Owen Grady: Nervous flyer?
Franklin Webb: Would you ride a-a thousand pound horse that's been abused all its life?
Owen Grady: I rode my motorcycle through the jungle with a pack of raptors.
Franklin Webb: We're not compatible. (00:21:50)
Ian Malcolm: Welcome... to Jurassic World.
Claire Dearing: Come on, you're a better man than you think you are.
Owen Grady: You should write fortune cookies. (00:20:00)
Claire Dearing: Be careful, okay?
Owen Grady: If I don't make it back, remember... you're the one who made me come. I'll be all right. (00:30:40)
Franklin: Am I dead?
Owen Grady: Not yet, kid.
Eli Mills: You never thought how many millions a trained predator might be worth?
Ian Malcolm: Genetic power has now been unleashed. You can't put it back in the box.
Ian Malcolm: These creatures were here before us. And if we're not careful... they're going to be here after. Life cannot be contained. We're gonna have to adjust to new threats that we can't imagine. We've entered a new era. Welcome... to Jurassic World. (01:57:35)
Answer: As it was stated in the film, the volcano had been dormant for many many years. Presumably even since well before the events of the first Jurassic Park movie in the early 90's. It was only recently, between the events of this film and the prior Jurassic World that the volcano had its surprise re-awakening.
Quantom X ★
For sure, but dormant simply means that the volcano could one day erupt again, so wouldn't it be pretty foolish to gamble on building a multi-billion dollar theme park with the hope that the volcano will never again erupt?
Phaneron ★
One would think. But just look at our world's history. Like Pompeii, an entire civilization wiped out cause they lived at the base of a dormant volcano. And then even in more recent history. Mount Saint Helens, which I've actually been to and seen the exhibits and footage of it's destruction. Foolish, yeah. But that doesn't stop us from still doing it repeatedly.
Quantom X ★
I think it's been made pretty clear over the course of all the films that the people building these parks did not exactly think everything through properly. They took a gamble on the volcano, and they lost.
wizard_of_gore ★