“…birds are dinosaurs, ducks are birds, therefore ducks are dinosaurs.” – Joe Rohde
Over the past few weeks, Walt Disney Imagineer, Joe Rohde, has been giving his own personal tour of his beloved park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Sharing everything from cultural insights to engineering methods, the future-Disney legend has opened our eyes to what has become one of the most impressive theme park experiences in the country.
But in all of the park’s accuracy, there is one section that still breaks away for “kiddie stuff” and Disney IPs: DinoLand U.S.A. Among the carnival-like atmosphere, guests have the privilege to meet some of our favorite Disney Ducks including Donald, Daisy, Scrooge, and Launchpad McQuack. Rohde has spent his last two Instagram posts talking about the themed land and in doing so defended and explained why it made sense to have our favorite ducks in DinoLand, U.S.A., and he only needs to use evolution.
He writes: “Because after all, birds are dinosaurs, ducks are birds, therefore ducks are dinosaurs.”
You can read his full Instagram post here as well as follow along to for the rest of the tour:
Rohde also acknowledges the breakaway from the intensity and accuracy of the rest of the park and praises DinoLand U.S.A. for what it is: “Dinoland has a lot of humor and because of that I think we can relax some of the seriousness of some of the other themes and get away with some hijinx.”
But, DinoLand is the perfect place for Donald, Daisy, Scrooge and Launchpad for another relevant reason: DuckTales (oo-ooo). With the rebooting of the beloved Disney Channel show, DinoLand U.S.A. is the most logical place to add those Disney characters! Because of course, that’s where our daring duck adventurers would be! Our friends are just off on yet another daring adventure and one can only hope they start to do more with them there.
With so many other amazing adventures like Flight of Passage, Kilimanjaro Safaris, and Expedition Everest, DinoLand U.S.A. often gets overlooked save for the Dinosaur dark ride. But the genius designer behind the park made sure to give the land its time in the spotlight–even though he confirmed they haven’t changed the graphics since 1998.