During the month of August Thanksgiving Point has each of their venues open for only $2 per person. I had heard wonderful things about their Dinosaur Museum, but I wasn't willing to pay the $36 for our family to go. So last Tuesday I took the kids. It was worth the $6, but I'm glad I didn't pay full price. Of course the line to get in was crazy (I'm not the only one who loves a good deal). We got there 45 minutes before it opened and there was already a line of about 30 people. The line probably had a couple hundred people in it before the doors even opened.
Anyhow, all three kids loved it. Some of the dinosaurs were HUGE!! The kids took turns posing for pictures in front of the different dinosaurs. Sarah got excited every time I let her out of the stroller to take her picture.
Advice for next time: 1. Take the kids to go potty at the gas station nearby if you are going to wait outside a locked bldg for 45 minutes; 2.don't take any food or drink- they make you dump out your baby's bottle too; 3. try using a baby carrier instead of a stroller if it's going to be crowded; 4. don't go with a big group of friends/ family and expect to stick together-- there is just too much to see and do and not enough room; 5. warn David that they will want to stamp his wrist so he doesn't freak out; 6. Be okay with not seeing everything and going home after only an hour.
The Auswanders met Heidi and the kids to p/u our mail. We didn't go in the museum but we saw the crowd--it looked like six toddlers per weary adult. I would say 200 is very conservative estimate. Proud of Heidi for her patience to meet all of the challenges single-handedly to treat her children.
ReplyDeletethat is a pretty fun place, i've been only once but it was fun for the kids. they look like they had fun.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I cannot get over how cute your kids are either. We never went to see those exhibits either for the sake of cost, but $2 per person sounds about right. :)
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