Jurassic Park: The Ride (Now Closed)

[Jon Fu]

The animatronics obviously are still not up to old standards, but at least they look good. The ride looks good.


Thumbs up to Universal for putting in at least some effort.

The recent refurbishment seems to have garnered quite a bit of hate. I'm not exactly sure why people are so angry. The ride - as a whole - certainly looks better than it did in 2015. I get that it doesn't look like its original state, but that boat has sailed away.

 

[Freak]

The recent refurbishment seems to have garnered quite a bit of hate. I'm not exactly sure why people are so angry. The ride - as a whole - certainly looks better than it did in 2015. I get that it doesn't look like its original state, but that boat has sailed away.

In my personal opinion, they should've gone full steam ahead to retheme it to Jurassic World so that people will have a reason to go down to the lower lot when the Potter crowds hit this year. Now that ship has sailed and they had to make the ride look as good as possible without spending too much time on it. It likes fine for what they did, but maybe they're holding out until the next one comes out. 

 

[Jon Fu]

Great video! I wonder if there are any lighting upgrades on the ride? I guess the park needs to be open past sunset to find out. 

Maybe this will answer some questions:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LUjak79MZxE?feature=oembed

 

[Ryan]

Damn, that looks fantastic!

 

[Uni-Fan]

When i got off the ride today, they had a recording when your unloading, its a recording of cheering and clapping, not sure if they do that when there not alot of unloading employees, it was pretty cheesy though

 

[Chris]

When i got off the ride today, they had a recording when your unloading, its a recording of cheering and clapping, not sure if they do that when there not alot of unloading employees, it was pretty cheesy though

This was added during the "dark" years way back in 2002.  There was an initiative to clap at the end of each ride from the management to help encourage people to "have fun".  I dislike it to the fullest.  Mummy crew claps as well.  

 

[scallenger]

If there is any love in this world left... Universal will remove the clapping from the end of the Jurassic Park ride before I return to the park after summer's end...

 

[Alexshow.]

...Great...

 

[chris.g]

To be fair, it's incredibly hot today... but those cannons are annoying at times, lol. 

 

[Jon Fu]

...Great...

They were on this weekend...

 

[Freak]

Hey Universal, if you could remove the canons and the clapping at the end, that would be great. 

 

[Wesker69]

When i got off the ride today, they had a recording when your unloading, its a recording of cheering and clapping, not sure if they do that when there not alot of unloading employees, it was pretty cheesy though

This was added during the "dark" years way back in 2002.  There was an initiative to clap at the end of each ride from the management to help encourage people to "have fun".  I dislike it to the fullest.  Mummy crew claps as well.  

Okay... glad I wasn't going crazy. My friends and I were like... "You heard cheering & clapping too right?" lol


As for the ride itself... its hard to believe they just refurbished it in any capacity. Surprise surprise... the jeep was broken again. The dinos need some major love & attention because I see them going extinct. Ultrasaurs have a clicking sound when they move, the stegosaur on the rock looks terrible. I hate how visible the mechanics for the T-Rex are (and it floats!)..


It saddens me that they don't dump the money into this ride that it deserves. It doesn't need to be revamped into Jurassic World, it just needs a proper renovation.

 

[Dylan Beck]

@Wesker69 That's definetly true. I hate how some of the dinosaurs mechanics are completely visible. It gives the ride a bad impression to all the new tourists.

 

[Maurice2029]

Here some pics from Greg Pro about a Jurassic Park Mural he made in 1995 for USH.


"In 1995 I was commissioned to create a set of 6 murals for the Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios California. They are still hanging in the Buffeteria. They removed the ones in the retail section. We used an Ectamural print process to enlarge the originals. I painted each one in Cel Vinyl about the size of a small surf board. Unfortunately some corporate bozo ended up with all the originals."

 

[Alexshow.]

 

[sickle_claw]

That's really cool how the background is that red shade! Gives it a unique look.

 

[Dylan Beck]

@Jon  So the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park the ride are real... right?

 

[Jon Fu]

@Jon  So the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park the ride are real... right?

You gotta sprinkle the fairy dust beforehand, but sure.

 

[Freak]

@Jon  So the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park the ride are real... right?

Yeah but after the ride breaks down, they tend to eat the tourists. So be careful. 

 

[Wesker69]

Most of the dinos are on the verge of going extinct .....Universal can't afford to spend money on quality animal care


...just look at their lack of vehicle maintenance.. that poor "jeep" will never get fixed