USF Jaws Ride 1990

This is the ORIGINAL Jaws ride from 1990. It was removed after it was deemed too unreliable and replaced with the current ride.

[@SSlovebird]

It's a shame that this version of the ride didn't always work properly, otherwise it would've been amazing.

[@vanitas-.]

Yeah imagine

[@MartyMcFly88]

The layout is much better in this version and the shark is much more convincing. I like the wide open water instead of the congested version they replaced this with. Either way the Jaws ride always will hold a special place in my heart and it kills me to know they tore it down.

[@theheroneededwillette6964]

It was technical nightmare that almost never worked, that’s why they changed it.

[@txshiroo._]

Ngl they could make another jaws ride in another state of USA if there is a universal carnival

[@AlexBrovo]

Still in Japan

[@benjaminfelipa7810]

Marty McFly -

[@MartyMcFly88]

Theheroneeded Willette yeah I know, it’s just a shame

[@BoathouseShark]

Different theme, different tone, different boats, different sharks, different show scenes from the boathouse onwards. The 1990 version of the ride was ambitious and more faithful to the original film, but was built by a group of former Disney Imagineers who were hopelessly out of their depth and didn't have the experience or the resources to make their concept work reliably enough to turn over to park operations.

[@alandejesusmartinezvallejo1101]

Bdhdthdhehejejdheu ehhe

[@TheSpizer]

Holy crap it actually HIT the boat!

[@romeoandjuliet1968]

Am I the only one who would be terrified if I fell into the water?

[@brentbaker1670]

It's_Magic 2003 I agree...

[@KdoobsDoobieman]

Mimi Mae really? He fell in that blows

[@txshiroo._]

There was a guy who fell into the water in 1990 tho

[@MELANIE1001]

I consider myself lucky to have ridden this original ride twice...it was broken almost 3/4 of the time we were there. Sad the technology was so sketchy it freaking rocked. Always liked it when the shark blew up :-)

[@echoscot]

I like the bit with the shark pulling the boat around and the shark blowing up, but the current one is a little more exciting.

[@JohnyRC9]

I remember when I was little, me & my family did the majority of the line twice in the same day & both times as we were getting close to ride it, the line stop moving for a while & then they announced that the ride was having technical difficulties.

[@dontaskmeplz123]

my husband and I were on this in june of 1990

[@slagarcrue85]

There's a big long video called like the jaws ride documentary that like a half hour long that some guy explains it all. Like the original ride malfunctioned so bad they sued the people. Then they ran into financial troubles in 2005 of the oil situation in Iraq . How they had to have a petition to get it reopen. They even got Roy Schneider involved at one point. In the original ride I think the sharks already in the boat house they do not so it on this version.

[@TheGrayMysterious]

The shark also looks way cooler in this version.

[@hhfilmsyt]

Yes yes it does

[@Nobutehuhh]

Wow I remember watching this video a lonnnngggg time ago, so glad it’s still up!

[@reynardmisae6208]

I wish I was born earlier simply to ride this version or Jaws the ride at all

[@deminstius]

This right only lasted a couple of years, WAY better than the junk we have now. The shark here looks so real, it drags and rolls its eyes like a real shark. Guts and stuff explode at the end too. WOW.

[@foxskinbabe]

this ride made me cry .. my dad took me on it when i was like 5 .. it so scary

[@TheGrayMysterious]

I wish they would've ran with the "shark directly attacks the boat" concept. I always had an idea for the Jaws ride where the shark lands in the boat/grabs it with its mouth and causes it to start sinking in the water, until the skipper jabbed it with something and it slid off the boat. That would've been terrifying!

[@readordiefanatic]

the best part of this version is shark swimming, it's head popping up and then it going back under, THAT was pretty real looking, otherwise the newer version is better

[@conniekelly884]

We’re gonna need a bigger boat I always wanted to say that

[@J0nD0c]

i used to love this ride when i was about 10

[@slagarcrue85]

There's acutal was a some kid on KZbin that actually made posted a documentary about the jaws ride. He said in the video That they had so many problems with the ride. Due to all the money it was costing them to set off a fire explosion every day. All the other problems they had universal studios actually eventually sued the people that designed the original ride for them. It closed down peremetly earlier this year.

[@silentbob8201]

It opened with the park but they closed it by 91 when i was there and there was a big sign that said under construction. the Jaws attraction was a big part of the early promo's for The Park before it opened so you can see how an 11 year old me was like wtf when i went there and it wasnt opened.

[@andfurthermore]

there were problems with the mechanics.Due to the complexity of the effects, the attraction broke down frequently, resulting in an extended closure as Universal Studios attempted to repair it.

[@viewtifuljosh37]

I wish Universal would change the ride back to this version just for a little while.After going to universal and riding the previous today version,i get tired of watching JAWS get barbequed all the time.Its really old and tell you the truth i never got to ride this version before ever.I was like 1 year old when it first opened.

[@RedCancer]

The machine kept breaking down mostly due to the explosion of blood. That effect took a toll on the ride and kept screwing the ride up.

[@Baltimora1957]

Awesome version. I don't remember it that way.

[@JohnyRC9]

We never got to ride it, since all the rides have big lines we didn't want to waste more time there. We just taught next time, but the next time we went it was the version that is there today.

[@HereComesTreble23]

@silverthehedgielover The special effects were hit or miss, no pun intended. The ride system now is no better to be honest, but tech support has more control over it- also, the red chunks coming up looked REALLY cool, but over time it made the whole lake red and chunky and it just looked bad, along with plugging up the filters. Great concept, poor execution.

[@Baltimora1957]

Wow no kidding. So did I. The first time I ever went on the JAWS ride in Orlando I had nightmares for a week. I'm a huge shark freak and being so close to a Great White Shark that looked so real scared the hell out of me.

[@filmfreak11]

Never experienced this version. Only experienced the latest version. I like the latest version.

[@HunterBHolmes]

The water on the ride today is only about two feet deep except where the shark is, there it is dug out so they could hide the shark futher down but still sometimes if u look u can just see the faint outline of the sharks nose before it lunges at you because it is only a foot under the water while waiting and ur boat rides on a track.

[@someidiotinnj]

This is the one I remember as a little boy I was 6 then.

[@MysteryHipster]

Oh and I believe some locations such as the beeches and barges were a bit different

[@bobgirlxx96]

This is the ride I remember as a kid. Scared the shit out of me

[@JBthree24]

From 1993-2000 when I used to visit FL 3 times a year, everytime I came to this park this ride was closed 2 of the 3 times. good ride though

[@boobear437]

Was the music on th boat itself of was it projected from speakers somewhere else or did you add it in... Either which way,,, It still looks like an awesome ride!

[@gregorkrause]

the newer ride where the shark dies at the end is referenced in Jaws 2 .

[@kensuke0]

The shark looks just as real to me, but its not as scary as the other one. The other one shows its teeth and all, which is terrifying.

[@HunterBHolmes]

The ride was never moved, infact most of it is the origanal ride except the end where they just changed the unreliable parts, unfoutunatly the sharks were too complex and had to be rebuilt and simplifyed :(

[@mattskateboard91]

wow that was better than Jaws 4!

[@CrazyWulfProductions]

I think I like this version better, but since I only rode the new version, it's hard to say.

[@riotgeek]

Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@bobafettsbounty]

hey Baltimora1957, I was in the ocean and a tiger shark came in and nearly ate me. That was the scariest moment of my life. If hadnt been for a nice size wave I would of been shark food.

[@bleachedwhite9]

i have a question is the boat they showed that was sunken still at the new version

[@MikeSparrow]

yeah, it changed around '95

[@Baltimora1957]

When I went there in '92 the ride wasn't even open. So I wonder how this was made when the ride apparently wasn't even opened until I believe '93.

[@PiperSparkles]

I see that this is an ancient post, but this is the original version of the ride that was plagued with technical problems and was eventually closed shortly after it opened. The version that opened in 1993 was the replacement version that was totally redesigned from what this version was.

[@Clay3613]

@HereComesTreble23 I'm sure 20 years later they could now do that without any of the complications.

[@Baltimora1957]

It was said that nothing worked properly when the ride was first opened. I don't know but if you ask me it lookes like everything was working alright.

[@MysteryHipster]

The dialogue of the skipper was different as well as some of the effects most notably the shark animatronic

[@killwize]

Go you have a link? i came here looking to technical info on the old ride system.

[@rockinjess101]

been on this loved it 2 bits :P

[@SharkSkull]

the shark doesn't like duck, he prefers chicken. a duck would be perfectly safe

[@slagarcrue85]

what original jaws riding training video to see the whole thing this cut out what happens inside the boat house. Also captain quint died in the movie so the original finale does not make since chronologically with that off the movie. I swear jaws was middle 1975 not 1974. I think jaws 2 was 1977 three was like 1981 revenge was 1986.

[@gregorkrause]

oh yes i see why this ride was unreliable not enough special effects plus the shark looks smaller than today's ride where the shark is bigger and scarier plus i noticed in the 1990 ride there's no shark in the boat storage

[@Bifftannen26]

the only time i went was in 92 i was nine years old, total dream come true but I found Nickelodeon studios anti-climactic but Jaws wasn't opened for some reason and I was pissed but judging by this video the ride then seemeds pretty crappy

[@BrolySanders]

the shark looked beeter then, and the ending was better too

[@readordiefanatic]

was the lagoon larger back then?

[@dennissmith5807]

yes it is

[@Ionisus]

they should make a swimming with jaws ride

[@RRBX]

What was the lifespan of each version. From what years? When was the ride first introduced? What does your last sentence mean? I'm having trouble following. The 1990 version was good you say, but wasn't mechanically engineered well enough for approval?

[@RRBX]

How was this ride different from the version they replaced it with? Please compare and contrast.

[@aesniper]

I would be see fucking awesome if they had a mounted .50cal, even if they were blanks or just shot bb's that would be so tight.

[@kapanda00]

Not really scared of many rides at amusement parks, but sharks are so damn scary.. Don't know how well I would take this one. ( o _ o) Or the new one in fact.

[@scythecam]

thats because sharks roll their eyesback hen they bite, the white is a layer called the nictitating membrane

[@Drac39]

I don't think Jaws busts through it in this version

[@CNHubNicktoons]

I can see moagor differances in the original one. One, where the heck is the gas dock!? Second, people like powerlines man!

[@lovebleach15]

man! the original jaw in this ride...seem soo realistic then today ride..i could'nt tell if that was a real shark...well now..you could tell it looks fake anyhoo...why did they have to remove it!!! i wanna ride the original one..

[@Baltimora1957]

They must have closed it after this, remodeled things with the shark & whatnot, & then reopened it. If you ask me, this one was more like the movie, seemingly more realistic, & they should have kept it this way.

[@WhatsWithThisHandle]

Wait this was the oringinal ending for the ride?

[@PsyDin_]

just like every other ride uve been on b4 :D

[@singinsmiley1]

great quality what did you use to film this your nans toaster

[@killahfromanilla]

@guitargeek616 it broke down repeatedly, having to be evacuated at least once a day

[@SuperCarly64]

"D-did I get him? D:" "No. :/"

[@dinochild65]

thats so funny, they have music playing to highten the suspsence

[@michaelbodley6929]

2:26 Boathouse.

[@jtobin13]

wher is this england??john

[@Mattie123]

wow i never new dat they had dat lol i like the new 1 but wen the shark "drags" u i fink dats better! shuld ave kept dat in! like as the fire starts it culd look like it drags u into it! wuld b cool!!!

[@Robotchicken09]

wow, the shark is so weak compaired to now! i wasnt even born then! its funny to watch this now, hehe. now days theres like 30000 more buildings and such, and no fire lol

[@cen262]

that is so short of a ride

[@PsyDin_]

lets think, if a grenade is shot down a shark's throat, what is going to happen? it is going to explode, if it is inside a shark, do you think he'll be fine? no...

[@Joshinnator]

lol, i rolfamaoed before i read the only kidding part

[@RRBX]

Was this recorded with an Iphone?

[@brandonnalani609]

It’s a footage from 1990

[@BoathouseShark]

How was it different? This version was sloppily designed by guys who didn't have the first clue what they were doing.

[@SuperSmashShows]

How was it too unreliable?

[@iconwarman]

no it's in florida

[@SuperFlashDriver]

One ear only, try to redo this in HQ and have sound come through two ears.

[@Cockmongler]

Are you serious? I thought the ride got it from Jaws 2. Were the writers of the movie seriously inspired by this ride?

[@SuperFlashDriver]

@Ionisus They should try putting in a REAL shark and see how it would react to it.

[@RRBX]

I don't understand the difference in rides. I didn't know there was more than one. Not familiar on the history. Please do tell.

[@TheKennyJacksonMJ]

a lot differents

[@AccursedHalo]

Never saw it hit the boat -_- could someone get a time

[@sketchly60]

the newer ride in orlando is much scarier, shark much bigger, and it comes out more... half onto the boat!!!!!!!!!!1 believe me, this is nothin the new one is scary

[@MikeSparrow]

you got a video of the ride when it actually worked

[@scoobyboi84]

this version looks so much more realistic, the new one is lame with all the random houses and a church, and the new sinking boat looks really cheap.

[@gamerguy1991]

only part better was shark blowing up in the 1st one with the blood

[@HereComesTreble23]

@Clay3613 They could, if the JAWS budget actually existed :(

[@user-lc4zk1nr8g]

こっちの方がリアルですき

[@JeffGoldmanVisuals]

this is from 1990?

[@aesniper]

I wonder if anyone ever brought a real gun and shot the shark? BOOM HEADSHOT!

[@carlosperezvidal]

why

[@TheKennyJacksonMJ]

wtf the jaws ride is changeded now the jaws ride now is beter than tis more action