Jurassic Park - The Ride reviews
Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Jurassic Park - The Ride, a flume ride at Universal Studios Hollywood. (The minimum height to ride is 42 inches.)
Written by Robert Niles Notes: At the Grand Opening, Steven Spielberg was one of the first to ride this attraction, but asked to be let off before the 85-foot finale.
Readers' rating:
To be fair, everyone told me this ride was awesome. Even my friend, who went on this ride, and isn't really a "ride" person, said that she thought I would like it. I thought it was really good, but I expected more, but that is basically because I was told that it was the best ride ever. - Alicia Pearce Amazing :D - N O First off, we had no wait. We went on a Friday in October, and we walked through the line right onto the boat. It was also about 90 degrees outside, so it was a good time for a water ride. I thought the ride was great, but some of the dinosaurs looked like they needed a little bit of work. One of the dinosaurs near the beginning of the ride looked like its neck was broken. The car sliding down the wall was one of the best parts-in the photo I took, you can even see the sparks. We did not get completely drenched on this ride, but we got wet enough sitting in the front row. It was a fun ride through Jurassic Park. - Lisa Jania I guess people are used to "Pirates of the Caribbean" at Disneyland, and wanted this to be a 20 minute epic boat ride or something. As it stands, this is a very enjoyable ride that completely takes you to a new place and feels fully immersive. The animatronics are interesting, the drop is thrilling, and overall, this is my favorite attraction behind the Studio Tour at USH! - Tommy Nelson This is the best ride at universal studios hollywood. But I think their should more than one drop. - nick . okay, I'm not too much a fan of the ride myself, but that's cause I don't like water rides overall, and I dont really think one drop is worth getting wet for, but I have to admit. The drop is pretty awesome, and the animatronics are really cool. The T-Rex coming down from the ceiling through the pipes, that was AWESOME. it still gives me a chill it looks so scary! Its even better though, at Halloween Horror Nights when its in the DARK and there's those rave-type lights. I'd say... 7and a half/10 for the day, but Jurassic Park in the Dark, 8 and a half/10. So i give it 8/10. Go on it at HORROR NIGHTS. its wayy awesomer. - Lucas Lee Very close to a perfect ride. When the advanced water effects are on its a thoroughly soaking experience. It seems more well maintained than its counterpart at IOA. The sets here are beautiful and breathtaking with some thrilling pieces added in for good measure. The entire 2nd act of the ride is where they amp it up, the final drop is a real scream-inducer. DO NOT MISS. - Dan Huffman This ride is great, i think what makes it is that music! - Rachelle Beaney this ride is awesome! i love the giant plunge and the dinos in this ride but basically its boring. there should be more effects and stuff going on in the first part of the ride. - isaiah mercado This ride is worth a wait of 50 minutes, but if you do single rider, you wont have to wait more than 10, and you will probably stay in the same boat as your party. The ride is probably a good 6-7 minutes. The first 4 minutes are spent seeing the scenic vegetarian dinos, while the last 3 are spent with raptors, a t-rex, and a giant plunge. - Jay Finch Having been to the Orlando version many times, this version seemed a bit lacking in some areas. The classic slashes from dino nails spelling "III" when you enter the tall tower was something I looked forward to but didn't get. Also the bit where the dinosaurs that are locked up in a cage fall on you was missing. There was a cool little car falling segment though. Now the drop reallly seemed shorter than what I'm used to at Orlando, though some researching says it's the same height...It is pretty small and didn't even make my stomach flip at all..I wish it were taller. The ride is "okay", nothing mind blowing though. A classic ride for Universal, nonetheless. - Michael Weissman i luuuuuuv JP!!! best ride & universal!!! :-) line can get kinda loong tho. soo... :D perf theming!!! dinos rock!! :DDDDD i was seriously soo nervous the whole ride!!!! the final drop is REALLY awesome!! the anticipation iz worse than the actual drop!! its like STRAIGHT DOWN!! big splash. laffing. hahaha. A MUST-RIDE!!! it iz pretty scary & scarring (for life). :-)) dinos r realistic. i felt like i was actually in JP!!! perf!!!! 11/10 - Aly W More attraction and restaurant ratings:
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