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Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction

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{{Infobox Disney ride |
| image=DinoGertie.jpg
| caption='''Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction. Photo by Theme Park Tourist.'''
| opened=May 1, 1989
| park= Disney's Hollywood Studios
| land=Echo Lake
| custom_label_1= Restaurant Type
| custom_value_1= Quick Service
| custom_label_2= Menu Type
| custom_value_2= Ice Cream
| custom_label_3= Based On
| custom_value_3= Gertie the Dinosaur}}
Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction is a quick service stand in the [[Echo Lake]] section of [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]].
==History==
Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction opened with the rest of the (then) Disney-MGM Studios on May 1, 1988 1989 <ref name= "d23"> https://d23.com/a-to-z/dinosaur-gerties-ice-cream-of-extinction/ </ref>. The quick service dining location is based on the 1914 animated short Gertie the Dinosaur by Winsor McCay. In order to pay tribute to the short and its contributes to the history of animation, Imagineers created the dinosaur shaped ice cream stand <ref name= "d23"/>.
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction gets its name from the fact that in the 1930-1940s people thought the Ice Age killed the dinosaurs (thus "Extinction") <ref> https://www.mouseplanet.com/10968/A_Tribute_and_Farewell_to_Gertie_the_Dinosaur_Part_Two </ref>.