My husband, son, and I embarked on an adventure to Cave City, Kentucky over this weekend to visit Dinosaur World, which is also located in Plant City, Florida and Glen Rose, Texas. I’m unsure how I originally found out about this gem of an attraction, but I have been wanting to take my son since last fall. Since the weather was pleasantly warm, I figured this weekend was good as any. As you can imagine, my 8 year old was beyond excited!
Dinosaur World boasts over 150 life size dinosaurs. Each kind of dinosaur has a plaque that is complete with information about the dinosaur(s) (some of the dinosaur statues are solo, while others are featured in groups). To heighten the experience for any dinosaur fanatic, such as my son, Dinosaur World also has a Fossil Dig, which enables the children to sift through a large sandbox to find fossils. Once a child is done digging, they take their finds to the “paleontologist” (staff member), and the staff member gives them a small bag to take three finds of their choice home. My son was most impressed with the shark teeth he found, so those are what he selected as his souvenirs.
To top it off, there is also a Boneyard for your child to act as a paleontologist and do some “field work” or simply play in the sand, Movie Cave, Picnic Area, Playground, Museum, and a large Gift Shop that is filled to the hilt with everything that has to do with dinosaurs. The Gift Shop has a large variety of educational materials, authentic fossils, plush dinosaurs, rocks and stones, jewelry (I fell in love with the agate stone necklaces), toys, and much more! I purchased a small Dinosaur World water globe (my son loves water globes) and a marbleized stone egg for my son.
Overall, we were very pleased with our experience at Dinosaur World!
Museum
Boneyard
Fossil Dig
The Land of Dinosaurs
Gift Shop
Admission
$9.75 plus tax for children ages 3 to 12
$10.75 plus tax for seniors over 60
friendly dogs on leashes – free!
Dinosaur World accepts all major credit cards
Ha! What a fun find! Looks like you had a blast and it seemed to provide a lot of unique activities!
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That looks awesome! My boys are so into dinosaurs. There is something along those lines in Connecticut, but it’s about a 2 hour drive for us, so we haven’t gone yet, but maybe this summer we will make a day out of it.
That’s so cool! My kids would love this.
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I actually live near this place (in louisivlle) and have considered going here a few times. I guess I better plan on checking it out very soon!!
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I passed by the one in Plant City a few weeks ago. It looks interesting.
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I’ll have to check and see where Cave City is, I’m in TN and not too far from parts of KY. My son would love it!
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I think my kids would love this! I knew about the location in Plant City but not the others. Next time we head through KY we should check it out.
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I bet someone had a fantastic time. I haven’t been to Mammouth Cave since I was a child. it looks to me by your pictures to have changed a lot. The did not have much back in the early 70’s. All I remember doing is going into a cave and looking at Stalactites and stalagmites and my Mom buying a big shiny pink glass looking rock. I want to go see what you saw.
Now that looks like a place my boys would love. We are a little far away for a weekend trip, but it is still a drivable destination for us. When the boys are a little older (youngest is 3), I think we will have to head to Kentucky’s for a summer vacation – it seems that there is a lot more to do there than I realized (despite having family there and having gone to school there for a while).
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Oh what a fun place that looks like for holiday and summer visits. I have a five year old nephew that would LOVE to visit Dinosaur World!
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My children would love going to Dinosaur World! Looks like a great place for a family outing, educational too!
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My son’s 6th birthday is just under two weeks away and I really wish we lived closer to a Dinosaur World location. I especially like that kids can pick a few fossils from their dig to take home!
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I love the hands on elements for the kids.
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That looks like such a neat place! The fossil dig I could see my nephew going crazy over!! I love the sandbox with shells and goodies too! Very very cool!
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Looks like an awesome place to visit!
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Love museums because they are educational and fun at the same time.
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I’ve never been to Dinosaur World before. It looks like a great day for the family. Love your pics.
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How cool, the fossil dig looks like something my kids would love!
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Hmmm. I may need to see how close this is to one of the stops on our summer trip, my boys would love it. Looks like such a fun place to learn and play!
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