[Mild spoilers follow -- stop reading if this matters]

Although I'm posting this now in November, I managed to wander down to Universal Hollywood on a warm mid-October monday.

The park was nearly empty but no empty to feel deserted.

My whole reason for showing up was to check out the new dark ride meets rollercoaster -- The Mummy.

The show building itself isn't big, so I figured the ride would also be compact, which was true. So compact, it seems, that they didn't have enough space/time/money/whatever for a proper ending.

The ride begins impressively enough with a series of dark ride scenes with some slightly muddled sound and decent animatronics. Just as things get thick and there appears no way out, the coaster part kicks in, courtesy of some moderately good linear induction motors and some tight corners.

Some wonderfully frenetic zooming about is met by a wonderful room full of sound, fury, fire, a turntable, and then a gentle pull into the station. For those that have been on Adventure Express at King's Island, you'll know what I mean when I say, "You Will Pay".

This ending really peeved me. It made me so happy that I had spent a maximum of 5 minutes waiting for it. For such a good buildup, the anticlimax on this ride is just plain sorry.

Go ahead, ride it. Just don't wait more than 15 minutes for it.