The Jurassic Park water ride is among the favorite attractions of the visitors at Universal Studios. The resounding success of the Steven Spielberg movie Jurassic Park in early 1990s prompted Universal to design the attractive ride.After a visually enchanting and seemingly smooth ride that takes you past huge animatronics peaceful dinosaurs, your boat comes sliding down on a steep slope from about 86 feet and you make good your escape from the ferocious tyrannosaurus.The final plunge remained the largest drop on a water ride for a few years.