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Pteranodon Flyers reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Pteranodon Flyers, a track ride in Jurassic Park at Universal's Islands of Adventure. (The minimum height to ride is 36 inches.)

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Posted: December 24, 2007

An 88 Second Flying Swing Ride Designed for Children. It has 3 Ride Vehicles that seat 2 people. The Vehicles are themed to resemble Pterodactyls. The Seats Swing Front-to Back and Side-to-side. The Track twists and turns at a high velocity allowing riders a view of all of Jurassic Park.

Be advised that this ride is one of the only rides in the park without an Express Line, So ride it early. Also, during busy times, they have a rule that you can only ride if you have a child with you.

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43 votes, so far

Ok. If you want to ride, get to it on a quiet day or when the park opens. I got to ride because it was quiet, and its not half bad. Wouldnt wait more than 10 minutes. 5/10 - Dominick D

To ride Preranodon Flyers, you MUST enter the park as soon as it opens. I went straight to the ride, ignoring an employee that said it was not open yet... it was. I waited just a few minutes. As a big fan of suspended coasters, the Flyers did not disappoint. The seats not only swing side-to-side, but back and forth as well. When I got off the ride, the line was already over 45 minutes long! That's too bad... I would not have even waited 15 minutes for the ride! It's an enjoyable ride, but definitely not worth waiting for. - Russell Fox

A bit silly you must have a kid and an awful wait time but I still thing it's a half decent ride. I was expecting to see some Dinosaurs though. 7/10 - D H

It looks fun, but like others have mentioned, you can't ride without a child, so we couldn't try it. - Kevin Norris

not alot of train cars to ride makes very long line waits - chris cona

I rode this at the end of the day and still had to wait about an hour and a half. Great beginner thrill seeker coaster, though. I ended up liking this fun ride, and I would not ride this during the afternoon, because that's when the line is really long. - Bradley Keith

This looked cool and I wanted to ride, but couldn't. You have to have a child with you. If you are childless, you're out of luck. DISCRIMINATION!!! - Brandy Schroeder

When I went there, I was freaked out to do any real Roller Coasters, so I wanted to do this ride. When we saw the 45 minute wait, we were wondering if we should ride it. I begged and it worked. Universal Studios does do a good job of putting mister fans in the que line, but still is a horrible wait. Than after we did the ride, we got off and we all wondered, "Why did we do that ride?" - Jacob Ferguson

Good little ride but too long wait. - gaetan leclercq

We have been four times and every time we have skipped this ride becausely of the stupidly long queue times. Surely it can't be worth the wait? - Mark Moore

This ride is quite suprising for two reasons. 1) Its actually pretty scary, that is if your afraid of heights. I felt that at any moment the train would fall off the track, but it provided a good amount of thrill. 2) This ride is extremely short however thus why it doesnt justify the usual 60 mins plus wait time. This ride should have been made into a larger attraction with dinosaur animatronics popping out from below as you barely escape them. But since its just a large circle and the ride is less than a minute, you can skip it. Ride it if you have time to kill or nothing better to do. - Chris Shafer

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