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Quick rundown for the uninitiated:
  1. Dinoland is bad—Dinoland's rides are bad—Dinoland's shops are bad—Dinoland's dining is bad—everyone has known for years that it all needs to be/will be replaced soon™
  2. Disney closed and demolished the two (horrible) spinning wild mice which acted as Dino-Rama's main attraction in 2020—the area has been fenced off since with zero work
  3. In September of 2022 Disney shared blue sky concept art of what they were considering for Dinoland's replacement—seemingly a Moana area and flume ride to replace Dino-Rama and a Zootopia ride/mini-land to replace Dinosaur
  4. Then, in September 2023 they did it again—this time with new blue sky concept art theorizing a "Tropical Americas"-themed land seemingly involving Encanto for Dino-Rama, Indiana Jones for Dinosaur, and maybe Coco for other parts of the current Dinoland area (art below)
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Meanwhile, today, guests get to experience this.

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Well, yesterday, Disney made an interesting announcement—the first international D23 event—D23 Brazil. That has to be where there going to announce this Tropical Americas plan for Animal Kingdom, right?

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BREAKING: Disney Announces D23 Brazil: A Disney Experience, Happening November 2024 - WDW News Today

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Coasterguy95 said:
I still need to ride dinosaur. Everyone I talk to says it’s a cult classic and I’d go insane if I missed it
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This is one attraction where I am really going to miss the preshow. For some reason, I just really like the preshow of this attraction. If the ride was operating like it was in the early years, I may miss that too. Unfortunately, it seemed to be down most times we went to ride it last year.
 
jpcommons said:
This is one attraction where I am really going to miss the preshow. For some reason, I just really like the preshow of this attraction. If the ride was operating like it was in the early years, I may miss that too. Unfortunately, it seemed to be down most times we went to ride it last year.
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Dino's pre-show is a dying breed of the late 90s, early 2000s era Disney pre-show, really will miss it like I miss Test Track's original pre-show
 
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In my opinion, DINOSAUR is one of the most uncomfortable (bumpy/jolting/janky/etc) dark rides I've ever been subjected to (and a certain other Admin insists that we ride it far too often, "because it could close for the retheme soon").

In addition, the story's premise is completely absurd. Some scientist wants to bring back a specific dinosaur, so he sends your vehicle back to seconds before an extinction event. Apparently, there was no other time or place to acquire this animal.

The only good thing I see about the attraction is that my friends and I get some light amusement from saying, "That's not our dino" in unrelated circumstances.

In other words, bulldoze it now.
 
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Dinosaur is good, campy fun.

I think it has a delightfully cheesy tone that few other major rides attempt. Some rides try to be funny (Simpsons, Jimmy Fallon), some try to be serious and dramatic (Tower of Terror, Jurassic Park River Adventure). Others even have distinct serious halves and funny halves (Haunted Mansion, Pirates).

But Dinosaur feels like a charming remnant of that quirky 90s-2000s Disney vibe that @YachtyLogs mentioned. It’s simultaneously serious and funny. You’re driving through a dark jungle full of killer carnivores, while the narrator is making quips about finding your dino. You’re supposedly seconds away from being destroyed by a meteor, but half the fun is the vehicle bucking back and forth while the narrator’s over-the-top voiceover freaks out over whether you’ll “make it.”

Even the premise — that we’re on a rogue mission back in time to put a dinosaur on our time rover seconds before the meteor strike — is so absurd that it requires hilarious suspension of disbelief. What @Nicole (understandably) sees as frustratingly implausible, I see as whimsically nonsensical. It’s not supposed to make a ton of sense.

Point is, I think Dinosaur is the rare attraction that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It doesn’t try too hard to be funny or dramatic. In the same spirit of those classic haunted house rides where the gags are simultaneously grotesque and silly, it’s just fun. Couple that with the crazy jerking motions of the vehicle, which I think are a blast, and I love this ride. I don’t think it’s a great ride, and I don’t blame Disney for looking to replace it, but there’s a special place in my heart for the quirkiness of Dinosaur.
 
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I was surprised by the roughness and intensity of this ride. Sadly will probably not get to ride it again.
 
Coasterguy95 said:
I still need to ride dinosaur. Everyone I talk to says it’s a cult classic and I’d go insane if I missed it
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Mechanically and track layout-wise its supposedly a 1 for 1 copy of Indy with a Dino reskin, so if you have ridden Indy in Disneyland, you have ridden the same ride. This is why they are doing it because its less they have to change to retheme.
 
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kmccarthy27 said:
Mechanically and track layout-wise its supposedly a 1 for 1 copy of Indy with a Dino reskin, so if you have ridden Indy in Disneyland, you have ridden the same ride. This is why they are doing it because its less they have to change to retheme.
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Supposedly it won't be a theme clone though. New story wouldn't be bad ultimately as long as it doesn't suck.
 
Dinosaur was one of my favorite rides in all of Disney World. I really hope they are able to do something incredible with this area!
 
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