Wednesday, April 22

Yesterday I lead an area familiarization tour at our Kentucky location. We took a bus (donated by the Mammoth Cave Hotel) of approx. 40 area tourism employees to as many top attractions as we could pack in one day. The goal is to education front line tourism employee on all there is to offer visitors in the area. The best way to answer the “what is there to do here” question is to have done it yourself. Then you’ll know exactly what you’re recommending. Tourism works best when we all work together to keep visitors in the area as long as possible.

See everything the area has to offer!
In Kentucky = www.mammothcave.com
In Florida = www.visittampbay.com
in Texas = www.glenrosetexas.net

April 17

I haven’t written all week. I’ve been in several meetings discussing tourism trends. It seems like attractions are doing well, but hotels, restaurants and meetings are down. In tough economic times this is the trend. We work too hard to not take a break, but we’re forced to scale back a bit.

Just remember, it’s important to create memories with your children. You don’t have to go on fancy trips to exotic locations. Kids just want your time. Dinosaur World offers educational family fun at affordable prices ($12.75 adults and $9.75 for ages 3-12) and you can every bring your dog for free!

Get out and enjoy your family. If your looking for more to do, check out www.mammothcave.com in Kentucky – www.visittampabay.com in Florida – www.glenrosetexas.net in Texas and make it a weekend trip!

spring break weekend

This is the last weekend of big spring breaks – so what are you waiting for? Get out here and enjoy the dinosaurs!

I swear a 2 year old came up to me and asked if I had a Pachycephalosaurs. I looked at his mom in amazement. Then I said, “I bet you don’t know what that is.” He ran over to a display and brought me one. – for those of you that don’t know a Pachycephalosaurus, it’s a very distinct dinosaur wtih a head that looks like he’s wearning a helmet. The 2 year old said it was his favorite. Kids love this place!

Here’s a link for more on Pachycephalosaurus. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Pachy.shtml
This is a great website for basic information on dinosaurs.

boneyard

Here’s a great video that shows one of our interactive exhibits…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eirmdMUURoE
The Boneyard is an exhibit at the Florida and Kentucky locations where visitors can unearth a life size dinosaur skeleton in a unique setting. It is coming soon to Texas. We have lots of interactive exhibits in addition to our over 100 life size dinosaurs. Check out our website for more information = www.dinoworld.net

Thanks to all the spring breakers who are coming into the parks! We’re having lots of fun with you!

Interstate Signage

If you’re driving down I-65 between Nashville and Louisville (exit 53) or on I-4 in Florida between Tampa and Orlando (exit 17), you can’t miss our big orange dinosaur on the side of the interstate.
Texas is of the main road a bit on Park Road 59, just in front of Dinosaur Valley State Park. We’re hard to miss on the interstate. However, if you’re coming southbound on I-65 from Louisville, our state brown sign was damaged on a car accident. so, you won’t see the dinosaur until you’ve passed the exit. I wanted eveyone to know so you wouldn’t have to turn around!

USA Today – must see

USA Today named Dinosaur World as a must see while in Tampa!
http://destinations.usatoday.com/tampastpetersburg/attractions/
I’m very excited about this. I know we’re great and it’s nice to be confirmed by such a high profile newspaper. But don’t take our word for it – check it out yourself! All our locations are very similar.

This is twice for a mention in USA Today in a short time. They named us as one of 51 new recommended attractions in their May 23rd issue last year. The paper picked one new attraction for each state. Our new Texas park was thier Texas choice – and that’s a big state!

April 6

It’s spring break in a lot of places. What better place to spend it than with over 150 life size dinosaurs? So bring the kids on down and create some memories at Dinosaur World.