The tale of woe that is Gertie the Dinosaur’s tail has a new chapter: “Return of the Crack.”

Gertie’s Crack is Back

On February 14, our reporters noticed a deep horizontal crack running along Gertie the Dinosaur’s tail. The spot is normally hidden by landscaping, but with the removal of vegetation due to Florida’s recent freezing temperatures, the structure is now fully visible to guests.

By February 16, the crack had been patched and painted over. It appears that this fix was insufficient, as the crack has reopened and is still prominent. The patching material can be seen around the crack’s edges.

Here is a side-by-side showing how the crack has reopened over the course of 11 days:

Part of the crack under the waterline is still open, but it does look like the repairs made to the vertical part of the split have held.

The crack does not appear to affect the external structure, as Dinosaur Gertie’s Ice Cream of Extinction remains open and operating normally.

Dinosaur Gertie’s Ice Cream of Extinction

Dinosaur Gertie’s Ice Cream of Extinction has stood in Echo Lake since the park originally opened as Disney-MGM Studios in 1989. The iconic green brontosaurus is based on the character of Gertie the Dinosaur, who first appeared in cartoons in 1914.

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