Located at the back of the land, guests see a large non-descript warehouse that normally wouldn’t give most a passing eye. Fortunately, guests can see an Aston Martin DB5 parked in front of the warehouse to hint that there may be more going on in the warehouse than just deliveries.
Located at the back of the land, guests see a large nondescript warehouse that normally wouldn’t give most a passing eye. Fortunately, guests can see an Aston Martin DB5 parked in front of the warehouse to hint that there may be more going on in the warehouse than just deliveries.
From the second guests step in the warehouse, it’s clear this is much bigger. The first room guests enter is a dark hallway trying to dissuade guests from entering the warehouse any further. As guests wind through this hallway in switchbacks, they enter a large, open room showcasing walls full of famous Bond gadgets throughout the years such as the Golden Gun, Exploding toothpaste, laser watches, and of course, a jetpack. At the end of the room, the Original Wet Nellie (bought back from Elon Musk) is displayed behind a large window in its full submarine car glory.
Guests enter the next room to a large overhead screen with the MI6 logo loading on the screen. After a few moments of loading in order to load te guests into the preshow room, the virtual call connects to show Ralph Fiennes reprising his role as M:
“Hello all, enter quickly and make sure you can see me, this briefing is of the utmost importance. To keep it brief, Ernst Blofeld has returned. While Bond thought he had finished the job, we've received word that he is still mobile and was last seen not far from Monaco. Our fear is that if he makes it to this warehouse, it could end poorly for our entire team if we aren’t proactive. Because of this, we have vans loaded up with our important intel servers and gear. With the help of 007, we are hoping you can help get these vans and trucks out of Monaco and into our safehouse outside of Nice. Please follow our staff to the vehicles and we can get your much needed help getting this important intel out of Monaco and away from dangerous hands”.
Upon leaving the call, guests leave the pre-show room before entering into the “normal” warehouse complete with large open bay doors into the bright city.
Monaco Pursuit uses ride vehicles similar to Transformers/ Spider-Man at Universal. These cars are themed to guests very own Aston Martin DB5’s just slightly tweaked to be 2 rows of 3, for a total of 6 people per car. On both rows, a large screen is available for guests to see where they can see a map of the route, any mission updates, etc. to know where they are at at all times.
The cars pull out of the warehouse and into the streets of Monaco. The ride vehicles pull into the first video bay where things start to take a turn. As the cars and vans took a smooth and calm drive, one of the other cars suddenly explode. Out of the corner of the guests eye, Ernst and his crew are seen suddenly coming in in full pursuit. M comes on board the screens “Our biggest fear is here. I was hoping we’d get further away first. We need your team to kick it into high gear and get out of there safely.” The cars leave the first video bay to be surrounded by “gun fire” from Ernst’s crew as they peel off through more of Monaco before hitting the countryside. And into a smaller video bay with screens on either side. As cars load up on either side of the Guest’s vehicle, Q hops on the screen to inform guests of all the gadgets they have onboard these famous cars. Unlabelled buttons appear on the screen reachable by any of the guests to start pressing to see what happens. Eventually one of the buttons triggers the tracking missiles before blowing up a large number of Ernst crew.
The explosion sends the guests ride vehicle a bit off path and suddenly the car is driving through a small provence vineyard instead of on the main roads. The car fills up quickly with a smell of wine as more and more grape vines are ploughed over. “We have no time to enjoy a nice rosé, step on it” 007 yells into the car. This then leads guests into the next video bay as they approach the city of Nice with a few cars still trailing them.
Q reminds guests “don’t forget about the other buttons in this car. I am sure one can help you evade the last few of Ernst’s men as you approach Nice. Just watch out for the Ejector Seats.” as guests start pressing the buttons, it eventually turns the car invisible. “Great call on the invisibility. We will easily lose them this way” 007 yells out before turning his car invisible as well. The cars then weave their way through the edge of the city before approaching a small building on the north end that is designated as a new safehouse for MI6.
As the doors are opening, Ernst steps out of a vehicle waiting for the guests with a trigger in hand. Suddenly, 007 drives across the video bay picking Ernst up on his hood and driving into the ocean. This allows the vans and the guests car to drive into the new safehouse safe, without any missing intel.
M comes on the onboard video one last time thanking the guests for helping deliver the intel safely while distracting Ernst enough that 007 could take him away. Before M can finish, 007 comes on the video screen to assure guests he was able to use his ejector seat before the car, and Ernst, plummeted into the sea.
With the mission ending as a success, guests head towards the unloading platform. But before arriving, M let's guests know that they've taken an underground shortcut (that was previously taken over by Ernst) to get guests back to Monte Carlo in the blink of an eye instead of leaving them in Nice. The guests then unload the vehicles and exit through a gift shop full of confidential souvenirs of their time helping 007 on his latest mission.