Exhibit 5.

                             RICHARDSON & PATEL LLP
                            10900 Wilshire Boulevard
                                    Suite 500
                          Los Angeles, California 90024
                            Telephone (310) 208-1182
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                                  March 1, 2004

Board of Directors
Cinema Ride, Inc.
12001 Ventura Place, Suite 340
Studio City, California 91604

         Re:      2003 Consultant Stock Plan (the "Plan")

Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to Cinema Ride, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to 1,600,000 shares of the Company's
common stock, par value $0.08 (the "Shares").

     In connection with that registration, we have reviewed the proceedings of
the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the registration and proposed
issuance of the Shares, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and all
amendments thereto, the Bylaws of the Company and all amendments thereto, and
such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary to the rendering of
the following opinion.

     Based upon that review, it is our opinion that the Shares, when issued in
conformance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, will be legally issued,
fully paid, and non-assessable. We do not find it necessary for the purposes of
this opinion to cover, and accordingly we express no opinion as to, the
application of the securities or blue sky laws of the various states as to the
issuance and sale of the Shares.

     We consent to the use of this opinion in the registration statement filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration
of the Shares and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel" in the registration statement.

                                            /s/ RICHARDSON & PATEL LLP