Jurassic Park Questions

[MrPeetrie]

Hello, gang. We've never gone to Universal Studios. Each trip, we plan on leaving Disney property and spending one day at Universal, but always change our minds. (We just can't leave the bubble.) That may change this trip, however.

My DD8 watched Jurassic Park for the first time and LOVED the movie. We've been scouring the net, looking for Jurassic Park toys and posters. I told her there's a Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios. My questions are: is it worth going to Universal Studios to ride the Jurassic Park ride? And, is there more than one attraction based on the movie?

Thanks.

[DizneyFreak2002]

Great questions... This is my opinion only... Jurassic Park is a fantastic ride... And my opinion is, GO!!!!! And don't just see Jurassic Park and leave... Visit Wizarding World (you';ll be blown away especially if you are a Potter fan, or if your daughter is), walk around Seuss Landing (The Cat in the Hat ride is so much fun and the Sky Trolley is really adorable, Seuss Landing actually is a favorite land of mine, yes, I admit it LOL...)... Like superheroes??? Then you will love Marvel Superhero Island and the Spiderman ride... And don't miss Toon Island (Ripsaw Falls is a log flume and Bilge Rats is one soaking river raft ride)...

Now, as for Jurassic Park, the main ride is Jurassic Park River Adventure, and yes, it is a water ride... You take a river ride through Jurassic Park then finish the ride with a drop... You may get wet, you may not, depending where you are sitting... it is a fun ride and in my opinion, EXCELLENT!!! As for other rides, there are the Pteranodon Flyers which is a kid only ride in the sky where kids ride on a pteranodon and you glide of Camp Jurassic, which is a kids play area.. And of course there is the gift shop with sells Jurassic Park merchandise...

As for Camp Jurassic, here is the description from Universal's website:

Clamber up and down dinosaur capture nets, play on a variety of themed slides, and negotiate suspension bridges.
Take a walk down Thunder Lizard Trail and make the ground rumble with the roar of dinosaurs.
Join in a water cannon fight in the containment paddock.

Take the day, or two, or three (go enjoy Universal Studios as well) and visit Islands of Adventure!!!

[Kenny1113]

I say yes as well! DS7 rode JP 5 times on our last trip. We were not do happy because it was.
We took turns who would ride with him. It is a great ride! JP and HP were the kids favorite worlds in the park. They were pretty much even.

[MrPeetrie]

Thanks for advice. I will try to plan a day there. DD8 will go CRAZY at Jurassic shop!

More questions: (I apologoze if they seem silly, but I know nothing about Universal Studios.) Is there only one park at Universal Studios? Or are there multiple parks like at WDW? If so, what park should I visit?

[Kenny1113]

There are two different parks. The studios and island of adventure. Harry potter, jurassic park, marvel superheroes, cat and the hat etc are all at islands of adventure. Rip ride rocket, mummy, Simpsons, men in black etc are at universal studios.
Unlike WDW resorts you can walk from one park to the other.
With the park to park option tickets you have admission to both parks per day.
Hope this helps.

[BrerGnat]

Stick with Islands of Adventure. That's where all the Jurassic Park stuff is. It's a fun park. Definitely worth a visit.

That's cool that your daughter is so into Jurassic Park. It's a great movie. One of my all time favorites. Still a bit too scary for my boys yet.

I will say, that JP river ride is intense at the end. So, be forewarned that the part leading up to the drop is kinda scary.

[DizneyFreak2002]

Thanks for advice. I will try to plan a day there. DD8 will go CRAZY at Jurassic shop!

More questions: (I apologoze if they seem silly, but I know nothing about Universal Studios.) Is there only one park at Universal Studios? Or are there multiple parks like at WDW? If so, what park should I visit?

As been stated, Universal has two parks, Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios... If you are only concerned about Jurassic Park, then stick with Islands of Adventure... But, Universal Studios is a fun park to visit as well...

Men In Black is a shooter attraction where you shoot at aliens... There is a Simpsons ride that is a simulator (you are on a theme park ride and shenanigans ensue) but very fun... The Mummy is an indoor coaster/dark ride hybrid and one of the best rides around... E.T. The Ride is a dark ride where you sit on a vehicle designed to a flying bike and you ride through show scenes helping ET get home (the finale is you visit ET's home planet)Then there is a 4D Shrek attraction, a 3D Terminator attraction, a roller coaster called Rip, Ride Rocket... And don't forget about Disaster, where you enter a movie set and experience an earthquake... And twister has an attraction too, but I never even go see it anymore...

Visit the two if you can, but again, if Jurassic Park is really the only desire, then IOA is your choice...

[NJGIRL]

The ride has been described to you so I'll go into a few other things in that area.

Camp Jurassic is alot on fun for the kids. It is a huge play area (similar to Disney's play areas) with bridges,tunnels, mist, caves, water guns. It feels like you are in the jungle just like the movie. My son has always loved it and has spent at least an hour (that's all we allow) in there each time.

At the Discovery Center you can watch a baby dinosaur hatch. There is also other interactive stuff to do in there.

The cafeteria (I think it's Thunder Falls) is set up to look like the cafeteria in the movie.