The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Florida and Hollywood are now open! The flood of new ride openings continue as Universal unveiled their new Simpsons themed rides. The initial reviews are saying that the actual ride is not spectacular, but the queue and preshow are very creative and a great tribute to The Simpsons.

You can view photos of the Orlando version at Universal Insider and the Hollywood version at Theme Park Review.

Thunderhawk at Michigan’s Adventure is now open! The Vekoma SLC coaster was once located at Geauga Lake before being relocated to Michigan’s Adventure. While it is just a standard SLC, the landscaping under the ride is pretty slick and the station is just awesome.

You can view photos of the ride at Michigan’s Adventure’s website or view a video from the local news.

The Dark Knight coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure is now open! The new indoor wild mouse coaster looks to be an exiting step forward, theming wise, for Six Flags. The Dark Knight takes an already fun wild mouse coaster and makes it better with the theming. The lighting effects and preshow also make this coaster stand out.

Hopefully a highly themed coaster like this will make its way out to a west coast Six Flags park in 2009.

You can view photos of The Dark Knight opening at Gadv Online or watch a promotional video here.

Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer Park is set to open on Saturday, May 17th. GoErie.com has a front row, point of view video of the new Gravity Group wooden coaster. I find it interesting the way a Gravity Group wooden coaster has yet to go into a corporate park, so far just independents. Hopefully we’ll see some more of these unique wooden coasters at more parks in 2009.

You can view the video here.