History YMMV / JurassicParkRiverAdventure

** The ''Mosasaurus'' tank. Despite being a screen, on top of the great visuals, the scene looks very convincing thanks to the use of motion parallax. Many claim that this is something that is better viewed in person due to how things look through the lens of a camera.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The ''Jurassic World'' re-theme of the Hollywood version has a few.
** The finale of the re-theme being mostly in the dark, along with the new lighting addresses how the Rex animatronics looked in the original as noted below under SpecialEffectsFailure.
** In February 2020, after the ride's closure for an extensive refurbishment to install the full ''Indominus'' animatronic, [[https://www.ocregister.com/2020/02/27/jurassic-world-the-ride-closes-temporarily-as-more-dinosaurs-rise-from-extinction/ a spokesperson for Universal also claimed that more dinosaurs would be added.]] Come the ride's reopening in April 2021, they indeed make good of their promise in Predator Cove. Namely replacing the ''Pterandon'' corpses with a smashed Gyrosphere and two ''Compsognathus'' animatronics fighting over a hat as well as putting an ''Indominus'' animatronic head[[note]](reportedly the one that was originally used in the finale)[[/note]] peering through a smashed wall just before the boat begins to climb up to Tyrannosaurus Rex Kingdom.

*** The new ''Indominus Rex'' figure from the recent update is just as impressive, as it too is able to walk. It even towers over the riders and gets rather close before the ''T-Rex'' appears.

** In February 2020, after the ride's closure for an extensive refurbishment to install the full ''Indominus'' animatronic, [[https://www.ocregister.com/2020/02/27/jurassic-world-the-ride-closes-temporarily-as-more-dinosaurs-rise-from-extinction/ a spokesperson for Universal also claimed that more dinosaurs would be added.]] In April 2021, they make good of their promise in Predator Cove, namely replacing the ''Pterandon'' corpses with a smashed Gyrosphere and two ''Compsognathus'' animatronics fighting over a hat as well as putting an ''Indominus'' animatronic head peering through a smashed wall just before the boat begins to climb up to Tyrannosaurus Rex Kingdom.

** In February 2020, after the ride's closure for an extensive refurbishment to install the full ''Indominus'' animatronic, [[https://www.ocregister.com/2020/02/27/jurassic-world-the-ride-closes-temporarily-as-more-dinosaurs-rise-from-extinction/ a spokesperson for Universal also claimed that more dinosaurs would be added.]] In April 2021, they make good of their promise, namely replacing the ''Pterandon'' corpses with a smashed Gyrosphere and two ''Compsognathus'' animatronics fighting over a hat as well as putting an ''Indominus'' animatronic head peering through a smashed wall just before the boat begins to climb up to Tyrannosaurus Rex Kingdom.

*** The new Indominus Rex figure from the recent update is just as impressive, as it too is able to walk.
** As noted above, the interior of the show building that houses the finale has gotten an impressive makeover, turning it from a systems building into the T-Rex exhibit. There's lots of foilage and lighting that covers the sight imperfections of the Rex animatronics from the original, also noted above.

** In February 2020, after the ride's closure for an extensive refurbishment to install the full ''Indominus'' animatronic, [[https://www.ocregister.com/2020/02/27/jurassic-world-the-ride-closes-temporarily-as-more-dinosaurs-rise-from-extinction/ a spokesperson for Universal also claimed that more dinosaurs would be added.]] Furthermore, as of April 2020, [[https://imgur.com/a/pAcvWwm aerial photos of the lower lot]] with the ride in the view indicate that Predator Cove is also getting a re-work. Likely following complaints about the lack of dinosaurs in the area in tandem with the look of the ''Pteranodon'' props, which seem to have been replaced with what appears to be a destroyed Gyrosphere.

* BetterOnDVD: Inverted for the Jurassic World re-theme in Hollywood. Many say that the ride is best experienced in person and that camera footage doesn't do the ride justice, with people mainly citing the appearance of the Mosasaurus tank and the finale, in which low-light cameras [[https://youtu.be/YoAG2-tberU?t=324 as seen in this video]] can pick up stuff that's meant to stay obscured when viewed with the naked eye.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Among all the dinosaurs seen in the ride, the most notable one among fans is the ''Psittacosaurus'', as it has never been seen in any of the Jurassic Park movies or any of its spin-off material (with the exception of the comic book "Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games").

* NightmareFuel: At one point, during Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights, the ride was normal...except when you get to the raptors, where you have models of workers being murdered and eaten, via extremely fast strobe lights. ''In the total darkness.'' That's right, the deaths were all you could see once you got inside.

** The announcement of Hollywood's ride getting rethemed initially had people worried about it being screen based like a lot of modern Universal rides. Thankfully, this was subverted as the ''Mosasaurus'' is the only dinosaur on the ride portrayed as a screen.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The 'Jurassic World' re-theme of the Hollywood version has a few.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The finale of the re-theme being mostly in the dark, along with the new lighting addresses how the Rex animatronics looked in the original as noted below under SpecialEffectsFailure.

** The ''Mosasaurus'' tank in the Jurassic World re-theme. Despite being a screen, on top of the great visuals, the scene looks very convincing thanks to the use of motion parallax. Many claim that this is something that is better viewed in person due to how things look through the lens of a camera.

* BrokenBase: A lot of people are split over whether the Hollywood or Florida version of the attraction is better.

* EvenBetterSequel: For a refurbishment (with a few technical rehearsal kinks aside), this seems to be the general consensus for the re-theme, giving the returning animatronics much needed touch-ups and smoother movement. Bonus points go to the makeover of the show building's interior.

** In the Hollywood version, the lighting of the show building hindered how the two T-Rex animatronics are seen a little. The one that tried to bite down at the riders looked like it was floating, and a mechanical arm can be seen holding the one that lunges out before the ride vehicle drops.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The finale of the re-theme being mostly in the dark, along with the new lighting addresses how the Rex animatronics looked in the original as noted below under {{Narm}}.

** In the Hollywood version, the lighting of the show building hindered how the two T-Rex animatronics are seen a little. The one that tried to bite down at the riders looked like it was floating, and a mechanical arm can be seen holding the one that lunges out before the ride vehicle drops.
** Also in in the Hollywood version, the ''Velociraptor'' that pops in from the ''ceiling''. It's supposed to be a JumpScare, and it can be successful, but even then it feels just a little bit too silly, especially since it's lying on its belly. The re-theme spices things up a little by having it hold an exposed live wire, complete with sparks.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: It was pretty easy to see the mechanisms controlling the falling Ford Explorer in Hollywood's version of the ride.
** In the years leading up to the Hollywood version's closure, the vehicle was just sitting there already dropped in the water, or never dropping at all, stuck at the top. This, along with other malfunctions/events/animatronics that worked better at the time of the ride's opening are partially why there's a good chunk of people okay with the retheme of the ride.