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Walt Disney World Resort - Disney's Animal Kingdom, Part 3

Index
Animal Kingdom, Part 1
Oasis Discovery Island Camp Minnie-Mickey Africa
Animal Kingdom, Part 2
Rafiki's Planet Watch Asia (and Expedition Everest)
Animal Kingdom, Part 3
DinoLand U.S.A. Parades

Me in DinoLand
Like the new wheels?
Dinoland U.S.A. is the...yes, that's right...the Dinosaur 'Land' of the park. Finding Nemo -- The Musical is here, which of course, has nothing to do with Dinosaurs, but I digress.

There are two main attractions (other than Nemo) here. Dinosaur, an attraction that takes you 65 million years into the past to grab a dinosaur just before the meteor hits the earth. Unfortunately, you're timing is just a liiitle off... And Felicia's a real drag...

The other attraction is Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama, a cheezy parking lot atmosphere of a sideshow carnival, but with dinosaurs. Other than your cheezy sideshow carnival games, there's Triceratops Spin, a Dumbo type ride, and Primeaval Whirl, a spinning wild mouse. There are some who complain about the themeing here, but I like it. And it's way better than the Dinosaur Jubilee, a temporary tent structure with natural museum history exhibits in it...

DinoLand U.S.A.
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I was lucky enough to see...Lucky, the first self-contained mobile animatronic. Unfortunately, I was heading for the bathroom when he came out from backstage, so I got some pictures, and by the time I got out of there, I didn't see where he went. Bummer...

Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama, DinoLand U.S.A.
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Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade is the daily parade held in Animal Kingdom. There isn't enough walkway for both the parade and moving guests, so during the parade, you better be where you want to be, because you're not going to get there until the parade passes.

Still it has catch tunes and dancing Cast Members and Floats... It's worth seeing.

Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade
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Just as a closing note, there was always rumored to be a place called 'Beastly Kingdom', a land of fantasy animals, of unicorns and dragons. It never happened. But if you take a look at the left ticket booth at the entrance (where the Will Call Pick-Up is), and the middle of the Bus Information sign (below), there be dragons afoot... Perhaps someday...

Leaving the park...
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05/15/2010 - Page rewritten, images added and upgraded