E.T. Adventure

E.T. Adventure is a dark ride at Universal Studios Florida. It opened on June 7th, 1990. The ride formerly operated at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Japan.

Experience
When riders enter, Steven Spielberg explains that E.T.'s teacher Botanicus needs E.T. to return home and use his healing touch to save his dying planet. Guests are asked to pick up a Interplanetary Passport and help E.T. go home on flying bikes. At the end of the ride, E.T. thanks guests by name with the name guests gave when picking up their passports.

Facts

 * E.T. Adventure is Universal Studios Florida's only opening day ride still in operation.
 * The ride featured a different pre-show that ran from 1990-2002 where Spielberg tells guests that they are actors in a sequel to the film.
 * The attraction's popularity saw it cloned at Universal Studios Hollywood, where it opened on June 12th, 1991 a little over a year after the original opened. It closed in Hollywood on March 14th, 2003 and was replaced by their own version of Revenge of the Mummy. Universal Studios Japan opened the third version of the attraction on March 31st, 2001. It closed permanently on May 10th, 2009 and was replaced by Space Fantasy: The Ride. Which leaves the original version of the attraction in Florida as the lone remaining version still operating. Despite rumors of it being replaced by more modern properties, Universal executives have maintained that the ride will not close in Florida.