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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Long video alert, but this is video is actually really good: 1. It breaks down this year’s oh-so-very awkward D23 (which is entertaining) 2. Then it ties these to Disney’s corporation and commodification of fan community (which is insightful & informative)

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Hastin @hastin.net · 17/09/2026

A full in-browser offline archive of the Batuu experiences, stories, transmissions, and experiences of Star Wars: Datapad has been uploaded to the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/pdp_...

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Play Disney Parks: Star Wars Datapad - Batuu Offline Archive - 1.0.0

A digital preservation and offline standalone archive of the interactive Star Wars: Datapad experience from Disney's retired Play Disney Parks mobile application.Originally introduced in 2019 alongsid...

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just had this last night; really freaking good. But when they say limited time, it’s literally eight days.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s pretty cool that Cracker Barrel still gives you the lil glass bottles of maple syrup

Picture of the “what is this, a glass bottle of maple syrupy made for ANTS”-size glass bottle of maple syrup made by the Cracker Barrel

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I miss when LFL’s character integrity was less serious. Star Wars needs more weird and dumb things like anthropomorphic candies and my son, Officer Zzzzyxxx, in them.

Officer Zzzzyxxx dressed as Mr. B Natural

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thanks to user CoasterK24 on the other site for her intrepid reporting: “Hey look, it’s Dr. Grant Seeker taking a vacation in GERMANY? Hes clearly trying to find that Iguanodon, and is walking away from the Carnotaurus artifacts, clearly not our dino.”

The miniature train set outside the Germany pavilion in Epcot. A lab coated, khaki’d, brown haired fella is sneaking’ away with an egg. Other miniatures are all “Ach du lieber! Zomevone hast schtolen our eggen!”

Multiple crates of fossils are shown surrounded by very German looking miniatures. One has a big Carnotaurus skull in it (it’s literally labeled — definitely not our dino) while another, labeled IGUANODON EGG is empty. The implication is that it got stolen, you see.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Decided to blindly rent a movie based entirely on its cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman! Jane Adams! Laura Flynn Boyle! …aaaaaah haha, not doing that again!

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MXMarks @mxmarksthespot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So Supercharged closed, which is a good thing. But here's my mini story of what Im so bummed out it. We started going to Uni in 2016, so I remember the work walls and the "coming soon". I would guess the first time my wife and I rode it was October of 2018. We were very underwhelmed, of course.

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Imagination Station Art @imagistationart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

BEST D23!!!!!!!!!!! I NEEDED THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #dreamfinder #figment #fanart

Dreamfinder as Walter White saying “I won” meme artist signature reads “Imagination Station 2026”

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Wife: “Wow this was the least bad D23 in like a decade!”

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Guys I started holding my breath when they started explaining the lore let’s see if I die before they end

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Terrible intrusive thought: my nightmare D23 announcement is that Disney worked out the rights to have Marvel writ large in WDW

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Anyone else find it weird that this company is patting themselves on the back for fixing a broken effect twenty years after it broke

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Royal Purple Pigment - 3 cups crushed ice - 1 ½ oz gin (Drumshanbo gunpowder gin) - ½ oz lime juice - ½ oz passion fruit syrup (I subbed Knott’s Boysenberry syrup) - ¼ oz Falernum - ¼ oz orgeat - lime peel Switch to shots depending on fates of beloved attractions

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In case anyone’s missing the other site during the D23 reveals

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Future look at the new Indiana Jones ride 🍺🍺

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Some NEW Dinoland discoveries this week! @drgrantseeker.bsky.social shared two photos from early in Animal Kingdom’s history, revealing some extremely rare & previously unknown elements. Let’s dig in! 🪏 (1/9 🧵)

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Cardboard America @cardboardamerica.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

One of my favorite things in my collection 1995 Trail of Blood limited edition OJ Simpson murder trial Pogs

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Louis H Gonzalez @louishgonzalez.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL - RAINBOW ROCK SHOP. Holbrook, Arizona. May 2026.

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Louis H Gonzalez @louishgonzalez.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

RAPTOR RANCH. Williams, Arizona. May 2026.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The bad thrift store down the road was looking a lot better this week

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I first learned about The Madonna Inn on this History Channel special I taped 30 years ago (👴🏻) and it permanently imprinted on me

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

McKay’s delivered some incredible dinosaur finds this weekend: 1. I loved the Prehysteria! series as a child, and the weird golf plotline in the third one made it my favorite, so glad to have it on VHS 2. Rex Appeal is an incredible title 3. William Stout’s work (1/2)

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Absolutely cleaned up at the estate sale today

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Pouring one out for John, Walt, and Jean Shepherd

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I can’t make it to Epcot this 4th of July, but I did get to celebrate with a geodesic sphere that opened in 1982 that anchored a World’s Fair

4th of July fireworks over World’s Fair park in Knoxville, TN. The majestic Sunsphere watches the show

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Louis H Gonzalez @louishgonzalez.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

KNOTT’S BERRY FARM. Buena Park, California. March 2026.

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Alicia Stella @alicia.social · 23/06/2026

FINAL WEEK!

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Utopia District @utopiadistrict.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

First color test by Brazilian TV station TV Tupi in 1963 (music added) Due to time constraints, they developed an experimental color test by painting directly into the film. Practically no one got to see this test in color until 1980, when it was showcased in the documentary 'TV Ano 30'! 📺 🎨

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

30 minutes left on the Countdown to Extinction ☄️🦖

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I used to think dudes wearing the Grateful Dead’s dancing bears were just really big fans of these guys

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Alicia Stella @alicia.social · 15/06/2026

The auction for this one of a kind original piece ends tomorrow at 5pm!!

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Louis H Gonzalez @louishgonzalez.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

DISNEYLAND. Anaheim, California. January 2026.

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Alicia Stella @alicia.social · 10/06/2026

🚨ENDS IN 24 HOURS The auction for the original "Millennium Spaceship" watercolor by @sonderquest.bsky.social is ending tomorrow so it may be your last time to bid for your chance to own this one-of-a-kind piece of art! www.ebay.com/itm/25753550...

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Seeker may be gone, but he’ll never leave our hearts 🥹 I haven’t worked in clay since college, and getting back in has been a steep learning curve. (Also had to quit social media because I have no focus) But I’m so happy to have completed it and contribute to the ParkStop campaign!!

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

It was a dream come true to visit the Cabazon Dinosaurs! Built to attract visitors to the nearby Wheel Inn (which closed in 2013), Dinney and Mr. Rex aren’t directly on #Route66, but are quintessentially roadside California. You can even go inside them!

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The frenetic descent into San Bernardino leads to the classic #Route66 accommodation known as the Wigwam Motel. 7 tepee-shaped motor courts were built in the ‘30s and ‘40s (including one in Orlando on OBT), today only 3 survive: here, on Route 66 in Holbrook, AZ, & Cave City, KY.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

#Route66 between Barstow and San Bernardino is heavily trafficked, but Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch is a must-stop. Begun in 2000 after collecting bottles from across the desert, today hundreds of bottle trees stand tall, creating a kinetic kaleidoscope of colored glass.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Picking up just West of Amboy, we find a town that didn’t get saved along #Route66: Bagdad. Once a railroad station along the Santa Fe line, it disappeared after being bypassed by I-40, and now all that remains is a sign and a single tree.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

After Amboy, we took a journey off #Route66 into nearby Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree National Park. Stayed in the tranquil oasis known as the 29 Palms Inn.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Yesterday was spent in the 109° barrens of the Mojave, which means we’ve crossed into the final state on #Route66: California! Roy’s in Amboy (population: zero) is famous for being the ONLY thing around. It’s also EXTREMELY cool.

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The final 10-ish miles before #Route66 gets subsumed by the interstate is also its most beautiful, fun, and dangerous: Sitgreaves Pass down into Oatman. This road dates to 1926 and is absolutely wild: hairpin turns, narrow roads, all half a mile above sea level. Take it slow & enjoy the ride!

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A train town (many of these places were railroad stops on the Santa Fe line), Kingman has the fortune of being on #Route66 AND I-40. As such, Kingman can boast some well-maintained neon signs and a fantastic Route 66 Visitor’s Center. Also the home of Andy Devine, voice of Friar Tuck in Robin Hood!

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Outside Seligman on #Route66 are some other great stops: - Hackberry General Store, originally run by Bob Waldmire, the inspiration for Fillmore in Cars - Antares Point ft. Giganticus Headicus, a green Moai 🗿 - Cool Spring, a 100-year old service station - A pop-up “rest stop”

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The first town on the longest stretch of #Route66 is Seligman, AZ, population: 446. Seligman is, by almost any account, the Route 66 town. Its fortunes were made by the mother road. The day I-40 opened, bypassing Seligman, the number of cars driving through dropped from 9,000 to three. 🧵

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Spent the last 2 days at the Grand Canyon and in Williams, the last town on #Route66 that was bypassed by I-40. Grand Canyon needs no introduction, but we traveled there via train, which I highly recommend. Williams has a great strip full of neon, and we stayed at a former brothel. 💃

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Yesterday was so busy, I didn’t have time to post about my visit on #Route66 to Holbrook, AZ, aka DINOLAND, USA.🦕 Holbrook was once a prehistoric forest; the trees fossilized and became petrified gold for the town. Dinos draw curious travelers inside shops all across Holbrook!

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

#Route66 winds its way through Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona’s painted desert. Thousands of fossilized trees dot the stunning vistas. Absolutely could have spent a whole day here and hung out with friendly ravens, but we have lots to do today!

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Dinoland Dan @dinolanddan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

We close our trip through the Land of Enchantment at the El Rancho Hotel. Built by the brother of film director DW Griffith, this grand wilderness lodge was visited by every legend of the silver screen, from Bogart to Mitchum, the Marx bros to Ronnie Reagan. It’s a time warp in the greatest way.

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