Category:Jurassic Park (Islands of Adventure)

''This article is about the area at Islands of Adventure. For the franchise this island is based on, see Jurassic Park (franchise).''

Jurassic Park is an area featured at Islands of Adventure. It is themed to the 1993 film of the same name, though elements of the various sequels to the original film are featured as well. Music from the film originally composed by John Williams can be heard in the area, including a tropical remix of the film's theme. The area opened with the rest of the park on May 28, 1999.

History
Plans for an attraction themed to Jurassic Park were considered after Jurassic Park: The Ride opened at Universal Studios Hollywood in 1996. Around this time, Islands of Adventure was under construction. Park officials decided that Jurassic Park was successful enough as a franchise that it would work even more as its own themed land. In addition to a near-identical port of Hollywood's ride under the name Jurassic Park River Adventure, other attractions, primarily intended for family audiences, were constructed in the area. The Jurassic Park section of Islands of Adventure opened on May 28, 1999, with the rest of the park.

In 2015, a new attraction was added to the area, replacing the closed Triceratops Discovery Trail that had temporarily reopened in an attempt to control crowds upon the opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade in 2010. The new attraction was Raptor Encounter, allowing guests to meet and get pictures with a Velociraptor that approached a specific area of its enclosure to meet the guests. This attraction was further updated in 2018 to feature Blue, one of the velociraptors trained by Owen Grady in the fourth film of the franchise, Jurassic World. A fossil of a Triceratops is featured near the attraction as an homage to its predecessor.

Background
Based on the successful film franchise of the same name, this incarnation of Jurassic Park is set in an alternate timeline in which InGen owner and entrepreneur John Hammond was successfully able to open Jurassic Park to the general public. However, it's unclear if this is the same establishment on Isla Nebular, or a new one following the events of the first film.

Trivia
This is a list of attractions, gift shops, restaurants, and characters located in the Jurassic Park section of Islands of Adventure.
 * This island focuses primarily on the dinosaurs featured in the franchise. None of the human characters in the franchise are seen in this area
 * However, a nod to Dennis Nedry (portrayed by Wayne Knight) from the first film can be found in the Jurassic Park Discovery Center. A can of Barbasol shaving cream is seen inside one of the egg laboratory, but it is actually a container used to store dinosaur embryos that Nedry was attempting to smuggle out of the park for a black market dealer.
 * In addition, the raptor trainer at Raptor Encounter is dressed in a similar uniform to that of the first film's protagonist, Alan Grant.
 * The music played in Jurassic Park includes music composed by John Williams for the original film, in addition to original music composed specifically for the park. One of the original pieces is a tropical reggae remix of the film's main theme.