My youngest is convinced she will have a pet dinosaur when she grows up because of this show, but that is neither here nor there.
Today hubby and I decided to take the girls to Dinosaur World in Glen Rose to teach them more about dinosaurs!
Dinosaur World is open daily from 9a- 5p. Parking is free.
Ticket pricing has two levels. General admission is free for 3 and under, $9.75 for 3-12 and $12.75 for adults. I typed "dinosaur world coupons" into Google and saved $2 on each adult ticket. This ticket includes the museum, the dino walk, the boneyard and the playground.
You can, however, choose to add a few extras onto the price. The price goes up to $16.75 for the kids if you want to do the fossil dig and the gem excavation, which mine of course did. (My husband and I did not add these extras on to our tickets)
After running around the gift shop waiting for me to pay, the girls ventured outside with us start our day. We started with the Dino Walk, which is a large circular path filled with life-sized dinosaurs and information on each one.
Their favorite part was a small pond toward the end of the walk that was filled with large fish and turtles. Bags of fish food are available in the gift shop for $1 each- I wish we would have bought a few! It was a very pretty setting, and they loved watching the fish swim!
I won't lie... The dino walk would be much more enjoyable in cooler temperatures. We didn't get to take many photos or read all about the dinosaurs because preggo mama couldn't take it. We zipped through this part to go into air-conditioned quarters. I'd love to come back in November or December... Or in early Spring.
We ditched the dino walk to head into the museum, where they have lots of real fossils from dinosaurs, sharks and other mammals. The girls were fascinated! Their favorite part, though, was the animatronic dinosaurs at the end. They moved and made noises- my girls thought this was great!
At 2p, we headed over to the fossil dig, where the girls were given plastic sifters and small cups to hold their treasures. Hidden in the sand were actual shark teeth- my girls will probably talk about these for weeks! You "dig" for about five minutes, then pick your three favorite treasures. The staff then puts your treasures in a plastic bag and sends you on your way. It was super cute!
Lastly we headed over to the Dino Gem Excavation. At the gift shop, they gave us a large bag of gems and dirt to sift through, as well as guides to the gems we might find. They have a small area with running water and sifters that the girls found fascinating. We dumped the soil and rocks into their sifters bit by bit and let them wash away all the dirt and small rocks to uncover their gem stones. They loved it! They each came home with about 20 sizable "gems" and spent some time looking at their cards trying to identify each one.
The girls talked us in to a few souvenirs before we left- dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes. What can I say? They have us wrapped around their sweet fingers!
We had an absolutely fun time at Dinosaur World- but I do wish we had been able to enjoy the playground and boneyard- a large sand pit with "fossils" hidden beneath the sand for discovering. As I said above, I wouldn't recommend going in the dead heat of late summer. Dinosaur World would be much easier to enjoy cooler temps. But it's an absolute must-see spot for any young dinosaur fan. It is totally worth the day trip from Arlington!
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