Ride Facts

The Water Plunge of a Lifetime
During the Jurassic Park - The Ride River Adventure, riders survive an 84-foot drop, straight down, in pitch darkness, splashing into the lagoon at speeds of nearly 50 miles an hour. It is the fastest, steepest water-ride drop in amusement ride history.
Length of ride 5.5 minutes
Ride Vehicles Sixteen, 25-passenger free-floating boats, the largest amusement ride watercraft ever built.
Riders per hour 3000
Time Interval Between Each Boat 30 seconds
Volume of Water 1.4 million gallons
Number of Ride Scenes 12
Mimimum Height to Ride 46 inches
The Musical Score The Jurassic Park film music, composed and conducted by John Williams.
The Ride Narrator Richard Kiley
The Compound The new attraction encompasses six acres of lush, tropical landscaping, complete with 353 palm trees of 11 species, 926 additional trees of 33 species, 300 bamboo plants of 6 varieties and 7,441 shrubs, plants and flowers of an additional 76 species.
The Pre-Show Prior to boarding the boats, guests are treated to a an informative multimedia presentation on massive, high-definition video walls. Starring Sir Richard Attenborough as John Hammond -- Jurassic Park's owner and creator -- the pre-show will introduce the guests to key members of the Jurassic Park staff, as well as everybody’s favorite dinosaurs.



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