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Fear Factor Live

Fear Factor Live

An Attraction in Universal Studios Florida

Last updated: October 19, 2021

This attraction's final day of operation was June 4, 2020.
The information below is provided for historical reference.
At a Glance

Fear Factor Live is a stage version of NBC's on-again, off-again reality ickfest, which clawed its way back to prime time for a blessedly brief run in 2011-12. In the theme park iteration, six volunteers compete for one prize; this varies but is always a package that contains Universal goodies ranging from park tickets to T-shirts. Contestants must be 18 years or older (with a photo ID to prove it) and weigh at least 110 pounds. Those demented enough to volunteer should arrive at least 75 minutes before showtime to sign papers and complete some obligatory training for the specific competitive events. Anyone who doesn't wish to compete in the stage show itself can sign up for the Critter Challenge or the Food Challenge. With an adult's permission, volunteers as young as age 16 can compete in the latter.

The stage show is performed in a covered theater and consists of three different challenges. In the first, all six contestants are suspended two-and-a-half stories in the air and try to hang on to a bar as long as possible. The difficulty is compounded by heavy-duty fans blasting the contestants' faces while they hold on for dear life (are we having fun yet?). Only four people go on to the next round, and the person who hangs on to the bar the longest gets to choose his or her partner for the next event.

Once the first two contestants are eliminated, it's time for a brief intermission called the Desert Hat Ordeal. This involves a brave audience member/lunatic who has signed up for the Critter Challenge. Prepared with eye goggles and a mouthpiece, the volunteer is put in a chair with a glass case over his or her head. A wheel is spun to determine what will be crawling over the volunteer's head; the creepy-crawly choices include spiders, snakes, roaches, and scorpions. The only incentive to participate is a free photo of the ordeal for contestants to take to their therapists.

Back at the main competition, the four remaining contestants are split into two teams to compete in the Eel Tank Relay. This consists of one team member grabbing beanbags out of a tank full of eels and throwing them to his or her partner to catch in a bucket. Audience members drench the contestants with high-powered water guns, further spicing up the event. The duo who buckets the most beanbags wins, going on to compete against each other in the final round for the prize package.

As the stage is prepared for the finale, the folks who volunteered for the Food Challenge steel themselves for the Guess What's Crawling to Dinner event. Here four contestants are split into two teams and invited to drink a mixture of curdled milk, mystery meat, and various live bugs that are all blended together on stage. The team that drinks the most of the mixture within the time limit wins a glamorous plastic mug that says, "I Ate a Bug," a convenient euphemism for "I have the brain of a nematode."

The last event has the two remaining contestants scramble up a wall to retrieve flags, jump into a car that is lifted in the air, then jump out of the car to retrieve more flags. When the required climbing, jumping, and flag-grabbing are accomplished, the first player to remove a rocket launcher from the backseat of the car and hit a target on the stage wall wins.

The above description may make the show sound more entertaining than it is. It's our duty to confess that this is one of our least favorite shows in any theme park, anywhere, ever. You have been warned.

Our Overall Rating
Preschool
Grade School
Teens
Young Adults
Over 30
Seniors
Location
World Expo in Universal Studios Florida
Duration
30 min
Child Swap?
No
Minimum Height
None
Queues
Accessibility
  • Frightening

Touring Tips

When To Go
3-5 shows daily; Crowds are smallest at the first and second-to-last shows
Loading Speed
Moderate
Early Park Admission?
No

If you’ve ever wanted to stretch your mental health to its limits, Fear Factor Live may be your big chance. Participants for the physical stunts are chosen early in the morning and between performances outside the theater; the contestants for the skeevier stunts, like the bug-smoothie drinking, are chosen directly from the audience.Sit close to the front and wave your hands like crazy when it comes time for selection. Finally (and seriously), this show is too intense and gross for kids age 8 and under.

An extremely relevant query from two University of Iowa students:

We're thinking about volunteering to drink the bug smoothie and want to know if it's better to chew the bugs or just chug the smoothie and hope they die after crawling around for a while in your stomach. Also, do you recommend holding your nose?

We recommend practicing both options at home, preferably while heavily medicated and under the supervision of a psychiatrist. Fear Factor Live mercifully goes on hiatus in the fall to turn its stadium over to Halloween Horror Nights’ Bill & Ted show.

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