Yoshi's Adventure is located in the brand new theme park, Epic Universe. It officially opened May 22nd, but as pass holders we were lucky enough to be able to experience previews. My wife and I visited twice before it officially opened. This is a slow moving ride, located in the Nintendo portal area of the park. This whole area of Nintendo World, is unique. For me, it is too much, there is so much to look at, it causes a sensory overload, but it is very colorful. It is also very loud and very stuffy, not much air flow coming through this area. I cant even imagine how hot it is there right now.
This portal will bring you directly into the world of Nintendo and this ride specifically, Yoshi. Overall the park, Epic Universe, has about 11 rides and 2 shows. There is not a ton of rides that do not have a height requirement, but Yoshi's Adventure is for sure designed for children. It is a slow moving ride that moves I would say around 3-5 MPH.
This ride, clearly designed for children, does have a height requirement of 34 inches as well as a pretty tight lap bar. I personally have never seen a ride that moves this slow on a flat track and has individual lap bars as opposed to one lap bar. I also am very curious as to why there is a height requirement, which leads me to think there is no lap sitting, everyone must be in their own seat. This also means a family with a baby would need to do a rider swap. Again, this moves so slow, I do not understand. I could honestly walk faster than this ride moves.
This ride takes you through different scenes, going inside and then being outside, you are searching for the glowing eggs. Yoshi is everywhere. Throughout the ride, you will see iconic Mushroom Kingdom landscapes, familiar characters and Yoshi. I actually had to google the point of the ride, I was very unsure what was happening. I was also confused what you were supposed to do. Each lap bar, had 3 eggs that were different colors and would light up. We kept pushing them but could not tell what was happening. After researching, you are suppose to spot hidden colored eggs along the ride and choose the corresponding colored egg. It was confusing. There is no explanation of that anywhere during the line or before you get on the ride. I felt a small explanation would have been very useful.
I will say I did enjoy the views of this portal you get from the ride. It is on a higher level so you can really see the entire portal.
My personal thought is this is for kids, they should make the vehicle that way, and entire families, including babies, should be able to go together. But that is not the case, everyone needs their own seat with their own lap bar. For adults, I would say one and done unless there is a 5 minute wait. This is not a ride I am running to or even one I need to do every visit to Epic. My wife has long legs and her knees were smashed in the vehicle. The lap bar was tight as well, it was very uncomfortable. And since the lap bar was actually one of the thick lap bars, it forces you to squeeze your legs together, its hard to explain. We were not very comfortable. There is also no place to put your bag, so we had to kinda hold it. My last issue is the stairs. This portal has so many stairs and so does this ride. It was ridiculous. The team members were also rushing us almost making us feel like we needed to run up the stairs. Then they quicky shoved us in the vehicle before we could even catch our breathe. They do have an elevator.
Overall, cute ride, designed for kids, but not all kids. I would not wait longer than 20 minutes. It is a little bit longer since it moves so slow. If you know what to do with the eggs, then I think it would be mor fun. I would say check it out if the line is not really long, but I am not running back here. read more