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Jurassic Park River Adventure at Universal Islands of Adventure. (FOX 35 Orlando) <\/p>\n
ORLANDO, Fla. – Jurassic Park River Adventure, the Islands of Adventure water ride based on the “Jurassic Park” films, will be closed for several months for a lengthy refurbishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The ride will be closed starting Jan. 5, with the refurbishment set to last through Nov. 19, according to Universal Orlando<\/a>\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n Universal has not shared any details about what work will be done to the ride during its closure.\u00a0<\/p>\n CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n Thrilling water ride <\/p>\n Jurassic Park River Adventure is an opening day attraction at Islands of Adventure. It opened with the park back in May 1999.\u00a0<\/p>\n The attraction is described as a water thrill ride. Riders board large rafts that take them through scenes featuring dinosaurs, including a giant T. rex. It ends with an 85-foot plunge, which was the tallest drop for a theme park water ride when the ride was built.\u00a0<\/p>\n SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35’S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n Other 2026 refurbishments\u00a0 <\/p>\n Other attractions and experiences at Universal Orlando will undergo temporary closures this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n Finnegan\u2019s Bar & Grill at Universal Studios Florida will be closed Jan. 12 through winter 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hogwarts Express, the train that connects The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley, will be closed Feb. 9-23.\u00a0<\/p>\n Later in the year, Volcano Bay, Universal\u2019s water park, will begin a seasonal closure, meaning it will get extended downtime. The park will be closed Oct. 26 and is expected to reopen around March 24, 2027, according to Universal.<\/p>\n The Source: This article was written with information from Universal Orlando.<\/p>\n Universal Studios Florida News<\/a>Orlando theme park news<\/a>Central Florida News<\/a>Orlando News<\/a>Instastories<\/a>Orange County News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Jurassic Park River Adventure at Universal Islands of Adventure. (FOX 35 Orlando) ORLANDO, Fla. – Jurassic Park…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3834,47,406,115,1335,139,141,140,405,2411,3437,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-102404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-central-florida-news","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-instastories","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-orange-county","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-orlando-headlines","15":"tag-orlando-news","16":"tag-series","17":"tag-theme-parks","18":"tag-universal-studios","19":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}