We Just Rode the NEW Monsters Unchained Ride at Epic Universe — And It Was Worth The Motion Sickness

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Epic Universe is almost open!

WELCOME to EPIC UNIVERSE!

The brand new Universal theme park opens on May 22nd, 2025, but we recently got a full preview inside, and we are still speechless! We are still going over every detail in our minds, specifically for Dark Universe and its main attraction, Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment. We’re breaking down the attraction here!

Before we dive in, there will be spoilers ahead! So if you want to be completely surprised by the new attraction, maybe just scroll and look at the lovely photos. Inside Dark Universe, you can find the main attraction, Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment!

Monsters Unchained!

This attraction follows Victoria Frankenstein as she sets out to continue the work of her ancestors by controlling all of the monsters! During her attempt to show her control, Dracula breaks out and leads a revolt along with the other monsters. You will travel through the manor before you get on the attraction, where you’ll see portraits of Victoria herself.

Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment

This ride was unbelievable, if we’re being honest! During the first preshow, Ygor, Dr. Frankenstein’s assistant, demonstrates what the ride vehicles look like so you can get an idea of what the ride will be and what you will experience.

Ygor’s demonstration!

The second preshow takes you to see Victoria Frankenstein, along with her Monster, as she tells you her goals of controlling the most famous monsters in history. The animatronics in this scene blew us away! Victoria moves in an impressively realistic way. The monster actually walks forward during the show as well. She describes the plot of the ride before Dracula breaks free. You can watch part of the pre-show here!

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FIRST LOOK INSIDE the new Universal Monsters RIDE The animatronics on Monsters Unchained are MIND BLOWING If the preshow is this incredible, just imagine how INSANE this ride will be #hosted #epicuniverse @Universal Destinations #wizardingworld #universalorlando #universalstudios #universal #islandsofadventure #frankensteinsmonster #dracula

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To get on the ride, there is a moving platform similar to Kali River Rapids in Disney World. It was a bit more difficult to board than Forbidden Journey, in our opinion. This ride vehicle is similar to the technology used for Forbidden Journey, but with the top of the ride vehicle removed to make it less of a closed-off experience.

Ride Vehicle

During the ride, Dracula frees all of the monsters to cause chaos! There are so many famous monsters throughout the ride, including Dracula’s Brides, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, and more. All of the monsters come after you as you race through the catacombs of the manor. There are monsters coming at you almost every second of the ride, and we were surprised by how quickly the animatronics move.

Frankenstein’s Monster from the pre-show

The number of animatronics throughout the ride blew us away, as well as their design. We had a few jaw-dropping moments throughout the attraction, mainly when we saw the Dracula animatronics! Another amazing moment is when you’re close up with The Mummy as he tries to grab you from the vehicle.

Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment

There is so much going on throughout the ride that we barely noticed how the attraction made us feel physically, however, we definitely got motion sick. From a scare perspective, it’s not Halloween Horror Nights scary. There aren’t many jump scares, and we wouldn’t equate it to a horror film.

Outside of Monsters Unchained!

The storyline is thrilling, and there is a scare from the “being chased” sensation. If you’re bringing a kid along who fits the height requirement but is still young enough to have difficulty with distinguishing what is real and what isn’t, they should probably skip this attraction. If you’re scared of scary movies or HHN, you will probably be okay to enjoy this attraction. We would argue it’s as scary as Dinosaur at Animal Kingdom.

The preshow!

 While we did get motion sick, we personally felt it was worth it as monster fans, but that doesn’t mean it will be for everyone. If you want to avoid any feelings of dizziness or nausea, this ride should be skipped. We absolutely loved this ride and can’t wait to hop back on again.

Dark Universe Portal

We are still overwhelmed by how much there is to see, do, and try inside the new park! Be sure to keep following DFB for more Universal news, takes, and updates.

FIRST LOOK Inside Dark Universe at Epic Universe

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Will you try out this attraction? Tell us in the comments!

Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by Universal to attend their media preview of Epic Universe. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event/food on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event/food favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ

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