Universal’s Islands of Adventure

Universal Orlando Resort’s two graduation events for high school and middle school students — Grad Bash and Gradventure — will return to the parks once again in spring 2022.

This week in DePaoli on DeParks: Jeff discusses the potential future of Jurassic Park in Universal’s Islands of Adventure.

Universal Orlando Resort has announced the opening date for the highly-anticipated new attraction, Jurassic World VelociCoaster.

One of my favorite things about theme park rides are the Audio-Animatronics. They come in all shapes and sizes, but they often make a huge impact, as it’s something that physically exists in the world of the ride.

Universal Orlando has announced a summer 2021 opening for the Jurassic World VelociCoaster, but all rumors and testing seems to look otherwise. Based on strong rumors and insider information, we believe guests will be able to ride the VelociCoaster by the end of this month.

Earlier this week, we heard the news that several titles by Dr. Seuss were being removed from store bookshelves due to racist and insensitive imagery. This certainly puts the land at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure, Seuss Landing, in a bit of an awkward spot.

In a surprise announcement, Universal Orlando shared that work is resuming on Universal’s Epic Universe, the highly-anticipated fourth gate.

With the recent release of season 2 of Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous on Netflix, the opening of the brand new “Jurassic World VelociCoaster” this summer at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, and the sixth film in the franchise “Jurassic World: Dominion” scheduled for release June 10, 2022, there’s no doubt the franchise has been and will continue to be booming with new content for quite some time. But what clues can we find about the future of the Jurassic Park / World franchise?

This morning, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that six of the author’s books—including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo”—will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery. With this announcement, Universal Orlando has pulled the books from store shelves (by request) and is currently evaluating Seuss Landing in their Islands of Adventure theme park.

The Walt Disney World website has been updated to tighten written guidelines for face coverings at dining locations, adding clarification as to when guests are permitted to remove masks.