Has anyone been to Discover the Dinosaurs?
http://www.discoverthedinosaurs.com/
I saw a commercial about it and it's coming to my area soon. I think LO will really like it. He is almost 4.
Just curious if anyone else has gone and how old their LOs where and if they liked it. Thanks in advance!
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
My 2.5 year old was terrified and my almost 4year old had fun. I thought it was way overpriced.
grapefruit / 4731 posts
@autumnlove: Oh interesting! Thanks for input. Yeah it does seem over priced... I think it's 28 dollars a person!
We are not doing a big party for LO#1 this year so we think this might make up for it. Hehe.
nectarine / 2878 posts
Both my 3 and 1 year old were scared at first but ended up loving it and threw a fit when we had to go home.
grapefruit / 4731 posts
@Jess1483: Thank you so much. Exactly what I wanted to hear!
@lilyann: Haha I'm glad they eventually liked it! My oldest seems to like things right away... but my youngest takes a LONG time to warm up to things so I wonder what will happen. If they both like it in the end I'll be happy.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I just looked that up - SO EXPENSIVE! But it looks like so much fun. I wish my lo was a little older and we would take her.
grapefruit / 4731 posts
@mediagirl: I think it's been around for a while so it will probably still be around when your LO is older hopefully! *crosses fingers*
But yeah the price is kind of high! We are going to try to spend the whole day there to try to get our moneys worth.
clementine / 778 posts
I took DS last year when he was 16 months, and this year when he was 28 months. He absolutely loved it. He is extremely obsessed dinosaurs, so it was perfect for him. It is a bit on the pricier side, so I would say go if your child is into dinosaurs.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I think it's all based on your kid's personality. DS is totally into dinosaurs right now (he's 2.5), but would be frightened to see them in person since they'll be larger than life and moving! Movies/TV is one thing, up close and personal is another.
grapefruit / 4731 posts
@LilSprinkles: Thanks for the input.
@Alivoo01: Yikes you make a good point! At Disneyland 2 years ago we took the train that went around the park because LO loves trains. There is a part where they had a dinosaur scene but it is a bit scary... LO loved Dinosaurs then (still does) but didn't like that! I'll have to ask DH about this but maybe since it was 2 years ago... LO might be okay now. Thanks for the comment!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
@Raindrop: Fingers crossed he's outgrown it and can enjoy the "park"! It looks amazing!
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
We went last year when LO was 3. He was unimpressed and I thought it was a ripoff, frankly. He's never been big into dinos, though.
grapefruit / 4731 posts
Just wanted to give an update on our experience.
We went on Sunday and the time it said it was open 10am to 7pm.
We got there at 11pm and it was a long line for tickets. It took an hour to get tickets. If you bought online the line was faster... We almost bought on our phones to be in the online line but managing two kids in the line we couldn't.
When we finally got in there were about 15-20 mechanical dinosaurs, they were all stationary but moved their arms or neck or tails. It took us about 30 minutes to read info and look at them move their hands/neck/tails.
Then there was a store... Very cunning ... We bought something for each kid... Really can't get out of doing that because you have to walk through a maze of stuff and kids want stuff! Haha.
Then we got to a big open area with 1 big bouncy house and 3 bounce and slide inflatable thing and 3 just climb and slides. He did all of those 2-3 times. There was also a small theater with folding chairs to watch discovery channel like shows about dinosaurs. A very small mini golf area about the size a car would take up parking. A small area with small dinosaurs kids can sit on... For pictures maybe?
Then there were paid things like mining for gems and face painting.
We didn't do any of the paid things... We ended up spending 2.5 hours in the big area. So 3 hours total and 4 hours total if you include waiting to buy tickets.
DH and I thought it was okay but LO who is 4 next month and loves dinosaurs.... LOVED IT. Talked about it the whole rest of the day with us so it was worth it. 
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