Discover the Dinosaurs Unleashed

I see this outfit has tried to be slick and start a new Yelp page hoping that people won't find the old one. Not on my watch!This is truly the biggest waste of time and money I've ever experienced--and this comes from someone who thought Disney World was the biggest scam known to man.Don't be fooled by the commercials--that's what got us. This outfit blows into town and bombards local tv and radio with tons of ads. They spare no expense on advertising and the ads make you think it's state-of-the-art entertainment. It's anything but. Shabby, broken dinosaurs. Overpriced cheap toys in the "gift" shop. Corny mini-golf and dirty bounce houses that limit each kid to 6 minute bounces. And unbelievable lines of all the suckers who got duped just like you. I don't know how anyone affiliated with this business sleeps at night. Please, please, please--don't do it.

This is for the Houston 2017 show at NRG park. I'm not sure if they've made improvements but we were very impressed.For $19, my son died and went to heaven. There were at least two dozen large sized robotic dinosaurs with fun facts, pits to brush away dirt and excavate bones, bouncy houses, block pit, car race, mini golf, small Dino ride, ... and more I can't think of.My son is 3 yo and I believe the perfect age for something like this. 2-7? Before they become surly and disenfranchised like some of the adults reviewing this expo it seems.If you want to have some Jurassic fun and get out of the house instead of stare at your iPad, $19 is nothing in comparison. Fyi, groupons are sold if you plan far enough in advance.

Do yourself a favor. Don't waste your time & money. We were super excited. Paid the extra fee to have tickets ahead of time (skipped a major line when we arrived). To only enter & find out that was the first line to many. There is no organization. The event is very under staffed. The dinosaur animatronics are cool but they could have had staff at each area to talk to the kids (most cannot read & probably wouldn't take the time to read the extensive signs) and possibly involve them in learning about the dinosaurs. The VIP pass...a waste. We didn't even use all of ours since the lines were well over an hour long for everything. Over an hour for face painting. Wait at least 30-40 minutes for a bounce house that is maybe 3-5minutes if that. The design your own t-shirt station. Cool...would have been better if the fabric markers actually worked. Asked for a staff member to attend to the issue. No one ever showed up. The families that were at the station managed to find one marker & we did our best to share & make the kids happy.Small tots area was a waste. They could have provided more play items in the area. Mini golf...a mess. Dino speedway was the 12V motorized cars you can buy at Walmart. No big deal. The kids that were on them were way too big. It should be for up to a certain size. The line was forever long. The dino rides...not worth it. The line was super long & it was like a quarter (or 3) ride outside of a store or a mall.Outside of the super long lines for EVERYTHING, you have to deal with the parents who just don't care that you have waited in line for 45 minutes. They just cut & don't care. No staff around to assist.They did something right. They got our money. I would never spend it there again. I will definitely be passing on the word about it. It's a great concept. Needs work. Lots of kinks to work out. Totally disappointed.

Having a kid who is super-into dinosaurs means that I was really excited to take him to Discover the Dinosaurs, an event that promised a dino dig and dino rides. The price was hefty: $28 for a child's ticket and $24 for an adult (presumably because the adults wouldn't be going in the bouncy houses?), plus parking. To break that down for you, it's $127 for a family of four before you buy the extra stuff that admission doesn't cover or souvenirs (more on that later).The main exhibit was a few animatronic dinosuars. They didn't do much. They nodded their heads and wagged their tails mostly. The dino dig was a sandbox. The dino rides could be compared to one of those quarter rides outside of the grocery store--one kid per ride with a line that stretched to infinity. My kids took one look and decided they could skip it, and they're not the type to skip anything.Our next stop was the dinosaur crap store, which was tables piled with plush dinosaurs. You are actually forced to go through it on your way to the bouncy house area, so if you go, be prepared to shell out for a stuffed animal or withstand a tantrum when you refuse to part with even more of your money.And speaking of which, the bouncy house area contained three attractions that required tickets that were not included in the admission price: a mining experience, a panning-for-gold experience (because dinosaurs=wild west?) and face painting. The line for the face painting looked like the DMV. For an event that advertised on TV and the radio, you'd think they would have more than two slow-ass face painters. My daughter wanted her face painted, but between the epic line (which they said was 30 minutes but was much longer, confirmed by a harassed-looking woman who had at least 20 families in front of her and said she'd already waited longer than that) and the extra cost, I told my daughter that I'd paint her face for her when we got home and now she looks like a tiger and I don't feel the need to murder anyone.At the bouncy house area, a guy in charge told my son that he was too tall for one of the houses, even though there were at least 6 children in line that were as tall or taller. When I pointed this out to the guy, he said that those kids were waiting with little brothers and sisters. I asked him how he could possibly know that without asking them, as several more ridiculously tall children slipped by into the line. He had no good answer and I assumed he had a mall cop thing going on after four days of the dinosaur expo and simply decided to move on.The final insult was the mini-golf. You guys, they didn't even try. The holes were slapped down willy-nilly, and the area peppered with disembodied dinosaur heads that seemed to mock me. "Ha ha, we have your $108 dollars," they seemed to say. "You have wasted your family's hard-earned dollars and probably shouldn't be in charge of buying anything else, ever."The same money gets you into the Field Museum, where, even on its worst day, never makes you feel like a sucker. Avoid Discover the Dinosaurs the way a third grade boy avoids soap.You are welcome.

Just to enter is expensive and the exhibit is small if your not going to pay for rides. Nof only the entrance is expensive, you have to pay for rides too. Paying for those rides? Well, be ready to wait in line too. Save your money for the Bishop Museum dinosaur exhibit, well worth what you oay, and cheaper! Thank for making entertainment expensive for Hawaii, again...

Nope not a good. We will never attend anything this company produces ever again. It's over priced for what you get and they have a history of ripping off vendors and customers. If they truly cared about the customers they would have fixed at least one thing 1 when people have complained. But they don't they move to the next town and repeat again.

If you buy package ahead of time don't. You can buy everything cheaper once your there. It doesn't help you avoid lines. Took almost 2 hours to wait in line for face paint for one child. Took 30 mins for bouncy house only to realize it's because they were letting children not on line to go on while your waiting in line. Reason the guy in the green vest is a temporary so it makes it ok. Bought water Gatorade pretzel fries and snack bag of smart food cost over 17 dollars. Bring your own food and drink if you can. Toys here were marked up to 3-4 times the cost in regular stores. Buying packages in advance costs more instead of less because of a service fee. And get ready to spend your day 80% standing in lines with your children

This event is a colossal waste of money. The "premium" activities are woefully understaffed, so expect to wait in line an hour or more. My son walked out of the fossil find with a bag of normal rocks and screws, yes screws with the heads cut off of them being passed as "fossils." Save your money and take your kids to the museum instead.

LINES. LINES. LINES $100 for as family of four 5 hrs of lines. 9 minutes of "entertainment". The actual dinosaur exhibit is great, but only takes the kids about 30 minutes to be done with that. Kids still said they had a good time some how. I would rather go shopping with my wife.

If I could leave zero stars I would. This review is for the Minneapolis showing of the exhibit. It is ridiculously overpriced. There is almost zero educational component. The dinosaurs are badly maintained. My two kids liked the bouncy houses the best but for the money we could have gone to Urban Air five times and had a better time. So far the most educational and realistic dinosaur exhibit in town is the one at valley fair!