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Dinoland Dan
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Certified fossil. Theme parks, Route 66, tiki, and classic Americana.
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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · Apr 22
To commemorate Animal Kingdom’s Birthday, I’m going to repost my very silly Twitter thread reading the also very silly (& somehow officially licensed ???) Countdown to Extinction book — all 42 pages of it.

🚨 Featuring Grant Seeker lore! 🚨

1/n🧵
Book on wooden desk. Book cover features a Carnotaurus standing aggressively, with the title COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION in blood-red Chiller font across its chest. The side margin says DISNEY CHAPTERS.
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32 years before Galaxy's Edge, there was diegetic Star Wars music at Disney Parks. "The Droid Rooms" by Richard Bellis played from a boom box in the original 1997 Star Tours queue. It's our selection for day 192 of #TheDiegeticShuffle. youtu.be/iqPEb7elNNw?...
03. The Droid Rooms (From "Star Tours")
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November 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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When HVAC was installed in Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures, the gator skull was removed (seen here with his original McDonald’s hat).

But his wooden plaque endured! Anyone who read the (presumably load-bearing) wood block might wonder why it referred to a non-existent alligator.
Photo of an alligator skull mounted to a blue wall, chowing down on a golf club, wearing a McDonald’s hat, with eyes made of golf balls. A wooden plaque below states: FLORIDA ALLIGATOR SKULL ALLIGATOR mississippensis PLEISTOCENE EPOCH to RECENT 1.5 MILLION YEARS TO PRESENT Photo courtesy of Tourist Trap, via Flickr. Same wall, no skull! Some electrical(?) conduits have evicted the gator skull. Instead, a casting of dinosaur footprints is installed. The same wooden plaque is visible, confusingly explaining an alligator that no longer exists. Photo taken November, 2024
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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SMILODON SEZ "HAVE A NICE DAY!"
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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The original STAR TOURS boarding safety video has been living rent free in my head for decades.
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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When Disney replaced Bugs Land at DCA with the Avengers Campus, we were tasked with building a working prop that Ant Man or the Wasp could carry around with them. I built all the rides, the restroom and a vending cart and we printed them out really, really tiny. There were two used at the park.
Final version of miniaturized Bugs Land at Disney's California Adventure Miniarure 3D print of Hiemlichs Chew Chew Train at Disney's California Adventure, with a penny for scale Miniature 3D print of Flik's Flyer at Disney's California Adventure, with a penny for scale 2 Miniature 3D prints of Fliks Flyer at Disney's California Adventure at different heights, with a penny for scale
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Omg the new Tokyo DisneySEA Story Beyond is based on the Venetian Gondolas and feels like a dating sim this is amazing
A gondolier and be-boatered cat look over a bridge at a section of Mediterranean Harbor at the load of Venetian Gondolas. It is night and the scene feels romantic. Text reads (translation not my own and could be wildly wrong) It starts with Palazzo Canal The story of Gondliers Blonde-haired woman in a French blue suit and sash, with onscreen translated text stating: Rivera Cheerful and active. Drawing is my hobby
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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I would like to write a Star Tours series with the format of Wings, but in space.

A single terminal set, a core cast of employees (gate agents, mechanics, security screeners, servers, and pilots upset about the transition to RX droids), with a cavalcade of galactic freaks passing through.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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While waiting to meet Santa last year, a CM said that two rugs were made because they were afraid one might “go missing” 😏
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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All of us last night
a painting of two cats playing guitars in a field of flowers
Alt: Spongmonkeys singing WE LIKE THE MOON CUZ IT IS CLOSE TO US, perhaps the moon in question is last night’s super mega bright harvest moon ????
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November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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1950s “Mickey Mouse Club” P-F Flyers countertop display.
Source: adventurelandia
#MickeyMouseClub #PFFlyers
Color illustrated cardboard counter display for PF Flyer sneakers. It reads “Watch Mickey Mouse Club” on TV featuring P-F Flyers,” with spaces to write in the local channel and time, and an image of Donald Duck. On the right is the product’s cartoon mascot, a chipmunk or squirrel wearing sneakers and a black sleeveless shirt with “PF” in white lettering. The illustration shows a box car race on a country road. Two boys are stalled in the grass. A child in a yellow shirt is half under his wood car, painted red with a yellow number 5 on the side, and some tools on the ground. The other boy, wearing a backwards blue baseball cap is shouting to his friend and pointing at the road, where a brunette girl with a ponytail is speeding past them in her own box car, with the number 77 painted on the side. She is wearing red sneakers, and has one leg out to push the car along. A cloud of dust is seen behind her. Close up of the actual sneaker that rests on the base of the display. It is black with white shoelaces and rubber soles, with red striping around the edges. A large paper tag hangs from the laces near the toe. It has a diagram of the shoe and describes how it is constructed, with a large empty box at the bottom to fill in the price. It states that the shoes are made in America, and reads: “1. The important P.F RIGID WEDGE helps keep body weight on outside of normal foot - reducing foot and leg muscle strain, increasing comfort. 2. Sponge rubber cushion.” They are made by B.F. Goodrich, and the PF stands for Posture Foundation. Photo of shoe from rear, showing the PF Flyers logo on the ankle and back of heel, with a red, white and blue stitched strip up the back. Another image of the display without the shoe, showing the full illustration and the base the shoe sits on. The words “Look for the initials "P-F" on the insole” is seen at the bottom.
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Shots fired at Epcot, DHS, and DCA
“When discussing the development of Zootopia: Better Zoogether, Beatty said that it is a challenge to create something new for Disney's Animal Kingdom versus other parks, given how clear and unique the messaging of the theme park is and has been.” — from BlogMickey, retrieved 11.05.2025
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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If I lived closer I’d buy a dozen, lacquer them, attach a ribbon, and use them as Christmas ornaments.

The Santa-Carno is great reference to the early days of Dino-Rama.
A costume of Carnotaurus dressed in a red fur vest and a tam o’ shanter. He’s supposed to look like Santa, but there’s an unexpected Renaissance painter element here
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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cantinasounds.bsky.social
The halfway point of the Diegetic Shuffle isn't the only milestone we hit this weekend—with Visions Vol. 3 I added the 500th (and 501st) cue to the spreadsheet of diegetic Star Wars music! I thought I'd mark it with another look by the numbers. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
A photo of a DJ R-3X droid action figure with dramatic party lighting and bits of assorted equipment
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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spajadigit.bsky.social
In 93' While ILM was animating dinosaurs, Rhythm and Hues was working on a motion base ride for a now defunct theme park in Japan. I built a lot of models for Seafari, including the whale sub, but this was also my first animation gig. Lorne Lanning was the art director.
Seafari base illustration of a whale shaped submarine moving through an underwater base Seafari spires illustration depicting whales swimming through rock structures Seafari wrecked ship illustration of Sammy, a dolphin, exploring the wreckage of a ship Seafari climax illustration of a sea monster attacking Sammy
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Happy Halloween!!! 🐧🎃
Me in my MuppetVision penguin Halloween costume!!!
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Halloween 2025 by the numbers:

- 400 kids
- 600+ gummy pizzas, burgers, Kenny Patties, Airheads, and full size Reese’s Fast Breaks
- First trick-or-treater at 5:30pm
- Ran out by 8:10pm
A malfeasance of candy
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Kids are more excited by the tv than the candy

#tcmparty #dracula
Big dang CRT playing Dracula with a preppie skeleton sitting on the front porch saying hey y’all
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Merry Christmas from Dinoland, U.S.A.
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Alright let’s see how big a stinker we got here
HILLBILLYS [sic] IN A HAUNTED HOUSE dvd featuring a gorilla and buxom blonde beauty
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I can't carve a pumpkin so the kids are getting a spooky tiki lantern
A tiki-style lamp made from cardboard with a thatch roof and carved scary face. It sits on an orange lamp
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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i’m obviously still getting used to this camera but here are some photos i took tonight!! i’m actually really into it
October 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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historyatdisney.bsky.social
Here’s another fun and somewhat bizarre photo for you all this weekend!
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This publicity photo of the Country Bears skiing down Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was taken in the summer of 1984. Looks like Liver Lips, Wendell, and Terrance had a tough time as they all have on casts!
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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1964 New York World’s Fair
Source: louxosenjoyables
Black and white promotional photo of a woman wearing a bikini designed to look like a sailor’s suit, standing on tiptoe in front of a small round swimming pool. She is holding up a model of the NYWF Unisphere, which is about two feet in diameter.
July 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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The party’s theme was vintage TV of the 50s-70s and exactly zero of the over 20 guests had ever watched Match Game 😔
Couples costume of Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly
October 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM