A week ago I had the opportunity to visit Dinópolis with children and the little ones have not yet forgotten how much fun they had, entering an almost magical world of adventure and emotions. Children become paleontologists, explorers, scientists ... and dinosaurs!
Dinosaurs, which have always attracted children, are more fashionable than ever and here we have them at your fingertips. We learn about them and have a lot of fun. These are my 15 reasons to go to Dinópolis Teruel with the children.
Feel that dreams can come true in the T-REX show, in which a sophisticated animatronic recreates a Tyrannosaurus rex, protagonist of this story that leaves the little ones speechless. How would you react if an egg was removed from its nest? The leading actress, next to the stage set in great detail, they take us to the Triassic period, when these great reptiles lived.
Interact with a dinosaur in the show "Face to face", based on an interactive infographic system thanks to which a megacarnivorous saurus comes alive. Will it leave the screen? A fascinating show in which the images and the performance of the interpreters build a fusion of fiction and surprising reality.
Feel the speed in the flight of loose dinosaurs. We talked about another show, how not. Is the virtual 4D simulator “Terra Colossus” which proposes the adventure "Dino Safari". In a motion simulator and with our 3D glasses we move in an SUV to a park where dinosaurs are going to do their thing ... Two mobile platforms make us feel that we turn, that we fall, that we are going backwards running away from a great reptile ... Even the wind hits us in the face when the glass is broken! In this attraction the minimum height 120 cm. and pregnant women are not allowed.
Live a black theater show in which dreams come true again: "A dream world". On a stage, spaces where you can swim between jellyfish or fly between teranodones are recreated with great artistic quality. A combination of the Triassic and the current world that is only possible in fantasy.
Play in the Paleosenda: the children's playground that could have been the Flintstones, where perching on wooden towers, passing mobile bridges, getting lost in the mysterious chasm ... Outdoor games combine wood and water, skill circuits with themed areas and set as if We were in a paleontological camp.
Dig up dinosaur bones and hatch: in the Paleosenda they can also act as archaeologists and even be photographed coming out of an egg, like small young of Teranodon.
Saurio Park: an amusement park for themselves, in which we will not mind if they go for another ride. It is an outdoor leisure area reserved for the little ones, with four fun attractions: the Troncopista, the Iguanodon, the Brincosaurio and the Dinovivo.
Understand that humanity is very different but we are all the same, we are the same species. A dose of values that we acquired through an exciting boat ride, seeing how the human species emerged in "The Last Minute." It is a recreation that covers from the moment of the disappearance of the dinosaurs until the appearance of Homo sapiens, set in great detail, taking into account the flora and fauna of each stage and dotted with numerous robotic figures that surprise the viewer .
Dinosaurs at your fingertips in the 3D cinema. If the elderly are surprised the first time they see a 3D movie, let's not say the little ones. "White Tiron" is a short directed to children that tells the adventures of an albino tyrannosaurus called Tiron. They will stretch their hands to try to touch it!
"Time travel" in a car that takes us through a fascinating circuit, starting from a laboratory that suffers an "earthquake". In this special vehicle, and after the warning that we are not going to feed the dinosaurs, we move to the Big Bang and some mysterious forests where the dinosaurs lived. Of course, they meet us ...
Make up and photograph yourself like a dinosaur, in a "Jurassic photocall". We are in a room where we can also do crafts with children, contemplate beings that have emerged from the imagination of man, such as Godzilla or acquire a souvenir to frame.
Embrace the leg of the European Giant dinosaur, feeling tiny in the face of its immensity. In the new outdoor exhibition space, “Tierra Magna”, visitors can walk among dinosaurs. Stresses the reproduction of the largest dinosaur in Europe found to date, Turiasaurus riodevensis, with 30 meters in length and between 30-40 tons in weight. The authentic fossils of this extraordinary sauropod can be seen in the Paleontological Museum without leaving Dinópolis. One foot is bigger than our children!
Contemplate Proa, the first original dinosaur skeleton mounted in Spain, corresponding to Proa valdearinnoensis, found in the province of Teruel, where another of the Dinópolis Territory headquarters is located. It is another of the "stars" of the Paleontological Museum, the largest of this theme in Europe, where many other surprises await us, as we see below.
See paleontologists work in the Museum. Before entering their rooms, we pass through a corridor where we can see the specialists live working on their discoveries. There is always something to do, since we are in Teruel, land of dinosaurs. Surely some child is inspired and decides that he will be a senior paleontologist.
Play riddles along the Paleontological Museum and other exhibition spaces (such as the introduction to "The Last Minute"). These tours offer children to interact, touch, press buttons, activate infographics, share knowledge, discover. How did the first hominids walk? How did they organize to hunt? Is this fossil a plant or an animal? An egg or a stone?
The combination of theme park, museum, cinema, interactive exhibition and amusement park makes the visit to Dinópolis with children an experience that we will not easily forget. These are my 15 reasons to repeat, but in our memory many moments are crowded with many other reasons, fun and endearing moments.
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