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Pteranodon FlyersTrack rideMinimum height to ride: 36 inches About Pteranodon FlyersAn 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. -- Last edited by Matt Paulin [Update this description | Read previous versions] Photos from Pteranodon Flyers
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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 Disappointing and very short ride with a VERY long queue. At the time of my visit you couldn't use an express pass (not sure if this has changed) and we were waiting for around 40mins (later in the day the sign indicated a 90 minute queue). The views are good but you dont get enough time to enjoy them and there isn't much if anything to entertain you while queing. I wouldn't recommend you ride if the queue is more than 20 mins long. - Emily G 6/10. Very low capacity. Very long wait. Very dissapointed. - Nicholas Gammon I know that its meant specifically for kids, but honestly, a ride with this bad of a capacity for that quick of a ride is an embarrasment to Universal! - David Kildal EEEK I'm not going on this ride ever again. I went on it when I was like 8 or 9 and I loved it. Now I refuse, I'm afraid that little wire will snap at any second. - Katie M It`s an enjoyable ride with excellent scenery. However, the long wait is awful, and it is a bit frustrating that an adult must be accompanied by a child in order to ride. - lauren fabrizio Been to the park 4 times and it is always a 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minute wait with no fastpass! Never gotten to ride it but Universal needs to figure this out because people constantly look at the wait times and turn around. Ridiculous! Either accomodate the crowd in your park or do away with the ride for a faster loading one!! - Jason Jones I agree with several of the reviews here: this is a mildly thrilling, but all-too-short, kiddie ride. Essentially you ride in a chair hanging from a track that circles over the Jurassic Park play area (an awesome play area, by the way). I give it decent marks for presentation, but lousy marks for execution. However, all three of my kids (ages 9, 7, and 4) loved it, and rode it several times. As others have said, make a beeline for this ride immediately after the Hulk and Spider-Man if you have kids intent on riding it. It is a very slow loading ride. - James Rao A slow load time, and a short ride that follows. A hint to adult couples (or couples over 60")...you cannot ride this after 10:30 AM unless you have a child with you. As for whether or not its worth it, I like the ride, but it is extremely short, and I would say if the wait is more than 20 minutes, go somewhere else. - Wilfredo Alvelo its ok. however most people end up waiting ages for this ride because they have a really dumb way of loading it, and so they are disappointed with it. - roxy m Not really a good ride at all. But i can't really complain, because it is a kiddie ride and just by looking at it you can see that it will bore you. I could almost go to sleep. Honestly the best part of the ride is the line when your in range of the mist blown at you by the fans minus the dreadful wait. - Jay Dunn
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