Back to the Future is still one of my favorite rides. One of the first true motion simulator adventures, it is still one of the best!

While seated in a motion simulator, you are thrust into the future, back into the age of the dinosaurs, and into a very active volcano. The ride is very realistic, and very rough! Frequency injections in the vehicle seats make this rougher than many roller coasters.

People with heart, back, and neck conditions are strongly suggested to pass this one up - seriously! People have died on this ride!!!

The best ride of all is to be had in vehicle six on level 2 of the building. (There are three levels.) The film you see was shot from the point of view of this vehicle and every high level executive and star in the park requests this vehicle.

At the turnstile, you are directed one of three places, up the stairs, straight ahead, or down a ramp. Level 2 is straight ahead and again, has the best ride possible.

When you enter the building, you are placed in the preshow where there are numbered lines on the floor. These numbers do not correspond to the vehicle number. You want line numbers 3 or 8. These should get you into vehicle six. Again - this is only on level 2!

Remember, there are 24 ride vehicles and often vehicles are down due to technical problems. If vehicle six is down, try for either vehicle 5 or 7 instead - they are almost as good.

Vehicle 4 is primarily used for disabled guests due to it's proximity to a wheelchair elevator in case of evacuation. However, it has the worst show of all the vehichles in the building.

The Jurassic Park River Adventure remains one of the most popular attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood. This is an exciting water ride culminating in an 84-foot drop. (This is the 2nd biggest water drop in the world - the first is the drop at Jurassic Park Florida, which beats L.A. by 1 foot.)

You will get wet - in fact, soaked! Many people try to avoid getting wet by sitting in particular sections of the boat - it doesn't work! How the boat hits during the drop depends on the weight distribution in the boat. On one boat the front seat may not get wet at all. On another, it gets soaked. Just be prepared to get very, very wet!

For your convenience, they do sell ponchos, which will keep you a bit dryer (read...not DRY just DRYER). At one point, the ponchos were selling for only 75 cents. BE AWARE - the things have changed and they now sell only the $7.00 ponchos. They say that the 75-cent ponchos were not legal in the poncho industry and that they must sell $7.00 ponchos. Just bring a large garbage bag from home and you might be better off!