is an omnimover ride themed after the Yoshi character and spin-off series in

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and

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History

The layout of ''Yoshi's Adventure'' was revealed across several years worth of leaked photographs, patents, and construction. The attraction was formally unveiled by Universal on November 30, 2020. The attraction then opened alongside Universal Studios Japan's Super Nintendo World on March 18, 2021. This ride, alongside the rest of Universal Studios Japan, was temporarily closed on April 25, 2021 amid rising concerns regarding the

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; the park reopened in June of the same year, maintaining enhanced health and safety protocols. The attraction suffered two accidents during late 2021, with a Goomba stack animatronic falling onto the ride during operation on August 12, 2021, and a fire starting in one of the ride's indoor areas on November 23, 2021. This caused the ride to close again for two months, and re-opened again on January 16, 2022. Neither accidents led to any park guest injuries. The presence of ''Yoshi's Adventure'' in

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's version of Super Nintendo World had been speculated, but construction revealed that the attraction was not being built in Hollywood, due to the Lower Lot of the theme park having limited available space. In January 2023, a clone of the attraction was announced for

, which officially opened on May 22, 2025, along with the park.

Ride experience

Queue

Guests enter the queue through a yellow

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at the base of "Mount Beanpole," with signage resembling the spin-off series' logo. Guests then pass through hallways filled with objects from the series, such as Hint Blocks and Smiley Flowers, in an art-style based on ''

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''. The queue then leads to

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's house, which is built into a tree inside a forest, where she explains the ride. A stairway then leads guests around the tree and up to the vehicle boarding area.

Layout

The ride first transports attendees over a bridge, then into a Warp Pipe tunnel through a scene with two Yoshis carrying Baby Mario and Baby Peach away from

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and two Fly Guys, with Poochy nodding his head at passing vehicles at the pipe's exit. A viewport within the first pipe tunnel shows a view out into space with Starship Mario. Exiting the pipe, riders encounter several Baby Yoshis in desert and jungle areas, and finally pass Captain Toad's location at the end of the jungle. Each ride vehicle has three Yoshi Egg shaped buttons on a dashboard, colored in blue, green, and red. If guests press the buttons in their vehicle as they pass the corresponding eggs during the attraction, they earn additional character stamps within the Universal Studios smartphone applications.

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