Adriel Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Look at those pictures! Those are parts of the concept artwork for the popularly rumored new rides. http://www.orlandorocks.com/info.asp?attraction=Concept&location=ioa&type=Overview&sub=Photos&pg=1
SLUSHIE Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Oh man they should so do that. Honestly they should have had this from the beggining. How can you make a section themed to Jurassic Park and not include the Jeep tours.
Homer Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Wow, some interesting things in there. I'm kind of curious about the Journey To Atlantis logo that was in one of the pics. Raises up a good theory, JTA originally intended for IOA?
BorisTF Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 I would've thought it may have been planned, then Sea World built theres, and what IOA had intended to be JTA became Poseidons whatever-it-is.
DerekRx Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Not much detail or anything on the Jeep ride, but I love the name of Dueling Dragons...Merlin's Duelling Dragons! And its funny how Journey to Atlantis sounds like a good name to more than 1 company!
ECZenith Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Unfortunately I doubt we'll ever see the Jeep Tours made since DAK opened "Dinosaur"/Countdown To Extinction. One can only hope.
thefitness Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Cool pictures. Ever think they will ropen the Dino Encounter thing?
ECZenith Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 "Dino Encounter" was what ended up being "Triceratops Encounter" and since they just recently closed it I doubt they have plans to reopen it. Maybe they'll use the land it opened up for part of a new attraction?
Three Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 And what about those helicoptor tours? What's that about? I still hope they don't make a jeep tours ride, since 1) it's conceptually very similar to the idea for the boat adventure. As in, let's go look at all the dinosaurs. Sh*t! Everything goes wrong!. 2) there is a very similar attraction now at Animal Kingdom. Makes me wonder though. I know a lot of IoA's designers came from Disney and did do a lot of work on Animal Kingdom. Is that the reason IoA never got this ride? Because Animal Kingdom went for it first?
MJHammer1 Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 The artist of those is Scott Sherman. His page, www.scottshermandesign.com, has full info on his work. He has worked with both Universal and Disney, and helped plan several attractions. As for the Jeep Tour - it used to be listed on his web page, which is where these images came from. A couple years back when I discovered those images his site made it clear that he had designed that ride while also working on other Jurassic Park attractions, such as The triceratops encounter. A year or so ago, all traces of the images and that project were removed from his site. Has the attraction come alive once again? Did Universal just dislike him showing off something they never built? Who knows. Mike
thefitness Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 "Dino Encounter" was what ended up being "Triceratops Encounter" and since they just recently closed it I doubt they have plans to reopen it. Maybe they'll use the land it opened up for part of a new attraction? Im sure they will either reopen it or use it for a future attraction.Maybe put some kiddie rides there?For an extension of Camp Jurassic.Like the ones in Dragon Land.
drewelap Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 all i know is that there are huge lots of unused land on both sides of JPRA. The lot inbetween the flying unicorn and JPRA is the largest, and could house another Spiderman building! (thats hot big it is). The other lot inbetween JPRA and ripsaw falls is probably large enough for a cat in the hat sizd building. So if they are going to build the jeep tours...it would most likely be between JPRA and flying unicorn. one can only hope source-google earth
Three Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 I think the flyer is more likely, nowadays. If either is in the works. For one, Florida doesn't have one. It'd be a unique attraction, whereas the jeep tours would not. And, yeah. I notice that there's no mention of the River Adventure in the concept art (correct me if I'm wrong). I get the idea that maybe it was going to be an either/or on doing jeeps or boats. They went with the boat ride -- perhaps because it had proved sucessful at the Hollywood park. Just a hypothesis, of course.
thefitness Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 I don't think I would really want IOA to get a Jeep ride,because if they did I don't think it could beat out Kilimanjaro's(sp?) Safari at Animal Kingdom.IF they did get a Flying Coaster maybe something simillar to AIR at Alton Towers
obeygiant Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 Looks awesome! I have always wished for a JP jeep ride at IOA...But, am I the only one who thinks the concept pics look alittle like the outside of the Hydra station on Lost?
pvcoasterguy Posted October 13, 2006 Posted October 13, 2006 I think a flyer would totally ruin the atmosphere of the Jurassic Park area. It's so tranquil and nice... I'm more in favor for the Jeep Ride, however, I don't believe it will ever happen. But I think there are tons of possibilities for the Jurassic Park area, and hopefully Universal will put something in there.
Electerik Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 Both the Jeep Safari and Helicoptours were part of the original plans for "Isla Nublar," with the Jeep ride located between River and Ripsaw, and Helicoptours between River and Dragons. Both were allegedly cut (or delayed) for budgetary reasons (i.e., that the park was crazy over-budget). My understanding is that Helicoptours was based on the technology that later came to be used on Disney's Soarin' Over California. As for Journey to Atlantis: That was Poseidon’s original name, but SeaWorld wanted the name for their new ride. Legend has it that Universal agreed to let SeaWorld have it in exchange for not challenging the name "Islands of Adventure" (for being too much like "Adventure Island.")
disneyfan1313 Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 IOA *really* needs another attraction and I do think this would fit the bill very well. I unfortunately think that it is unlikely we would see something like this today.
Airtime&Gravity Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 What's the big deal if there is a similar ride at WDW? It would be competition, so unless you are a Disney fan, then there is nothing to really complain about. It is just business.
Three Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 Not to the GP. The parks are close. Most people who visit IoA have been to Disney. And no matter how much better IoA's version might be, it'd still be considered a rip-off.
pvcoasterguy Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 But how would the GP know which was the ripoff? They'd consider them to be similar rides. And, if the jeep ride was similar enough to the plot of the film, I think people would think that the ride would be pretty darn cool.
Three Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 Well Animal Kingdom's had the ride for 8 years now... People visiting for the first time wouldn't know the difference, but plenty who've already been to AK do.
robbalvey Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 Not to the GP. The parks are close. Most people who visit IoA have been to Disney. And no matter how much better IoA's version might be, it'd still be considered a rip-off. Do you have some factual data to prove that? Where are you getting your information from? Or is this just another example of presenting your "opinion" as "fact?" --Robb
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