As a former islands of adventure employee that worked when it opened I can tell you that when this ride first opened it was incredible. Everything looked so realistic. But now it has damaged effects and broken and rotted animatronics. They have got to revamp the ride but they still have to keep the original Jurassic Park theming
Jurassic Park merch I think is more popular because of the red color scheme, it's not just the Jurassic Park movie being better than the World entries. I'm okay with them adding screen effects and updates, but keep the original theming.
@@millabasset1710you can still use the Jurassic Park merch while changing it to Jurassic World. Over here at Universal Studios Hollywood the exit gift shop is half Park and half world
Fun fact, I used to work there as well and before Covid hit they were actually going to do a whole Jurassic World upgrade to the entire area, but since Covid hit, they decided to scrap the idea
I’m on team refurb and redo all the animatronics. As much as I love dinosaurs, Jurassic World is just not going to age as well as Jurassic Park, so I don’t think they need to continue to convert rides to the second franchise. If the original could be restored to its former glory, and maybe with some new effects, it would be worth the investment without being nearly as costly as a full replacement. I also personally don’t mind the lack of continuity between park/world in the land, it’s still the same world. I would rather there not be a specific timeline than to have all attractions themed to the inferior trilogy.
I think now that JW is over and done with, and it's well become clear the franchise just doesn't have investment, I think that JP is safe for now. Still would like the animatronics to get some love though
The way the first animatronic dinosaur doesn't move for the first 10 seconds after the doors have already opened and you're just sitting there staring at its' stationary awkwardly contorted neck......
When I was at Universal Studios Japan last month, their version of the Jurassic Park ride was temporarily closed down due to having major renovations and it won’t be completed until around early 2025. However, the park has been tight lipped about what the renovations would be like if they are going to make it the same attraction but with new technologies or that it’s going to be completely re-themed to Jurassic World like the one in Hollywood.
Disagree, most screen based attractions at ioa and studios are better than this, good non screen ride > good screen based ride, but good screen based ride > bad non screen ride.
@@captain_bobo Not for me at all. Maybe Spider-Man is at least on somewhat equal footing but other screens like Jimmy Fallon, Kong, F&F, Simpsons, etc are far far beneath River Adventure.
I will take poorly aging, dated animatronics, and moving through a physical space over shaking around in a box while looking at a screen any day! That being said, there are some amazing screen rides like Spider-Man, but they're far and few in between.
The missing dinosaur in the water is what kills it for me the most. Basically ruins the storyline for the whole ride, i think river adventure has huge potential if they refurbished the ride. It’s still a fun ride and a decent splash to cool you off, but is in pretty egregious disrepair for a theme park that’s supposed to be at the top of the leaderboard for the whole world.
I know the first year the park was open I got to go and at the end of the ride there was a guy dressed as John Hammond, dressed in all white with the amber cane and everything, welcoming us back from the ride, that kind of personal touch was what made that trip one of the best theme park experiences of my life 🎉
The T-Rex at the end used to be hidden behind an actual waterfall. At the last moment the waterfall "curtain" would split down the middle and the T-Rex would quickly emerge loudly and in your face. Terrified me as a child, yet I loved it so much. Also, the "bubbles" under the boat at the part where the Hadrosaur knocks you off course were always there, with and without the animatronic. It's there to give some type of haptic feedback that the boat did in fact come in contact with the dino. One time years ago our boat was out of sync and the effect went off before our boat reached that point and it shot water up like a geyser and completely drenched all of us. It was funny. Slightly startling because it was the first and last time I experienced that... and we did not realize at first what was happening. Probably more in line with how that would actually go with a real Hadrosaur. Lol
the original Jurassic Park is already iconic and will always be iconic. The Jurassic World movies aren't nearly as good and will not stand the test of time. Just referb it and leave half of the area themed to Jurassic World and half to Jurassic Park
God I’m so happy people are finally talking about this. I went a couple years ago with friends for the first time, and finally got to sit on the ride of my dreams. God, it was so slimy and algae covered. Everything smelled and none of the animatronics worked. T-Rex didn’t even pop out at the end. The ride needs some serious work, but I really hope they go more the route of refurbishment rather than total redo like California. One ride needs to stay as Jurassic Park
As much as I love this ride, I’d be okay with a revamp as long as they don’t change it to World and keep the original “Park” theme. There seems to be a stronger admiration for the Park series than World as the newest films didn’t land with audiences well, besides in terms of box office.
I love Jurassic Park River adventure. The only things I hate about this ride is number one when the drop comes too. I'm not saying I don't like the t. Rex animatronic, but the way that it lounges at guest is so disturbing and soul. Horrifying that I'll give you nightmares when you sleep😂😂🦖🦖🦕🦕
You think Orlando is bad? You should see Hollywood. Literally could see the insides of multiple animatronics when I was there back in 2010. It was SO BAD.
It wasn’t THAT bad. Like at least when I went when it was still Jurassic Park the only noticeable animatronic parts I could see on any of them was the back part of the neck on the dilo level with the head. Other than that I can’t say I really saw much else.
When I was little, the first time I got into this ride, I got so scared by the T-Rex and the atmosphere of the warehouse I cried. I was like, six or seven. The next time we visited I was thirteen, and I was STILL terrified of it, to the point where I kept my eyes closed the entire ride. It was awesome! I haven't been to the parks since then (I'm 23 now) but I still hold that memory as a highlight of my childhood (next to Tower of Terror, where I literally bolted out of the ride the second the seatbelt lock went off and someone had to catch me on the way out), and to see its downfall through this just breaks my heart...
13 years ago to the day me and my family went on this ride The first animatronic was still there, but he just laid in the water and yelled at us The animatronic that was supposed to hit us in the way of the rafter didn’t even emerge. We just somehow moved towards the raptors lolol
They should do a mega-refurb make it a meta-storyline where Jurassic World opens a ride to pay homage to Hammond and the original park, so that the original aesthetic is kept and the continuity issues can be solved
*New! Bryce Dallas Howard (Claire) & Chris Pratt (Owen) Jurassic World: River Rescue (Mosasaurus, Baby Stegosaurus, Raptor, Blue, Indominus Rex and T-Rex) Life Finds A Way Coming to Universal Orlando Resort Universal's Islands of Adventure*
Epic Universe is opening next year and a massive update to IOA/ USF is coming very soon. Watch what they do next. That is why there has been no money invested into it. Universal Creative always has something up their sleeve.
@@EmillioMelendez , I’m not sure if River Adventure will survive. Water rides are expensive to operate. A clone of the Jurassic World Adventure from Beijing would fit nicely where Kong now sits, then update the current river adventure to Jurassic World.
While Jurassic Park River adventure is currently in a very sad state right now, Island adventure as a whole is decent. Universal studios needs more help than Islands. Which means we won't be seeing any major refurb of river adventure for at least 5 years
As I said with Poseidon Entertainment's video on River Adventure, I wouldn't mind if the entirety of Jurassic Park was rethemed to Jurassic World, but I would prefer if Universal chose to completely overhaul River Adventure and the Discovery Center, keeping them both themed to the original trilogy. I feel the island would be a fun novelty if it had a balance between JP and JW on it, keep with the timelessness of the entire park. And with the inevitable Universe profits I'm sure it'll be possible. Bear in mind I've only ever seen the first film from both trilogies
I really love The Lost World, but seeing only the first of each is not a bad thing. Like my friend who's only seen Star Wars but none of the sequels/prequels.
Considering that Universal is willing to build a Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts hybrid land in the modern day, I hope they keep the theming and just improve all the Park segments.
It’s one of my favourite attractions of all time and I’m sad it’s been in such disrepair for so long. My blue sky dream for it right now is to get the same Jurassic World overhaul that Hollywood got, but then for the new Epic Universe Park to get its own retro throwback Jurassic Park land with some brand-new attractions, like maybe a couple of the cancelled attractions that were originally meant to be built like the helicopter safari or a rebranded JP version of the attraction in Beijing but based around the T-Rex breakout scene from the original movie.
Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture (Jurassic Park River Adventure is in a state of disrepair) and this picture (Dinosaur in Disney’s Animal Kingdom is in a state of disrepair): They’re the same picture.
Hey, at least Islands of Adventure isn't getting rid of their awesome dinosaur animatronic ride for a lazy I.P ride that makes ZERO sense for the park.
You said it. That’s for sure. I have a positive opinion for both of these rides too, and I’m yet to experience river adventure. I went to Disney’s animal kingdom once in 2016.
*New! Bryce Dallas Howard (Claire) & Chris Pratt (Owen) Jurassic World: River Rescue (Mosasaurus, Baby Stegosaurus, Raptor, Blue, Indominus Rex and T-Rex) Life Finds A Way Coming to Universal Orlando Resort Universal's Islands of Adventure*
When I went to IoA for my first time two years ago, I was so excited to do the Jurassic Park River Adventure. I saw the original JP in theaters six times in 1993, and had heard everyone talk about how cool the ride was. I was so disappointed to ride it and see the animatronics in such disrepair. We went again this year and it was even worse -- the ultrasaur's neck moves at an angle that no living thing ever has, the hadrosaur is gone. And when we rode, the timing was off on the T-Rex. That might not have been a usual thing, maybe the boats got stacked weird. But the boat in front of us went down, and the animatronic never reset itself. We were staring at a T-Rex who was looking down the drop, looking not fearsome but just disappointed that its dinner had gotten away. What a disappointment. I'd love for them to really put something new and fun in there, especially since Jurassic Park already has the best ride in the park in Velocicoaster. I'd love a clone of the ride in China. Or, close down Kong (without the 3D, it's just a shell of what it was) and combine the plots and make it an extra long Jeep journey with animatronics. You'd go down in ride count, but you could make it the best dark ride in the park.
That sucks. I will say that when I went back in 2014, the timing got off & we had a similar issue with the Trex. I commented bc I've never seen anyone mention that b4. But yeah the animatronics were not as bad back then. Sorry that was your experience.
I think they should. 1 Rebuild the whole jurassic park riv-ad ride. 2 revamp the hole land 3 re-theme velocicoaster to Jurassic park (it would be kinda cool) and keep florida jurassic park and hollywood can be jurassic world
That ride is showing it’s age and I remember the bad musty smell when entering the drop building. this ride needs to be upgraded entirely. A Jurassic World retheme is needed. And those poor Animotronics are suffering in the Florida heat. I gotta love how Hollywood rethemed the drop part to make it look like an actual scene from the movies. But sadly people might have to accept changes at some point.
Honestly they don’t need to re-theme the entire thing like they did with the Hollywood version. What they need to do is a big refurbishment; starting with replacing the animatronics
I've been saying it for a bit now, but I guarantee you that their next big move after Epic Universe opens will be a refresh of IoA. They're building the park at an Epic (pun intended) pace, they've been rushing through to finish new projects and rethemes at the USF, but all they've been doing at IoA is closing down attractions with no announced plans for replacing or refurbishing them. The last time they even gave the whole park a literal fresh coat of paint was nearly ten years ago now, after the runaway success of the Wizarding World. Half of Suess Landing is in as bad a state of disrepair as the River Adventure, the Lost Continent is basically just a randomly placed shopping district without any anchor attractions anymore, and those rumors are still swirling about Disney potentially letting those legacy agreements for Marvel and the Simpsons lapse when the contracts run out. If Epic Universe is as much the runaway success as people are expecting, they'll need something to pull people back to the main resort. What better than announcing a bunch of new updates to Islands of Adventure on the heels of all these family-friendly updates to Universal Studios?
When you mentioned the "other two great water rides" at Islands of Adventure I just remembered that I have actually never rode Bluto's Bilgerat Barges. I've been on Ripsaw Falls, that ride is awesome! Of the 3 or 4 times I've been to Universal Orlando, though, the Barges were always shut down for refurbishment! 🤷♂ Edit: Whatever they end up doing with River Adventure, though, I hope they don't just make it a motion simulator or 90% screens. Kong and F&F were complete snoozefests and Universal has enough motion simulators as is.
It’s interesting how even while being better maintained than the Orlando version, USJ closed their JPRA from late 2023 till what’s gonna be likely fall next year I believe just to do a huge renovation, so why wouldn’t Orlando take that time to fix up theirs
this ride needs more attention considering that the animatronics arent as good as they are. people argue that they should just replace it with jurrasic world, but i like that orlando and hollywood have exclusive rides instead of the same rides. i they should do a massive refurbishment and fix the animatronics and add in better effects and more quality overall
They could also make it look abandoned. Like how the JP Visitor's center was in JW ( 2015). But still make fix the animatronics ( if they even can still fix them ) . Or they could even make it based on Isla Sorna.
I had a yearly pass, and i loved this ride so so much. It was fun. Buuuuut, yeah no this ride had TONS of malfunctions and glitches to where i was starting to feel very nervous to go back on. Most of the time the animatronics werent on time to do their animations, didnt move, or werent even there (like the hydrasaur). The trex doesnt move much, some of the dilophosaurus’ didnt move much/at all. And a few times we had to stay in line pretty long because the ride was delayed due to errors. 80% of the time the beginning doors were either stuck open, or were just super delayed to open. The box was ALWAYS delayed aswell. The stegosaur (big one) always looked a bit “rotten” to me, dunno about others tho. I used to watch videos on the ride when i was younger and i always wanted to go on, and then when i finally got to go on, it was not as fun as it had looked.
The problem with retheming to Jurassic World is all of the animatronics they would choose to keep, Hollywood didnt make a new Trex or set of raptors, as well as many of the herbivores, the old animatronics would still be an eye sore compared to the new ones, theres really no winning here because Universal will always cut corners with this ride
I think because there were multiple other JP attractions being built in other universal parks , they focused on refurbishing other rides in Orlando and waiting to see what they will do with river adventure, especially after building velocicoaster and having it themed to the new movies.
Hey im binging ur stuff sorry for the slew of comments: The problem boils down to FL humidity eats animatronics both aesthetically and mechanically. Brer frog on splash as small as he was suffered this. ITs also why Velocicoasters figures are all in the absolute belly center of a climate controlled building while the ones in the paddock are static sculptures. Rumor I heard was figures had to have new skins every 4 months that mandated a constant cycle of replacement of skins. Regardless your stuffs great and you've earned a sub
8:34 I actually experienced the cage drop 3 or 4 times when the ride broke down. We had to wait for all the other boats to go, so we were under it for a while. This was on the reopening after it was closed for repairs back in early 2023.
You should do a video on the Cat in the Hat it’s in similar disrepair. I did a lot of research on it lately, comparing old and newer videos of it it seems that the cat animatronics you see on the ride today are not the same when it opened, they have different color schemes and some of have slightly different face shapes. I suspect the original animatronics was replaced around 2015-2016 to what you see today. My only guess is the originals broke and the new ones was made by a different company (the original manufacturer AVG animatronics went out of business in the 2000s) or they had spares in storage for exactly this situation. You Definitely should take a look into it. Now for another ride, Dudley do Right’s Ripsaw Falls, it seems universal been giving it alot of care recently, ALOT of the effects have been fixed and majority of the animatronics are back in working order almost like new. Last time I rode 2 weeks ago almost all effects was working again minus a few. The snidely animatronic on the tracks you see outside now has a ton more movement and his arms work again, the Dudley in the canoe now actually moves again, and much more. So atleast we know they are taking care of some opening day attractions.
While on a trip with my family I remember me and my little sister were sat next to this gigantic woman and my sister was made to sit on the edge. She barely was secure in her seat and they let us through.. on the trex drop she almost slipped out but I quickly put my hand over her and saved her .
In regards to having two different spiderman ride systems, it’s worth noting the increasing rumors that Comcast may be selling marvel back to Disney and that the next big projects may be lost continent replacement, marvel replacement, and Simpsons. I wouldn’t be surprised if they keep patching up JP until then. I have a feeling they’ll end up just doing a version of hollywoods, especially since they’ve announced they’re doing new Jurassic world films with Scarlett Johansson
Universal will never give up Marvel. If you research the contract they drummed up back in the 90’s, you’ll find out that Universal doesn’t even have to change a thing about it no matter what Disney says or owns
@ I am inclined to agree, but at the same time it’s possible that the biggest issue with marvel is the merchandising. Since Disney makes the marvel merchandise nowadays I’m sure they’re charging more for universal to get it in the first place. This could influence their decision as well as the fact almost every other land has gotten some sort of big update or is slated to get a big update and the most they’ve done at marvel is the hulk. Leave me wondering what the future holds. It could also be a case of Disney throwing out a big number that’s harder to pass up because they want to have more marvel in the Florida parks. It ultimately depends on what Comcast and universal value most. Keeping the franchise or maximizing profits.
Oh man I rode this so many times as a kid when IoA first opened. The T-Rex was scary every time, it felt like she was leaning down to grab a snack from the boat! It's so sad to see the shape this ride is in now.
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I’d love to see this attraction get refurbished to include dinosaurs from the franchise such as Spinosaurus, Gallimimus, Pachycephalosaurus, Ankylosaurus and Carnotaurus along with the dinosaurs that it already has, along with fixing the animatronics.
That’s really a shame. I haven’t been on this ride since 2009 to be honest. I’m guessing back then everything was still just fine. With everything that’s going on with Epic Universe, I can guarantee they can rebuild this whole thing and make it even better.
What I don't understand, is what are they actually doing when this is closed for WEEKS for maintenance?! I remember going on this for the first time in years, the day it opened from being closed for ages for maintenance, and I was so excited to relive my childhood memories, and the first thing was the doors at the start were just stuck open. I said to a member of staff when I got off "This has literally just reopened from a maintenance closure? What have they actually been doing?" And he said "We ask the same question." But I'm genuinely curious to know!? Is it just all "saftey only, zero show" things that the eye would never see?
I would love something like Jurassic World Adventure, maybe even combining that with the original Jeep safari concept and theme it to the original movie.
If you Think about it, the fact that the narrator talks about a dinosaur that isnt there is like in the movie when they’re trying to see the dilophosarus that isnt there
The coolest thing for a jeep safari would be going with the inGen team on the game trail like in The Lost World. It'd fit as a Kong ride replacement and make sense as it's basically part of but not technically inside the Jurassic Park area.
I went on the Jurassic Park ride at the California park, and it was a similar setup and plot, but the dinos were also in a similar state...and that was at LEAST 15 years ago. It was still one of my favourite rides there, but it was quite disappointing to see the outdoor dinos being so limited and rough looking lol
If Universal Creative is smart, they should get rid of all the old Dinosaur animatronics and replace them with modern, stronger Dino animatronics to give Jurassic Park: River Adventure a longer lifespan. I understand that Universal would need to spend more money and manhours to make that a reality, but I think it would reinvigorate interest for the ride. I know there's some Jurassic World themed attractions (such as Raptor Encounter and Velocicoaster) in the Jurassic Park area of IoA, but Universal (in my opinion) should still maintain the Jurassic Park IP for IoA. If they decide to go in that direction, then you don't piss off or alienate the Original JP fans and can still cater to the JW fans.
Have you seen the Jurassic World ride in Universal Beijing? It’s an incredible experience. They can adopt something like that with whatever new franchise or with the original Jeep idea you brought up. Edit: just got to that point in the video!
I’m surprised some people don’t actually realize that the concepts that were going to be used for the jeep tour actually evolved into Jurassic World adventure attraction over in Beijing. I think of universal uniquely built the Jeep attraction theme to the newest Jurassic Park movie or based off the 90s one I think it’d be really nice for the park
They could try to tie a major refurb into the 7th movie coming out next summer, but a refurb at the scale needed would probably need to already be in progress to make that timeline.
I remember the old Jurrasic park ride at Hollywood and even the new jw overlay (basically the same thing) but this ride was and still is magnificent in Hollywood. Amazing every time. Especially the T-Rex and Indominis Rex at the ending but even the other dinosaurs in the ride are amazing along with the theming and other effects. Plus it’s perfect for when California decides to be 105 degrees and getting soaked at the end just feels like heaven after sweating in line for a hour lol
I think they could give it a total overhaul without the World tie-in. They don't truly need it because dinosaurs will always be cool to both kids and adults. They should have had a big media push for the first movie's 30th anniversary, including highly publicized screenings in theaters. I know they did some screenings, but you wouldn't know if you didn't look. Gen X and millennial parents everywhere would have brought their kids and bought a ton of merch, and it would have helped reestablish its place in pop culture. That's when you reopen River Adventure with updated AA's and effects, plus some new ones. Avoid long-term, ongoing maintenance problems by investing in higher-quality (though inevitably more expensive) machines. A higher up-front cost, but it less costly over the next 20ish years.
i’m a huge jurassic park fan. i love this ride with my whole heart. but seeing it makes me so sad, i don’t do it anymore. i was in florida for the past year for my dcp, my mom got me an ap to universal for my birthday, so i could go whenever i wanted. i think out of the around 10 times i went in 11 months i rode it twice. once when my mom dropped me off and then another with my friend. i just can’t justify the hot wait time for the poor quality of the ride anymore. i hope they fix it someday, but i don’t see that anytime soon with epic universe expenses. i do have a funny story from my last time riding though (sadly about an animatronic being broken). when we were going up the lift hill the raptor that’s supposed to run at u behind the fences, it was sitting at the back of its set, with a strobe light, and only its arms were moving. it looked like it was just sitting back there waving at the guests. i thought it was kind of funny. also tbh: i haven’t physically rode the one in hollywood yet, but i really like the world overlay. i think the story with the indominous is really fun and the battle at the end is super cool. the only part i don’t like in that version is the mosasaurous area. not that it’s terrible, it’s just not as good as the rest
Universal not really fully to blame, the tech companies that they used for the animatronics on this ride don't all exist anymore so replacement for certain things have added up over time. Also, considering Epic Universe is opening soon, I'm more than certain that's where a majority of their funds are going towards.
I think they’ve just put this ride on the back burner until Epic Universe is completed. As soon a month goes by after the opening of EU, I think Universal is going to announce a bunch of ride refurbishments
I'm a huge Jurassic Park fan, always have been, always will be. Islands of adventure is my favourite park ive ever visited. The two have a huge part in my life. I havent been in this ride in 7+ years, however im going in a few weeks time. It absolutely breaks my heart to see one of my all time favourite rides look like this. Jurassic World really isnt that great, compared to Jurassic Park but i went to universal studios Hollywood last year and i can honestly say the refurbishment of their jurassic park the ride was insane. The animatronics were scarily good, and the ride felt fresh. If this is the future of river adventure i definitely wouldnt be sad, as sad as i am with the state of river adventure today!
As a former islands of adventure employee that worked when it opened I can tell you that when this ride first opened it was incredible. Everything looked so realistic. But now it has damaged effects and broken and rotted animatronics. They have got to revamp the ride but they still have to keep the original Jurassic Park theming
Jurassic Park merch I think is more popular because of the red color scheme, it's not just the Jurassic Park movie being better than the World entries. I'm okay with them adding screen effects and updates, but keep the original theming.
@@millabasset1710you can still use the Jurassic Park merch while changing it to Jurassic World. Over here at Universal Studios Hollywood the exit gift shop is half Park and half world
They cant, legally the Chriton family would have to approve it, and i dont think they would.
If they Jurassic world this thing IL be pissed for sure.
Fun fact, I used to work there as well and before Covid hit they were actually going to do a whole Jurassic World upgrade to the entire area, but since Covid hit, they decided to scrap the idea
I’m on team refurb and redo all the animatronics. As much as I love dinosaurs, Jurassic World is just not going to age as well as Jurassic Park, so I don’t think they need to continue to convert rides to the second franchise. If the original could be restored to its former glory, and maybe with some new effects, it would be worth the investment without being nearly as costly as a full replacement. I also personally don’t mind the lack of continuity between park/world in the land, it’s still the same world. I would rather there not be a specific timeline than to have all attractions themed to the inferior trilogy.
considering Hollywood already had their river adventure refurbished into JW, I hope to God uni lets this one stay as jurassic park
Strongly agree, and it would provide incentive for guests to visit both parks
I think now that JW is over and done with, and it's well become clear the franchise just doesn't have investment, I think that JP is safe for now. Still would like the animatronics to get some love though
Agreed! Everything 100%
@@davidguthrie6316 they're making a fourth Jurassic World
The way the first animatronic dinosaur doesn't move for the first 10 seconds after the doors have already opened and you're just sitting there staring at its' stationary awkwardly contorted neck......
Lol but my kids still loved it. It was one of their favorite rides
sometimes to doors are already open when you arrive!
Option 4: Keep ride as-is, figure out cloning, and replace animatronics with actual dinosaurs.
Jurassic Park > Jurassic World.
Just remake the river adventure with 21st century tech.
Keep the JP theme.
yes
When I was at Universal Studios Japan last month, their version of the Jurassic Park ride was temporarily closed down due to having major renovations and it won’t be completed until around early 2025. However, the park has been tight lipped about what the renovations would be like if they are going to make it the same attraction but with new technologies or that it’s going to be completely re-themed to Jurassic World like the one in Hollywood.
@@thedrewster0408 I doubt they would. JW has long since run its course
@@thedrewster0408Japan is doing it right, giving love to the GOAT, Jurassic Park.
sure but the ending of Jurassic World river ride looks a lot more impressive.
Still a top tier ride and better than screens
Yep
Agreed
Disagree, most screen based attractions at ioa and studios are better than this, good non screen ride > good screen based ride, but good screen based ride > bad non screen ride.
@@captain_bobo Not for me at all. Maybe Spider-Man is at least on somewhat equal footing but other screens like Jimmy Fallon, Kong, F&F, Simpsons, etc are far far beneath River Adventure.
I will take poorly aging, dated animatronics, and moving through a physical space over shaking around in a box while looking at a screen any day! That being said, there are some amazing screen rides like Spider-Man, but they're far and few in between.
The missing dinosaur in the water is what kills it for me the most. Basically ruins the storyline for the whole ride, i think river adventure has huge potential if they refurbished the ride. It’s still a fun ride and a decent splash to cool you off, but is in pretty egregious disrepair for a theme park that’s supposed to be at the top of the leaderboard for the whole world.
The hadrosaur's head was stuck above the water when I went on this time last year. It was awkwardly staring us down until its cue to move 😂
it also looked very dry because of the sun
I know the first year the park was open I got to go and at the end of the ride there was a guy dressed as John Hammond, dressed in all white with the amber cane and everything, welcoming us back from the ride, that kind of personal touch was what made that trip one of the best theme park experiences of my life 🎉
The first hadrosaur is literally so uncommon to see that he literally forgot to talk about it LMAO 🤣
It’s real sad, and it was the same at Hollywood until it was replaced with Jurassic World
yeah... replaced with SCREENS
The T-Rex at the end used to be hidden behind an actual waterfall. At the last moment the waterfall "curtain" would split down the middle and the T-Rex would quickly emerge loudly and in your face. Terrified me as a child, yet I loved it so much.
Also, the "bubbles" under the boat at the part where the Hadrosaur knocks you off course were always there, with and without the animatronic. It's there to give some type of haptic feedback that the boat did in fact come in contact with the dino.
One time years ago our boat was out of sync and the effect went off before our boat reached that point and it shot water up like a geyser and completely drenched all of us. It was funny. Slightly startling because it was the first and last time I experienced that... and we did not realize at first what was happening. Probably more in line with how that would actually go with a real Hadrosaur. Lol
It’s really tragic how little Universal has maintained this ride
I mean they are focusing a lot of effort in epic universe, but they could’ve fixed it before hand
@@mightyyoshiyt6772 they have the money to do both.
the original Jurassic Park is already iconic and will always be iconic. The Jurassic World movies aren't nearly as good and will not stand the test of time. Just referb it and leave half of the area themed to Jurassic World and half to Jurassic Park
I worked on River Adventure about 10 years ago and the Ultrasaur would go down at least once a day. Can’t even imagine how it is now.
I don't want the ride to turn into jurassic word because i think it's cool to we have the 2 themes to both fans of the franchise
Universal has replied, they will postpone Epic to fix this....
How they’re gonna fix it. They only close this ride for short periods of time and they gotta do something about this ride.
God I’m so happy people are finally talking about this. I went a couple years ago with friends for the first time, and finally got to sit on the ride of my dreams. God, it was so slimy and algae covered. Everything smelled and none of the animatronics worked. T-Rex didn’t even pop out at the end. The ride needs some serious work, but I really hope they go more the route of refurbishment rather than total redo like California. One ride needs to stay as Jurassic Park
As much as I love this ride, I’d be okay with a revamp as long as they don’t change it to World and keep the original “Park” theme. There seems to be a stronger admiration for the Park series than World as the newest films didn’t land with audiences well, besides in terms of box office.
I just went on it last night, and it was still so fun with or without bad animatronics
The Rex at the end is named Tiffany ɓtw. Also her left arm hasn't moved since 2006.
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Facts
Is there an animatromic after the T Rex? "Penultimate" is the one before the final.
I love Jurassic Park River adventure. The only things I hate about this ride is number one when the drop comes too. I'm not saying I don't like the t. Rex animatronic, but the way that it lounges at guest is so disturbing and soul. Horrifying that I'll give you nightmares when you sleep😂😂🦖🦖🦕🦕
You think Orlando is bad? You should see Hollywood. Literally could see the insides of multiple animatronics when I was there back in 2010. It was SO BAD.
Damn, so glad that I only saw the jarrassic world version of the Hollywood one
It wasn’t THAT bad. Like at least when I went when it was still Jurassic Park the only noticeable animatronic parts I could see on any of them was the back part of the neck on the dilo level with the head. Other than that I can’t say I really saw much else.
"he's starving to death! help this man!" made be burst into laughter omggg
When I was little, the first time I got into this ride, I got so scared by the T-Rex and the atmosphere of the warehouse I cried. I was like, six or seven. The next time we visited I was thirteen, and I was STILL terrified of it, to the point where I kept my eyes closed the entire ride. It was awesome!
I haven't been to the parks since then (I'm 23 now) but I still hold that memory as a highlight of my childhood (next to Tower of Terror, where I literally bolted out of the ride the second the seatbelt lock went off and someone had to catch me on the way out), and to see its downfall through this just breaks my heart...
13 years ago to the day me and my family went on this ride
The first animatronic was still there, but he just laid in the water and yelled at us
The animatronic that was supposed to hit us in the way of the rafter didn’t even emerge. We just somehow moved towards the raptors lolol
If they replace all animatronics with new ones and keep the story and update the effects and sound it would be great again.
They should do a mega-refurb make it a meta-storyline where Jurassic World opens a ride to pay homage to Hammond and the original park, so that the original aesthetic is kept and the continuity issues can be solved
*New! Bryce Dallas Howard (Claire) & Chris Pratt (Owen) Jurassic World: River Rescue (Mosasaurus, Baby Stegosaurus, Raptor, Blue, Indominus Rex and T-Rex) Life Finds A Way Coming to Universal Orlando Resort Universal's Islands of Adventure*
Epic Universe is opening next year and a massive update to IOA/ USF is coming very soon. Watch what they do next. That is why there has been no money invested into it. Universal Creative always has something up their sleeve.
I’m hoping they leave ripsaw falls and JP the same but give them both upgraded effects
@@EmillioMelendez , I’m not sure if River Adventure will survive. Water rides are expensive to operate. A clone of the Jurassic World Adventure from Beijing would fit nicely where Kong now sits, then update the current river adventure to Jurassic World.
@@WolfWriterL.P , me too and I have to agree I would like to see not an exact copy but something similar with maybe a new Dino.
While Jurassic Park River adventure is currently in a very sad state right now, Island adventure as a whole is decent. Universal studios needs more help than Islands. Which means we won't be seeing any major refurb of river adventure for at least 5 years
That is what I think they should do also.
As I said with Poseidon Entertainment's video on River Adventure, I wouldn't mind if the entirety of Jurassic Park was rethemed to Jurassic World, but I would prefer if Universal chose to completely overhaul River Adventure and the Discovery Center, keeping them both themed to the original trilogy. I feel the island would be a fun novelty if it had a balance between JP and JW on it, keep with the timelessness of the entire park. And with the inevitable Universe profits I'm sure it'll be possible.
Bear in mind I've only ever seen the first film from both trilogies
Poseidon and Attraction Ideas should do a collab video.
I really love The Lost World, but seeing only the first of each is not a bad thing.
Like my friend who's only seen Star Wars but none of the sequels/prequels.
Considering that Universal is willing to build a Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts hybrid land in the modern day, I hope they keep the theming and just improve all the Park segments.
Jurassic park -> Jurassic world -> Jurassic universe
-> Jurassic Multiverse
this ride still slaps. i loved it in 99 and still loved it when i rode it 9 months ago.
The only thing that makes sense is that universal is planning to replace this ride and it hasn’t been announced yet
It’s one of my favourite attractions of all time and I’m sad it’s been in such disrepair for so long. My blue sky dream for it right now is to get the same Jurassic World overhaul that Hollywood got, but then for the new Epic Universe Park to get its own retro throwback Jurassic Park land with some brand-new attractions, like maybe a couple of the cancelled attractions that were originally meant to be built like the helicopter safari or a rebranded JP version of the attraction in Beijing but based around the T-Rex breakout scene from the original movie.
Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture (Jurassic Park River Adventure is in a state of disrepair) and this picture (Dinosaur in Disney’s Animal Kingdom is in a state of disrepair):
They’re the same picture.
Hey, at least Islands of Adventure isn't getting rid of their awesome dinosaur animatronic ride for a lazy I.P ride that makes ZERO sense for the park.
You said it. That’s for sure. I have a positive opinion for both of these rides too, and I’m yet to experience river adventure. I went to Disney’s animal kingdom once in 2016.
Too true...sad but true. Hope something comes along to save these two dinosaurs from extinction
*New! Bryce Dallas Howard (Claire) & Chris Pratt (Owen) Jurassic World: River Rescue (Mosasaurus, Baby Stegosaurus, Raptor, Blue, Indominus Rex and T-Rex) Life Finds A Way Coming to Universal Orlando Resort Universal's Islands of Adventure*
When I went to IoA for my first time two years ago, I was so excited to do the Jurassic Park River Adventure. I saw the original JP in theaters six times in 1993, and had heard everyone talk about how cool the ride was. I was so disappointed to ride it and see the animatronics in such disrepair. We went again this year and it was even worse -- the ultrasaur's neck moves at an angle that no living thing ever has, the hadrosaur is gone. And when we rode, the timing was off on the T-Rex. That might not have been a usual thing, maybe the boats got stacked weird. But the boat in front of us went down, and the animatronic never reset itself. We were staring at a T-Rex who was looking down the drop, looking not fearsome but just disappointed that its dinner had gotten away. What a disappointment.
I'd love for them to really put something new and fun in there, especially since Jurassic Park already has the best ride in the park in Velocicoaster. I'd love a clone of the ride in China. Or, close down Kong (without the 3D, it's just a shell of what it was) and combine the plots and make it an extra long Jeep journey with animatronics. You'd go down in ride count, but you could make it the best dark ride in the park.
That sucks. I will say that when I went back in 2014, the timing got off & we had a similar issue with the Trex. I commented bc I've never seen anyone mention that b4. But yeah the animatronics were not as bad back then. Sorry that was your experience.
I think they should. 1 Rebuild the whole jurassic park riv-ad ride. 2 revamp the hole land 3 re-theme velocicoaster to Jurassic park (it would be kinda cool) and keep florida jurassic park and hollywood can be jurassic world
I'm really glad to see most people here want the og Jurassic Park theming to stay. It's just more timeless and iconic
YES!!! Have been waiting for this video for EVER as you can see in my pfp I love this ride. So sad about its shape (one of ur best uploads in forever)
Dinosaurs to melting robots
That ride is showing it’s age and I remember the bad musty smell when entering the drop building. this ride needs to be upgraded entirely. A Jurassic World retheme is needed. And those poor Animotronics are suffering in the Florida heat. I gotta love how Hollywood rethemed the drop part to make it look like an actual scene from the movies. But sadly people might have to accept changes at some point.
Honestly they don’t need to re-theme the entire thing like they did with the Hollywood version. What they need to do is a big refurbishment; starting with replacing the animatronics
Make a video about the best ride at universal flight of the hippogriff
Here we go again
I've been saying it for a bit now, but I guarantee you that their next big move after Epic Universe opens will be a refresh of IoA. They're building the park at an Epic (pun intended) pace, they've been rushing through to finish new projects and rethemes at the USF, but all they've been doing at IoA is closing down attractions with no announced plans for replacing or refurbishing them. The last time they even gave the whole park a literal fresh coat of paint was nearly ten years ago now, after the runaway success of the Wizarding World. Half of Suess Landing is in as bad a state of disrepair as the River Adventure, the Lost Continent is basically just a randomly placed shopping district without any anchor attractions anymore, and those rumors are still swirling about Disney potentially letting those legacy agreements for Marvel and the Simpsons lapse when the contracts run out. If Epic Universe is as much the runaway success as people are expecting, they'll need something to pull people back to the main resort. What better than announcing a bunch of new updates to Islands of Adventure on the heels of all these family-friendly updates to Universal Studios?
When you mentioned the "other two great water rides" at Islands of Adventure I just remembered that I have actually never rode Bluto's Bilgerat Barges. I've been on Ripsaw Falls, that ride is awesome! Of the 3 or 4 times I've been to Universal Orlando, though, the Barges were always shut down for refurbishment! 🤷♂
Edit: Whatever they end up doing with River Adventure, though, I hope they don't just make it a motion simulator or 90% screens. Kong and F&F were complete snoozefests and Universal has enough motion simulators as is.
I hope they don't get rid of it. We love that ride.
It’s interesting how even while being better maintained than the Orlando version, USJ closed their JPRA from late 2023 till what’s gonna be likely fall next year I believe just to do a huge renovation, so why wouldn’t Orlando take that time to fix up theirs
this ride needs more attention considering that the animatronics arent as good as they are. people argue that they should just replace it with jurrasic world, but i like that orlando and hollywood have exclusive rides instead of the same rides. i they should do a massive refurbishment and fix the animatronics and add in better effects and more quality overall
8:18 you can see where the old car falling of the wall was it was such a cool detail I wish they kept
They could also make it look abandoned. Like how the JP Visitor's center was in JW ( 2015). But still make fix the animatronics ( if they even can still fix them ) .
Or they could even make it based on Isla Sorna.
I guess hardcore theme park enthusiasts have higher standards than I do. I had fun on this ride last year, lol
@3:20 “they’re moving in herds. They DO move in herds.”
I had a yearly pass, and i loved this ride so so much. It was fun. Buuuuut, yeah no this ride had TONS of malfunctions and glitches to where i was starting to feel very nervous to go back on.
Most of the time the animatronics werent on time to do their animations, didnt move, or werent even there (like the hydrasaur).
The trex doesnt move much, some of the dilophosaurus’ didnt move much/at all. And a few times we had to stay in line pretty long because the ride was delayed due to errors.
80% of the time the beginning doors were either stuck open, or were just super delayed to open.
The box was ALWAYS delayed aswell.
The stegosaur (big one) always looked a bit “rotten” to me, dunno about others tho.
I used to watch videos on the ride when i was younger and i always wanted to go on, and then when i finally got to go on, it was not as fun as it had looked.
The problem with retheming to Jurassic World is all of the animatronics they would choose to keep, Hollywood didnt make a new Trex or set of raptors, as well as many of the herbivores, the old animatronics would still be an eye sore compared to the new ones, theres really no winning here because Universal will always cut corners with this ride
I think because there were multiple other JP attractions being built in other universal parks , they focused on refurbishing other rides in Orlando and waiting to see what they will do with river adventure, especially after building velocicoaster and having it themed to the new movies.
Hey im binging ur stuff sorry for the slew of comments: The problem boils down to FL humidity eats animatronics both aesthetically and mechanically. Brer frog on splash as small as he was suffered this. ITs also why Velocicoasters figures are all in the absolute belly center of a climate controlled building while the ones in the paddock are static sculptures. Rumor I heard was figures had to have new skins every 4 months that mandated a constant cycle of replacement of skins. Regardless your stuffs great and you've earned a sub
8:34 I actually experienced the cage drop 3 or 4 times when the ride broke down. We had to wait for all the other boats to go, so we were under it for a while. This was on the reopening after it was closed for repairs back in early 2023.
You should do a video on the Cat in the Hat it’s in similar disrepair. I did a lot of research on it lately, comparing old and newer videos of it it seems that the cat animatronics you see on the ride today are not the same when it opened, they have different color schemes and some of have slightly different face shapes. I suspect the original animatronics was replaced around 2015-2016 to what you see today. My only guess is the originals broke and the new ones was made by a different company (the original manufacturer AVG animatronics went out of business in the 2000s) or they had spares in storage for exactly this situation. You Definitely should take a look into it.
Now for another ride, Dudley do Right’s Ripsaw Falls, it seems universal been giving it alot of care recently, ALOT of the effects have been fixed and majority of the animatronics are back in working order almost like new. Last time I rode 2 weeks ago almost all effects was working again minus a few. The snidely animatronic on the tracks you see outside now has a ton more movement and his arms work again, the Dudley in the canoe now actually moves again, and much more. So atleast we know they are taking care of some opening day attractions.
While on a trip with my family I remember me and my little sister were sat next to this gigantic woman and my sister was made to sit on the edge. She barely was secure in her seat and they let us through.. on the trex drop she almost slipped out but I quickly put my hand over her and saved her .
I think they’re 100% waiting to do a re-theme based off the new movie.
Are we also just going to ignore that the palm tree at 10:24 looks like its being held up by a rope.
they’re not going to trash it, they’re helping it grow up and out of the way of the dino 🙄
They are training it to grow upward not out so the ultrasaur doesnt hit it
Personally I still think the ride is a blast
But to be fair I haven’t rode it since spring 2023
In regards to having two different spiderman ride systems, it’s worth noting the increasing rumors that Comcast may be selling marvel back to Disney and that the next big projects may be lost continent replacement, marvel replacement, and Simpsons. I wouldn’t be surprised if they keep patching up JP until then. I have a feeling they’ll end up just doing a version of hollywoods, especially since they’ve announced they’re doing new Jurassic world films with Scarlett Johansson
Universal will never give up Marvel. If you research the contract they drummed up back in the 90’s, you’ll find out that Universal doesn’t even have to change a thing about it no matter what Disney says or owns
@ I am inclined to agree, but at the same time it’s possible that the biggest issue with marvel is the merchandising. Since Disney makes the marvel merchandise nowadays I’m sure they’re charging more for universal to get it in the first place. This could influence their decision as well as the fact almost every other land has gotten some sort of big update or is slated to get a big update and the most they’ve done at marvel is the hulk. Leave me wondering what the future holds. It could also be a case of Disney throwing out a big number that’s harder to pass up because they want to have more marvel in the Florida parks. It ultimately depends on what Comcast and universal value most. Keeping the franchise or maximizing profits.
Oh man I rode this so many times as a kid when IoA first opened. The T-Rex was scary every time, it felt like she was leaning down to grab a snack from the boat! It's so sad to see the shape this ride is in now.
Please no more screen rides!
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We need a Gyro-sphere ride, they could make it go slow and fast!
I’d love to see this attraction get refurbished to include dinosaurs from the franchise such as Spinosaurus, Gallimimus, Pachycephalosaurus, Ankylosaurus and Carnotaurus along with the dinosaurs that it already has, along with fixing the animatronics.
That’s really a shame. I haven’t been on this ride since 2009 to be honest. I’m guessing back then everything was still just fine. With everything that’s going on with Epic Universe, I can guarantee they can rebuild this whole thing and make it even better.
What I don't understand, is what are they actually doing when this is closed for WEEKS for maintenance?! I remember going on this for the first time in years, the day it opened from being closed for ages for maintenance, and I was so excited to relive my childhood memories, and the first thing was the doors at the start were just stuck open. I said to a member of staff when I got off "This has literally just reopened from a maintenance closure? What have they actually been doing?" And he said "We ask the same question."
But I'm genuinely curious to know!? Is it just all "saftey only, zero show" things that the eye would never see?
I would love something like Jurassic World Adventure, maybe even combining that with the original Jeep safari concept and theme it to the original movie.
Rode this in November 2024. Such a shame 🙁. Crazy how much it’s been left to deteriorate since my last visit in 2009
Good timing with this video. I’m actually going to Universal Orlando tomorrow, so hopefully this ride is in at least a working condition.
If you Think about it, the fact that the narrator talks about a dinosaur that isnt there is like in the movie when they’re trying to see the dilophosarus that isnt there
The coolest thing for a jeep safari would be going with the inGen team on the game trail like in The Lost World. It'd fit as a Kong ride replacement and make sense as it's basically part of but not technically inside the Jurassic Park area.
I went on the Jurassic Park ride at the California park, and it was a similar setup and plot, but the dinos were also in a similar state...and that was at LEAST 15 years ago. It was still one of my favourite rides there, but it was quite disappointing to see the outdoor dinos being so limited and rough looking lol
I have a feeling once EPIC opens, this and the whole land will go under a full retheme to Jurassic World
If Universal Creative is smart, they should get rid of all the old Dinosaur animatronics and replace them with modern, stronger Dino animatronics to give Jurassic Park: River Adventure a longer lifespan. I understand that Universal would need to spend more money and manhours to make that a reality, but I think it would reinvigorate interest for the ride. I know there's some Jurassic World themed attractions (such as Raptor Encounter and Velocicoaster) in the Jurassic Park area of IoA, but Universal (in my opinion) should still maintain the Jurassic Park IP for IoA. If they decide to go in that direction, then you don't piss off or alienate the Original JP fans and can still cater to the JW fans.
Have you seen the Jurassic World ride in Universal Beijing? It’s an incredible experience.
They can adopt something like that with whatever new franchise or with the original Jeep idea you brought up.
Edit: just got to that point in the video!
I’m surprised some people don’t actually realize that the concepts that were going to be used for the jeep tour actually evolved into Jurassic World adventure attraction over in Beijing. I think of universal uniquely built the Jeep attraction theme to the newest Jurassic Park movie or based off the 90s one I think it’d be really nice for the park
This is the best assessment of this ride out there. 😮my favorite ride. Well done. Subscriber!
Bro why you always so angry?!
They could try to tie a major refurb into the 7th movie coming out next summer, but a refurb at the scale needed would probably need to already be in progress to make that timeline.
Surprised Universal hasn't coverted this into a Jurassic World themed ride, especially after opening Volicoaster in 2021.
I remember the old Jurrasic park ride at Hollywood and even the new jw overlay (basically the same thing) but this ride was and still is magnificent in Hollywood. Amazing every time. Especially the T-Rex and Indominis Rex at the ending but even the other dinosaurs in the ride are amazing along with the theming and other effects. Plus it’s perfect for when California decides to be 105 degrees and getting soaked at the end just feels like heaven after sweating in line for a hour lol
Just went on this ride a couple days ago it malfunctioned three times, which really shows how little universal cares about this ride
I think they could give it a total overhaul without the World tie-in. They don't truly need it because dinosaurs will always be cool to both kids and adults. They should have had a big media push for the first movie's 30th anniversary, including highly publicized screenings in theaters. I know they did some screenings, but you wouldn't know if you didn't look. Gen X and millennial parents everywhere would have brought their kids and bought a ton of merch, and it would have helped reestablish its place in pop culture.
That's when you reopen River Adventure with updated AA's and effects, plus some new ones. Avoid long-term, ongoing maintenance problems by investing in higher-quality (though inevitably more expensive) machines. A higher up-front cost, but it less costly over the next 20ish years.
i’m a huge jurassic park fan. i love this ride with my whole heart. but seeing it makes me so sad, i don’t do it anymore. i was in florida for the past year for my dcp, my mom got me an ap to universal for my birthday, so i could go whenever i wanted. i think out of the around 10 times i went in 11 months i rode it twice. once when my mom dropped me off and then another with my friend. i just can’t justify the hot wait time for the poor quality of the ride anymore. i hope they fix it someday, but i don’t see that anytime soon with epic universe expenses. i do have a funny story from my last time riding though (sadly about an animatronic being broken). when we were going up the lift hill the raptor that’s supposed to run at u behind the fences, it was sitting at the back of its set, with a strobe light, and only its arms were moving. it looked like it was just sitting back there waving at the guests. i thought it was kind of funny.
also tbh: i haven’t physically rode the one in hollywood yet, but i really like the world overlay. i think the story with the indominous is really fun and the battle at the end is super cool. the only part i don’t like in that version is the mosasaurous area. not that it’s terrible, it’s just not as good as the rest
Skin on T-Rex was torn and you could see the robotics last I rode in May '24
I'm at Universal this week and it hasn't been running the entire time
Universal not really fully to blame, the tech companies that they used for the animatronics on this ride don't all exist anymore so replacement for certain things have added up over time. Also, considering Epic Universe is opening soon, I'm more than certain that's where a majority of their funds are going towards.
So we should pay full price because they're too busy allocating their budget to another park? Doesn't make sense to me.
@@zerocool21 Today we get more rides in IoA then when this was added so yes
@@maskeddev and the ticket price was 45 dollars per day when it first opened. So... No.
I’ve actually measured it in Google Earth and Jurassic World Adventure would fit perfectly in that plot of land
I rode this last summer.
Good grief, it was in rough shape.
One dinosaur was missing too.
I think they’ve just put this ride on the back burner until Epic Universe is completed. As soon a month goes by after the opening of EU, I think Universal is going to announce a bunch of ride refurbishments
I love how the ultrasaur just falls over on his side at the start.
I'm a huge Jurassic Park fan, always have been, always will be.
Islands of adventure is my favourite park ive ever visited. The two have a huge part in my life. I havent been in this ride in 7+ years, however im going in a few weeks time. It absolutely breaks my heart to see one of my all time favourite rides look like this. Jurassic World really isnt that great, compared to Jurassic Park but i went to universal studios Hollywood last year and i can honestly say the refurbishment of their jurassic park the ride was insane. The animatronics were scarily good, and the ride felt fresh. If this is the future of river adventure i definitely wouldnt be sad, as sad as i am with the state of river adventure today!
Last time I went on, the dillphosaurus inside the building had what looked like wires hanging from its neck.
One of my favorite rides of all time. It does need love.