In Summer 2019 a new version of the ride will open, featuring new animatronic elements and updated effects. Our friends at covered the last night in their blog. The massive global success of the Jurassic World reboot of the series, coupled with the technology now being over 20 years old, resulted in the Jurassic Park Ride closing for the last time on September 3rd, 2018. You can also explore the Backlot and find out about the history of movie production at Universal! See information about the rest of the Current Attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood, or explore Past Attractions at the park. By this point, the decision had been taken to use a water-based ride at Universal Studios, so it went ahead, and the River Adventure had to wait until the third movie in the series. Although a River ride features in the book Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, it was cut from the film during production.

Landmark Entertainment started work on the project in early 1991. It remains the most expensive amusement ride of all time, and actually cost twice as much as Jurassic Park the movie.ĭesign and development work on the ride first began in November 1990 – six years before the ride was opened, and incredibly over three years before the movie Jurassic Park was released (1993). The Jurassic Park River Adventure (as it was originally known) first set sail Summer 1996 at a cost of $110 million.

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