After Christmas
After you wake up this morning and play with all your new Christmas toys, come visit us! You can burn off some calories from that yummy food you ate. And, you can get the family out of the house for a bit.
Santa hats on the dinos
Some of our dinosaurs wanted to sport some santa hats for the holidays…
Holiday Schedule
It’s Christmas week! Merry Christmas! If you have family in for the holidays, we’d love to see everyone. We’re open every day but Christmas Day. (But our Florida location is even open then too!)
Museum’s Worth Visiting
The following article is titled “Museum’s Worth Visiting” by Dr. John J. Bertalan of the University of South Florida / Schiller international University. It appeared in the Tampa Bay Fossil Club Newsletter
On family and church trips to Orlando and the East Coast of Florida over the last ten years, I have speedily passed the colorful I-4 exit for Dinosaur World. Although I have been curious, I have never interrupted my single-minded journeys to stop and explore. However, one morning I was in Plant City for a food bank service project that I thought would take the entire day. The project ended at noon, so I headed straight for the highway exit where the giant T-Rex was lurking out of the woods.
I really did not know what to expect from Dinosaur World, but right from my initial entrance into the park, I was actually impressed with this min-version of Jurassic Park. There was something to do for people of all ages and interests. You enter into a large gift shop/ticket office with all sorts of real fossils and other items of interests. From this beginning point there were about ten different venues from which you could start your adventure. There is a fossil museum, a boardwalk stroll into an enchanted island, a video theater cave, a picnic area, a paleontological dig area, a playground, and a skeleton bone yard. Everything was identified in multi-educational levels from early childhood explanations to museum quality Latin paleontological descriptions.
You can leisurely or rapidly walk through the forests, caves, exhibits, museums, and jungles as your time or interest level allows. I saw senior citizens meandering along the dinosaur laden paths, couples pushing children in strollers on the boardwalk or holding toddlers by the hand, and a bus load of school age students excitedly roaming around the park with their chaperons and guides. Additionally, there were individuals eating lunch on picnic tables in a park-like setting.
A couple of times a day the park opens up the fossil sifting mine to young explorers. I was the first in line, the last to leave and by far the oldest of the explorers. I was only a little embarrassed when I came up for air and realized that most of the adults present were there to help their children and grand-children explore the mine, not sift for fossils themselves. (Hey, I paid my admission fee and only kept the two allowed fossils!)
I would recommend Dinosaur World to individuals of all ages. There is enough to do that you can feel comfortable bringing children in diapers up to young adult age. There was something labeled at all levels of educational attainment and the proprietors of the park seem genuinely interested in presenting accurate information about dinosaurs to the general public. In several places they posted updates on their placards with the latest scientific results and findings.
Holiday idea
If you need a last minute Christmas idea, how about season passes to Dinosaur World? It’s the gift that keeps giving all year! They would fit beautifully in a stocking as well. You can purchase them and apply the value the day of purchase as well.
Adult – $25.50
Child – $19.50
Senior – $21.50
40 Foot Road Rex
Did you know that our big orange T-Rex on the side of the road is over 40 feet tall?! You can catch this guy on the side of I-4 in Florida, on I-65 in Kentucky and on Park Road 59 in Texas. He’s hard to miss, so when you see him, exit now!
Sundays in December
Dinosaur World will be donating new packaged toys to local charities this holiday season and visitors can help. Visit Dinosaur World the first three Sundays in December (December 4th, 11th and 18th) and receive 1/2 off admission with a new packaged toy.
Donations in Kentucky will go to the North Jackson Elementary Family Resource Center.
Donations in Texas will go to Glen Rose Elementary and to the Pantry and More.
Donations in Florida will go to the Marine Toys For Tots Foundation in Tampa.
“This is a way we can spread some joy on several levels,” said Marketing Director Nicole Randall. “We can help those donating toys with admission discounts and we can help children in need.”
For more information on holiday toy donations contact Nicole Randall at 270-773-4345 or dinosaurworld@scrtc.com.
*Discount applies to per person per toy. New packaged toys should be presented at time of admission purchase – minimum of $5 toy if purchased at Dinosaur World gift shop.
December dino happenings
Click here to read our December newsletter.
- Visit Sundays in December and get 1/2 off with toy donation
- Learn about new educational aspects and QR codes
- Holiday hours posted
- Florida expansion update
- Social media happenings
- Learn about our new youtube channel
Black Friday Dino Sale
This Friday (Black Friday, November 25th) spend $20 in the giftshop and get a dinosaur christmas ornament for just 10 cents!
