Dinosaur with the lights-on (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

A lights-on ride through of Dinosaur, at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Recorded during the fall 2021 Disney College Program Celebration Event at Animal Kingdom. (Probably the best thing to come out of my program).
Yes, there are people talking during the ride. Yes, one of those people is me. No, I won't apologize for any of it.

[@mr.gullible7983]

I love how this ride looks stunning with the lights off and with the lights on it's basically a Rainforest Cafe

[@molotovgirl555]

😂😂

[@duanewaihi4453]

😁

[@Beetle-y2k]

LOLL

[@user-nl3xw4gg7m]

They didn’t even paint the walls blue and the floor brown or green so they could alternate between night and day!

[@dynamicmediacurations]

You know what I love more than anything else in the world? Someone loudly reciting all the ride narration because they can.

[@RakoonCD]

Unironically

[@Crosslegs]

not cool

[@eeman0201]

@@Crosslegs cool

[@brianna_lynch]

Normally i’d agree that reciting audio is not cool, but this was a cast member event. Every single person in the ride vehicle had been on the ride multiple times.

[@rodentperson237]

On any other ride that's shit but this ride is like camp central

[@bryceradtke4064]

Bro really memorized the entire ride script

[@PantonePapi]

Disney adults….😖

[@MaxxVelo]

All of a sudden randomly: "COME IN SIMBA 1!"

[@TylerPCoyne]

I seen many POV’s of this ride and rode it many times. I know the entire ride word for word, and even said the entire dialogue while riding it once!

[@TheInuyasha90]

@@PantonePapi Then why are you here XD

[@PantonePapi]

@@TheInuyasha90 animatronics get me goin 💦

[@magicallyella7740]

for everyone irritated by the talking: this was during an after-hours experience for the cast members. they weren’t annoying anyone who was a guest just trying to enjoy their trip.

[@DiamondBatToons]

For real!? They were allowed to ride the rides?? I've never worked at an amusement park, so forgive me for not knowing anything about this stuff.

[@georgiabundick]

@@DiamondBatToonsi think it was like a special event. i’m pretty sure it’s a once in a blue moon type of deal from everything i’ve seen as opposed to like nightly after every closing but man that would be sick

[@memethyst]

thank you for showing the tiny dino head at 2:32, ive known about it for years and seen pictures of it online and everytime i rode the ride i would look to the left when the camera flashed to see the tiny dino head for a split second. i could never find ANY videos of the "b mode", last year for the first time in my life i got to see "b mode" in person and it was hilarious, they cover the big animatronic with a tarp and shine a blacklight on the tiny unmoving decapitated dino head, i wish i could've recorded it

[@AoiUsagiOtoko]

how is it even scarier with the lights ON? this ride is somethin else. 😂 i love it, though i can never keep my eyes open when i ride it haha

[@Mike__B]

Scarier with lights on? I dunno, seemed very lack luster and unexciting with the lights on.

[@TheDramaticCrafter]

@@Mike__B The lightining makes it scary

[@jackwhiteakajoker9394]

You want to no something funny when I first saw this ride on KZbin I was like wow this looks fun but when I went to Disney that turned out to be a whole different story

[@TheDramaticCrafter]

@@jackwhiteakajoker9394 Lol yeah

[@theatrenerd1000]

You can really see the track layout with the lights on that indeed is identical to Indiana Jones in DL!

[@forceghostyoda5730]

1:01 *wrong*

[@JoseGarcia-gu4ub]

Would drive me crazy to ride with you guys.

[@Viking_Luchador]

Worse than people who talk during a movie

[@RichieJimyt]

Had these teenage girls on the Guardians of the Galaxy ride at California Adventure do the same thing. Quoting the whole thing my first time on it. Bummed me out.

[@seanmobley2610]

This was an after-hours event for cast members in a specific program. The lights were on. They were with their buds. There's a time and a place to be obnoxious on a ride, and this is that time and place.

[@RichieJimyt]

@@seanmobley2610 I can respect that, among your peers

[@hihellothere100]

Like the tour guide guy from The Wizard movie would say, Please just sit down and have fun...Just sit down and have fun Damn it!😆

[@mikeytee6821]

As a professional dinosaurologist I can neither confirm nor deny the authenticity of this video.

[@ChrisGeeReacts]

This ride is terrifying enough, even more scarier with the lights on

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

If you thought this was terrifying! You should’ve written an alien encounter… Or had seen the dinosaur attraction in its original version

[@happiestplace3754]

Terrifying how little sets and themeing are actually in this attraction and why over half of it takes place in complete darkness.

[@jamesmason5576]

There is 2 Carnotaurus's in the beginning too. If Carn A doesnt work properly, the 2nd one Carn B is uncovered and used. Just like the random head one in the 2nd to last scene.

[@Ironmangroup]

No. Let me explain. When the ride first opened there were two of them. The first you one you saw was either the male or female. The second vice versa. At the end here is when you got pinned down. It used to show both of them and they both had lights on them to see them and the other would move a little. Just like in the movie there were two. Now they dont use them. Because Disney likes to use less and pay for less to fix. And what they do now is kinda what you said. They use them to offset another animatronic if its down.

[@Squanchpad]

@@Ironmangroup a lot of time they just use extra unlit space in an attraction for storage. I did a tour of rockin' roller coaster 4 years ago and they had a spare xenomorph from GMR sitting in the dark.

[@Ironmangroup]

@@Squanchpad That doesn't sound right to me at all. What I said about Dinosaur is what ended up happening. They were never meant to be spares. They were meant to be both used on the ride simultaneously. And as far as the xenomorph I worked at stuios for years. If you went around 4 years ago its around the time they shut down GMR. Otherwise they never put in random animatronics in different ride buildings. There is simply no reason. Rocking Rollercoaster is a relatively empty building. With only a scissor lift in the middle they dont have much in there nor the space.

[@rebeldrummer09]

@@Ironmangroup I think the floating head may be used for B mode now. I've never seen it until the last time I went and when we road it the floating head just lit up.

[@Ironmangroup]

@@rebeldrummer09 Yeah thats how they use it now. They both used to be used together all the time. Thats no longer the case

[@lbskysword9545]

That one carnotaurus coming Towards the cart was a terrifying part, and the one at the end. I never thought the ride was scary till I think of it lol

[@clarktooncrossing3975]

My favorite dinosaur: the pipe-osaurus. Lights on or off, this ride is awesome!

[@mylife14748]

Don’t you mean the sauropod?

[@zorob5]

This ride has so much potential. It definitely could use a refurb.

[@xBloodxFangx]

it was in 2016

[@allosaurusanimations]

2:33 “There’s two?!?” Bro, that’s hilarious.

[@Bolt3911]

we had a lights on in-show exit on this ride. the seatbelt on one of the unused seats on our ride vehicle failed to connect and shut the ride down. We were shocked at how it was just a large warehouse with a few fake plants and the animatronics. the difference between lights out and lights on was spectacular.

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

I feel like this happens quite frequently. As I’ve actually had this experience a couple of times. The lights on actually provide a little bit better of an experience lol because you can actually see what is around you. I really wish that they would do some updates to this attraction.

[@mikalmos369]

Thank you for posting this that was so cool! I was in attractions cast member at the magic Kingdom and at Epcot and had a few friends that were attractions at animal Kingdom/Studios and I tried very hard to ride as many of the attractions with the lights on as I possibly could but I never had the opportunity for this one so thank you again very much

[@reynamayree2935]

Its so precious how much fun youre having

[@alwaysplanningdisney3214]

Wait I think I like it better this way. The level of darkness is my second least favorite thing about this ride - M

[@JoseGarcia-gu4ub]

What’s your least?

[@alwaysplanningdisney3214]

@@JoseGarcia-gu4ub Ha! That would be the headache I get after all the jerkiness of the ride. But reflecting on this again, I'm going to say that the darkness is tied for the first worst part of this ride. I'm so claustrophobic and I nearly had a panic attack on this one once - M

[@costas6485]

Thank you sir you made my kids day.

[@ChickenCoop82]

I’m a massive fan of Disney world rides and the behind the scenes aspects and such, and I honestly got more enjoyment out of the reciting of Dr. Seeker’s lines than the actual ride through lol Dinosaur is one of my favorite currently operating rides Disney has ever had to offer

[@cactoyote]

I’ve never been on this ride and I STILL know the script cause of everyone mimicking it haha.

[@RetroVintageDisneyDev1971]

This is awesome

[@Bobathan]

I love so much how you say the entire ride so genuinely. Me and my brother rode it three times in a row and we kept quoting the ride for days and still do. You’re rad

[@gabbygozdecki8838]

Indy feels so much longer to me!!

[@amburcognac5112]

I love this ride ❤🦕

[@KenLantern]

This is better than when I last went on the ride recently which was the darkest dark ride I've been on

[@Ironmangroup]

So if anyone is wondering about the second head floating to the left at the end let me explain. When the ride first opened there were two of them. The first you one you saw was either the male or female. The second vice versa. At the end here is when you got pinned down. It used to show both of them and they both had lights on them to see them and the other would move a little. Just like in the movie there were two. Now they dont use them. Because Disney likes to use less and pay for less to fix. And what they do now is they use them to offset another animatronic if its down.

[@stephaniebrooks6312]

Wrong. So wrong. The dinosaur head over to the left is used when the big standing Dinosaur on the right is down for maintenance. Good story telling, though! 10/10

[@Ironmangroup]

@@stephaniebrooks6312 Girl. I lived in the parks since I was a child. I was there opening day. They both were used. And much like every other disney ride theming goes away. Take Rocking Roller coaster. It used to have a night sky. Then they got tired of cleaning it. It now has years of dust and gunk on it. They really dont like to use the other head. They have used the normal Carnotaur in a static position if needed. Theyd rather do that.

[@stephaniebrooks6312]

@@Ironmangroup Same, my dude. I was at AK opening day. Rode this opening day. Rode this hundreds of times since 1998. Most recently, in May, they covered the standing carno in tarps and green shrubbery and had the static head out to the left to take our picture. Here's a video for proof, my man. kzbin.infoUgkx4wjTqzE49sqjrV2odkenuVcy8RD9YMu0

[@TheDeviousDrDoom]

@@stephaniebrooks6312 Did you not read where he put "And what they do now is they use them to offset another animatronic if its down."? Don't be such a BABA BOOEY and use reading comprehension!!

[@fernogaming6201]

@@Ironmangroup I can confirm that it may have moved before, but that head at the end is the b show version of the carnotaurus (just like disco yeti is the b version of it moving). It’s used only if the big carnotaurus is not working, so they will light it up. It stays static

[@privatename5788]

Nice. I'm too busy trying to keep my back and neck from going out to ever enjoy this ride.

[@hannahroberts673]

Back when my family and I went on this ride, my mom apparently didn't realize how much the ride shakes you around, so she didn't think to take her hat off. Sure enough, it went flying off during the ride!

[@HibiscusStitch]

THIS IS SO COOL

[@jessekiefer0206]

That was cool!

[@fyrechild2491]

i loved this ride, my band group went to Disney for a week and my friend and I rode this ride three times in a row, the first time my friend was laughing like a maniac and I was holding on for dear life, the second time we were both laughing like maniacs, and the third time was to get out of the hot sun, still incredibly fun though.

[@annabobanaasmr8411]

This was my favorite ride as a kid as well. It terrified me at first but seeing the Iguanodon at the end always cheered me up. I can still remember the smell of the loading area as well, that sickly sweet/mechanical smell? Idk what it was.

[@The67jeffery23]

I rode this ride last June and it scared the shit out of my 26 year old ass 🤣🤣🤣

[@chrismemphis8062]

That's the LOUDEST ride in Disney

[@aaronboykin8203]

This could be good for kids that are scared of the dark

[@mollycblaeser]

As much as I'm terrified of this ride, I low-key wanted to work it during the 2nd half of my DCP while Boneyard closed. I ended up getting Rama, which I loved!

[@daylanLA]

amazing

[@jerryr7641]

Cool video

[@KevinKlineisawesome]

That’s amazing to see the ride with the lights on. But at the same time, it takes away the scary affect. The ride often gets so loud that I have to put earplugs on since I’m one of the few to be sensitive to loud environments and I try to not lose my hearing.

[@cc1526]

Never go on fast and the furious at universal and if you do, don’t sit on the edge. Dinosaur is a lullaby compared to that. My ears were actually ringing when I got off. It’s horrible.

[@justincook5202]

I don't know how it happened but that is so 🆒, you can see everything with these lights on and I noticed that there's a hallway behind the Carnotaurus and other areas usually that virtual ride takes place in the 🌃 time

[@RustThisWorld]

Seeing it like this really makes you realize that the track layout is identical to Indiana Jones. The darkness makes it alot more disorienting.

[@habibkebob3880]

Gotta love the airhockey paddle on the hood.

[@horrormoviescreamqueen13]

Best ride at DAK!!!! 🦖

[@pasqualelibertino6141]

I’m not gonna lie, it’s cool you know the lines, but I just feel it’s not fair to other guests who have never been on the ride before. Imagine if we all went to see movies we already saw and repeated all the best lines with the actors? Idk maybe just me. Just doesn’t seem cool?

[@christopherbondoc9402]

I feel like if your first time riding Dinosaur is with the lights on, recitation of the lines is the least of your worries when it comes to ruining the experience.

[@pasqualelibertino6141]

@@christopherbondoc9402 you know what, I completely agree with that too! Lol still a cool experience though!

[@christopherbondoc9402]

@@pasqualelibertino6141 lol definitely a cool experience! I wonder how they were able to do it!

[@thethemeparkproblem77]

This was during a special cast event, most likely everyone that was on it had ridden it before

[@pasqualelibertino6141]

@@thethemeparkproblem77 Thanks for the info! That’s awesome

[@BrappyHour]

Looks like they freshened up the animatronics a little. Good on them.

[@VeilRemoved]

2:30, AHA! That second Dino is a plan B mode dino in case the animatronic isn't working... is what I assume it is anyway

[@kellycarpenter3195]

I’ve been on that ride End it was super super fun

[@WileyCylas]

Five Nights At Aladar’s 😹🦖🦕

[@mryeetgamer6990]

the pterodactyl used to move, if you look, its mount arm has a track

[@meganandremmie33]

this is the loudest ride ever

[@kelsimorrison5386]

I subscribed

[@jackwhiteakajoker9394]

Weird seeing it with the lights on but cool at the same time

[@Nellysland]

YALL SEEM LIKE SO MUCH FUN TO RIDE WITH IM GENUINELY JEALOUS

[@CosplayCore]

I’m still mad that on this ride, we kidnap Aladar but on another note… riding through it with the lights on to see how it all works is really cool!!! 🥰🥰

[@terrykaufman9413]

kidnap? he's a full grown man at that point lol

[@venture_bel]

i really need to do the DCP. i wish universal had a program like this too

[@coastermaniac16]

Why does every high quality disney lights on video have to have the most annoying person scream into the mic.

[@shiningsylvie]

this is one of my most fav rides, I would love to ride with a group like you so I don’t feel bad quoting along with the narration!

[@OGpenguinBTW]

I can't believe I was scared of this ride as a kid

[@salvatorepurello]

Time travel comancing in t-minus 10 seconds and counting

[@brissy3936]

yuh get into itttt

[@jamescain9464]

my favorite part is seeing ll the extinct ride elements and effects that are still there like the pterodactyl mechanism, and the original carnotaurus head before they added the big animatronic

[@FatFiber8096]

That’s actually not the original head it’s used for when the big one isn’t working and they shine a light on it

[@kellycarpenter3195]

Ride was fun when I went on it at Disney

[@kylgrv]

1:10 “That’s not our dino!”

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

I first rode that ride, in 2014. After, I looked at my daughter and asked, " can we go again?"

[@PhoenixPrime]

And what’d your daughter say? Lol

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

@@PhoenixPrime she said, "ok". We rode it three times.

[@color_spectrum]

oh, i think i may have been on this ride at that point. was it the last ride of the night during the DCP celebration? I also got some footage from my seat in the back right corner (though it wasn't as nice of a view and was kinda shake-y and quit halfway thru bc phone battery is small)

[@Nflguy4949]

Crazy how the track is flat and the vehicle itself makes you feel like your going over bumps etc.

[@user-ul5qz9pq3l]

My fav part was when they saw the other car and were so excited to see them and yelled and waved. also for all of you saying that you wold hate to ride with these people personally, that sounds fun to ride with them and I would be laughing so hard. I wonder what their on-ride photo looked like.

[@user-ul5qz9pq3l]

ALSO WHEN THEY GET RID OF THIS RIDE I AM GOING TO CRY

[@legendofzeldafan-nk9bv]

I always scream so loud when I see the carnotaurus. I'm so terrified. I absolutely love the ride, don't get me wrong. But whenever I see the carnataurus, I always scream with terror.

[@MichaelRyanMoss]

Looks like we're rescuing the Iguanodon on daytime (lights on).

[@hammerheadbg]

How did I not know I lived with a famous person!

[@jesp2092]

Wow😊

[@MsDisneylandlover]

i hope one day to ride this ride one day never been to wdw.

[@idgaf8389]

It’s amazing!!! Make it a goal boo

[@BeastCoasters]

Well it's on it's countdown to extinction, so better get out there soon if you haven't already.

[@JellyGeneral47]

1:06 It was at this moment, I noticed that you can see the mechanics.

[@vman3695]

When your friend already saw the movie and he spends the whole time repeating the lines.

[@J_Addison]

We broke down on it once and the car rocked for about 5 minutes, I almost got sick

[@15ukuleles94]

I swear the drop feels bigger than that at the wbd

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

This ride is getting an Indiana Jones reboot soon!

[@Noob-wt9yk]

Why are they removing this, this is one of my favorite rides 😢

[@starwarsnerd47484]

"They're not gonna-" *Oh crap to early* "Th-" *Ok, now!& "-ey're not gonna make it! They're not gonna make it!"

[@chicagocarless]

No wonder the ride is almost pitch black. There’s not a whole lot in there. Indiana Jones this isn’t.

[@absurdtrickster9074]

Wow the decorations look so sparse with the lights on.!

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

Isn’t it sad! I mean they depend upon the darkness so much. And it’s a little ironic that it’s the sister of Indiana Jones which is actually probably the most themed attraction for its time.

[@gissneric]

​@@JohnDonovanProductions I think it's pretty clever. Besides you're not supposed to see it with lights so the fact that we are fooled to think that there is so much going on but in reality it's not is genius.

[@disneyinuyamon]

2:32 I knew there was another Carnotaurus

[@tanner4214]

Wooooo

[@damanwiththeplan]

Would be nice if they actually brought this attraction back to the Countdown to Extinction version.... such a shame to see it in this dumbed down state.

[@joyholmes254]

I never even noticed the second Carnotaurus 😳 didn’t even realize there were two at that point instead of one

[@FatFiber8096]

It is a spare head when the ride is functioning normally it is completely shrouded in darkness

[@joyholmes254]

@@FatFiber8096 that does not help my anxiety knowing there’s a second head lurking in the shadows 😅

[@FatFiber8096]

Me too it is terrifying to think about it is called nyctophobia the fear of things being unseen in the dark

[@memethyst]

you can see it for a split second if you look to the left when the camera is flashing

[@joyholmes254]

@@memethyst I don’t think I want to 😅😅

[@jesp5236]

Wow

[@WarlockNoxs]

What would you compare that drop to at the end? Like seven dwarves/pirates of the Caribbean or worse? I really don’t like that butterfly feeling, it makes me sick

[@tgtterrorizor3407]

This ride scared me to the point that I had shut my eyes and ears for the rest of the ride. Don't know why my parents thought going on it was a good idea.

[@ryanmiddleton3788]

Haha same here went on it once and never again

[@lilredpen]

Can’t believe they are getting rid of this.😢

[@scotts6955]

Someone left three air hockey paddle on top of your ‘car’.

[@SaturnTubes]

I think they should have chosen a slightly brighter lighting for the main ride. The darkness is part of the experience for sure, but if it were a brighter red to simulate the asteroid while allowing riders to see more of this, I think it would have made for a better ride. This ride already suffers for being too narrative focused and not thrilling like it’s counterpart, the least they could have done was make that narrative easier to see

[@FilmThePoliceFTP]

"Theres two" one of then is B mode i believe.

[@practicalpisces]

1:26 Indiana Jone's Bridge Scene.

[@michellel.wilson6751]

This ride made me so sick. I thought it would be okay but NOPE!

[@chloeb832]

There’s 2 of the same dinosaur at the end the cuz the left aside is the b mode one

[@lukecolumbus13]

@Nathan Last Name How did you even upload this ride with the lights on!?

[@ThatOtherNathan]

To make a long story short, CMs at Dinosaur were running the ride with lights on for the last 30 minutes of the celebration, so I filmed it!

[@lukecolumbus13]

@@ThatOtherNathan WOW!

[@lukecolumbus13]

@@ThatOtherNathanDid you see how terrifying the CARNOTAURUS REALLY WAS!?!?!

[@AlexShannon]

It’s so weird that it’s the same track as Indians Jones.

[@bacondude3696]

if you're gonna recite every line from the ride at least get the timing right

[@silvert00]

Same ride path as Indiana jones in CA

[@RodrinBird]

How do you ride with Lights