Dinoland USA is one of the lands at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Taking place in a fictional American town built around a dig site, it features one of the best rides in the park, and has an incredibly detailed backstory.
In tribute to this land, we are sharing 10 facts and secrets about Dinoland USA.
1. Insititute
Much of the land ties into the city being a college town, filled with businesses owned by the college and others run by college students.
2. Museum
The main ride of the land, Dinosaur, is set inside a museum that has become outdated due to the discovery of time travel.
3. Dinobash
The park is currently home to a celebration featuring several characters from the Donald Duck universe as well as Chip and Dale dressed in special dinosaur-themed outfits.
4. McDonald's
Much of the land was originally sponsored by McDonald's. There was a location of the fast-food chain in the land, as well as references to it in the attractions. There were even exclusive toys made for the land.
5. Lost Coaster
This land was originally set to get a roller coaster known tentatively as the Excavator that would have been located inside a fossil dig site.
6. Film Connection
The main ride of Dinoland USA is partially based on the Disney film Dinosaur.
7. Parody
The former attraction in this land Primeval Whirl was actually a parody of another ride in the land, Dinosaur. It told the same story in the style of a tourist trap roadside attraction.
8. Backstory
This land is themed as a fictional roadside stop with a real tourist destination (the Dino Institute) and a tourist trap (Chester and Hester's Dinorama).
9. Finding Nemo The Musical
Finding Nemo The Musical takes place in this land. It is performed in a theater supposedly owned by the Dino Institute.
10. Fossil Replicas
This land holds some massive full-scale fossil replicas that connect it more fully to the theme as a dig town.
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