Related DinoLands Final Days: What to Experience Before It Closes 1. It Had a Much More Intense Name When the park opened on April 22, 1998, the ride was called Countdown to Extinction CTX. The name was changed to DINOSAUR in May 2000 to promote the Disney animated film of the same name. Despite the rebrand, the storyline—rescuing an Iguanodon—remained largely independent of the movies...
