Sound also plays an important role and each Scoop vehicle contains 32 speakers and has 10 discreet audio channels. As the vehicle moves through the attraction, small speakers behind the guests project sound toward a bowl-shaped movie screen in front of them. The sound is then reflected back into the car to provide a surround sound experience.

Spider-Man rounds up the villains at the end of the ride. © Universal Studios Escape; courtesy of Kleiser-Walczak Construction Company.

The moving ride is the climax to the comic book story sprung to life. Prior to clambering into the vehicle, riders will have been totally immersed in the story of Spider-Man and Peter Parker. Walking through the Daily Bugle building, the audience will be introduced to the evil characters of the Sinister Syndicate and learn, even if they have never heard of the web-slinger before, Spider-Man's origins. As visitors move through the front lobby and offices of the Daily Bugle, they can read front pages of the newspaper highlighting Spidey's heroic deeds and introducing some of the villains they will meet.

Looking into Peter's office, which is actually a broom closet, they will see him on a Parisian honeymoon with his wife Mary Jane. Walking into the dark room, visitors see photos of villains hanging from the ceiling, a picture is developing in the solution and another tray has been knocked over and glowing green stuff has spilled all over the floor. The room is black-lit and on the walls and ceiling you can see Spider-Man/Peter's foot prints as he has knocked over the tray, stepping into the fluid and then ran up the wall, over the ceiling and out the window. "Right away, visitors know that something important is up," Trowbridge said.

It is almost assured that the line to ride The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man will be queued up on even the quietest day in the park, but the tour through the Bugle office and presentations by J. Jonah Jameson will keep even the most impatient from becoming bored. And once it's time to board the Scoop, this will be one almost 5 minute adventure that will be well worth the wait.

Joseph Szadkowski writes on various aspects of popular culture and is a columnist for The Washington Times.