News about Jumanji - The Adventure

This opening article provides the most complete Looopings context for Jumanji - The Adventure as an operating attraction. After the opening, Looopings described how Gardaland had replaced the old Ramses dark ride with a Jumanji ride in which guests travel by jeep through a dark jungle. The article mentions the overgrown façade, the large hippo head above the entrance, the archaeologist-themed queue and the transition into a jungle setting. During the ride, physical scenery is combined with screens, audio and animatronics, including a hippo, snake, stone giant and spiders. The practical details are also valuable for W8baan: the attraction is named Jumanji - The Adventure, is 276 meters long, lasts just over three and a half minutes and has a theoretical capacity of 1100 people per hour. For visitors, this is the point where promise and reality meet. Historically, the source records how the attraction was actually delivered, including suppliers, ride flow and the disappearance of the old Ramses interactivity.

This article records a concrete step toward opening: Gardaland presented the vehicles for Jumanji - The Adventure and communicated an April opening date. The six-person jeeps made clear how guests would enter the jungle and how the ride experience would physically feel. Looopings reported that the vehicles were supplied by Oceaneering, that the attraction would use twelve vehicles and that the ride would consist of twelve scenes. The news therefore shifted from theme and announcement to practical design details such as capacity, ride flow, scenery and effects. For visitors, the promise of moving jeeps, dangerous animals, obstacles and video and audio effects was especially relevant, because it gave a better sense of the intensity and family suitability of the attraction. Historically, this article marks the point at which Jumanji - The Adventure was almost ready for the public and the abstract project name became a tangible dark ride with vehicles, scenes and a planned opening day.

This article adds technical and experiential context to Jumanji - The Adventure before the ride opened. Looopings described how Gardaland was working on several animatronics, with the Stone Giant as the most striking feature. That figure was presented as a large moving set piece that would block the way during the jeep adventure. Other elements, including a hippo, spiders and a gateway into the world of Jumanji, were also mentioned. For visitors, these details suggested that the new dark ride would not rely only on screens, but would combine physical scenery, movement and story. The article is valuable because it captures a production phase in which the technical choices behind the attraction became visible. Historically, it shows how Gardaland planned to transform the former Ramses building into a more cinematic ride with large scenes, moving figures and a clear adventure built around the Jumanji curse.

This publication marks the moment when the Gardaland project was officially tied to the Jumanji film universe. Looopings reported that Sony Pictures and Gardaland announced the name Jumanji - The Adventure and that guests would experience a jungle adventure in spring 2022 on the former site of Ramses: Il Risveglio. The article presents the attraction as a family dark ride in which visitors travel through a dangerous jungle, face obstacles and return a jewel to a temple to break a curse. For guests, the announcement gave the first clear picture of the theme, story and target audience. For Gardaland, the partnership with an international film property also strengthened the resort profile. In W8baan historical context, this article marks the move from construction signals to a concrete attraction announcement with a name, intellectual property, opening window and narrative premise.

This article is the earliest public marker in Looopings coverage of the project that became Jumanji - The Adventure. Gardaland had not yet announced the Jumanji name, but it was already clear that Ramses: Il Risveglio would make way for a new family attraction with a jungle theme. That marked the transition from an interactive Egyptian dark ride to a more modern adventure later connected to the Sony Pictures film franchise. For visitors, the news mattered because a familiar ride disappeared from the park map and website while construction fencing promised a larger replacement for adventurers of all ages. Historically, the article also shows how the former Ramses location and ride infrastructure became the basis for the new project. It captures the moment Gardaland started positioning the investment as a refreshed family experience and a renewed dark ride anchor within the park.