Sam, Dinosaurs, and Jokes

When you go to Disney, you expect to have a “magical experience”. What you don’t expect is the level of generosity and friendliness found in their employees.

On the third day of our trip, we visited the Animal Kingdom. This park is a little different from other Disney parks, in that it is part zoo and part amusement park. Different sections of the park focus on Africa and Asia, as well as a section devoted to dinosaurs. In this blog, we’ll focus on Dinoland.

I had the opportunity to visit Dinoland, in a group, with one of our more dinosaur savvy campers, Sam. While exploring the different sections of the Boneyard, we were approached by a paleontologist employed by Disney. Without hesitation, Sam took advantage of the opportunity to ask a real expert questions about dinosaurs. Then the conversation switched to jokes, with Sam delivering his classic knock-knock special. Finally, in an impressive display of generosity, the paleontologist asked for the three campers’ names, and immediately returned with certificates declaring them “Junior Paleontologists”. It was worth the whole trip to see the looks on their faces.

I’d like to thank the paleontologist who took the time to speak with our campers. I only wish I could give the proper credit in this blog, but unfortunately we didn’t get his name. This was unquestionably one of my favorite memories from the trip and we were able to catch a brief portion on video. Special thanks to Amber Cotney for taking the video, as I was occupied at the moment.

The video can be viewed below. It is 2:37 in length and is a 4.07 mb download. Don’t forget to keep checking back daily for more Disney stories.