(Photo by Michael Owen Baker, contributing photographer) Preview of the new Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash! ride at Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Inside one mail slot, Leonard the posh poodle head-bangs to music as lights flash and a disco ball spins. The mail slots of the apartments offer video peeks at what pets do when their owners are away - the premise for the movie franchise. SEE ALSO: Disneyland adopts ‘gender inclusive’ hair and dress rules for employees

“It’s really one of the things we all relate with very much - that unconditional love.” “Let’s face it, we all love our pets,” said Universal Creative’s Jon Corfino, who served as senior director and executive producer on the Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash.

Secret Life of Pets riders enter through an apartment lobby where a tenant bulletin board sets up the backstory for the ride: It’s adoption day at the local pet store. The Secret Life of Pets dark ride is housed inside a newly constructed city block of five-story brownstones on the upper lot near the Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem ride - making up the new Illumination animation studios themed land.

Secret life of pets movie preview