Before the actors appear in The Star Trek Experience, visitors have a chance to go to the museum housing a ton of Star Trek memorabilia, both new and from the actual shows. You'll see costumes, weapons, communicators as well as a host of Borg, Klingons and Ferengi. Then enter the hallway leading to 1 of two rides.

The Experience offers two shows - the 'Klingon Encounter' as well as the 'Borg Invasion 4-D'.

Klingon Encounter

Enter the ride for the 'Klingon Encounter' and come across your self 'accidentally' beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise, along with about 25 other people, just as it's about to be attacked by Klingons. Your atoms will probably be safely disassembled and reconstructed to end on the transporter pad inside the ship.

Move to the bridge and enter the globe of the flagship of the fleet. You'll speedily discover that Captain Picard has gone missing. Watch as the crew search desperately for their leader, although they try to protect their new guests. You'll get close up views of all of the advanced technologies of a 25th century spaceship like the communication station, the tactical-weapons display as well as the famed captain's chair.

Board the shuttlecraft to escape the doomed ship just in time. Unfortunately, the Klingons are going to be on your tail in no time and you can't outrun them. Not to be concerned, the Enterprise will rescue you inside the nick of time.

Borg Invasion 4-D

Taking an alternate path through space-time, you could be warped onto the ship USS Voyager as the Borg are about to attack. Here you will be trapped behind a visual display where you'll see the Borg Queen taunt you that 'it is futile to resist'. You'll be assimilated and turn out to be her slave. Not a poor fate, some would argue.

But by no means fear. Admiral Katheryn Janeway will come to your rescue just in time. Via her courage and fast thinking, she'll ensure that which you retain your identity, 'as lengthy as the human spirit exists'.

You'll experience the famed turbolift, but watch out for that 'accidental' free-fall drop that happens when the ship suffers a blow from a quantum torpedo. Do not worry, the engineer will have the lights back on long just before the warp core is breached.

Still, there are actually those pesky Borg drones above you on the catwalk to be dealt with. But prior to you can say 'assimilate' a phaser rifle takes 1 out and you are safe... for the moment. Regrettably, your protector has been snatched by the other drones, who've adapted their protective shields to ward off further attacks.

But you escape at the last second into the vessel which will transport you safely back to your personal time and location. As you dock, you get one last thrill as your chair rocks and prods you. The ride property is actually a small bumpy.

Freed from the confines of the escape ship, you enter the Deep Space Nine Promenade where it is possible to go to Quark's Bar. Take the chance to have a green drink and take pleasure in the ambiance. It's been a tiring trip by way of a trillion miles, five centuries ahead and back. Relax. You're secure now.