing to move more and more toward digital effects. The practical effects are always better.

[@nicolebrown622]

I think the cool part is hearing the water “crash” as the wave starts. When the door opens you get to see the wave form. Kind of necessary, but also problematic

[@JamesP33R]

Well, I would guess that the water flowing over the bridge was intentional. To give the effect that the very ocean itself was having a hole punched into it. The timing of the door opening was such that you almost always saw a wall of water that was 'magically' being pushed aside to provide you a passage. Just having water in a double walled tube would have removed all of that. Not near as cool. IMHO ;)

[@baronboy123456789]

I loved this attraction. I luckiily was there the week before it closed and went through a couple times.

[@robotwolf]

I was hoping for a visual demonstration of the ceiling effect.

[@nicolebrown622]

What they don’t know, is it the Vortex effect ever failed, the people hit with it would be entirely reimbursed for anything damaged by the water. Every supervisor would have to be there to accommodate the guests.

[@coopsahoy8563]

I still don’t understand how the ceiling falls and you end up in the first room at the end. It’s so quick and well done!

[@AmusementLabs]

It's less of a ceiling, more a lattice that fits in the ceiling.

[@askjeevescosby2928]

This deserves to be remade and updated. I can only imagine how insane this would be with modern tech.

[@mayganphynix8267]

If only 😞

[@danielramsey1959]

Always the first ride i went to!

[@Lindquistdet1]

Pretty good alternate ending at 8:25

[@pauledwards9047]

I absolutely loved this show. Super imaginative an immersive. Sorry to see it go .

[@kickassnetwork]

Was I the only person underwhelm by the vortex? I went like 6 years ago and it didn't seem that impressive? The quick change in the last room was way more impressive and I thought that was the highlight. Not sure if it's not impressive because I've seen things like World of Color in DCA or other water effects, but It just seemed like high pressure water hitting a curved wall. I felt like looking at it, it was immediately obvious how it worked and what it was unlike the quick change room or basically any other effect.

[@CTBALL]

Can you do Valhalla in Blackpool pleasure beach, the best water ride

[@seriosertyp8145]

Great video. Unfortunately Poseidon had terrible room acoustics. It sounded and felt like a big empty warehouse.

[@kentslocum]

We need more practical effects and fewer screens!

[@Desco9111]

Yeah, it's sad to see "original" attractions disappearing, but Universal does great work with IPs... Unlike Disney's sloppy seconds.

[@sinner13halloweenfiend76]

The water vortex is kool lol

[@Hogartt]

ive been to universal a few tiimes and had no clue this existed

[@krytharn]

For me, Poseidon's Fury was the highlight of my visit to the park in 2003. Not knowing what to expect, I was totally blown away by the vortex. True, the rest of the attraction wasn't very memorable. Sad to see the ride has been closed now. But understandable, I guess.

[@peterbrown4828]

The water vortex isn't unique in that the 'Valhalla' dark ride / water flume at Blackpool pleasure beach has a vortex water effect albeit on a smaller scale. Think both rides built about the same time with Fury being slightly earlier. Pretty impressive effects on Poseidon's Fury from your video!

[@Aldodragon]

Never got to go on it I wonder what they are going to make I wonder if they will keep it there and make a new ride or just leave it there or demolish it but demolishing it would probably be tough since there is so much stuff around

[@TransistorBased]

Aw, I had a great time with Poseidon's Fury when we went in 2019. The writing was definitely on the wall but I was pleasantly surprised at how neat and campy it was. Sucks that this is gone but the F&F ride is still there Edit- I just remembered the crazy humidity from the vortex effect destroyed one of my automatic watches 🤣

[@coloradostrong8285]

Shouldn't have taken your Dollar Tree watch with you then, huh?

[@deanatgmail]

i would not be surprised if this ride was replaced with one that was mostly screens (lower cost than all the special effects)

[@rbrtnoble]

Where is the link to the model? Awesome video!

[@Happymali10]

10:30 Kinda telling that they didn't even bother fixing 1/3 of the steam-jets for the door effect.

[@bryantsteury8910]

I'm annoyed the only time I got to go to this ride was right after U.S. re-opened after covid, meaning a lot of the transitions from room to room were turned off to keep it as open air as possible and they made sure everyone was 6 feet apart. Totally changed the experience and not for the better.

[@coloradostrong8285]

c0vId 🤣🙄

[@passiveincometv]

Could you do how it works from Knoxberry farms mystery lodge ?

[@gerrelljenkins1469]

In all my years of going to islands of adventure I never went through Poseidon’s fury 😢

[@DaveTexas]

I went through this attraction about 20 years ago. I didn’t know what it was, so I was like everyone else in thinking that each of the rooms was a pre-show. After walking through all those rooms, to find yourself exiting to the park without riding anything was a real let-down. Since every other elaborate attraction has pre-show scenes that are very similar to this attraction, it’s completely understandable that everyone would be expecting a ride to come along…eventually. The designers of these attractions need to talk to experienced theme-park-goers to find these sorts of things out. This attraction would have been great as a ride. Even something as simple as traveling vehicles like Epcot’s Universe of Energy or DHS’s Great Movie Ride could have turned this into a successful attraction - with some fixing of the "story." The story (as I saw it) was dumb and pointless.

[@MaleSwiftie13]

Can you do how does tron lightcycle run work

[@ddrusa]

RIP 🙏

[@shawbag11]

As much as the effect was cool i remember thinking as a kid "wait was that it?" like i honestly thought there was gonna be a ride at the end or something but no its just 3 admitidly cool looking rooms with some cool effects then it ends. i think if they keeped the water tunnle and turned it into a preshow for something else then it might have been better cus lets be honest thats the only part people really remember from it

[@jak3y3]

When are you gonna do How It Works for The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man and Transformers The Ride at Universal Orlando?

[@masonchapman2007]

I don’t think they will replace it with a game , I think it might be something else

[@georgeralls447]

Can you please do a how it works for revenge of the mummy?

[@LimySilver2]

Imagine during this to an ancient Greek figure. They flip out