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Coastersaurus
The dinosaur family woodie — small drops through brick-built prehistory, the natural second coaster after the Dragon.
Ride facts
- Type
- Roller coaster
- Height
- Height unverifiedLow family minimum — verify on the park's own page.
- Intensity
- Gentle
- Motion sickness
- No motion risk
- Getting wet
- Stay dry
- Indoor / outdoor
- Outdoor
- Air conditioned
- No
- Rider Switch
- Available
Last verified July 2026
What it is
Coastersaurus is Florida's family wooden coaster, wrapping a landscaped prehistoric garden of animated brick dinosaurs. The wooden-coaster feel scaled to kid size is the design: real structure, real (small) drops, real charm.
It is the confidence-builder between the Dragon and bigger parks. The dinosaurs give nervous riders a focus that isn't the drop.
What riding it is actually like
The lift, the rattle and the structure are real wooden-coaster business at kid scale, wrapped through a landscaped prehistoric garden of animated brick dinosaurs. A couple of small drops, turns around the greenery, and a brake run that arrives before anyone’s courage is spent.
The front row is the dinosaur-view seat — the animated faces and the roar timing land best from there — and the back row is the coaster-feeling seat, the mild airtime off each small drop reading a beat later and a touch stronger.
Ride it in the rope-drop window right after the Dragon, when the course is quiet. It is the confidence-builder on the ladder between the Dragon and bigger parks elsewhere: enough real coaster to count, nothing that undoes the confidence it builds.
Is Coastersaurus scary?
Family wooden coaster through a landscaped dinosaur forest — small drops, mild speed, animated roars. The friendliest woodie tier.
Scores are editorial, on a 1–5 scale, judged against what frightens a typical four- to seven-year-old rather than an adult.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair
- Must transfer to the ride vehicle
- Audio description
- Not offered
- Handheld captioning
- Not offered
- Assistive listening
- Not offered
- Sign language
- Not offered
- Service animals
- Must use a kennel or wait with a companion
Transfer into family wooden-coaster trains.
Tips that actually help
- Ride in the rope-drop window right after the Dragon.
- Front row for the dinosaurs, back row for the (mild) airtime.
- The front row is the dinosaur-view seat; the roar timing lands best from there.
Timing
- Best time to ride
- The first two hours.
- Typical wait
- 10–25 minutes.
- line-skip passes
- Paid-queue participation unverified; check the current park product
Coastersaurus: common questions
Is Coastersaurus scary?
No — the friendliest tier of wooden coaster. Small drops, modest speed, animated roars in a fun register, and dinosaurs that give nervous riders a focus that isn’t the drop itself.
Which row is best on Coastersaurus?
Front row for the dinosaurs and the roar timing; back row for the mild airtime and the coaster feel. The circuit is short enough that ambitious families do both in one visit.
Is Coastersaurus worth it for adults?
As a charm ride, yes: it is a real wooden coaster — structure, chain lift, laterals — at kid scale, which is a genre adults rarely get to ride with a kid who loves it. Coaster counters also earn a legitimate credit.