Question about Boneyard

[Timmer]

Anybody know what the "gravel" is in the dig site (where the kids unearth the wooly mammoth fossil) at The Boneyard in Animal Kingdom?

I'd like to make a mini version of this at home... Is it commercially available from, say Home Depot or Lowes?

Thanks in advance...

 

[Timmer]

**bump**

 

[ryley26]

last time we were there it seemed to be small pea gravel . its nice it doesn't get into everything.

 

[rjjr]

Timmer,

We have pea gravel here under our swingset, but the stuff in the boneyard is definitely smaller in size. I don't know what it is, kind of a cross between sand and pea gravel!

 

[ebaynut31]

I do believe it is walnut shells. I was talking to a cm a few years ago, maybe 2, and she said it was walnut shells.

 

[Strings]

I don't think it could be walnut shells because of nut allergies. They would have to post huge disclaimer signs all over the place. Too much liability.

 

[Timmer]

It's definitely some type of rock... I never heard of "pea gravel" before

 

[WeLuvBuzz]

I thought I read somewhere that it was made from recycled tires? I know it's not just some kind of rock. There was a long explanation somewhere about it being specifically designed to not get the kids dirty.

 

[bcvprincesses]

It is a type of pea gravel. A few years ago we wanted to get the same thing and I sent an e-mail to Disney and they told me exactly what it was (something like #10 pea gravel????) We looked all over for this and found it online in Texas. It was very expensive to have it shipped to MI so we used rubber mulch instead. I hope you can find it.

 

[elemusing]

The CM working there told us it is called "Texas Grit."