Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster is a

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located at

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. It was the park's first roller coaster and the first roller coaster constructed at

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. The coaster was built in 1999, between the outside queue area for '' E.T. Adventure'' and the original location of

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. The premise of the ride is that guests are going on a wild ride through

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's Nut Factory. The coaster was included in the original plans for the construction of

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before the proposed park was scrapped.

History

On May 26, 1998, Universal announced plans to introduce a new Woody Woodpecker's KidZone area featuring Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster and

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at its Orlando theme park location. They were built near other family attractions, such as

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and Fievel's Playland, and are aimed at a younger audience between the ages of 5 and 12. Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster opened on March 13, 1999. On November 1, 2022, Universal Studios Florida announced that the coaster, alongside Fievel's Playland, DreamWorks Destination,

, and Shrek and Donkey's Meet and Greet, would close permanently on January 16, 2023, with its last day of operation on January 15, 2023.

Summary

Queue

As guests queue, they pass Woody Woodpecker's insignia, along with certain bells which make various noises which guests may pull. They also pass a sign where

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and Knothead, Woody's niece and nephew, are arguing about who will first sign it. Guests then enter the factory, where they line up in rows, and soon enter the ride vehicles.

Ride

After guests are seated and Woody's assistants have pushed down their lap bars, a bell rings and the ride train leaves the station and starts to climb a lift. As it nears the top, riders have a full view of KidZone. At the top, a sign reads "Ready or nut...Here we go!" and Woody (voiced by

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) can be heard saying "Guess who?", and then doing his famous laugh. The vehicle goes down a winding drop and goes up a hill and does a smaller drop and goes in multiple winding turns before coming to a complete stop with signs in front of it which read "Stop! Track ends! Now!" The vehicle then comes back to the station and guests exit.

Gallery

Incident

On June 19, 2006, a 4-year-old girl injured one of her feet while exiting the train. She was taken to the hospital to be treated for cuts on her foot. Reports said that the girl's foot got stuck between the train and platform. Her foot was freed, but Universal closed the coaster so that staff could examine the ride. The attraction reopened the next day on June 20.

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