Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The CN City Tour

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The CN City Tour was a simulator ride at Universal Studios Florida that replaced Hercules and Xena: Wizards of the Screen and was based on the 2004-2006 television series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. The story line revolved around Kaz getting kidnapped by a masked villain. Ami and Yumi give chase and the audience winds up getting caught in the tour of a lifetime. It opened on November 10th, 2005 and closed down on September 14th, 2012, being replaced by Transformers: The Ride 3D on June 20th, 2013.

Voice cast

 * Janice Kawaye as Ami Onuki
 * Grey DeLisle as Yumi Yoshimura and Mandy
 * Keone Young as Kaz
 * Maurice LaMarche as The Masked Villain
 * Cathy Cavadini as Blossom
 * Tara Strong as Bubbles and Truffles
 * Elizabeth Daily as Buttercup
 * Candi Milo as Coco and Dexter
 * Kat Cressida as Dee Dee
 * Sean Marquette as Mac
 * Keith Ferguson as Bloo
 * Tom Kenny as Eduardo
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Lazlo and Clam
 * Jeff Bennett as Raj
 * Doug Lawrence as Edward
 * Greg Eagles as Grim
 * Richard Steven Horvitz as Billy
 * Phil LaMarr as Wilt
 * Nicky Jones as Chowder
 * Dwight Schultz as Mung Daal
 * John DiMaggio as Shnitzel
 * Liliana Mumy as Panini
 * Dana Synder as Gazpacho

Queue
While in the queue line, there were TV screens that played various videos that the guests could watch. These included the rules of the attraction (given by a CN character), clips from various Cartoon Network shows, CN City IDs, and a sneak preview of the ride via clips from Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. For the final months of the ride's operation starting in 2010, some of the Cartoon Network clips would be swapped out with clips for currently airing Adventure Time, Regular Show and The Amazing World of Gumball.

Pre-show
As soon as one of the crew members from Universal Studios directs the guests into the briefing room, Ami and Yumi then welcome the guests and introduce them to CN City. TBD

Post-show
After the ride, the guests went into a play area/store known as CN Toon Square. There, the guests played interactive games and saw exhibits from Cartoon Network's history as well as shop for Cartoon Network merchandise. There was also a character meet and greet with Ami and Yumi as well as Dexter, Dee Dee, and the Powerpuff Girls and an interactive television camera that guests played with. Music from different Cartoon Network shows plus Cartoon Network channel identification spots were played while the guests played or shopped.

Shows that appeared in the ride

 * Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
 * The Powerpuff Girls
 * Dexter's Laboratory
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
 * Camp Lazlo
 * Chowder

History
On June 17th, 2004, Universal entered a partnership with Cartoon Network for a new ride called The CN City Tour in which would be set to replace Hercules and Xena: Wizards of the Screen at Universal Studios Florida after the final performance in 2000. On November 20th, 2004 after the massive success of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, it was decided both newest CN characters Ami and Yumi would host the ride, and it was officially greenlit as "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The CN City Tour". Production on the ride film and conceptual art of the new look for the ride was done in December 22nd through September 12th, 2005.

Production
Like Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The CN City Tour's ride film was created solely by Cartoon Network Studios, and the only involvement that Universal Studios had in production of the ride film was an appearance of the Universal logo on the character Kaz's hat and T-shirt during the pre-show portion as well as the Universal Studios Hollywood logo on the blue posters. Mario Kamberg, Allen Battino and Totally Fun Company's Trey Stokes, who designed the ride film for "The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera" and "Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast", also signed on to take part in the animation of the CN City Tour ride film.

After "Hercules and Xena: Wizards on the Screen"'s final performance on February 20th, 2000, construction began almost immediately on June 18th, 2004. The rebuilding of "Hercules and Xena" into "Puffy AmiYumi" lasted a year, two months, three weeks and four days, currently the third shortest ride turn around in Universal Orlando Resort's history behind the changes from Earthquake: The Big One to Disaster! and Hanna-Barbera to Jimmy Neutron. The attraction started previews in October 2005. The ride was officially opened by Universal Orlando on November 10th.

Closing
The attraction was closed down on September 14th, 2012. On May 21st, Universal Orlando officially announced that Transformers: The Ride 3D would be based on Paramount Pictures/Hasbro's movie franchise Transformers and was opened in June 2013. As of 2020, there are no Cartoon Network attractions currently operating at the Universal Studios theme parks.

Trivia

 * During production, Warner Bros. joined forces with Universal to add cameos of characters from Looney Tunes, Justice League Unlimited, Teen Titans, the Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and the pre-1986 MGM cartoons in the ride, serving as a time-capsule to the audience, while also appearing in the pre-show.
 * Despite DC Comics and Cartoon Network being rivals to Nickelodeon and Marvel, Universal Studios Florida had this ride along with Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast and Nickelodeon Studios while its next door neighbor, Islands of Adventure has Marvel Super Hero Island.
 * While Animal Logic returned for CN City, the animation for the characters are provided by Yowza! Animation and Mercury Filmworks, being animated by Bert Klein, Tony Bancroft, Uli Meyer, Bruce W. Smith, Dan Haskett, Andreas Deja, Mark Henn, Michael Surrey, and Dale Baer with Eric Goldberg and James Baxter serving as animation directors.
 * In 2008, Chowder was added to the ride to promote the said series.