Help Me Figure Out this Mystery Attraction

[Soarin' Mama]

On our first trip to WDW, in 2007, we rode the coolest attraction. I feel like it might have been in AK, but my husband thinks it was MK. It was a train like thing, but I don't think it was really a train because it wasn't loud. It took us through places where we could see neat things, like dinosaur bones or old ruins, that you can only see on this ride. It felt like getting a peek at a hidden piece of Disney. When we got off, all three of us agreed that it was a definite highlight of our day.

We're pretty sure it wasn't the People Mover or the monorail.

What was this ride?

 

[christygobar]

Any chance it was the tram/train to Rafiki's Planet Watch? It is a bit out of the way at AK and never seems to be all that crowded (at least when we go).....

 

[eyehartdisney]

It could be the safari at Ak there are bones in the walls, and you see ginormous insect hills.

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

AK safari or Rafiki's planet watch train? There is also a Dinosaur ride but it isn't quiet lol

I have no idea what that'd be at MK. Maybe the peoplemover but there are no dinosaur bones, but you can see into attractions from the top. Also a gift shop and a model of EPCOT as it was intended. Jog any memories?

 

[WDW1970]

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in MK.

 

[maccagerl]

Sounds like the train that goes around MK, you do feel like you're seeing behind the scenes on that ride.

Here is a video of the ride

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in MK.

This was my thought. There are sort of old west ghost town ruins, and definitely some fake dino bones.

 

[MustangMike]

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in MK.

I agree, sounds like Big Thunder Mountain in MK to me. You ride on a train & go past dinosaur bones. The ruins might have been the old run down mining buildings.

 

[rastika]

My suspicion is that it is the train that goes all the way around the Magic Kingdom. Its definately one of my favorite "rides" !

 

[Sargeant Tibbs]

I also think it's the train, not Thunder Mt.

 

[EmilyS90]

Was this a fast, thrill-type ride or more slow-moving and peaceful?

 

[enchantedtikigoddess]

I also think it's the train, not Thunder Mt.

I agree

 

[HockeyMomNH]

Any chance you are confusing it with a trip to Disney Land? It sounds like the train ride there. Similar to the one at MK but there is a section where it goes into a tunnel and there is a dinosaur scene.

 

[Soarin' Mama]

It wasn't a thrill ride. It was a slow, relaxing ride. Maybe it was the railroad. It must have been. I don't know. I don't think we did Rafiki's Planet Watch.

2007 was a long time ago, and my memory is sketchy. I wish I had written it down.

 

[disney144]

Could it have been spaceship earth?

 

[mom4fun]

On our first trip to WDW, in 2007, we rode the coolest attraction. I feel like it might have been in AK, but my husband thinks it was MK. It was a train like thing, but I don't think it was really a train because it wasn't loud. It took us through places where we could see neat things, like dinosaur bones or old ruins, that you can only see on this ride. It felt like getting a peek at a hidden piece of Disney. When we got off, all three of us agreed that it was a definite
We're pretty sure it wasn't the People Mover or the monorail.

What was this ride?

Was it back lot tour.at Hollywood studio's?

 

[WDW1970]

I will say you are probably right that it is not BTMR if it was not a "thrill" ride but for someone that believes that a "thrill" ride is more akin to Millenium Force at Cedar Point, BTMR could be considered a pretty tame (non-thrill) ride. LOL!

Ps-I do enjoy BTMR very much!

 

[I M Fearless]

Another vote for the behind the scenes tour at HS although Catastrophe Canyon is fairly memorable.

 

[larryz]

Perhaps it was Pirates of the Caribbean -- some of those animatronics are old enough to be considered dinosaurs.

 

[goofyernmost]

It wasn't a thrill ride. It was a slow, relaxing ride. Maybe it was the railroad. It must have been. I don't know. I don't think we did Rafiki's Planet Watch.

2007 was a long time ago, and my memory is sketchy. I wish I had written it down.

Sketchy memories are a common occurrence on the boards, so don't worry about it. If it was slow moving it would have to be either Planet Watch or The MK Train (but I don't remember much in the line of Dino's on that one) or maybe even World of Energy. You also might be combining two different things in your memory. Have you gone to DAK? That has a big bone yard there, but it isn't a ride and lot's of Dino's. If you think of anything more specific, try again. That question was pretty vague and not really describing anything that I can remember in the parks.