Was Jurassic World filmed at Six Flags?

While about 50% of “Jurassic World” was filmed in Hawaii, many of the interior shots actually came from the abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans, Louisiana, and studio sets on the NASA campus.



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The park's main drag, a shopping and dining district “where the modern world meets Jurassic World,” was built on the site of the old Six Flags New Orleans theme park, which has been shuttered since being flooded after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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The production returns to Hawaii, but where the previous films used Oahu and Kauai (with Maui and the Big Island, the four largest islands of the group), JP3 includes Molokai, a smaller island that seems to link Kauai and Oahu with Maui and the Big Island like a little hyphen.

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After the storm, the park was flooded. Once the waters finally receded, there was the question: What should we do with this park? Almost two decades later, Six Flags New Orleans still sits abandoned, now a time capsule of life before Katrina.

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Severe damage from Hurricane Katrina closed the park and it never reopened due to a pump failure after four to seven feet of floodwaters sat on park grounds. The Industrial Development Board took ownership of the property in 2009.

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Na Pali Coast, Kauai Island In 1997, the Na Pali Coast in the north-west of Kauai Island was used as a location for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Some of the coastline reaches 1,219 metres in elevation, and seems wonderfully suited to the Jurassic era.

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About Jurassic Park Hawaii on Oahu The ranch is open to visitors almost every day of the year, but guided tours are required to visit the valleys and mountain ranges beyond the gift shop. Tours come in all shapes and forms to please everyone on your list from air-conditioned buses to ATVs to boat tours to ziplining.

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River Country is one of only two Disney parks to permanently close, along with Discovery Island, which is situated parallel to the water park.

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