We are told, in the video with Jimmy Fallon, that safety is the number one concern and that the Gyrosphere is made with aluminum oxy-nitrade glass - "so tough it can stop a fifty calibre bullet" - and is behind an "invisible barrier system". We aren't told exactly what that is but it's obviously meant to imply some kind of 'fence'. They are out in a giant field of grass with no indication that they can go anywhere that isn't part of the giant field of grass. The dinosaurs we see in that area are all herbivores and it's safe to assume that they have been engineered to be as non-aggressive as possible. Obviously they would never have to deal with predators and would be very used to having the Gyrospheres driving about. None of this is difficult to swallow - even remotely - in a movie which has dinosaurs being brought to life and modified using DNA from other creatures.
So...
As others have stated, in-movie explanations need to be given for these sorts of things.
An explanation is given in the video and shown by them driving about.
They made a point of stating how the park has been open now for 10 years without incident, yet here they have a ride that would result in multiple incidents on a daily basis (for reasons that others have stated).
Obviously
any theme park will have multiple incidents on a daily basis. Clearly they are talking about dangerous incidents, or incidents in which people are hurt etc. We don't know whether the Gyrospheres have been available for the full 10 years but, given what we do know and the explanations provided, it's quite easy to believe that no one has ever been hurt or in danger whilst using them.
On top of the safety issues, they would most certainly have trouble with mud (JP1 had copious amounts of it and this is the first film that didn't have heavy rain in it)...
What safety issues? They're behind an "Invisible Barrier System" (IBS), encased in bullet-proof glass, driving around on a giant field of grass amongst non-aggressive dinosaurs that are used to having Gyrospheres driving about. There are no safety issues.
As for the mud, once they leave the giant field of grass there is a lot of mud. What's the point?
...and of course it is absurd that it is user controlled and not remote controlled.
It's not absurd at all. It seems like a fantastic 'ride' to me. If it were possible to bring dinosaurs back into existence by splicing their DNA with modern creatures then I would drive around amongst non-aggressive herbivores in a bullet-proof Gyrosphere that had an IBS for sure! Why would it be absurd to let people drive where they want to if they can't go anywhere except a giant field of grass that's surrounded by a wall? I can think of many much more dangerous real life things that people can do any day of the week.
How do they have people waiting in line for a gyrosphere that may or may not return - that would only work if it was on a track or it was remote controlled.
This is not a serious question obviously so I won't bother responding. Unless you're suggesting that no one, anywhere, ever rents out paddle-boats, or cars, or bikes, or strollers, or skis, or ANYTHING because it's IMPOSSIBLE to get people to ever return them?
If they weren't so lazy they actually could have used a track or remote control and had an explanation for them needing to manually drive it - Track: The Indominus causes a stampede and a Triceratops runs into the gyrosphere knocking it off its track or the track gets wrecked by the stampede or Indominus (ahead of the sphere, so they don't encounter the I-Rex yet); Remote Control: The I-Rex takes out an antenna at the wall he breaks through and they can't control the gyrosphere remotely any longer. For the off track scenarios Zach and Gray are alerted to return and they tell them they're no longer on the track and for the radio controlled scenario the ride operator tells them that the remote control is no longer working and tells them how to enable the manual override to drive the gyrosphere themselves (which he would also tell them when they're off the track).
All your explanations do is show why you should never go into screen writing...
1. "...a Triceratops runs into the gyrosphere knocking it off its track..." - this is a terrible idea. One minute you're complaining about there being no incidents, the next minute you're suggesting that the dinosaurs should be able to touch the Gyrosphere. Talk about absurd! Obviously it wouldn't be safe for the dinosaurs to be able to come into contact with the Gyrosphere - there would be dangerous incidents all the time - and that's why they have the IBS (which, for obvious reasons, doesn't work once they leave the Gyrosphere area).
2. "The I-Rex takes out an antenna at the wall he breaks through and they can't control the gyrosphere remotely any longer..." - this is also a terrible idea. Not only is it a complete waste of time - adding something to the plot, only to then break it and not use it - but you've now done exactly what you're complaining about; adding something which then has no explanation. People like you are going to complain that the Gyrospheres are capable of driving around without the track but there's no explanation for why they're then on the track in the first place! Why aren't people allowed to drive them around in a big grassy area that's contained by a wall and only has non-aggressive herbivores in it? I mean... the Gyrospehere could even have an IBS...
3. "For the off track scenarios Zach and Gray are alerted to return and they tell them they're no longer on the track and for the radio controlled scenario the ride operator tells them that the remote control is no longer working and tells them how to enable the manual override to drive the gyrosphere themselves (which he would also tell them when they're off the track)". Why??? Why on earth would you waste time and effort on this??? It serves absolutely no purpose. You've introduced this new person - Remote Control Guy - who's only purpose is to explain to them how to use the broken Gyrosphere manually. It's absurd! That's not how a movie works. How it works is you have a video with Jimmy Fallon, inside the Gyrosphere, in which he explains that the ride is safe and SHOWS that the instructions for driving the thing are there too. It takes 10 seconds and achieves EXACTLY the same result as your convoluted, time wasting suggestions which do nothing other than add unnecessary complexity.
Either of these would have taken very little time, but would have made the ride a bit more realistic.
Either of them would have taken a LOT of extra time - I don't think you fully comprehend how time in movies actually works - AND a new character, Remote Control Guy, AND would have made the whole thing LESS realistic. For some reason the Gyrosphere is on a track, even though it doesn't need to be, then it's knocked off the track by a triceratops - which has never happened before for some other strange reason - then the boys don't head back 'home', even though they'd be scared $h1tless now, and for yet another strange reason they decide to head out of the safe zone...
NOT. REALISTIC. AT. ALL.
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