Sesame Street Spaghetti Space Chase is a
dark ride
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in the
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section of
Universal Studios Singapore
Universal Studios Singapore (abbreviation: USS) is a theme park located within the Resorts World Sentosa at Sentosa, Singapore. It features 28 Theme park#Rides and attractions, rides, shows, and Theme park#Rides and attractions, attractions in ...
at
Resorts World Sentosa
Resorts World Sentosa (abbreviation: RWS) is an integrated resort
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. It officially opened on 1 March 2013.
History
During the early planning phases of Universal Studios Singapore, park officials wanted to have a ''
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...
'' attraction.
However, this plan was sidelined in favour of attractions with more marketing power.
In late 2009 and early 2010 when full details of Universal Studios Singapore were released, the park planned to have an attraction entitled ''Stage 28''.
It was set to be a walkthrough located in the New York zone of the park that showcased some of
Universal Studios
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' feature films and props.
At the opening of Universal Studios Singapore on 18 March 2010, Stage 28 did not open.
For several months, the official website indicated the attraction would be opening soon.
These plans were later abandoned.
On 17 May 2012, Universal Studios Singapore began a small teaser campaign which included two short videos about their next addition.
On 24 May 2012, Universal Studios Singapore officially announced that they would be partnering with Sesame Street. As part of the partnership, the park would host Sesame Street live shows from 28 May 2012 and would open a dark ride by the end of 2012.
Existing food, beverage and merchandise outlets such as The Brown Derby were also rethemed.
On 6 October 2012, Universal Studios Singapore unveiled the marquee of its latest attraction, ''Sesame Street Spaghetti Space Chase''.
The ride
soft opened
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to annual passholders in the middle of February 2013.
The ride finally opened to visitors on 1 March 2013.
Plot
The attraction details Elmo and Super Grover 2.0 (referred here simply as Super Grover, his alter-ego's original title prior to his upgrade in 2010) traveling into space to rescue the stolen
spaghetti
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from Macaroni the Merciless and his villain partners.
Cast
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Fran Brill
Fran Brill (born September 30, 1946) is an American retired actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on ''Sesame Street'', as well as playing Sally Hayes in the Hal Ashby film ''Being There'' (1979), Dana Mardukas in the Martin Brest film ...
- Zoe
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Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
Leslie Carrara, sometimes credited as Leslie Carrara-Rudolph or the misspelling Leslie Carrera-Rudolph, is an American actress, performer, puppeteer, speaker, singer and artist.
She is probably best known as a Muppet performer on ''Sesame Street' ...
- Abby Cadabby, "Super Space Helper"
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Eric Jacobson
Eric Jacobson is an American puppeteer. He is best known for performing Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle for The Muppets Studio, as well as ''Sesame Street'' characters Bert, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, and Guy Smiley—all role ...
- Bert, Grover/Super Grover
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Kevin Clash
Kevin Jeffrey Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an American puppeteer, director and producer known for puppeteering Elmo on ''Sesame Street'' from 1984 to 2012. He also performed puppets for ''Labyrinth'', '' Dinosaurs'', '' Oobi'', and various ...
- Elmo
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Joey Mazzarino
Joseph Mazzarino (; born June 4, 1968) is an American actor, puppeteer, writer and director. He is best known for his roles on ''Sesame Street'' as Murray Monster, Stinky the Stinkweed and other Muppets, and being Head Writer and Director on ' ...
- Macaroni the Merciless
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Jerry Nelson
Jerry L. Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with The Muppets. Renowned for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on ''Sesame Street'', ' ...
- Count von Count, SSNN Announcer
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Carmen Osbahr
Carmen Osbahr-Vertiz (born April 21, 1962) is a Mexican-born American puppeteer, singer and voice actress who has performed Rosita in the popular hit children's series ''Sesame Street'', since 1991. Osbahr has also performed Kiki Flores in '' T ...
- Rosita
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Martin P. Robinson - Martian #1
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David Rudman
David Rudman (born June 1, 1963) is an American puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director, and producer known for his involvement with the Muppets and ''Sesame Street''.
Career
David Rudman has been a ''Sesame Street'' Muppet performer sinc ...
- Baby Bear· Cookie Monster
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Caroll Spinney
Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on ''Sesame Street'' from its inception in 1969 until 2018.
E ...
- Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch
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Matt Vogel - Anderson Cucumber, Martian #2
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Steve Whitmire
Steven Lawrence Whitmire (born September 24, 1959) is an American puppeteer, known primarily for his work on ''The Muppets'' and ''Sesame Street''. Beginning his involvement with the Muppets in 1978, Whitmire inherited the roles of Ernie and Kerm ...
- Ernie
See also
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E.T. Adventure
E.T. Adventure is a dark ride located at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida, United States. Primarily designed in-house by Universal Creative in collaboration with Steven Spielberg, the ride first opened to the public at Universal Stud ...
References
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