Future of Jurassic Park River Adventure

[JoeCamel]

T-Rex gets a little peevish when there are no tourists to eat.....

 

[Viator]

T-Rex gets a little peevish when there are no tourists to eat.....

 

[GAcoaster]

It looks like it's just some sheathing pulled off. Hopefully it didn't damage anything when it flew away...

 

[OrlLover]

This gives universal the opportunity to change it over to JW and make the land more in line with velocicoaster.

I was thinking more of them doing some extensive maintenance of the attraction.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Well, it looks like it's already opened back up

 

[pumpkinbot343]

It’s the flagship of the whole area; they shouldn’t retheme it to Jurassic World without doing so to the entire area first.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

It’s the flagship of the whole area; they shouldn’t retheme it to Jurassic World without doing so to the entire area first.

*Used to be the flagship lol

 

[OrlLover]

*Used to be the flagship lol

Velocicoaster ?

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Velocicoaster ?

yes

I still think JPRA should be the star of the land, but it is in horrible shape.

 

[DodgsonHere]

*Used to be the flagship lol

Regardless of it’s shape, it’s still the “thesis” attraction of JP, and maybe one of the thesis attractions for the resort as a whole.

 

[GAcoaster]

*Used to be the flagship lol

Still is the flagship-- while Velocicoaster is new and exciting, JPRA give the true Jurassic Park feeling/experience and has a much broader ridership.

The "Welcome to Jurassic Park" as the gates swing open and the music swells is still the quintessential movie experience brought to life.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

The "Welcome to Jurassic Park" as the gates swing open and the music swells is still the quintessential movie experience brought to life.

... when it works. Wasn't working yesterday.

 

[GAcoaster]

Even when I went in 1999 JPRA has always been hit or miss with effects and show elements. Any time you have an outdoor attraction it's hard to maintain all the moving parts all the time. Especially water rides...

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Even when I went in 1999 JPRA has always been hit or miss with effects and show elements. Any time you have an outdoor attraction it's hard to maintain all the moving parts all the time. Especially water rides...

You are correct - but when the gates don't work, the animatronics are moving awkwardly, the crate not dropping, etc. all of those issues start to make the attraction lackluster.

 

[MakoMania]

I can see a Jurassic World retheme coming in the next couple of years, maybe for 2024. They are clearly doing the bare minimum to keep it operational and not investing in its long term future.

 

[ragerunner]

I can see a Jurassic World retheme coming in the next couple of years, maybe for 2024. They are clearly doing the bare minimum to keep it operational and not investing in its long term future.

I think this has a good chance. It would give them something to market for 2024 without costing a huge amount of money.
This would then get the resort to the 2025 Epic year.

 

[biggerboat16]

I just wonder what they’d do with the discovery center. Everything else in the land could easily have a Jurassic World logo slapped on it and be fine, but the discovery center is an exact replica of a Jurassic park landmark that would need serious work if it were rethemed into the innovation center or something. Wonder if they’d keep it but just call it the Jurassic world discovery center or something and ignore canon

 

[belloq87]

Re-designing the Discovery Center would be an awful decision.

 

[JoeCamel]

Re-designing the Discovery Center would be an awful decision.

They couldn't go too far they built a roller coaster framing it

 

[Casper Gutman]

I think this has a good chance. It would give them something to market for 2024 without costing a huge amount of money.
This would then get the resort to the 2025 Epic year.

But the Jurassic World franchise is done. The Jurassic IP will continue in some form - no property sits dormant long in modern Hollywood - but we don’t know what that looks like yet. No reason to spend money retheming to a defunct and not particularly beloved franchise - just wait for the next version.