Flying dinosaurs in modern Africa? That does sound pretty strange.
To his credit, Dr. Jay Wile, who founded Apologia, left the organization not too long after he sold it to someone else. Wile, who is nevertheless a Young Earth Creationist, is thankfully irenic in his views towards OEC and EC folks. But when he saw that Apologia was moving more in an ideologically rigid YEC position, under the new ownership/leadership, he got out.
If Wile had stayed with Apologia, I wonder if his presence would have kept the organization from “not to be too over the top YC,” as you put it.