MIB tips for left and right hand lanes

[aubriee]

You're right that this tip will only work when the line is quite short - or it may also work if you have FOTL privileges. In that case, it saves you the time of walking out and around, but it can't be used to jump ahead of guests that you wouldn't otherwise be allowed to jump ahead of.

There is a similar tip that *will* work all the time. If you exit the attraction by the normal ramp to the left, shortly before reaching the gift shop you'll come to an ordinary-looking door on your right. Pretty sure it has a push bar on it. If you go out this door, you'll find yourself in the area for the single-rider line, and you can head back in with no questions asked.

This one doesn't save you as much walking, but it can be used pretty much all the time. Even if you don't want to use single rider, I think from this exit it's not difficult to get back to the regular entrance, so you've still saved a little bit of walking.

Does the trick work for Single Rider?

As a single rider I use that shortcut through child swap all the time to ride MiB over and over without having to go back through the long line. It was a CM who showed it to me and told me to use it. The CM that is standing there where the express pass and regular line merges, usually just laughs and says "You're back again?". He may hold me up for just a minute, but then sends me through either the single riders or sometimes just tells me to join the regular line there.

Just FYI: there is the same kind of shortcut through the child swap area over at Mummy also. A CM showed me that one too and told me as a single rider I could use it, instead of having to go all the way outside and back through the line again. It rounds up over where the Express Pass people board. However, that CM will usually only let you go through four times in a row, before telling you you have to go back outside and use single rider again, before starting over. lol

 

[jwt129]

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There is a similar tip that *will* work all the time. If you exit the attraction by the normal ramp to the left, shortly before reaching the gift shop you'll come to an ordinary-looking door on your right. Pretty sure it has a push bar on it. If you go out this door, you'll find yourself in the area for the single-rider line, and you can head back in with no questions asked.

This one doesn't save you as much walking, but it can be used pretty much all the time. Even if you don't want to use single rider, I think from this exit it's not difficult to get back to the regular entrance, so you've still saved a little bit of walking.

I usually take the route you describe as I like to walk a bit before getting back into the car. I like to recover from the spinning. It is much shorter than going through the store, (especially since they made the short path around the store into an emergency exit.) The door is on the right immediately after the double doors (which are often open when you get there) on the ramp. I think it is unlabelled except for an "EXIT" sign. It does have a push bar, and no alarm rings. It puts you into the single rider line right at the edge of the building and it is also very easy to get to the Express Pass line. My wife and I use the Express line when we ride together and stay at a Universal Resort Hotel. The "all day, repeat as many times as you like" Express Pass you get when staying at their hotels is a fantastic perk for MIB addicts.

When I am alone, the queue operator will eventually suggest that I just take the child swap line and then I'll do that (while walking slowly) just to be polite.

 

[screech27]

Well I finally got the max score - 999,999 this past Saturday. I've been trying to do this for 6 months or so. I always scored around 100,000 each time, losing to my husband and 2 teens. I decided I wanted to show them Mom could do great too! So I read thru all this really well, even printed and brought to the park with me. I actually got the perfect score once on each side. But even with knowing where to shoot it is still very hard for me. I rode it easily 50 times in a row this Saturday - got there at 9 am when the park opened. The operators let me go thru the curtain that separates where you get off and on the ride. In about 3.5 hrs I finally achieved the perfect score 2 times. I also met someone who got the perfect score and he said while he does max out often it is hard. The ride is old, not all the guns work well, and many of the targets don't work or break often. And shooting the exhaust of the other car often doesn't register. It does require fairly good aim and to know where to shoot! When I showed them a picture of my score they announced it over the loud speaker that I was an official MIB Agent now and I got a 20% discount in the store. Yup, bought my official agent shirt. Very proud mom! Looking forward go going back and playing again, but now just for fun since I know I can max out if conditions are perfect and I get lucky!

 

[fflmaster]

Is there a post that sort of summarizes the best targets for maxing out the score?

 

[cigar95]

Well I finally got the max score - 999,999 this past Saturday. . . . .

Great job. Last year I did something similar - rode 33 times in a day, but only got up as high as 920k. I kept doing the baby swap to cut back through, but I only walked through the curtain when I was escorted by an off-duty TM who was giving me some training tips. (Hi Phamton!) And since I had stuff in a locker, I had to go out every two or three rides to swap lockers.

Since I live on the west coast, I only get to ride MiB maybe every three years or so. I wish we had it at Universal Hollywood.

This is my favorite ride in any park, and it's a shame that as time has gone on, it has really gone downhill. So many targets just not there any more, and guns that don't work properly. I had hoped that with last year's MiB 3 movie, it might have gotten some TLC.

fflmaster, most of the hints are still good in the first page of instructions, but you'll need to read through the whole thread to find out which targets have come and gone over the years. I did this a couple years ago, and took notes. I put all the best hints on a couple of laminated cards and wore them around my neck.

The best hint anyone gave me is to ride through once or twice without shooting - just look for the targets. Then go back and shoot for score.

 

[jwt129]

Well I finally got the max score - 999,999 this past Saturday. :

Way to go screech27, you really earned those scores!! Now you'll be able to show other folks how to do it. Of course, you may want to impress your family a few times before your show them how to do it.

 

[LaurenT]

Just stopping it to say thanks for the tips!
I'm going to Universal for the first time in August! I didn't even know that MIB was a scoring ride! I pretty regularly get 999,999 on Buzz Lightyear in MK, so I'm looking forward to trying this one, tips in hand!
I'll be checking in and studying!

 

[screech27]

Thanks for the kind words everyone! Even though I know I can do it, I rarely score in the 900's. I don't have great aim.. It made it more challenging for sure!

LaurenT. There are so many notes to read here about this ride. I printed them out and read them over and over. Get to Universal first thing, head right to the ride. Either go thru the child swap area to get on quicker (or after you ride many times in a row they may let you thru the curtain where you get off). Go on it and look around once or twice. Look for sensors (small metal areas) - they are hidden everywhere!

My best suggestions for good points - Going down the steps onto the ride - Left side: Look for Frank - after training he is in a cut out in the wall close to the crashed spaceship. Hit what is hanging on his collar straight on over and over. Upper story windows on other side, look for sensors hit several times. Then straight ahead window to your left 2nd floor - it will make a glass breaking sound if you hit sensor in middle of window. Hit it over and over. You will spin. Look back and hit that window again. You come across a big eyeball with guns waving - hit the gun right below the middle of the barrel. Then look to your right, window 2nd floor - 3D alien pops up and down - sensors on bottom of window sill. Hit them over and over no matter if alien is showing.

You go into new room - you hear 6 against one. Aliens activate in trash cans, aim for their guns. You spin. Then you see tree with eyes in it. Pick one set, aim between eyes over and over. Now you rest. as you do scan. Nothing to shoot.

This is the big score area - Hitting the bullseye (red circle above car across from you) gets you point and the car spins. Look above you - called drop down bugs the sensors are in ceiling cutout behind the aliens. Look on walls for eyes, hit them once each. Parking meter with eyes, hit over and over. But best points I found is if the exhaust is working on the opposite car, hit it on the side where it is blue about 2/3 of the way down in the blue area over and over as many times as you can. When you see Will Smith talking, hold down the red button, do not let go until you spin.

That is how I got the 999,999.

Oh, on the opposite side cars where you get in, everything the same, except no Frank. There is a baby carriage you can hit if you are lucky and the alien pops out. Heard that it is not as many points as it once was.

Hope it helps - I was a newcomer a long time ago. I am lucky I live only 15 minutes from Universal and have the annual pass. My family likes to go but they are getting sick of the ride now (and probably my bragging too!)..

When will you be at the park? Sandy

 

[cigar95]

Lauren, if you like Buzz, you'll love MiB because it's so much more challenging. You can max out Buzz easily just by knowing three or four high-value targets and nailing them several times each. It takes a lot more knowledge and strategy to max out MiB.

Also, as you go through the whole thread, you'll read a lot about how certain targets that worked at one time are not working a year or two later. (Notice that this thread started in 2001!) The drop-down guys seem to come and go, for example. And even the exhaust ports aren't always a good target. Might help to write down notes as you go and then cross out the tips that don't work any more. By the time you get to the end, you should have the most current tips.

Screech, I'm hoping for another Universal visit next January. If you're still into the game then, maybe we can do a couple of ride-throughs. As you note, scoring depends on which targets are active from one week to the next, so your current knowledge is a big help.

 

[LaurenT]

Thanks for the tips. So, I should ignore the tips from two years ago!
We'll be there from Aug 28 to Sept 1. We added a UO stay onto our Disney trip. So we'll start at AKL on Aug 19 and then move to RPH (or RPR?) on the 18. Since we'll have the unlimited express pass, I guess the only thing that will keep me from practicing all day will be my family!

 

[cigar95]

Thanks for the tips. So, I should ignore the tips from two years ago!

If there's a newer tip that says something different, then you can ignore the older one. Otherwise, figure they're still valid.

The basic strategy in the first two pages will still be valid, it's just the details of specific targets that might change. For instance, the latest information we had was that there may not be any active targets in the "ambush" section. If that's true, all those tips about where to shoot won't be worth much.

 

[nhrenee]

Well I finally got the max score - 999,999 this past Saturday.

Congratulations! Wear your shirt with pride!

 

[chipie07]

Finally I did it 999.999!!
1-8 March at (Hard Rock) Universal with a week pass so did MIB a lot of times....
Scored several times 999.999 most at right track, ones one left and also with 6 in the car against 6 at other track.

Most point for me is the Exhaust of other car, keep firing at the exhaust until almost the last turn to the end!! Aslo the upper windows, you can stay at these target very long.

Thank you all for the tips they work!!

 

[jwt129]

Fellow MIB fans, it's time for my annual pilgrimage to MIB. I'd love to ride with other fans and swap tips or help new converts improve their scores. I'll be at Universal for HHN and can ride most any day Sept 26-29 or on Oct 3. Hope to see you there. Any updates from the local folks on the ride status?