Jurassic World VelociCoaster Construction Thread (Opening June 10)

[JungleSkip]

Is there that much demand?

I think there's enough demand to increase to 2 bays. There's always a line whenever I'm there

 

[GAcoaster]

Maybe the solution is other species of dinosaurs to meet with as well then? More variety, sell more photos, make more money.

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

^Nah, people will disproportionately go for the more popular Dino. The reason there's a line is partially do to Millennial FOMO; IE. I've seen this on Instagram now I must have my picture taken here too. Same thing with that purple/blue wall in Tomorrowland at MK. Foolishness if you ask me, but that's what makes this stuff super popular out of nowhere.

 

[Mad Dog]

I think there's enough demand to increase to 2 bays. There's always a line whenever I'm there

I agree. There's always a 'long' line. I spend a lot of days in the parks during the non peak seasons and I have yet to see a short line for it. If anything, the lines are longer than they were when it first opened....

 

[Imperius]

Maybe the solution is other species of dinosaurs to meet with as well then? More variety, sell more photos, make more money.

That’s what I’ve been calling for. Give me other dinos. Blue is the greatest meet and greet in Orlando parks so make it better by expanding the dinos. Herbivores would be obvious as a meet and greet with a T-Rex wouldn’t be possible. Or would it? Have it on an elevated platform with just the head sticking out of the tree line.

 

[Bobharlem]

That’s what I’ve been calling for. Give me other dinos. Blue is the greatest meet and greet in Orlando parks so make it better by expanding the dinos. Herbivores would be obvious as a meet and greet with a T-Rex wouldn’t be possible. Or would it? Have it on an elevated platform with just the head sticking out of the tree line.

The animatronic Triceratops was pretty amazing, but the experience as a whole was pretty dull. I'm not sure other tame dinos would work much as a meet and greet, unless it was a group of them.

 

[Imperius]

The animatronic Triceratops was pretty amazing, but the experience as a whole was pretty dull. I'm not sure other tame dinos would work much as a meet and greet, unless it was a group of them.

True true. Could go with the pachycephalosaurs which could still “attack.”

 

[MLevell]

I loved Triceratops Encounter back in the day, for little kids it was magical seeing a Real Dinosaur, for grown ups it was impressive getting that up close and personal with such a beautiful and advanced animatronic, and for theme park fans it was fun having a live team member doing a fun, cheesy show. I really think Jurassic Island never recovered from it's closure, if I'm not in the mood to get wet I tend to just walk on through, so I'm excited to finally see some attention paid to it now.

 

[RFRees]

I think there's enough demand to increase to 2 bays. There's always a line whenever I'm there

Agreed. And keep in mind that the foot traffic is going to increase with the opening of two new rides on that side of the park. A lot of families with little ones are going to be looking to kill time while the thrill seekers are in line for the new coaster. (Might be another reason for them to update Camp Jurassic.)

Also, while adding different dinos would be neat, I'd prefer to keep it to Raptors. I see the Raptor Encounter as a good complement to the Raptor themed coaster coming soon. And if they were to build a structure for the attraction, the theming/queue would be more coherent if they stuck with raptors.

 

[JungleSkip]

Agreed. And keep in mind that the foot traffic is going to increase with the opening of two new rides on that side of the park. A lot of families with little ones are going to be looking to kill time while the thrill seekers are in line for the new coaster. (Might be another reason for them to update Camp Jurassic.)

Also, while adding different dinos would be neat, I'd prefer to keep it to Raptors. I see the Raptor Encounter as a good complement to the Raptor themed coaster coming soon. And if they were to build a structure for the attraction, the theming/queue would be more coherent if they stuck with raptors.

FWIW, the Encounter won't be attached to the new ride, it's moving behind Pizza Predatoria

 

[Andysol]

The animatronic Triceratops was pretty amazing, but the experience as a whole was pretty dull. I'm not sure other tame dinos would work much as a meet and greet, unless it was a group of them.

We also can't discount the fact that UOR has gotten significantly more (young) family-friendly with the increase of on-site resorts and smaller height requirement attractions. In particular with IPs that gear more towards boys (Cars/Dinosaurs/Giant Apes).

I think it would be much more popular than it was when it was shuttered. And the more you can pump up those little kids, the more merch you sell.

Having one (or 2?) Raptors and one Triceratops would work fantastically.

 

[RFRees]

FWIW, the Encounter won't be attached to the new ride, it's moving behind Pizza Predatoria

Ya sorry if I said something weird. I know they are separate but what I mean is having a coherent theme of "raptors" allows for easy marketing and merch. It pushes the area expansion as essentially having a mascot.

 

[JungleSkip]

Ya sorry if I said something weird. I know they are separate but what I mean is having a coherent theme of "raptors" allows for easy marketing and merch. It pushes the area expansion as essentially having a mascot.

Oh yea. I don't think there will be any other M&G dinosaurs

 

[belloq87]

An expanded M&G (whether more raptors or other dinos) would be welcome, but what the land would really benefit from is something like this...

 

[JungleSkip]

An expanded M&G (whether more raptors or other dinos) would be welcome, but what the land would really benefit from is something like this...

Minus the actor. I think the actor kind of ruins that whole setup. Just have an AA pop out and "attack" every so often

 

[Andysol]

Minus the actor. I think the actor kind of ruins that whole setup. Just have an AA pop out and "attack" every so often

Exactly. I can't understand a word he says!

 

[belloq87]

Yeah, it doesn't need to be a "show" with a performer. Just let the thing run every 5 or 10 minutes.

 

[Scott W.]

People want the DC replaced by the Glass Pyramid one from JW....which will definitely not happen

It would look great but it would cost a small fortune.

Keeping the theme true to Jurassic World, how do they explain the current building?

I get the impression if this was HP, it would be changed.

 

[Legacy]

Except we're not on Isla Nublar...

 

[JungleSkip]

Except we're not on Isla Nublar...

Right. The IoA land has always been a "new" stab at the the theme park. In a sense it was Jurassic World's concept before Jurassic World was a thing.