SHREK 4-D

'Shrek 4-D' (2003) is a short film/ride at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California, Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida, Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan, and Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast in Australia.

Contents

Overview of ride

Trivia

Versions

See also

External links

Overview of ride

Participants are led into a dungeon-like room with two giant television screens on either side. On the screen, Lord Farquaad announces that he has kidnapped the Three Little Pigs, Gingerbread man, and Pinocchio and is holding them hostage. He says that he will torture everybody for answers. After a brief tutorial from the ride operator, the cinema doors are opened and people take their seats.
The short film takes place right after the first Shrek film. In it, the spirit of Lord Farquaad returns from the dead to kidnap Princess Fiona. Therefore, it is up to Shrek and Donkey to rescue her.
Although the animation is 3-D, the ride is a 4-D film, which means it is designed to make viewers feel what they are watching. For example when Donkey sneezes, the front of the seats spray mist into viewers' face. It also has movable seats, air jets and rubber tubing, to simulate other effects such as air, "creepy crawlies" and other movements.
The animated film produced for the ride was later released on DVD under the modified title ''Shrek 3-D'' and included a couple of pairs of 3-D glasses. The DVD included a 3D version along with a version without 3D effects.

Trivia

★ In Florida, this show replaced ''Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies''. In California, it replaced the ''Rugrats Magic Adventure'' stage show.

★ As the audience sits down, it is most often that the instructor fools the audience into believing there are seatbelts in the chairs. The instructor will ask them to raise their hands if they can not locate them(people raise hands) he or she will say they aren't any.

Versions

The DVD version of the film was named ''Shrek 3-D'' and included a preview of Shrek 2.
On May 13, 2007, the film was shown on Nickelodeon as "Shrek's Never Before Seen Adventure", with the 3-D effects removed.

See also

★ Universal Orlando Resort

★ Universal Studios Hollywood

★ Warner Bros. Movie World

★ Shrek

External links

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★ Universal Orlando Resort - Shrek 4-D

★ Shrek 4-D at Universal Studios Hollywood (in Los Angeles)