Joe‘s always been a little more enthusiastic about the roadside tourist trap premise than most others, and what exists today is essentially a cheaper version of the concept with the Excavator. I’m sure he’s not lying when he says he likes Dino Rama. He just wishes it was closer to his full vision.
The thought behind the concept, as l understand it, is that it focuses on people’s fascination and imagination with dinosaurs, which allows for a deeper experience than just dinosaurs themselves. It also makes restaurants, shops, and the very presence of human civilization easier to incorporate. As well as, of course, everything Joe talks about above, barring his love for fake asphalt. I understand the positives to the concept, and I personally like it, but I‘m not sure it would’ve been incredibly well-received by most guests.
I think perhaps they should go more of a direction where Dinosaurs and other extinct animals are brought into our time and/or vice versa. Extend the Dino Institute direction and have a whole campus and research facility premise. How else would you implement a land with extinct animals? Serious question. I hope future plans for Dinoland answer this question rather than get rid of extinct animals completely, as has been tossed around as an idea.
