Vacation!

No posts for a week - I'm on vacation. But, our wonderful staff is here at all our locations ready to take care of you and your family. So, why not take a little vacation of your own and come see us?!

Things to remember this week:

• You have until August 31 to pick up your Dino Days pass. This means if you visit any day in August, you'll get a free pass to come back any day in December. (except Christmas Day in Kentucky and Texas)
• September begins Teacher Month - this means teachers receive FREE ADMISSION the entire month of September. Just show your school ID and come see what great educational and fun oppotunitites we can offer your students.
• $1 Admission Weekend in Kentucky and Texas is September 25& 26. If you live in Kentucky and are a local resident of Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe or Warren counties, you'll get $1 admission on September 25 & 26 with a valid ID. If you live in Texas and are a local resident of Somervell, Hood, Erath, Johnson or Bosque county, you get the same!

$5 Florida tickets

Here's a great deal for our Florida location - $5 tickets! This is today only through Tampa Bay Online and the Tampa Tribune.
http://dailydeal.tbo.com/deals/5-for-One-Ticket-to-Dinosaur-World-Good-for-one-adult-or-child

Dinosaurs in your classroom

I took my little one to school today for the first day and that makes me think about our school programs. Our Kentucky location offers outreach programs. So, if you cannot bring your class to Dinosaur World, let us bring our dinosaurs to you!

Outreach programs start at $200 per program. They are deisgned for preschool to 4th grade. Like any teaching setting, they work best with smaller groups, but can work up to 75 students. We bring fossils to the class and let them get hands on and we talk about what makes a dinosaur, a dinosaur. It's a great program. For more information call 270-773-4345 and ask for Chris Randall.

Unearth a dinosaur!

Our Boneyard is one of the most popular exhibits. Enter a unique prehistoric structure and find a giant sand pit. Once inside, you can unearth a life size dinosaur skeleton. There is seating to watch our paleontologists at work. Or, just play in the sand!

The Boneyard is an exhibit at our Florida and Kentucky locations.

take a trip!

I wanted to give you yet another excuse to visit Dinosaur World.

Here's some great coupons for many attractions in the Kentucky location area
http://www.mammothcavefun.com/coupons.htm

Here's some information on the Texas location and things to do in the area
http://www.glenrosetexas.net/

And Tampa is a very cool place as well. Dinosaur World is about 20 minutes outside Tampa.
http://www.visittampabay.com/

So, plan a trip to Dinosaur World. Make a day of it, and see some other cool places as well.

Facts about a lesser known dinosaur

Protoceratops was called “first horned face”and was a relatively small dinosaur with a proportionately large skull.

It had large orbits (the holes for its eyes), which measured around 50 millimeters in diameter. Protoceratops was an herbivore, a plant eater.

Protoceratops had a large head, a bulky body, a parrot-like beak, cheek teeth, and a well developed neck frill at the back of its head. This frill may have served to protect the neck, anchor jaw muscles, impress other members of the species, or combinations of these functions.

Protoceratops was about 6 feet long (2 m) and weighed roughly 400 pounds (180 kg). It was about 3 feet tall (to the top of the shoulders). It walked on four short legs, and was a relatively slow dinosaur.

Protoceratops was probably a herding animal. This hypothesis is supported by the finding of bone beds, large deposits of bones of the same species in an area, and large groups of nests. Each nest had 12 or more eggs, laid in a spiral fashion.

It's Mid August

It's the middle of August - know what that means?

You only have half the month left to come visit so that you can get your free pass to come back any day in December? So, you're really getting two visits for the price of one.