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Guest riding a custom mechanical Hidden Valley Ranch bottle
03 Activation — Prop Design

Ride The Ranch

Hidden Valley Ranch's iconic bottle, reengineered as a mechanical ride — a larger-than-life brand moment built for participation and social capture.

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Ride The Ranch turned Hidden Valley Ranch's most recognizable asset into the attraction itself. The centerpiece was a custom mechanical ride shaped like an oversized bottle of Original Ranch — immediately legible from across the venue and playful enough to draw a crowd.

A corral-inspired graphic system carried the idea through the guest experience, from the welcome station and rider rules to a QR personality quiz, Team Garlic versus Team Jalapeño prompts, and custom flavor-themed cowboy hats. Every touchpoint made participation simple while keeping the brand in frame.

Concept / 01 Hidden Valley Ranch
Las Vegas

The product left the shelf — and landed at the center of the action.

In motion — 00:28

The bottle bucks back

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An everyday product icon became the main event.

A bottle you
could ride.

A familiar bottle silhouette became the mechanical ride, keeping the product recognizable even in motion. Corral-style architecture and oversized naming established the ranch before guests reached the ride.

Guest riding the oversized Hidden Valley Ranch bottle
The product becomes the attraction.
Guest at the Ride the Ranch welcome counter beneath Team Garlic and Team Jalapeño signs
A welcome that sets the scene.

Pick a side.
Make it yours.

A QR personality quiz sorted guests into Team Garlic or Team Jalapeño, with custom hats carrying the choice into the space.

Team GarlicTeam Jalapeño
Phone scanning the QR code on the Ride the Ranch flavor quiz sign
Find your flavor.
Team Jalapeño signage and custom flavor-themed cowboy hats
Wear your team.
White cowboy hat with an embroidered garlic patch
Team Garlic, down to the details.

Built to ride.
Made to share.

Bold scale, bright color and a vertical motion moment made the experience naturally camera-ready.

Guests posing together on the ranch bottle with flavor-themed cowboy hats
A moment to share together.
You can ride this in Vegas — Hidden Valley Ranch pop-up graphic showing the bottle ride against the Las Vegas skyline
The experience, ready for the feed.