Discover the Dinosaurs

I went to the San Jose one and I can’t just give this exhibit 1 star I mean it was pretty cool and my son did have fun. The price is definitely not worth it unless u have some extra cash and have a child that absolutely loves Dinosaurs. It’s not very educational it’s more of a fun activity place but can get crowded. Its pretty small so don’t think you would spend all day here. I think it should be $ 15 and not $ 28 but I’m sure they have their reasons. Would I do it again… Most likely not but I can say I’m glad I at least tried it and my son had a good time and that’s all that matters. Also a big thing to consider is that there is NO organization when it comes to the bounce houses so that is most likely why they have u sign a waiver at the beginning. The dinosaurs get grabbed and tugged on buy children but then again there are no signs saying «do not touch». Considering that the dinosaurs seemed to be in good condition.

I should have read the other reviews first. My visit was to the San Jose Discover the Dinosaurs. This should be a $ 5 – 10 exhibit, mining tickets should be $ 2, not $ 25 and $ 10. Very poor value, my 7 year old boys are bored and want to go do «something fun». Just go to the local jumpy house and rent a dinosaur movie instead. Your kids will have a better day.

We agree with all the other reviews. We came to the San Jose Convention Center to see this exhibit and it was just the cheapest and most watered down $ 108 I ever spent. Tickets for the kids are more expensive than the adults ($ 28) and what so you get for that? About 8 animatronic dinosaurs that are not much to look at. A projector in an inflatable theater with terrible lighting and sound. About 6 bounce houses with a Dino theme. And a Dino dig, a mine experience, and a face paint experience that all cost «tickets». When I saw a ticket cost $ 2 I thought, oh that’s not bad. Then I got to the face painting and saw that it cost 8 tickets or $ 16… After I spent more than $ 100 to get in? No thanks. They also try to sell you a photo of your family about to be eaten by a trex, and of course there is movie theater style (and priced) food. I just can’t find much good to say about the event. We are not picky usually about this kind of thing, but this one was just so bad I had to point it out… Do yourself a favor and take your kids to the park instead. They will have more fun and it won’t cost a thing!

Me and my family wen to the one at cal expo in sacramento and it was a huge disappointment. The dinosaurs were falling apart and missing teeth. The whole exhibit could easily be walked through in ten minutes. Not at all worth the money. The activities were a joke. It seemed way bigger and way more fun in the commercials. The advertising for this was completely misleading.

If you love yourself and your family you will not put them through this waste of time and money. Worst experience ever… think disneyland prices for mcdonalds fun

My whole family was so disappointed! As everyone else has said, it’s expensive for maybe 15 minutes of attraction. I couldn’t believe it! Even my 7 year old was wondering where the rest of the exhibit was because that couldn’t possibly be it!
Also, I didn’t expect that all the «extra» fun activities would cost even more money. 2 adults, 1 kid, parking, gift shop, and extra activities easily made it a $ 100 trip… again for 15 minutes of fun.
Save the money and just read the reviews and you will have experienced just as much as you would have if you were there.

Seriously, if there was a minus rating I would give it. We spent $ 76.00 for the two of us and our grandson. Ontario CA Convention Center…15 minutes of dinosaurs and and hour of bouncy houses. We could do bouncy houses for free. Everything else cost more than the $ 76.00… $ 8 for the cheapest «gem and fossil mining»…SAVE your money. Our Gson had fun. Mostly because WE made it fun. We kept going back and wandering around the 7 dinosaur exhibits just so that we could feel we got our moneys worth. He had fun «riding» the 2 dinosaurs that were available to ride which was just 2 that moved up and down and shook a little. What a bunch of hype for this thing. Our church could have done a better job with this… seriously…a table with coloring book pages you can color? Give me a break.

With events like this, no wonder the dinosaurs went extinct. AVOID. Ripoff, adults get to pay $ 20 to enter, kids $ 25!!! Cheap and chintzy things for the kids, absolutely nothing for the grownups except fold out chairs. Most of the free things inside (yes, you have to pay again for the more premium attractions) are a bunch of Inflatable bouncy houses. Biggest attraction is the gift shop, filled with stuffed dinosaur toys. If I could give zero stars I would. Near zero educational benefits, however I did learn what I fool I was for not demanding my money back the minute I got through the front entrance.

Negative 10 star rating. Went to the San Jose location today, July 27 and found out I was totally ripped off. 3 of us for $ 58 and done in 17 minutes.
I wrote a review on their facebook page and it was removed.
AVOID

Waste of money. They charge $ 20 for adults and $ 25 for a kids plus ticket and a staff member stands next to a height chart explaining that kids must be the right height for the «rides» that we later found out, don’t exist. Unfortunately the exhibit took only 10 minutes. A staff member behind one of the tickets-​required activities had kindly informed me with a very apologetic tone that the bouncy houses WERE the rides and the kids plus (that we paid extra for) covered only the «rides» and the very small and cheesy exhibit. My son, who loves dinosaurs and anything prehistoric, was disappointed at how small the exhibit was and how much information it lacked. It’s catered toward kids age 5 and under. For any other activities, which were nothing more than what we would set up at a home birthday party, you had to buy tickets. A very large portion of the event is set up to sell toys, mostly stuffed animals. Overpriced toys you can buy anywhere at regular price. Parking, one adult and one kid plus – by the time we left 30 minutes later, we were out $ 55. Scam. I wish I had read reviews before driving out there.

Total waste of money priced way above the benefit. Spend your money at a museum. Extra charges for everything … Do not waste money for 10 dollars maybe not 25