 Riders enter a MIB training facility disguised as a pavilion at the 1964 New York World 's Fair . After navigating through a themed queue and pre @-@ show , riders board a spinning dark ride system . Once dispatched riders are tasked to kill aliens using the supplied laser guns , and subsequently accumulate points . At the time of its opening , the ride was the biggest dark ride ever built at a Universal park , spanning 70 @,@ 000 square feet ( 6 @,@ 500 m2 ) and featuring over 125 animatronic aliens . 
