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Dinosaur

Dark ride
Minimum height to ride: 40 inches

About Dinosaur

Jump into your Time Rover and go back 65 million years into the age of the dinosaursand try to save one of the last of these prehistoric beasts. Be careful: You don't want to run into a T-rex! -- Last edited by Molly R

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Loved it and get on it early because the lines tend to be long - Dennis Dowhy

My favorite Disney World ride. This ride is big, wild, and features some of the best audio-animatronics anywhere. This ride is similar to the legendary Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland, but is darker and louder. Dinosaur features the same vehicles used for Indy and has passengers going back in time for a dinosaur. This ride starts out calm with people seeing different dinosaurs but then as the asteroids start falling from the sky and the Carnotaurus, a really big meat eating dinosuar, starts pursuing the vehicle. In one scene the dinosaur actually walks toward the vehicle. This ride is very dark but the ending is very exciting, fun, and of course loud. An absolute perfect ride that is a must for anybody. The waiting area is also neat since most of the waiting is inside and looks like a dinosaur museum. This ride can develop long lines on busy days(40-60 minutes) so get a fastpass or ride during the first hour of park opening. - Manny Barron

Absolutely loved it! Rough yes, but that's part of the fun! - Mark Fairleigh

The ride is rough, because you are supposed to be riding around quickly on rough terrain. It is a great ride. Disappointment would be the farthest discription from my mind. - Thomas Caselli

This ride probobly has the best dinosaur animatronics out there, and definitley beats out Universal's Jurrasic Park ride. One of the coolist parts of the attraction is in one scene when the carnatorus actually appears to be running after your vehicle. - Roger Sage

Be prepared to be thrown about, the ride is surprisingly rough. Well worth a wait in line to ride though. - Mark Moore

Huge disappointment. Lots of bouncing around in the dark, and a few robot dinosaurs. Yawn. The best gag in the pre-show is the name of the scientist who is convincing you to bring back the dinosaur. His name is Dr. Grant Seeker….get it? Grant Seeker. Now that’s comedy. - Rob McCullough

Love it!! My favorite part is: "You're not gonna make it! YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT!...You made it, I knew you would!" XD what an oxy moron - Alyssa Dravick

loved the film, loved the ride even more 9/10! - Rob Chandler

Dinosaur is my favorite ride at Animal Kingdom. You go through the wait and they send you into a room where there are two T.V's. You watch the clip with a woman Dr. Marsh. She is telling you how you are going to take a nice smooth ride on the time rover, a special car that can transport you to the time of the Dinosaurs. Then the clip goes on to another guy. Dr. Seeker. A paleontologist, but he has other plans for your ride. He wants you to go back to the time when the metero hits. After you watch the clip you go down stairs where the time rover awaits you. Once you get into the time rover you go through the ride and have to find your dino. This ride is very loud but fun. So be sure you like to get jerked around, those dino's can get pretty fast! - Katie G-Desjardins

An east-coast version of the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. I always loved this ride and its themed building and music. The ride has been changed a bit since it opened in '98, however. The Carnosaur does not run on a ramp anymore to the left when it comes out of the bushes, and the "eaten" dino does not go down the dino's throat as much as it used to. Still, I don't get tired of this ride, as it's always worth a visit. - Wilfredo Alvelo

Your heart will be pounding through this one. Do not take a young child (or anyone with a heart condition). For an adult, this is an excellent ride. - Carl Stovall

This is by far one of my favorite rides at Animal Kingdom (maybe it's just because I'm a dinosaur freak). I do wish they would drop the convoluted refferences to the DINOSAUR movie though. Frankly, Aldar has no business in that ride, especially since he only shows up once - an appearance that is painfully contrived and unprofessional on Disney's part. I preffered it much better when it was Countdown to Extinction. - Alan Herberger


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