TIME ESCAPE is an exciting time travel ride that combines eye-popping 3D projections, state-of-the-art computer graphics, incredible live special effects, robotics and high-impact motion simulators to create an unforgettable adventure through the past, present and future of Chicago.

Passengers first enter the Observation Deck of the time transport and are greeted by ALPHE-1 (AI), an Auto-Linguistic Protocol Humanoid Equivalent (animatronic robot) who explains rules and regulations of the brave new world of time travel which allows them to pierce through the very fabric of the fourth dimension. "Already toured the city, you say? Seen all the sights? Been to all the hot spots? How about visiting the Great Chicago Fire of 1871? Now there's a hot spot for you. Or perhaps the pinnacle of style and technology of the glamorous 1933 Chicago World's Fair? "Impossible," you say, "those events are history." Exactly! Because here at TIME ESCAPE we're making history by bringing you yesterday's tomorrows, today!"

After this briefing, time travelers proceed through a jetway and enter the Time Transport (three-screen 3D theater with live special effects). First stop on the tour is the Mesozoic era, 85 million B.C. All seems to be going fine until a Tyrannosaurus Rex crushes its head through the front panel of the craft. AI just barely escapes and continues the tour, going next to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Here he manages to land in the middle of the flames, where the passengers get doused by a fireman's hose and the room starts to overheat. Again, AI manages to get out of there safely and on to the next stop, the 1933 World's Fair. All looks fine, except that AI landed on some train tracks, right in front of a train which crashes into the Time Transport, disabling it. Al's superior now takes over and declares a state of emergency and passengers are required to abandon the time machine and flee to escape pods.

Amid blasting sirens, beacons, and fog, passengers quickly make their way down the escape corridor of the obviously damaged Time Transport and board one of the five escape pods (which are 3D motion simulators). The pod begins to shake as the launch sequence begins and the pod careens into the Chicago sky and enters a time warp which zooms the pod into the year 2333! The escape pods encounter eye-popping images of fantastical buildings, flying traffic and even a futuristic car wash, as well as blasting up the John Hancock Building, down the Chicago River corridor, to the Board of Trade, before safely returning to present day Chicago.