Jurassic World: VelociCoaster (HD) POV - Universal Studios Orlando 2021
VelociCoaster (marketed as Jurassic World VelociCoaster) is a launched roller coaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. Manufactured by Intamin, the coaster is themed to the Jurassic World film franchise and opened on June 10, 2021. It is also Universal's third collaboration with Intamin, following the installations of Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts (2014) and Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure (2019). VelociCoaster is located in the Islands of Adventure's Jurassic Park area, occupying the site of the former Triceratops Encounter attraction. It features two high-speed launches powered by linear synchronous motors, a signature 155-foot-tall (47 m) top hat, four inversions, and a maximum speed of 70 mph (110 km/h). The Queue begins just outside the bottom floor of the Discovery Center. Guest enter the paddock where neon lights glow and the coaster races outside the building. As the guest moves through the queue, they can see a statue of the four Velociraptors, (Blue, Charlie, Delta, Echo) near the end, as a TV monitor above the guest heads plays a video where Mr. DNA briefly talks about Velociraptors. Guests next move into a room where 4 windows overlook the ride track. A projection effect is used to make it appear as if Velociraptors are chasing the ride vehicle. After this guests enter a room where a presentation by Dr. Henry Wu goes over the science of caring for Velociraptors before guest enter an examination room where two muzzled animatronic Velociraptors are caged. Guest then enter the lockers area. This area is unique as the lockers are two way lockers. Guests put their belongings in one side, and as guests exit they remove their items from the other side. As guests go through a metal detector, they are ushered up a set of stairs, to a preshow room where Claire Dearing talks about the experience from a business standpoint. Raptor trainer Owen Grady is called, who rebuffs the idea of taking a ride in the Velociraptor enclosure and tries to discourage the riders from going on. Riders reach the boarding area and are assigned two people to a row. The loading area is to the west of the queue, and the cart design is similar to Expedition Everest. Once exiting the station, riders take an S-turn into the pre-launch sequence, where Owen warns the riders one last time and Velociraptors can be seen on either side of the track. As the Velociraptors escape, riders are launched from 0 to 50 miles per hour (0 to 80 km/h) in 2 seconds. Immediately after the launch track, the train passes through a Jr. Immelmann through some rock work. The train dives down and back up through a dive loop. The train turns to the left as it dives under itself and snaps back to the right, where the on-ride camera is located. The train heads through an overbanked turn and rises up into an off-axis airtime hill. The ride rises through the rock work via a turnaround, and completes a downward s-bend, where the train passes Blue and Charlie, 2 of the 4 Velociraptors seen on the ride. The train goes through another overbanked turn and hits a sharp S-bend, passing Delta and Echo, and going through some more rock work. Following a slow outerbanked hill, the ride enters its second launch, propelling riders from 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) in 2.4 seconds. Following the launch, the ride climbs to its tallest point, a 155 feet (47 m) tall top hat. The ride plummets down a 140 feet (43 m) drop at an 80 degree angle, and turns to the right and snaps back to the left to complete the 100 feet (30 m) long zero-g stall. The ride then rises up into a wave turn, then heads into an outerbanked airtime hill. The ride enters an overbanked turn and passes over a speed hill. Following this, the ride enters its signature element, a heartline roll (dubbed the “Mosasaurus Roll”) and enters one last off-axis airtime hill before popping up into the brake run. As the train returns to the station, Owen thanks the riders before being called to a situation at the River Adventure. One cycle of the ride lasts 1 minute, 15 seconds.
