The JAWS Ride at Universal Studios Florida, aka Captain Jake’s Amity Boat Tours is set to close for good on January 2, 2012.  The ride originally opened on June 7, 1990 and is one of two original attractions still open, the other being the E.T. Ride.

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• The cost of the ride was $65 million dollars
• The attraction’s queue holds a maximum of 1,000 guests for up to 90 minutes.
• Over 2,000 miles (3,200 km) of electrical wire are used throughout the attraction.
• The ride track is approximately 1,140 feet (350 m) in length and features a total of three track switches; two near the unload dock to take tour boats in and out of the boat storage siding, and one near the load dock to take tour boats in and out of the boat maintenance building.
• The tour boats travel through the attraction at an average speed of approximately 2 knots.
• The total ride time is approximately 5 minutes.
• The attraction’s Theoretical Hourly Ride Capacity is listed at a maximum of 2,500 guests per hour.
• Amity Harbor covers an area of roughly 7 acres (2.8 ha) and holds approximately 5,000,000 U.S. gallons (19,000,000 L) of water.
• The shark animatronics move through the water at speeds of up to 20 feet (6.1 m) per second and thrust with the power equal to that of a Boeing 737 aircraft at takeoff.
• The shark is seen a total of seven times throughout the attraction; five times on the port side of the tour boat and twice on the starboard side.