TheLittleSongbird I loved the movie Shrek, so I was all for checking out Shrek 4D. And it was a really great and enjoyable "ride", with wonderful animation especially with the waterfall and effects that really draw you into what's going on especially Donkey sneezing and the spiders. The music is driven and memorable, the plot is simple but engaging and the jokes are very funny and well written, with the part at the start of the attraction in the torture chamber a riot and the dialogue always witty and amusing. The characters are just as likable as in the movie, especially Donkey and Gingerbread, and the voice work especially from Eddie Murphy is full of energy.Overall, heartily recommended. 9/10 Bethany Cox

rbverhoef 'Shrek 4-D' is a lame excuse to use very popular characters in a 3-D animation for a theme park. It seems like the makers thought the 3-D element would be enough to make this watchable, but I think most fans of the 'Shrek'-films will be utterly disappointed.The story sees Fiona (Cameron Diaz) being kidnapped by the evil lord Farquaad (John Lithgow), as a ghost of course, since he died in 'Shrek'. He has a ghost dragon to help him stop Shrek (Mike Myers) who wants to save Fiona. Shrek is helped by Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and the real dragon.What is missing in this 'Shrek' film is the wit and the references to other moving images. There are some funny moments, but they all deal with the less important characters like the Gingerbread Man, Three Blind Mice, Thelonious and Pinocchio. Those small moments are references and they work, but other than that there is the 3-D, nothing else.It will probably be enough for most people who just want to have a little fun, but even the three minutes of the 'Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party' are more entertaining than this.

carmen_sandiego Shrek 4-D is a new ride/show at Universal Studios in both Florida and California. A follow up to the original movie, this short film focuses on what happened after the wedding, when the dead Lord Farquaad has returned from the dead, and ready to wreck Shrek and Fiona's honeymoon. Many of the original and loved characters from the first movie are back including Donkey, the Gingerbread man and Pinocchio.The 4-D part of the name focuses on the fact that the movie is in a new dimension, your seat moves, it's in 3-D and for example if someone splashed in a puddle then you would get sprayed with water.This is a fantastic ride, it's really enjoyable, although the que was awfully long... It was a nice change from all the other rides in the park. If you liked Shrek then you should like this.

Casey_Moriarty This ride isn't half bad. Though it tends to reuse jokes from the film, it's still got cool fx and you feel the action (when Donkey sneezes, for example, the audience is sprayed). It's not the best ride at Universal- that's of course Spider-Man. But it's fun if you can avoid the long lines.