{"id":49176,"date":"2021-06-13T13:02:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T17:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=49176"},"modified":"2021-06-13T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T17:02:14","slug":"jurassic-world-velocicoaster-officially-open-at-universal-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/06\/jurassic-world-velocicoaster-officially-open-at-universal-orlando\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurassic World VelociCoaster officially open at Universal Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The hunt is officially on. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/rides-attractions\/jurassic-world-velocicoaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jurassic World VelociCoaster<\/a>&nbsp;opens up to the public at Universal\u2019s Islands of Adventure in Orlando .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Jurassic World VelociCoaster&nbsp;takes visitors on a high-speed chase, soaring up to 155 feet in the air and reaching speeds of up to 70 mph in just 2.4 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VelociCoaster Front Row POV Jurassic World Universal Studios 1080P 60FPS OnRide\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ls14EgJ-Hn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a dream come true, the Jurassic films are timeless. They are inspiring so many people. They\u2019re an inspiration for me as well. They were actually ahead of their time,\u201d Universal Creative Art Director Greg Hall said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hall also said he and his team have\u00a0poured their hearts into this project\u00a0and have loved watching the reactions during soft openings and rehearsals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jurassic World VelociCoaster Queue Tour\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f72QuBIiI4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cA lot of guests that rode the coaster already they\u2019ve reached out to us saying its weeks later and we\u2019re still thinking about it, it\u2019s pretty amazing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;heart-pounding rollercoaster&nbsp;will take you through an inverted stall that will send visitors upside-down across 100 feet of track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019ve ridden the coaster in the neighborhood of 70 times, all part of the job. It\u2019s amazing, I\u2019ve tested every seat, looking out for the guest experience and making sure, does this guest get to see the raptor,\u201d Universal Creative Show Producer Shelby Honea said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jurassic World VelociCoaster officially opened on Thursday, June 10. You can find more information on how to visit Universal\u2019s Islands of Adventure on their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/tickets-packages\/park-tickets\/flr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hunt is officially on. The&nbsp;Jurassic World VelociCoaster&nbsp;opens up to the public at Universal\u2019s Islands of Adventure in Orlando . The&nbsp;Jurassic World VelociCoaster&nbsp;takes visitors on a high-speed chase, soaring up&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[386],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49178,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49176\/revisions\/49178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}