head in the extended queue area.
Queue If the ride was busy, then guests would first wind though an outdoor area before entering the first section of the indoor queue. Once inside the first section, guests would see several small exhibits including a display of small
fossils (including
Champsosaurus,
Dromaeosaurus, Protostega, among others.), modern animals that can be traced back to the dinosaur ages, and evidence for the several theories of mass extinction. The second section of the indoor queue was an eight-sided room, with the upper parts of the walls displaying some artist renderings of what the age of the dinosaurs might have looked like and some fossils. The lower sections of the walls were a simulation of
sedimentary rock that contained fossils. Some sections of the lower walls had windows that displayed some more fossils. Hanging from the ceiling was a large globe with
Pangaea, and a rod connected to the globe with measurements of hundreds of thousands of miles to show how far the theoretical
asteroid that impacted with earth to cause mass extinction had to travel. The defining feature of the second room was its centerpiece: a
Carnotaurus skeleton (actually a
Tyrannosaurus with a
Carnotaurus skull). In the second room, at regular time intervals, the lights dimmed, and
Bill Nye the Science Guy shared some facts and theories about the
age of dinosaurs, using the globe, the paintings, and the fossil to help out with his small lectures. After weaving through the second room, guests then entered one of two
pre-show theaters.
Preshow Guests entered a small standup theater and a short movie came on a projection screen. The first part of the movie was a small presentation by the fictional director of the Dino Institute, Dr.Helen Marsh (played by
Phylicia Rashad). She claims that the "bare bones" approach of displaying research of prehistory is "about to become extinct." She says that the Dino Institute has created a "time rover" that has the ability to take guests to the age of the dinosaurs. She says that the rover is intended to take guests to a "breathtaking world where you will witness the most fantastic creatures to ever walk the earth." Dr.Marsh then transfers to a "live" feed of the control center for a comprehensive safety briefing. Riders were greeted in the second section of the movie by the controller Dr.Grant Seeker (played by actor
Wallace Langham). Seeker decides to skip most of the safety notes and get to talking about what his intentions are. He intends to use the time rover and the guests that were supposed to take a tour to go on a mission to save an Iguanodon from extinction and bring it back to the Dino Institute. He says that he tagged him with a locator during a previous "unauthorized" field trip. He then goes on to say that the
Iguanodon is at the
very end of the Cretaceous period. However, Dr.Marsh comes into the control center and says that the tours are intended for the
Early Cretaceous, and that the rovers are locked on those coordinates. Dr.Seeker then continues his "safety briefing" by talking about flash photos and seatbelts. Dr.Marsh leaves the room during that small section of the video, and Dr.Seeker unlocks the time coordinates behind her back. Automatic doors on the opposite side of the theatre opened up to the entrance of the loading area. As guests exited, the voice of Dr.Seeker was heard, reminding guests and to not tell anyone else.
Ride experience Guests entered an underground research facility where the time rover would pick them up. Once the riders got onboard, they pulled forward for a seatbelt check. They then proceeded to a security checkpoint. Suddenly, alarms and warning lights went off, indicating that Dr.Seeker's modified coordinates had been detected, and the vehicle is unauthorized to continue. Lurching forward, Seeker ignored the alarms and moved the vehicle into the "Time Tunnel", where flashing lights temporarily blinded the riders. When their vision returns, they were transported to prehistoric times. When they landed, guests could smell the forest and trees around them while they came across a
Styracosaurus, an
Alioramus eating a
Brachychampsa, a
Parasaurolophus (identified as "
hadrosaur") watching over its young, and a
Velociraptor (identified as "
raptor"). Seeker, their driver, then locked onto the signal of the tracker and the ride became much bumpier. The scanner built into the rover picked up a big dinosaur, and Seeker thought that it was the
Iguanodon. He pulled the rover to a full stop, but found out that the dinosaur was a
Carnotaurus. The rover took off away from the
Carnotaurus, and found another big dinosaur with the scanner. The dinosaur was a
Saltasaurus (identified as "
sauropod"). The rover started to pull away again. The timer that counts down to the
asteroid that causes the mass extinction claimed that the asteroid is going to strike in 90 seconds, and the rover started to pick up the pace. The scanner found an
Cearadactylus (identified as "
pterodactyl") that was flying directly towards them. The rover drove down a small hill and dodged the pterosaur. Now in almost complete darkness, the rover sped through the forest and picked up a pack of
Compsognathus on the scanner that were running through the forest with them. The rover fell down another small hill and lost traction. The
Carnotaurus the riders saw before appeared in front of them, and walked towards the Time Rover. Seeker turned on the four-wheel drive system and successfully got the rover away just before the
Carnotaurus got to the riders. The rover performed evasive maneuvers to dodge the meteors in the darkness. After dodging the meteors successfully, the rover then stumbled upon the
Carnotaurus once again, which tried to lunge at them. This is where the ride took the rider's photo. The rover took off again into a small section of the forest where some of the trees were falling down. The scanner finds the
Iguanodon, but Seeker decides to abort the mission and bring the rover back, as the asteroid is about to strike. A tree was about to fall on the rover, but the
Iguanodon caught the tree and the rover proceeded as a net from the rover caught the Iguanodon (through a projection cast on the animatronic). The asteroid struck the ground and created a flash of light, and the
Carnotaurus was seen giving one last lunge. However, at the last second, the rover transported back to the institute, where Dr.Seeker congratulated guests on making it back. The rover then proceeded to the loading station while videos on TV monitors showed the Iguanodon roaming around the institute. On the right, guests could view a large mirror, which was added for a
Pepper's ghost effect showing that the Iguanodon traveled with them. However, this effect was never implemented. The riders then got off and proceeded to some stairs, which lead to the gift shop. As guests left, they could see Dr.Marsh and the Dino Institute employees attempting to chase down the Iguanodon and Dr.Seeker on overhead TV monitors. Guests could also hear radio chatter indicating what was going on. ==Incidents==