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Dinosaur reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Dinosaur, a dark ride in Dinoland USA at Disney's Animal Kingdom. (The minimum height to ride is 40 inches.)

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Posted: July 9, 2008

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!

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76 votes, so far

Dear God! This ride is fun yet scary! Get ready to crap your pants! 9/10 - Eric Cartman

The one ride at Disney World that scares me. The theming on the ride is mediocre, and Indiana Jones at Disneyland destroys Dinosaur in this regard. However, this is the ride to go on at WDW if you want to be scared-the Dinosaur roars are really loud. - Andrew Carrieri

Somehow this scares the h. out of people, didnt get it though.. Good to average ride, the dinosaurs are good, the decor feels a bit empty though, just like that other ride in Tokyo, Indiana Jones. - A. P.

Love the intesnity of this ride mixed with the animatronics! Just upset it got downgraded from its countdown to extincton days - travis traymoore

Must-Do! 9/10 - Ed N.

Rough ride but in a good way. 9/10 - Arianna Griffel

The scariest ride in all of Disney. It is mostly pitch dark, and dinosaurs pop out at you. If you get scared, close your eyes, but it is still very loud. The ride is jerky, but if you love scares, then you must ride this intense ride. - Matthew Harackiewicz

I love this ride but there is one part that is really dark and you cant see anything 7/10 - Giovanny Cruz

I love this ride. It's so different to anything else as it doesn't feel like a regular coaster, it jolts and bumps like a proper jeep would, but it was a lot bumpier than I remembered. There are so many cool jumpy parts, with dinosaurs appearing from nowhere... the photo always captures people at their most fearful! - Lauren Hayhurst

I love this ride. It provided the best on ride photo I have ever seen in 2003 for mine and my families first ride! Still have it and it shows genuine shock and our mouths wide open! Brilliantly unique and genuinely scary in parts, I have to say that this is one of my top 5 rides - James McGee

One of the best things to come out of Glendale for a long time. A tremendous sense of journey, excellent use of sound and some superb animatronics make for one of the greatest experiences on offer today at Walt Disney World. I could ride it all day... (4 in a row's my current record) - Man-Eating Sharks

Great fun! Loud and scary but a great ride. I wasn't expecting it to be scarier than Jurassic Park River Adventure but I was proven wrong. The pictures afterwards were hilarious. 9/10 - D H

Definitely a scarey ride at times. But I love it regardless! Not for young ones! - Sarah Durden

Eh. Kind of scary, but the last time I went on it last month it was so dark you could hardly see anything, and the motions were uncomfortably jerky. I remembered this being a lot better last time I went on it a few years ago. - Heather Olson

Super great family ride, not good for super little ones due to the animatronics might frighten them. Get a fastpass - Arianna Griffel

This is a "must do" for people who like thrill rides!!! When I was planning a trip to Orlando I had this ride marked down to go on, but it wasn't a big priority of mine. Man was I wrong! This ride is AWESOME!!! It's definitely in my top 5 Disney rides! It is loud and a little rough but it's a thrill ride. What do you expect? I definatly caution young kids riding though. I had witnessed several in tears with a look of terror on their face by the exit. So if you have kids, preride it first and make a judgement. 9.5/10 - Bob Liebe

7/10. I thoroughly enjoy the Dinosaur experience and really like the roughness, speed, and surprise level on this ride. Journeying on a vehicle through prehistoric catastrophe is pretty thrilling. However, this ride may not be suited for really young kids as it can get loud and maybe a bit scary if you're afraid of roaring dinosaurs/darkness. Its really a timeless, top-notch ride at Animal Kingdom. A cant miss ride. - Jose Vazquez

you guy are scardy cats didnt scream once love it seeing other people get scared - Manny Rodriguez

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