Ok ok, so it’s not technically in Edmonton, but it’s about a half hour out which is close enough for me! And if you’re a dinosaur fan then the drive is totally worth it.
Jurassic Forest is a 40 acre prehistoric preserve. It has life sized automated dinosaurs that move and make noises, which is pretty entertaining. To be completely honest with you, some are amazing, while some are a touch cheesy and are in need of some touching up (I’m looking at you giant sloth…).
The entrance to the forest is super reminiscent of the Jurassic Park movies, so from the second we got there I was impressed. The pictures online don’t really do it justice, so I was expecting the park to be a little lame, but boy was I wrong! From there, you buy your tickets and follow the boardwalks through the forest. In the lobby they have a couple of small dinosaurs that move and roar and get you hyped for the actual park itself.
As you walk through the forest, you can hear different dinosaurs roaring and moving in the distance. My favourite was the Tyrannosaurus rex; he was massive and suuuuuper loud!! The section with the flying dinosaurs was pretty interesting as well, as the park tries to stay pretty true to the textures and materials of the dinosaurs.
There was also a pretty strange, but interesting nonetheless, section with what I would call “misfit dinosaurs”. It basically was a whole section with dinosaurs you didn’t even realize existed.
Definitely an interesting date! Maybe next post I’ll tell all of you dinosaur lovers about my trip last summer to Drumheller and their dinosaur museum. Basically, if you want dinosaurs, you want to go to Drumheller.
Any of you dino fans ever been to Jurassic Forest or the dinosaur museum in Drumheller?
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