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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! 🚨

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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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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t wait!

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 1d

I see @sonderquest.bsky.social has branched out to 3D work

A little Japanese package of construction vehicle stakes for like, appetizers or crudity or tiny vampires idk, with smiling faces reminiscent of the work of beloved theme park artist Sonder Quest (in the style of artist Scott C.)

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 1d

You know it!

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 2d

This coming on the heels of this week’s bizarre chicken tender media blitz doesn’t bode well.

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Jim!! 🥳

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

Muchas gracias ☺️

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks a bunch Krista!!

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you Belle!!

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks bud! 🥳

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

I’m hoping to make a tribute to Dinoland video featuring the Owens and Boardman specials if/when my motivation exceeds my capacity for laziness (impossible)

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

I think they’re by Applause!

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

I had a couple of these guys growing up, and seeing them in Jurassic Park may have contributed to my believing the movie was real for multiple years.

That and the fact I wasn’t even in kindergarten.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

A few other sides of my personality.

Assorted gifts, including a mug of Don the Beachcomber, a Moai mug, a Moai bottle of Chilean Pisco, a Snowbird watch, Criterion copy of Eraserhead, a Waffle House mug, and a Sonic gift card

Closeup of the Snowbird watch, my local NBC affiliate WSMV’s puppet mascot who announced school closings every snow day. Extremely potent nostalgic aura.

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

I keep getting older, but my birthday gifts stay the same age

Especially excited for the Eric Boardman and Gary Owens Dinosaurs Forever special — their videos encapsulate the very specific moment in time that Dinoland, USA celebrates.

Dinosaur ephemera: dinosaur cartoon letterhead for the DINOSAUR HUNTERS CLUB and a VHS copy of SON OF DINOSAURS

Blu-ray copy of Eric Boardman and Gary Owens’ DINOSAURS FOREVER

Those super ‘90s Jurassic Park plushes in garish neon colors: acid green and orange hadrosaur, also acid green and indigo rhino guy and purple bronto boy

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t believe it doesn’t have unnecessary text!

I also kinda like the idea of removing the Figment label and just wearing a context-free photorealistic purple dragon everywhere

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

Except here, you’re the tourist if you DON’T pronounce the name exactly as it looks - “Ver-SAL-ez”

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 3d

Versailles, KY 🫠

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 4d

TOO TRUE

Your pano is a spectacular shot btw!

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 4d

That blue box of shame 😩

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Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.com · 7d

Take me to Dinosaur Land!

#SignageSunday

Photograph of an amateurish hand painted sign pointing to the entrance to Dinosaur Land in Alpine, California.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 6d

Idk why but this makes me so sad. I have sticker anxiety and yet there’s a part of me that needs to believe these pure, innocent little guys are still around. 🥺

I’m buying what I can and telling my teacher friends too.

www.trendenterprises.com/collections/...

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Cardboard America @cardboardamerica.bsky.social · 10d

I haven't shared enough of my phone cards from the late 90s:

20 Minutes free long distance from Ore-Ida (expires 10/19/1999)

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How Bowers @goawaygreen.bsky.social · 10d

This little guy looked up from eating the grass to watch the fireworks. #RetroMagic #Epcot

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 10d

All of Iger’s recent unforced errors coupled with the state of everything else makes me think he’s about to throw the keys to the next guy like it’s March 2020

Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 10d

A rare #emptyqueueproject entry for Living Seas

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