First-look video of the Jurassic World VelociCoaster opening at Universal Orlando Resort in 2021

A sneak peek first-look video has been released by Universal Orlando Resort of its highly anticipated Jurassic World VelociCoaster ride.

The 27-second teaser clip shows the gleaming carriages of the ‘new species of roller coaster’ sitting in the boarding bay as smoke swirls around it. 

We then see brief, but thrilling, POV footage of the coaster as its hurtles along the tracks before being told it will open in summer 2021.

Universal Orlando Resort has released a first-look sneak peek video of its highly anticipated Jurassic World VelociCoaster ride

A 27-second teaser clip shows the gleaming carriages of the Jurassic World-themed roller coaster sitting in the boarding bay

The roller coaster, which will hit speeds of up to 70mph, is being developed in the Jurassic Park area at the Islands of Adventure theme park

Universal says the ride will send riders ‘twisting and soaring across 4,700ft of track as they encounter near-misses, launches, 12 heart-pounding seconds of airtime and more’

According to Universal, the ride will be Florida’s fastest and tallest launch coaster, will ‘raise the bar in extreme roller coaster design’, will be the world’s first coaster based upon the blockbuster Jurassic World franchise and will feature an ‘original story that expands upon the thrills, dinosaurs and environments fans have seen on the big screen’.

Guests, explains Universal breathlessly, will be sent ‘twisting and soaring across 4,700ft of track as they encounter near-misses, launches, 12 heart-pounding seconds of airtime and more – with just a lap bar restraint holding them in place’.

They will ‘feel the rush of the hunt alongside a swift pack of velociraptors’ as they are accelerated ‘through two pulse-pounding launches, the fastest reaching 70mph in 2.4 seconds’.

Thrillseekers will also encounter ‘a one-of-a-kind, 360-degree barrel roll right above the Islands of Adventure lagoon, experience a zero-gravity inverted stall that will send them upside down across 100 feet of track in a jaw-dropping manoeuvre that is the first of its kind and go airborne during the towering “top hat”, which propels riders 155 feet in the air and then immediately into an 80-degree drop’.

In the video, we see brief POV footage of the coaster as its hurtles along the tracks before being told it will open in summer 2021

During the ride, thrillseekers will ‘experience a zero-gravity inverted stall that will send them upside down across 100 feet of track in a jaw-dropping manoeuvre that is the first of its kind’, says Universal 

A rendering showing what the ride will look like when complete. It will be the world’s first coaster based upon the blockbuster Jurassic World franchise

The resort explains: ‘Jurassic World VelociCoaster will be the next exciting addition to Jurassic Park at Universal’s Islands of Adventure.

‘Only in this immersive land can visitors come face-to-face with life-size dinosaurs in incredible theme park experiences, including Jurassic Park River Adventure, where a leisure raft ride turns into a daring eight-story plunge to escape a ferocious T. Rex. And Raptor Encounter, where guests can test their bravery and get up-close to Velociraptor Blue and the newest additions to the paddock – baby raptors – while learning more about the clever carnivores.’ 

More details about the VelociCoaster will be revealed in the months ahead, promises Universal.