Jurassic World VelociCoaster Construction Thread (Opening June 10)

[quinnmac000]

So I finally watched JW and while the spheres are neat looking on film, they are completely impractical as a real life attraction. Just trying to keep the glass/plexi clean is impossible, let alone keeping it scratch free. Add to that the impossibility of keeping people cool in those things in the Florida sun and it's just not happening unless they could do it indoors.

It is able to be done...

 

[fryoj]

It is able to be done...

Thats something along the lines of how I think this ride would need to be done. Have it all be inside, and have the spheres be on an omnimover style track. You get in to a plexi looking ball and go into a dark room to set up everything. The ball would really be all screens(yeah yeah i know), so you never see outside the ball. The screens kick on and you go off on an adventure. It would allow the ride profile to be completely open ended. The car itself could rock to simulate movement and speed or if they wanted ultimate freedom, they could put it on a kuka. Although, I don't think that's needed. They could let the riders control where they go in the ride world opening up endless re-rideability. If they wanted to get real ambitious, they could put all the cars in the same world so you could see friends in other cars, but that might lead to people ruining other people's rides. If you think about it, it would be pretty "easy" to pull the ride off this way. The biggest thing is making it look realistic. Having the computer power to do the entire ride and make it look like you are in a real world and let you explore it. Assuming that's doable though, you just put a computer in each ride vehicle to handle the video and vehicle motion. Then it's just a track through an empty building.

 

[belloq87]

It is able to be done...

That's pretty cool. Not really what I'd want from a JP attraction, but pretty cool.

 

[LJGonz]

Are people still wanting a JP coaster to be built?

 

[UNIrd]

I'd want a JP anything to be built.

 

[Viator]

Are people still wanting a JP coaster to be built?

There are people wanting to have Jurassic Park get new attractions in some sort to the new films (which, will probably be saved for the third gate).

 

[LJGonz]

I still really want the flying dinosaur ride. We NEED it.

 

[GadgetGuru]

Honestly, I'd just want some more TLC to go back into the land. I feel like the thread of the land has been lost. It's a lot of wasted space, a lot of carts + poorly themed games + retail kiosks.

I love Jurassic Park. Probably my favorite movie of all time. What they have in IoA just doesn't do it justice.

 

[Mike S]

Honestly, I'd just want some more TLC to go back into the land. I feel like the thread of the land has been lost. It's a lot of wasted space, a lot of carts + poorly themed games + retail kiosks.

I love Jurassic Park. Probably my favorite movie of all time. What they have in IoA just doesn't do it justice.

I'd like to see AAs along the paths like in USJ.

Also new AAs in JPRA.

 

[GadgetGuru]

I'd like to see AAs along the paths like in USJ.

Also new AAs in JPRA.

That would be huge.

Also, gutting the inside of the Discovery Center and starting fresh. Talk about wasted real estate.

Seriously, when IoA opened, that facade was supposed to be the "weenie" (stealing a Jim Hill term...) to get people to go to Jurassic Park. And when they get there...it's a food court and a wanna-be children's science museum.

 

[LJGonz]

That would be huge.

Also, gutting the inside of the Discovery Center and starting fresh. Talk about wasted real estate.

Seriously, when IoA opened, that facade was supposed to be the "weenie" (stealing a Jim Hill term...) to get people to go to Jurassic Park. And when they get there...it's a food court and a wanna-be children's science museum.

What's an AA?

 

[GadgetGuru]

What's an AA?

Audio Animatronic. The term was popularly coined by Disney. They're the robots that are mean't to resemble people / animals / what-not.

For the most part, it's a catch-all term for a robotic character.

 

[LJGonz]

Honestly, I'd just want some more TLC to go back into the land. I feel like the thread of the land has been lost. It's a lot of wasted space, a lot of carts + poorly themed games + retail kiosks.

I love Jurassic Park. Probably my favorite movie of all time. What they have in IoA just doesn't do it justice.

Totally 100% agree. USJ's JP has to be the nicest out of all of them. The land needs a lot of retheming and updating.

 

[LJGonz]

Audio Animatronic. The term was popularly coined by Disney. They're the robots that are mean't to resemble people / animals / what-not.

For the most part, it's a catch-all term for a robotic character.

Thanks

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Add back the Kong arch.
Remove all the cartoonish looking food carts and games.
Add more "dark" theming.
Revamp the Discovery Center to be high tech.
Add something to Triceratops.

And you got yourself revamp without any large expenses.

 

[belloq87]

I'd like to see AAs along the paths like in USJ.

Also new AAs in JPRA.

If they don't want to put a ride in there, I'd love to see the rest of the Triceratops Encounter plot turned into a self-guided walking trail with 5 - 6 paddocks occupied by AA dinosaurs.

 

[Nico]

Maybe they're just waiting for it to fall completely into disrepair so they can follow the plot/timeline of Jurrassic World.

 

[LJGonz]

Add back the Kong arch.
Remove all the cartoonish looking food carts and games.
Add more "dark" theming.
Revamp the Discovery Center to be high tech.
Add something to Triceratops.

And you got yourself revamp without any large expenses.

HIGH TECH AND DANGER IS WHAT JP NEEDS . WHO'S WITH ME!!

 

[GAcoaster]

The "cartoonish" theming of the games and food carts is true to the original. I get that you want darker and more dangerous, but Universal has bigger fish to fry than redoing a perfectly adequate area of the park.

Everyone would like to see them do a thousand different things, but changing things and adding new things isn't that simple. Everything needs to be budgeted in time and money. If things work as they are, there's little incentive to change them. There are a few other areas of IoA and Universal that have more pressing needs of funds and fresh ideas than JP.

 

[LJGonz]

I feel like everything IOA needs at least some refurb. Marvel island should get a hulk themed refurb. Something way more technological and dramatic. Toon lagoon probably needs the most work, especially Do right. JP should get an entire retheme. Potter could expand and there are so many possibilities. And no one really cares about lost continent or seus landing.