fuck yeah animatronics

I'm gonna be so sad when Dinosaur gets taken out and this throat goat is gone forever

“Hey, there, is this the way back to the future?”

Top pic: Imagineer Jack Raupach

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Dinosaur at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, 1999

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When Dinosaur opened in 1998, there was a short lived effect just after passing under the pterodactyl where some compsognathus would jump over your vehicle! This was achieved by having the dinos pass over your head on a chain. In 2016, the broken effect was replaced by a screen.

inside walt disney’s ford magic skyway at the 1964 world’s fair. the dinosaurs from this exhibit later became part of the primeval world diorama along the course of the disneyland railroad, and the ride system was later adapted for disneyland’s peoplemover.

(from the big EPCOT Center book)

Disneyland Goes To The World’s Fair, 1964

(from the big EPCOT Center book)

I miss him