20 Things You Somehow Missed In Jurassic Park
5. "Why Didn't I Build In Orlando?"
Faced with the impending problems created by the incoming storm, John Hammond reflects on the park's tropical location with the line "why didn't I build in Orlando?"
It's an amusing throw-away line but it's also a little joke being had at the expense of Universal Studios, the movie's distributors.
Universal, you see, had two theme parks all of their own at the time, and both were situated in Orlando. One of them, Universal Orlando Resort, is currently home to the Jurassic Park River Adventure, which incorporates elements of the movie into a log flume ride. They've spared no expense...