Future of Jurassic Park River Adventure

[Andysol]

At some point they will probably get around to giving the ride a massive refurb like USJ did. But whether or not they transition it to another iteration of the JP franchise is more 50-50 to me.

While I see the value of updating Orlandos JP ride to a more modern iteration of the JW franchise, those just aren't as timeless or as well received as the original 90s Jurassic Park era. Plus, considering how the JP franchise is one of those IPs that keeps coming back in some way, rethemeing it to a newer version of JP risks that getting dated if it ever fizzles out like the 2015-2021 JW trilogy.

I’ve said this before- but absolutely no one outside of us theme park geeks care if it’s themed as Jurassic World or Jurassic Park.
All the average guest cares about is it’s Jurassic something and it has dinosaurs.

They’ll still sell Jurassic park shirts no matter what (just like they do at Jurassic world in Beijing).

It truly doesn’t matter which era they theme it to as no characters are in the ride and the merch is still gonna get pushed off the shelves. They just need to take it down for a while and make it impressive again a la mummy and ET.

 

[Lucky Planet]

I’ve said this before- but absolutely no one outside of us theme park geeks care if it’s themed as Jurassic World or Jurassic Park.
All they care about is it’s Jurassic something and it has dinosaurs.

They’ll still sell Jurassic park shirts no matter what (just like they do at Jurassic world in Beijing).

It truly doesn’t matter which era they theme it to as no characters are in the ride and the merch is still gonna get pushed off the shelves.

thats very true, and as long as the ride is still a river adventure boat ride,bits not even connected to anything from any movie story point. its basically an original story
jurassic world has a river scene that lasts 10 seconds, thats all

 

[OrlLover]

They just need to take it down for a while and make it impressive again a la mummy and ET.

At this point that’s the biggest thing that needs to happen.

 

[Lucky Planet]

I’m not sure a tree canopy would have done much, I think the open air feel definitely adds to the grand scale of the entire ride.

If I recall correctly, the opening scene in Hollywood had this. Although poorly executed.

I remember the idea for the canopy was to protect the animatronics. it could have made it look more like a thick forest. the open air makes it look kinda empty.

As much as I do love JPRA at it's best, I honestly 100% agree. Dinosaur just nails the feeling of being chased by a giant carnivorous dino and there's so many cool scenes and effects supporting that concept.

Although, I've never seen a thread get so off-topic so quick haha. We're talking about DAK's Dinosaur in the Rip, Ride, Rockit thread.

yeah I wish it was the t rex instead . the carno is kinda ugly. but dinosaur has the "jeep" experience the entire time and it has like twice more dinosaurs. it's dark like the night scene in Jurassic Park and everything

 

[Mad Dog]

I like Dinosaur at Disney, but I've always enjoyed JPRA much more. I've always considered JPRA to be a far superior, more entertaining, attraction. Dinosaur is often sooo dark you can't see much of anything, and that's even after they turned the lighting up a bit during their last major refurb a few years ago. Plus, the grand finale drop on JPRA is pretty damn major fun and a fitting climax......unless water melts you.

 

[SkiBum]

I like Dinosaur at Disney, but I've always enjoyed JPRA much more. I've always considered JPRA to be a far superior, more entertaining, attraction. Dinosaur is often sooo dark you can't see much of anything, and that's even after they turned the lighting up a bit during their last major refurb a few years ago. Plus, the grand finale drop on JPRA is pretty damn major fun and a fitting climax......unless water melts you.

I despise getting wet. I have been on JPRA four times and one time resulted in a complete soaking. So, I don't ride it anymore. However, I love the ride. If all animatronics worked as intended, that would be wonderful but I love the ride. I just don't like squelching along in wet shoes for the remainder of the day.

 

[Lucky Planet]

I like Dinosaur at Disney, but I've always enjoyed JPRA much more. I've always considered JPRA to be a far superior, more entertaining, attraction. Dinosaur is often sooo dark you can't see much of anything, and that's even after they turned the lighting up a bit during their last major refurb a few years ago. Plus, the grand finale drop on JPRA is pretty damn major fun and a fitting climax......unless water melts you.

its true that it's very dark. that I agree
and the car is very shaky, JPRA is more softer and slower ( in a good way)

to me dinosaur feels like the scene when the t rex escapes from the enclosure in the Jurassic Park movie which is at night and it's raining, so in that sense dinosaur feels exactly like that scene.

the dinos at JPRA are nice but dinosaur has like twice the dinos, they are all over the place, the meat eating dino chases you like the t rex in the movie and everything, that's what feels like the jp to me.