The pre-show video was created to prepare guests for their journey (via the Jurassic Park River Adventure Boats)into "Jurassic Park" at Universal Studios. The pre-show featured John Hammond (as played by Sir Richard Attenborough in the movie) providing a video tour of the "new" Jurassic Park as created at Universal Studios "following that set of problems that occurred in Costa Rica a few years back."—Taylor Jeffs