[2] The ride was also the primary sponsor of the infamous "T-Rex" car that was driven by Jeff Gordon in 1997 at The Winston that year; it was banned by NASCAR immediately following the race.

The park would feature islands themed to Marvel superheroes, Dr. Seuss books, Ancient myths and legends, cartoons and comic strips, and dinosaurs.

Other videos played with some about the "safety of the ride" spoken by InGen employees, John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) talking about the dinosaurs, and music from the first film's score in the background.

As riders' rafts entered the main gate into Ultrasaur Lagoon, a mother Ultrasaurus (Brachiosaurus on the ride's promotional website) and her young were seen feeding and communicating with each other.

Two Compsognathus (Procompsognathus on the ride's promotional website) were fighting over an empty popcorn box before the raft enters Hadrosaur Cove, where a Parasaurolophus popped up and sprayed water at riders.

An announcement was heard from Jurassic Park Animal Control, saying that the Parasaurolophus had thrown the raft off-course and caused it to enter the raptor containment area, which riders could see had been heavily damaged.

A nearby motorboat was also abandoned, sent by Jurassic Park Animal Control to guide the raft towards a safe area, but the Dilophosaurus appeared to have killed its crew as well.

A Mickey Mouse hat was seen floating in the water next to a ruined raft, an apparent jab at Universal Studios Hollywood's theme park rival Disneyland.

The raft then entered the Environmental Systems Building (which had special effects other versions of the ride don't) and began to ascend a long lift hill.

When the raft reached the top of the hill, it dropped down a small waterfall, just as a Tyrannosaurus broke through the ceiling and lunged out at the riders from above, accompanied by collapsing pipes.

A technician began counting down when the building's life support systems would terminate (due to "toxic gases" released during the Tyrannosaurus encounter).

In the Ultrasaur Lagoon, the visitor encounters a large adult Ultrasaurus/Brachiosaurus which raises its neck high above the riders, then slowly lowers it back near the water to feed.

Seconds later, another startled Parasaurolophus jars the raft, causing it to drift into the Raptor Containment Area, which is shown to be heavily damaged.

Jurassic Park Animal Control addresses riders through loudspeakers, telling them to stop the raft and get to a safe place.

The raft passes a replica of the Raptor Pen from the film, and branches move, simulating the creatures' attempts to escape their confines.

The raft heads toward the water treatment plant, where a large crate with a Velociraptor snarling inside falls and nearly crushes the riders.

The riders then enter a warehouse and begin to slowly head up a steep hill into a large building in silence and darkness.

[8] During Universal Studios Hollywood's annual "Halloween Horror Nights", the ride was temporarily renamed "Jurassic Park in the Dark".