I took my 9 yo son to the Dallas show today as a long awaited Christmas present. We had gone around 3-4 years ago, and he LOVED it. Sadly, today’s experience wasn’t even close. It felt like it was all about how much more they could get you to spend today. First, the entire experience has been cut in half. What was once spread out over two large buildings on the fairgrounds, has been condensed into one building with lots of extra space. They no longer have the large archway with the logo to take picture with at the intro. The building full of displays of dinos with informational placards has been condensed to about 6 small displays with multiple broken animatronic dinosaurs. Several had bent or broken limbs while others looked like they weren’t even put together correctly. The fossil cleaning area had 3 large boxes with plenty of brushes. I used a large brush to cover everything back up so my son could clean them, but he had a whole box to himself. No crowds here. But also no workers to keep the area clean. There was a cool excavation craft available, but there was about a 15-20 minute line. The line was shorter when we were about to leave, but it required you to leave it to dry so we bypassed that craft.The photo op area was limited to a dine with an open mouth to pose in and two eggs. This pretty much concluded what was available for mine and my husband’s basic ticket for $22 each. Then came the ride and bounce house area we paid extra for. This used to be an entire separate building full of activities. They have 2 kid jeeps to drive in a circle. (Previously they had 5 or 6 going at once to move the line along quicker.) There were 3 Dino’s you would ride that walked about 8-10 feet forward and then backwards to the start. They had 3 stand alone dinosaurs to climb up and ride. I noticed the length of the ride changed when the workers switched. These lines were super long. (This used to be two walls full with at least 10 dinosaurs available. While the rides would get lines, the amount available greatly decreased the line time.) My son only rode one because we stood in line for around 45 minutes for that one. They had a bounce house slide, and two other bounce house stations. IMO this is a huge portion of the rides and these opportunities are everywhere. I don’t pay to go to a big event to have them provide mostly bounce houses. I could do those at a party. 3-4 years ago, I’d have given Jurassic Quest 5 stars, hands down. This year I give them 2, those two came from the fact that every person we came in contact with was super friendly and kind to my kid. The other was from the LEGO display. You could grab a Lego base and add the 4x4 colored flats to create your portion of a huge piece they were doing throughout the day. My son’s favorite part was the Lego area. He loved following the key and counting out the pieces. He added about 8 sections to the final product. Extras- face painting had a super long line and was $15 extra per kid for about a quarter of their face. Green screen photos had a line and had three options at $20 each for a 4x6 printout. (Not even a paper frame) Because of the continued high price, but the severe lack of options and displays, I would not spend money to bring my kid again. I’m glad we were able to visit back when it was big and worth the price.
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Jurassic Quest is the ONLY place where your family can experience:
The largest and most realistic Dinosaur Exhibit on tour, featuring true-to-detail (and size!) dinosaurs, including a 60 foot long, sky-scraping Spinosaurus, our 80 foot long Apatosaurus, and our gigantic LIFESIZE T.rex!
A one-of-a-kind interactive Raptor Training Experience!
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Dino Bounce Houses, Bungee Pull, games, and all the inflatables you can handle!
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