
Guests need to meet a minimum 44 inch height requirement to ride Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls. Single Rider Lineĭudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls does not have a single rider line.Ĭhild swap is available and may be useful for guests who have kids that don't meet the height requirement or possess the thrill-seeking nature required to enjoy the steep drop on Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls. Express Passes are especially useful in the summer when wait times can get really long in the middle of the day. You can use an Express Pass at Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls.

It is sometimes closed for a week or two each year, typically in January or February when there isn't a high demand for water rides. Like many other rides, Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls undergoes regular annual maintenance during slow periods. It closed for a few weeks so that the damage could be repaired. In 2011, the roof of the attraction caught fire. Lap bars were added to the ride vehicles, and slight adjustments were made to the track. The attraction closed temporarily in March of 2000 because guests complained about the roughness of the ride. It was the very first flume ride to drop riders beneath the water level. Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls opened in Toon Lagoon in 1999 with the rest of the Islands of Adventure Park. Dudley Do-Right made his first television appearance on NBC in 1961. The Ripsaw Falls ride is based off the characters created by cartoonists Jay Ward and Alex Anderson. There are a few small to medium sized drops that feel exciting until you hit the real highlight of the ride: a 75-foot drop that sends you plummeting into a large pool of water at the bottom of the saw mill.ĭudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls Ride History After boarding the ride, you sail through a few dark corridors where more of the story plays out. The ride vehicles are log-shaped like the vehicles in a traditional free-floating flume ride, but the ride runs along an underwater track like a roller coaster. Can Dudley and his trusty steed save the day? Of course, you need to go through the ride to find out.ĭudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls is probably best described as a flume ride, but you could also consider it an aqua coaster of sorts. The queue takes you up to the top of a saw mill where you learn that the fair Nell Fenwick has been kidnapped (once again) by Snidely Whiplash. There are lots of different jokes and sight gags to make the wait feel more enjoyable. To get to the ride, you must first navigate a lengthy queue that winds through Snidely Whiplash's hideout. Other characters incorporated into the ride include Horse (Dudley's horse), Nell Fenwick (Dudley's crush), Inspector Fenwick (Dudley's boss), and Snidely Whiplash (Dudley's arch nemesis). Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls Ride Descriptionĭudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls is a Universal Orlando water ride based on the Royal Canadian Mountie character Dudley Do-Right. You can find the entrance to the right of the Comic Strip Café. Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls is located along King's Row in Toon Lagoon in Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure.
