Wow. So disappointed. Let me back up and say we've been 6 times in three different locations. This is our last time. This review is for the 2017 Wilmington, NC show " unleashed". See, we have been enough to know they only brought half the stuff. AND with the addition of the T-Rex ticket, parking, two pretzels, and a 5 hour round trip ( we can never confirm that the will come to Raleigh until the last second which does not work for us). That makes it $150 day. Previous shows: at least 3 bounce houses and 2 slides. This show 0 houses 1 slide with an hour wait. Previous shows strung out like a Dino trail, with lots of animals. This one, just a few clumped together in the half of the room not devoted to merchandising. Previous 3 adult Dino to ride. This time only 2 babies. Even down to the picture taking. Before the camera was back far enough it gave room enough to lift the baby over head. This time crammed into a little corner. Shot came out terrible. I have 6 of these photos. I know what I'm talking about. So this thing has gone from an expensive but fun afternoon to a just plain rip off. Too bad I can't give zero stars. read more

Discover the Dinosaurs - Performing Arts Near Me - Daly City, California

This was the worst exhibit I was ever been to in my life! Worst .... bar none. It was extremely over-priced for the bare cupboard content they had for viewing. There was 5 actual dinosaur "robots", 1 exhibit of poop .... yes poop!?!?! Also 4 "bounce house" attractions, 1 play area for toddlers and of course the store to buy over-priced cheap toys, a must. All this for 25 bucks a ticket per person, 1 adult and 1 4 yr old, totally 50 bucks. However you can upgrade for another 25 bucks, this gets you a coupon for face painting and a bag of rocks for 1 child to simulate panning for fossils. So that is 75 dollars ... toss in 15 for parking for a Grand Total of 90 bucks. Cobo Hall should be ashamed to be associated with this travesty. If you ever think about taking your kids to this even, 1st punch yourself and then look up a bounce house near you .... I could have went here: for 70 bucks less and got the same experience! Bounce house, which was his favorite part, and a good interactive dinosaur book would have been a better use of time and money. The ONLY thing that was a positive was a DAD and SON Sunday morning. read more

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. read more

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 read more

This was a complete rip off. Should've been 5$ if not free. We also paid for parking! It was so pathetic, my 3 year old enjoyed walking around for about 5 minutes and he asked to go home because of how boring it was. I'll give credit to the workers, they were as enthusiastic as possible with the 10 people who were there. Save your money, absolutely not worth it. read more

Waste of money, just ten small robots, and over priced games I would give this a negative rating. False advertising

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! read more

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Complete waste of money!!!! If I could give this zero stars I would!! We have come to call it the scamasaurs event in our family because that's exactly what it was a complete scam!!!!! read more

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 read more

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. read more

Discover the Dinosaurs - Overall the small amount of dinosaurs they had looked pretty cool - Performing Arts Near Me - Daly City, California

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. read more

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. read more

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 read more

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. read more

My husband took my 4 year old daughter to this $20 per person & $10 to park. My daughter was scared & cried the whole time & all sales are final. WHAT A JOKE! Also once you enter everything in there costs $ - this event is worse than Disneyland! Complete waste of $. read more

Went to the Dinosaur exhibit at Sacramento Cal Expo. What a ridiculous huge RIP OFF!!! To have to pay for parking on top of that "pathetic exhibit" these people have the audacity to charge for, is just "highway robbery!!! Don't waste your time here, huge disappointment for the parents as well as the kids!! The promoters of this event should be ashamed of themselves!! read more

Please save your money, its not worth it. I took my nephew because he really likes dinosaurs and he was over it after maybe 30 minutes. We were at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta. I was highly disappointed in the whole set up. What they post online is so different from when you walk in there. Save your money, not worth it! read more

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. read more

I was so disappointed. I had a day planned to go to this exhibit with my grandsons. Please keep your money in your purses and pockets. This was an absolute rip off. I wish I had read Yelp before I spent $67.00 on 3 tickets. The commercial mad it look so cool and although the dinosaurs featured on the commercials are what they look like, the setting is so weak. The bouncy houses were crowded and dirty and the $5.00 dinosaur scooters were FILTHY and falling apart. I hope I can save you all some money and disappointment. The 9D egg experience was OK. There were 4 eggs but only 2 worked so my grandson stood in line for over an hour. The experience lasted 90 seconds. read more

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. read more

Rated it a one because ZERO wasn't an option. Please don't waste your money on this. It has nearly no educational value at all. Is over priced and over crowded with a few foam dinosaur statues placed around on camo netting with cheesy growling noises from Jurassic park playing from speakers placed around the venue. We took our 4 year old grandson to this in Sacramento as he's very interested in dinosaurs. He was disappointed in the event, so you can imagine what it would be like for older kids and adults. RIP OFF! Don't waste your money read more