Jurassic Park River Adventure Refurbishment Update

The Jurassic Park River Adventure is still down for seasonal maintenance at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. It appears that the water has been drained to facilitate cleaning and maintenance work. Other areas outside of the ride are also receiving some love such as planters and brickwork around the land. With the Jurassic World film less than 100 days from opening it’ll be nice to have everything back in working order on the ride, including, hopefully, all of the animatronic figures’ rubber skins, which need to be replaced and repaired quite often in the Florida sun and rain.

Check out the photos below, of both the ride rehab, and some sights around the area. I was fortunate to meet a baby triceratops on my travels and you can see a video below.

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Sign greeting us at the park entrance

Sign greeting us at the park entrance

Walls around the River Adventure

Walls around the River Adventure

Behind the walls

Behind the walls

Looks like the water has been drained

Looks like the water has been drained

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The view from inside Thunder Falls Restaurant

The view from inside Thunder Falls Restaurant

These bricks have recently been primed for repainting

These bricks have recently been primed for repainting

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These are the colors for the bricks when completed

These are the colors for the bricks when completed

Wide shot of the show building

Wide shot of the show building

Rockwork and waterfalls are looking good. All the white streaks have been removed. Water effects still turned off.

Rockwork and waterfalls are looking good. All the white streaks have been removed. Water effects still off.

Ride entrance closed off

Ride entrance closed off

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Ride exit closed off in the gift shop

Ride exit closed off in the gift shop

Still nothing happening at the old Triceratops Encounter

Still nothing happening at the old Triceratops Encounter

Closed off Triceratops Encounter empty queue

Closed off Triceratops Encounter empty queue

Exit to the now defunct Triceratops Encounter attraction

Exit to the now defunct Triceratops Encounter attraction

A few images from inside the Jurassic Park Discovery Center

A few images from inside the Jurassic Park Discovery Center

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Check out the video of me petting the cute baby Triceratops during my visit!

That’s all for now!

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