Hosts Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, stars from the original film, were featured in recorded video footage and audio narrations throughout the attraction.

Guests experienced a life-like encounter with a simulated tornado in the main show area which included water, fire, and the movement of objects across the stage among other audio and visual effects.

Declining popularity due to a lack of long-term cultural significance led to the attraction's permanent closure on November 2, 2015.

[1] Following the closure of Ghostbusters Spooktacular, Universal sought a change and considered theming a new attraction to Twister, a film that was released in theaters on May 10, 1996.

[2] On February 6, 1997, Universal Studios Florida announced that they would be adding Twister...Ride It Out for the 1998 season in place of the former Ghostbusters Spooktacular.

[8] In 2008, the outdoor queue line was reduced to make room for Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, where the roller coaster blasts through the firehouse facade.

[15] It includes Bill Paxton's light blue shirt that became synonymous with the actor's performance in a video displayed in Twister's pre-show queue.

Guests make a left turn and enter the second half of the queue, which takes place outside in a small mock-up of the Oklahoma town of Wakita.

Occasionally, the Twister logo will be shown on the screens as Bill Paxton can be heard telling guests to follow the safety instructions.

[17] When the attraction first opened, it featured a much larger outdoor queue with several vehicles, switchbacks, crop farms, a tool barn, a windmill and the Wakita water tower.

The vehicles included Dusty's Bus (nicknamed the Barn Burner), Beltzer's Van, a Mercury Grand Marquis and a tractor.

Paxton and Hunt appear on the televisions and talk about the extreme experiences while filming Twister, such as enduring the blasts of jet engines, having bits of chopped-up ice shot at them to simulate hail, and even having a gas tanker dropped in front of them and explode.

The moment they finish, a thunder sound effect is heard as the televisions start to static and tornado warning sirens begin to blare.

The doors to the main show open and staff members with flashing red emergency glowsticks lead guests into the room.

[18] Inside the main showroom, a message is playing telling guests to get out of the house as television screens show the Channel 5 News report, with a weather anchor issuing a tornado warning.

They line up in three separate rows on a tiered observation platform under a corrugated metal roof, overlooking an authentic sound stage outdoor scene featuring a view of the rural Galaxy drive-in theater and the Rocket Hamburgers diner at dusk as dark clouds roll overhead.

Suddenly, a tree gets struck by lightning, scenes from The People Under the Stairs appear on the drive-in movie screen, sirens sound briefly, strong winds are simulated, and rain falls seemingly from the sky.

Dorothy, the name given to the weather device in the film, flies out of the back of a Jeep J10 (a replica of Jo's truck from the movie) as lightning flashes.

The Galaxy Drive-in sign rips away and crashes inside Eric's garage, followed by a prop cow flying by guests paying homage to a scene in the film.

A Dodge Ram (a replica of Bill's truck from the movie) parked in front of the garage slides toward gas pumps, hitting one causing gasoline to leak.