I'm not sold on the mosasaur scene. There's some nice interactivity with the water, but it doesn't look very convincing. The mosasaur apparently "breaks" the glass, but the glass would have to be at least a hundred feet thick to make him look that small and far way as he does it. The way it transitions is also a bit awkward. How tall is the tank supposed to be? Because you're not underwater... and then you are... and then you're not.
This could've been a decent scene in a different ride, but it feels shoehorned in here and shouldn't have replaced the original opening scene, which was much more cinematic. I would've just given the ultrasaurs an upgrade. As the centerpieces of the scene, they were lacking, but everything else was fine. Can they at least ship them here, since we only have one
for no apparent reason?
The raptor (and now I-rex) containment area is my biggest concern. It's trying to set up the story for the remainder of the ride, but it feels so dead without any kinetic visuals or effects. The area where the boat used to be, in particular, is bizarrely empty. What's with the gratuitous blood splatters? Did they let John Murdy redesign this thing?
The dinosaur that knocks your boat off course looks much better than ours. I've never seen it spurting water out of its nose before. Is that new?
As I mentioned before, an altered version of the new finale is really the only thing I'd want making it into our JPRA. It's a nice plussing of what was there before with multiple AAs, and
maybe if they replaced our finale, they could finally add the overhead dinosaur head we've always been missing
for no apparent reason. Just leave everything else alone, beyond sprucing it up and upgrading the AAs.
I don't know what their plans are, with regards to potentially retheming IOA's JP to JW, but I think it would be a pretty big mistake in the long term. Considering we have an entire land that would require retheming, and not just a ride, the longevity of the property is a much bigger concern, as they'd be replacing the classic JP theme with its relatively flash-in-the-pan successor. What are they going to do when people still remember JP but not JW? I think there's potential for our ride to benefit from
some of these changes to Hollywood's, and maybe the new restaurant as well, but they should be kept distinct.
