Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon

Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon


Universal Studios Florida
Area	New York
Coordinates	28°28′32.46″N 81°28′10.02″W / 28.4756833°N 81.4694500°W / 28.4756833; -81.4694500Coordinates: 28°28′32.46″N 81°28′10.02″W / 28.4756833°N 81.4694500°W / 28.4756833; -81.4694500
Status	Under construction
Opening date	2017 (2017)
Replaced	Twister...Ride it Out
General statistics
Designer	Universal Creative
Theme	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Ride host	Jimmy Fallon

Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon is an upcoming 3D attraction announced for 2017 at Universal Studios Florida, based on Fallon's tenure at The Tonight Show.

History

On the October 27, 2015 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Fallon officially announced the attraction which is set to open in 2017 at Universal Studios Florida. According to Fallon, the ride will have a similar ridership experience to Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey and will be in 3D.^[1] The attraction's queue will feature a replica of Studio 6B, where The Tonight Show is taped, followed by the main attraction, a race through New York City. The attraction, which is based on the popular celebrity race segment from Fallon's show, will replace Twister...Ride it Out, which closed on November 2, 2015.^[2]

Development

Filming commenced on November 4, 2015 at Studio 8H, where Saturday Night Live originates, as confirmed by photos shared by Fallon on his Instagram account. Fallon is seen wearing a motion capture suit and helmet, while sitting on a makeshift go-kart, surrounded by motion capture cameras. Industrial Light & Magic is in charge of filming the motion capture.^[3] Fallon posted another photo on his Twitter account on a closed set in Vancouver filming new scenes for the attraction on April 18, 2016, this time wearing a suit as he usually wears on The Tonight Show, sitting in a hydraulic go-kart simulator in front of a green screen.^[4]

Construction

Construction began in March 2016, when the first supports for the ride's façade were brought to Stage 50, where the ride will be housed in.^[5]

References

↑ "Jimmy Announces Universal Studios Tonight Show Ride". nbc.com. National Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
↑ Surrel, Jason. "Jimmy Fallon to Get His Own Ride at Universal Orlando Resort in 2017". blog.universalorlando.com. Universal Orlando Resort. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
↑ Niles, Robert. "Here's Jimmy Fallon, On the Set for His New Universal Orlando Attraction". themeparkinsider.com. Theme Park Insider. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
↑ Fallon, Jimmy. "Filming @UniversalORL's new attraction Race Through New York!! Crazy fun. See it Spring 2017!". Twitter. Jimmy Fallon. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
↑ "A large crane and the first supports for a new facade have arrived for the new Jimmy Fallon ride". Twitter. @hatetofly. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

Universal Studios Florida

Former attractions

Production Central	Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit Shrek 4-D Superstar Parade Transformers: The Ride Universal Music Plaza Stage

New York	The Blues Brothers Show Delancey Street Preview Center Revenge of the Mummy

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Diagon Alley)	Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts Hogwarts Express

World Expo	Men in Black: Alien Attack Fear Factor Live (seasonal) Springfield The Simpsons Ride Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl

Woody Woodpecker's Kidzone	Curious George Goes to Town A Day in the Park with Barney E.T. Adventure Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster

Hollywood	Terminator 2: 3-D Battle Across Time Universal's Horror Make-Up Show

Lagoon	Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories

Annual events and festivities	A Celebration of Harry Potter Halloween Horror Nights Macy's Holiday Parade Rock the Universe

Upcoming attractions	Fast & Furious: Supercharged (2017) Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017)

The Tonight Show

Tenures Allen's Paar's Carson's Leno's first O'Brien's Leno's second Fallon's

Hosts	Steve Allen (1954–57) Jack Paar (1957–62) Johnny Carson (1962–92) Jay Leno (1992–2009, 2010–14) Conan O'Brien (2009–10) Jimmy Fallon (2014–present)

Announcers/sidekicks	Gene Rayburn Franklin Pangborn Hugh Downs Ed McMahon Edd Hall John Melendez Andy Richter Wally Wingert Steve Higgins

The Tonight Show Band	Leno era I (Marsalis/Eubanks) O'Brien era (Weinberg) Leno era II (Minor) Fallon era (Questlove)

Bandleaders	Skitch Henderson José Melis Milton DeLugg Doc Severinsen Branford Marsalis Kevin Eubanks Max Weinberg Rickey Minor Questlove

Episodes	Carson's tenure Leno's first tenure O'Brien's tenure Leno's second tenure Fallon's tenure

Taping locations	Hudson Theatre NBC Studios New York NBC Studios Burbank Universal Studios Hollywood

Prime-time spin-offs	The Steve Allen Show The Jack Paar Program The Jay Leno Show

Recurring sketches	Miss Miller Carnac the Magnificent Floyd R. Turbo Headlines Leno era sketches O'Brien era sketches Fallon era sketches

Production companies	Carson Productions Big Dog Productions Conaco Broadway Video

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