tarheelmjfan
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When I was a kid, I liked the local Carnival too. Don't most kids? A visit to the local Carnival is much cheaper than a visit to WDW. JMO 

It's a carnival!!!!! And that Primeval HURL, BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMrs Mouse said:
Yes, it's cheaper than a visit to WDW...BUT, the thing is that you're now IN Disney.tarheelmjfan said:A visit to the local Carnival is much cheaper than a visit to WDW. JMO![]()
I can't comment on higher humidity, but I can tell you for sure that asphalt and concrete absorb and in turn give off more heat than earth and plants. On a hot and sunny day, particularly a day with little wind, if you stand on a school's ballfield, and then go stand on the large parking lot next door, you'll be a lot hotter on the parking lot than on the ballfield.BeckWhy said:First of all, I don't know how it can be more hot and humid in one second of WDW and not be the same everywhere else. I understand there being no shade... but that doesn't change the fact that if its 80 degrees with 90% humidity in Dinoland it will be the same temperature and humidy anywhere in WDW.
BeckWhy said:First of all, I don't know how it can be more hot and humid in one second of WDW and not be the same everywhere else. I understand there being no shade... but that doesn't change the fact that if its 80 degrees with 90% humidity in Dinoland it will be the same temperature and humidy anywhere in WDW.
It's the concrete, no shade, they don't sell propper drinks and fans !!
I think that animal kingdom was made and then they just shoved Dino-land on the side as a fun-fair. You could stay home and go to a carnival and pay a few pounds OR you could go to WDW and pay alot of dollars for exactly the same!![]()
4chitlins said:Hello people it is for the kids! They love it!
CleveRocks said:I can't comment on higher humidity, but I can tell you for sure that asphalt and concrete absorb and in turn give off more heat than earth and plants. On a hot and sunny day, particularly a day with little wind, if you stand on a school's ballfield, and then go stand on the large parking lot next door, you'll be a lot hotter on the parking lot than on the ballfield.
Inside any WDW park, I can't think of a larger and more uninterrupted stretch of paved area that Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama. On a micro-climate level, it can be described in meteorological terms as a "heat island."
Mrs Mouse said:It's the concrete, no shade, they don't sell propper drinks and fans !!
I think that animal kingdom was made and then they just shoved Dino-land on the side as a fun-fair. You could stay home and go to a carnival and pay a few pounds OR you could go to WDW and pay alot of dollars for exactly the same!![]()
WDW has asphalt and concrete all throughout. But as I said in my post, Dino-Rama has the largest uninterrupted expanse of "hardtop" in all of WDW's parks, as far as I can tell. Everywhere else there are "roads" and sidewalks, but they are relatively narrow and are surrounded by landscaping, water, etc.BeckWhy said:Wait first of all.. what covers the ground in all other areas of WDW? Isn't it pavement of concrete anyways? For the most part? I don't know I never stare at the ground that I walk on. And if other areas are covered in pavement or concrete then they would be hotter too. Right?