Madagascar: A Crate Adventure was a water ride located in the Madagascar zone of Universal Studios Singapore at Resorts World Sentosa. The attraction is based on Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation's 2005 animated film Madagascar and its franchise.
History
In the mid to late 2000s, planning began for Universal Studios Singapore. The Goddard Group was tasked to create blue sky concepts for a Madagascar-themed attraction in 2007. A trackless dark ride named Wild Madagascar Photo Safari was envisioned. Visitors would board safari vehicles and venture through the Madagascar jungle, passing a lemur dance party, crashed plane, foosa attack, and a beachside cabana, along the way. Management ultimately decided a free flow boat ride would be a more suitable option.
On 25 September 2009, Madagascar: A Crate Adventure was announced as one of two attractions to be a part of the Madagascar zone in Universal Studios Singapore (the other being King Julien's Beach Party-Go-Round). Attraction Creative Brent Young was brought on board to re-concept the show and Direct with Producer Rick Hinton and Art Director Catherynne Jean. The team worked with DreamWorks Animation Studio to Produce the attraction. As the park's soft opening day (18 March 2010) approached it was expected that the ride would open with the park. On 17 March 2010, the day before the park opened, AsiaOne News reported that the ride would not open until the middle of 2010. On 8 June 2010, it was announced that the ride would be further delayed with an opening sometime between September and December 2010. In July 2010, Screamscape reported that in addition to technical problems with the ride's system, the attraction's theming had been extensively damaged by a fire inside the show building. In May 2010, testing of the ride had commenced with a likely opening date bumped back into 2011. In January 2011, C.W. Driver, the company in charge of the construction of Madagascar: A Crate Adventure, released 4 photos showing sets from inside the ride.
On 8 May 2011, it was announced that Madagascar: A Crate Adventure will officially be open to the public eight days later. The ride officially opened on 16 May 2011.
In April 2019, it was announced that this ride, and the entire land surrounding it, would be closed to make way for being divided into two lands: Minion Land and Super Nintendo World. This ride would close to make way for Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, a ride found at all Universal parks announced to be opening in 2022. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these expansions were delayed. On 18 February 2022, Resorts World Sentosa officially announced the attraction, and surrounding area, would be closing on 27 March 2022.
Summary
Pre-show
As guests enter the queue, they are confronted with television screens featuring a national television reporter informing guests that Central Park Zoo favorites Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman have gone missing while being shipped to Kenya. They are told the ship carrying the animals went missing near the shores of The Cape of Good Hope. Guests board rafts which have signs on the back of them reading "Beware of Foosa!"