Dinosaur (Disney's Animal Kingdom)
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| Disney's Animal Kingdom | |
| Area | DinoLand U.S.A. |
| Coordinates | 28°21′18.71″N 81°35′17.96″W / 28.3551972°N 81.5883222°WCoordinates: 28°21′18.71″N 81°35′17.96″W / 28.3551972°N 81.5883222°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 22, 1998 |
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| Attraction type | EMV dark ride |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Theme | Dinosaurs |
| Music | Richard Bellis |
| Speed | 19 km/h (12 mph) |
| Vehicle type | Time Rover |
| Duration | 3:05 |
| Height restriction | 40 in (102 cm) |
| Audio-Animatronics | 11 |
| Previous name | Countdown to Extinction |
| Sponsor | McDonald's (1998–2008) |
 Fastpass+ available |
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 Must transfer from wheelchair |
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 Assistive listening available |
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 Closed captioning available |
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Dinosaur (styled DINOSAUR) is a dark ride EMV attraction at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
In the attraction, guests board vehicles called Time Rovers and are taken on a turbulent journey through the Cretaceous period, featuring prehistoric scenes populated with audio-animatronic dinosaurs. Originally named Countdown to Extinction, the ride's name was later changed to Dinosaur to promote the Disney animated film of the same name, even though the attraction has never contained any explicit references to the film. However, the two dinosaurs most prominently featured in the ride have always been an Iguanodon and Carnotaurus, which were both featured prominently in the film. Scenes from the movie also appear in the pre-show, to help the guests identify the Iguanodon as the film's protagonist, Aladar.
Guests enter the Dino Institute, a state-of-the-art paleontological research facility. After moving through the queue area, which features real dinosaur remains (including a Carnotaurus skeleton) and a background narration by Bill Nye the Science Guy, they are taken to a room where they watch a pre-show video. The ride's pre-show film director is Jerry Rees, best known for his animated film The Brave Little Toaster. It was written by Steve Spiegel, with Reed Smoot as director of photography.
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