Thus, Jurassic World: The Ride is an imperfect ride but the perfect one for where the “Jurassic Park” franchise has gone. They are, in short, cinematic attempts at lesser theme park attractions, one the original Jurassic Park: The Ride certainly was not.
But the two “Jurassic World” films are narratives that put thrills-per-hour ahead of story. Its dinos were looking more static with each passing year, details were disappearing and its best effects, such as a falling Jeep, had long been in need of repair. When Universal shut down the ride last year and said it would be re-themed to the current slate of “Jurassic World” films, there was equal cause for celebration and concern. And coming just a few months after Disneyland’s 1995 opening of Indiana Jones Adventure, it was a statement - a message that Universal could serve and volley with its bigger, more enveloping Anaheim rival when it needed to. The original was developed in conjunction and concurrently with Steven Speilberg’s film. In other words, we were in Jurassic Park, rather than watching “Jurassic Park” happen to us. We were still, in essence, in the presence of an ultrasaurus rather than marveling at how lifelike our digital animation has become. The robotic ultrasaurus may not have possessed much movement, but it stood before us as a real-life feat of human engineering and molded artistry. Special effects, thrills and getting guests drenched are Priority No. But it immediately makes clear not just the updated ride’s difference in tone but its change in intent. It is gorgeous, and far more stunningly crisp than any theme park screen in Southern California. Forget any moments to luxuriate in John Williams’ rousing score we may as well be dangling on a fishing rod from the ride’s opening seconds. Instead, we glide into an aquarium with a shark-eating mosasaurus looking hungrily at us tourists.
It starts not with the former’s calming, mesmerizing scene in which the elongated neck of the veggiesaurus towered over our boats. That ride, however, has been revamped with newer, bigger effects and is now known as Jurassic World: The Ride. Things became more humorously sinister when we spied a tiny dilophosaurus in a ride vehicle just like ours, the animal apparently finishing a hearty meal of vacationers. We knew there would soon be havoc - the 84-foot boat drop was visible from outside the ride, after all - but the surprises came when we veered off course to drift into Jurassic Park’s mock maintenance bays.Ĭonsider it a peek, so to speak, behind a theme park curtain. The park-within-the-park early in its aquatic narrative featured an awe-inspiring scene of an ultrasaurus munching on grass. It was also a theme park ride that possessed a story worthy of a film, one that included a clever and slightly meta understanding of theme parks.
Its showstopping mechanical dinosaurs, along with the majestic 30-foot King Kong that burned in the 2008 fire at the studios, helped make this relatively compact theme park feel epic. Jurassic Park: The Ride has been a centerpiece of Universal Studios Hollywood since its opening more than two decades ago.
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