Dinosaur ride in Epcot a long time ago?

[grandall]

Was there a prehistoric/dinosaur ride in Epcot 20 years ago that smelled very authentic? It's not there anymore right? Did Soarin replace it?

 

[CentralFloridian99]

You're talking about the Universe of Energy. It's still there, just with Ellen DeGeneres.

 

[grandall]

Thanks!! Can't believe we missed it on our last two trips!!

 

[flortlebap]

Hehe it took me several years to work out where the dinosaur ride was, completely came across it accidentally on our last trip

 

[Raenstoirm]

It is really kind of out of the way and easy to miss!

 

[starrysky]

Just be aware that its around 45mins for the ride. Some people don't realise it takes so long.

We love it though and it gives us a chance to get off our feet for a bit and still take in a ride.

 

[jdb in AZ]

The best part about the ride is the air conditioning.

We prefer the Dinosaur ride in Animal Kingdom, not to be confused with Dino-O-Whirl.

 

[tinkerbesh]

Yep that's it! But it doesn't have that "authentic smell" anymore.

 

[grandall]

Yep that's it! But it doesn't have that "authentic smell" anymore.

Oh man...That was the best part!

 

[TwiddleDeeTwiddleDum]

We don't see this every trip but I've always liked this for a hot summer afternoon get away to escape the heat for 45 minutes while touring EPCOT. The dinosaur part is very good plus sometimes I find myself drifting off during the ending movie part Totally refreshed when I'm exiting

 

[brerdawg]

Was there a prehistoric/dinosaur ride in Epcot 20 years ago that smelled very authentic? It's not there anymore right? Did Soarin replace it?

Ellen's energy Adventure. It's still there.

 

[Sweettears]

Was there a prehistoric/dinosaur ride in Epcot 20 years ago that smelled very authentic? It's not there anymore right? Did Soarin replace it?

How do you or anyone else know what it selled like back in the day of the dinosaur?

You will find a bunch of naysayers on the DIS but I think it's still worth putting up with a few too many minutes of Ellen.

 

[ripedie254]

Arent there dinosaurs on Ellen's Energy Adventure?

 

[mesaboy2]

Arent there dinosaurs on Ellen's Energy Adventure?

Yeah...that's what everyone is talking about.

 

[Hannathy]

It "smelled" the last time I was on it a few years ago, has this changed?

 

[fla4fun]

You know, it's sad when an attraction is so overlooked that people think it's no longer there. When I think of all the popular attractions, like Horizons, that were taken away and they allow other attractions which are much less popular to remain, it makes me wonder what they're thinking sometimes.

 

[SueM in MN]

Links to information about past Universe of Energy
http://www.lostepcot.com/universeofenergy.html

If you click some of the links in the article, it brings you to a picture page. The preshow with turning picture cubes was wonderful!

We were at Ellen's Energy Adventure less than 2 weeks ago and it still smelled the same to us - sort of swampy.