Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges — Attraction in Orlando

This is a really cool flume ride, based on the hit ‘30s cartoon, in which you get in the massive rafts, which fit up to 12 people! Like with almost all the other attractions at Universal Studios Orlando Resort, this attraction has 2 entrances: one for regular riders, and the other line for those who have the Universal Express Fast Pass! You’ll have to get onto the raft quickly, since the wooden platform that you stand on prior to boarding the raft itself moves moderately fast. When you get on, you slowly move down a river for several seconds, and then there is a moderately big drop, in which the fall is slow, since you’re in such a big raft. Next, you’ll be quickly moving through the river for 5 minutes, escaping bilge-rats, and you’ll see funny animatronics featuring Wimpy, a little baby, Bluto, Popeye, and his girlfriend Olive Oyl, moving like childhood toys right over your head! Shortly before the ride ends, you’re raft goes into a little building, in which Bluto puts your raft into a steep incline, as he laughs maniacally. After that, the boat quickly plunges down the river, ending the ride right then and there. This is one of two my personal favorite flume rights that I’ve been on at Universal Studios Orlando Resort!! The other one is Dudley Do-Right’s Ripsaw Falls®!!!! This is also the ideal place to cool down after a sweltering day!! This is the one ride at Universal Orlando, outside of Volcano Bay™️, which gets you the most wet! AWESOME...

First of all, my clothed got wet, and my toe (and other toes) got disgustingly soaked so I threw away my nice new fresh pair of vans that I bought the week prior. As a result, I had to also buy flip-flops. I’m not gonna lie. I saw the sign saying “you will get wet” but I mean come on why do you have to have a boat wash where five full high-power pressure sprayers hit me directly in my face. Also I was wearing jeans, so don’t even get me started about that. I’m not joking when I say I could have swam in a swimming pool and had less water on me than this ride. I mean, come on for the love of ham (join our club at arid.club). I mean to be the devils advocate. I did like the cinematics of the ride, but oh man, can I tell you this is one soaking wet ride. I don’t know maybe one star might not be good or what not but like I mean, come on I don’t like wet jeans.

Also, here’s the chapter 2, you want to hear about this one. The line? There’s like, the biggest queue since sliced queue. As in, you have to walk a mile in order to get on the ride and there is no queue at all. Where did all the people go? Why am I walking five years? I felt myself physically age going through this queue. Why isn’t there just like, a staircase to it? Who thought of such a thing. Toe.

As I am missing real footage or photography of this particular ride, I have attached a reenactment of how I...

Firstly, I have no idea how this ride attains a +4 star rating. This is a mundane, bland and uninteresting ride. Compared to the rest of the park, this specific ride belongs in B grade water park at best. The design of this ride is absolutely intended to scrape as much money out of people as it can. Dryers strategically located just past the entry point (you wouldn't notice if you just went into the ride) a gift shop selling flip-flops, towels and other clothing items just down the path too. This is a tell-tell sign of what was to come. To explain the actual ride, I would compare it to this.... I went on a hot day.... Imagine spinning slowly around in a microwave as an instant dinner, but you were undercooked and someone fills the microwave with a bucket of water. It's just excessively unnecessary. So imagine now you get out of your underwhelming ride to which you need take off your shoes and pour the water out of them. Enjoy walking around for hours and hours and hours wet... even in hot weather. All other rides are great. But take up the Jurassic water ride instead of this one as your missing...