Future of Jurassic Park River Adventure
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We were lucky enough to ride it on Friday and Saturday, but it was still struggling with some downtime. Glad it's opening again though
If Universal decides to ever update JPRA and the land as a whole, first off I think the ship has sailed on theming it to the Jurassic World trilogy from 2015-2022. With the franchise getting a new film in 2025, maybe it's possible that any substantial re-theme could pull from this new iteration of the franchise. Or maybe there will be yet another iteration of JW they will update it to if and when the time comes.
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I do find it interesting to see what Japan’s doing. It seems like they’re giving it a Hollywood-level overhaul but maintaining the classic JP theme. At this point maybe JP is the only thing that is evergreen in the franchise. Given that the Orlando and Japan versions are mirrored clones, maybe they could split research and development costs
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Is that the one that bumps the boat? Regardless, very good to see effects finally return after so long.
- Feb 28, 2016
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Nope, that one is still missing but it should be returning soon. This is the other one that "sneezes" water at you on the other side of the boat.
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Wait, so *both* Hadrosaurs have been missing for a while? Didn't this ride just come out of refurbishment a few months ago?
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Hadrosaur Cove has had technical issues for me since the first time I rode
- May 26, 2010
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Gotta side with @belloq87, that's pretty unacceptable. One down is bad. With both gone, the whole scene falls apart. Glad one is back up, but they should've shut this down until they could accelerate a solution.
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There is no solution but a bandaid until full replacement/overhaul.
Why close the attraction when you haven’t allocated any major funds for substantial fixes?
I mean, aren’t they the company who decided not to allocate any major funds for substantial fixes? This seems like a false choice.
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Yeah, closing the attraction over two animatronics being down (minor ones, that first time visitors won't even notice are missing) is really dumb. It's maybe understandable to close the ride if something like the T-rex is missing (even then I don't think they would close it to be honest) but there is no reason to do it here.
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It's not that there are two animatronics down - it's that both animatronics involved in a pivotal scene of the attraction are both down simultaneously. I wouldn't be calling for a closure if the Baby Stego was missing and one of the Hadrosaurs was kaput, though that would also be frustratingly awful show. If you have both Hardrosaurs missing, all you have to go on is the frenzied narration to justify why the rest of the ride happens. It's unacceptable.
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Honestly I doubt most people who ride this even make the connection that the Hadrosaur is the reason your boat gets bumped off course. Also I bet most guests would prefer the ride to be open than to be closed because 2 animatronics are missing, that they don't even know about because they've never ridden the ride and they are hidden underwater. Let's be real, most people are just there for the big drop and t-rex at the end.
Closing the attraction down doesn't accelerate anything, they regularly remove animatronics from rides to be repaired, it will return one night randomly and we'll all forget this discussion even happened.
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At this point it’s beating a dead horse on this topic. Universal is not gonna spend a huge amount of money until Epic is closer to opening in my opinion.
That way they get a capacity boost and turn their attention to rides like these that need a major refurbishment.
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Wouldn't really say that was a major refurbishment, just general winter maintenance that happens every year. I doubt they even really touch the animatronics much during that.
