It would be placed in their brand new second theme park Islands of Adventure. Meanwhile, Universal Studios Florida was looking to build their own version of Jurassic Park: The Ride.

On August 12, 1996, Universal launched an online game, Jurassic Park – The Ride Online Adventure, to promote the ride. Steven Spielberg also attended the opening, but requested that he be let off of the attraction before the 85-foot (26 m) drop. Among the guests in attendance at the ride's grand opening celebration were film cast members Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello. Jurassic Park: The Ride opened to the public at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 21, 1996.

Elements like the Tyrannosaurus rex chasing the boat, Two baby Raptors (novel) / Compsognathus (or Procompsognathus, film & novel) on a boat from an earlier scene, the pair of Dilophosaurus on the river bank, and the drop (ride) / waterfall (novel), were used on the ride. The ride was inspired by a line of scenes from Michael Crichton's 1990 novel when Alan Grant, Lex Murphy, and Tim Murphy try to get back to the visitor center on an inflatable boat.

3 Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Japan.

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