Plans Leak for New Jurassic Park Roller Coaster at Islands of Adventure

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Some major news broke yesterday for a new roller coaster project in the Jurassic Park section of Islands of Adventure.  Long rumored to be on the way, we just recently saw some games being removed and work walls go up in the section of the park for the new coaster.

Local news source WFTV9 broke news of the ride's layout yesterday with this article and the above photo.  The new coaster will utilize much of the area that was the long-closed Triceratops Encounter, but also zoom out in front of the Discovery Center and swirl around a landscaped area and under/over the bridge to the Lost Continent.

Jurassic Park Roller Coaster Update and Track Layout Revealed for Islands of Adventure https://t.co/KFZAi2klRv pic.twitter.com/CaxZriNuwe

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Orlando Park Stop has also released a layout of the coaster, which is a bit more detailed than the one up top.  The queue (and overflow queue) will be entered from the front side of the Discovery Center, changing what is often a quiet part of the park into a super busy one.  The ride's entrance looks to be right under the end of the ride's second launch, which is met by a (probably) giant top hat-ish element.

The ride looks to have two launches, actually, and at least one show scene.  Orlando Park Stop's story has more details on that, but after the first launch there is a lot of twisted track and one or two clear inversions.  Then comes the second launch which is expected to propel the ride at well over 70 miles per hour into the section of the track that skims past the front of the Discovery Center, into a the wooded area by the bridge, then skim over the central lagoon's surface on the way back to the station.

As for the hardware of the new Jurassic Park coaster... it is highly rumored to be a launched coaster from Intamin, similar in design to Taron at Phantasialand.  If you're unfamiliar with that ride, check out this video as a nice introduction.  The ride also features two launches, and somewhat shorter trains that allow for tighter turns and quick elements.  It also features the top-notch theming that Phantasialand is well known for, but the ride experience alone puts it near the top of many coaster fans' top lists.

With a layout leaked, work walls up and games and other structures being moved I'm sure we'll hear something official from the park soon.  Perhaps not too many details, similar to how they've sat on the new Harry Potter details for what feels like a decade, but at least acknowledgement that the attraction is on the way!