Enter by passing under Olden Gate Bridge, a 40-foot Brachiosaurus reassembled from excavated fossils. Speaking of which, until late summer 1999, this land had three paleontologists working on the very real skeleton of Sue, a monstrously big Tyrannosaurus rex unearthed 9 years earlier in the Black Hills of South Dakota. They patched and assembled the bones here because Disney helped pay for the work. Alas, Sue's permanent home is at Chicago's Field Museum, but Dinoland U.S.A. has a replica cast from her 67-million-year-old bones. It's marked as Dino-Sue on park guide maps.
Finding Nemo, Take 2 -- Disney's new, live stage production, Finding Nemo-The Musical, is simply enchanting. Nemo, Marlin, Dory, Crush, and Bruce (among other film favorites) come to life before your eyes. Live actors, in creatively designed puppetlike costumes, work together to re-create the undersea adventure made popular by the hit Disney Pixar film Finding Nemo. Stunning special effects and a moving musical score (written especially for the show by the composers of the Tony award-winning Avenue Q) complete the experience. Even the squirmiest toddler will sit mesmerized through this 30-minute show -- it's a must see for the entire family.
