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Win Tickets To Jurassic Quest At The Puyallup Fairgrounds-Plus, Insider Tips If You Go!

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UPDATE: The contest is now over. Congratulations to our winner, Victoria S. Her comment,

winning comment

was selected by the random number generator. Seriously, I could never choose any other way, because I wish you could all win! Victoria, please email me back asap.

Thanks to everyone who entered, and if you do decide to go, be sure to read on for the best tips and scoop I could get from the production team! If you’re new here, I also have a whole, giant list of ideas for the South Sound on the home page! 

Several of you have written in asking for deals and information about the Jurassic Quest dinosaur show coming to the Puyallup Fairgrounds. Update: Do read the tips in the post, but you may also want to check out my review which also includes pictures so you can see what it’s like and decide if you want to give it a shot.

Puyallup Fair Dinosaur Show

If you’ve missed the buzz, you’ll want to check out the Jurassic Quest website. The show features museum quality animotronic dinosaurs, dinosaur inflatables, dinosaur ride, a dig site, and more.

Jurassic Quest I

 

I was able to reach Jurassic guy Dan, and he very nicely gave me straight answers to your questions.

First, there are no deals and discounts. I know it’s a bummer, but, hey-at least you know you can stop looking!

I also asked Dan if he had any specific tips for families, and he wrote this in response

The show is geared to kids from 2 to 10. We have animatronic dinosaur rides (not a fast ride). These are about 6 feet tall and 14 feet long. The child is strapped in, and there is no movement and sound. Young children enjoy it. We have 5 dinosaur inflatables. One is geared for toddlers. We have 4 large dinosaur digs with replica fossils. All these elements are unlimited with VIP tickets. There is also a craft area, Dino tour, and many photo opportunities.

He also told me candidly that while they see folks of all ages enjoying themselves, there aren’t any activities specifically for parents, and he thinks most kids in the tween/teen set might enjoy the exhibit but probably wouldn’t be into the activities.

I think if you check out their Facebook page it gives you a good sense of the age range and the atmosphere. It looks pretty perfect for kids at that typical, “Obsessed with dinosaurs,” age.

This is a popular event, so you’re encouraged to plan your visit accordingly to avoid lines and crowds. Dan tells me most folks tend to arrive right at opening time, so try coming during the last 3 or 4 hours instead. He also thinks Monday will be less busy than Saturday or Sunday.

There are two ticket levels for kids. I think the VIP level is your best bet. You can see all the ticket info. here.

While this isn’t a bargain outing, you can stay as long as you want, and it definitely looks like a day the kiddos won’t forget!

UPDATE: The Contest is over, but I do hope the tips have been helpful! If you’re new here, you may want to use my menu bar to explore a bit. I also have a whole list of other family activities this weekend on the home page. Want to get in on future events sooner? Consider becoming a subscriber via one of those cute buttons up top! I recommend the daily emails.

You can also enter to WIN A FAMILY 4 PACK OF TICKETS RIGHT HERE!

That’s right, Dan and his team at Jurassic Quest have very generously donated a family 4 pack for one lucky reader, and you can go any day of the event. Do note that these are all, “Regular,” tickets. If you want, you can upgrade the kids to the VIP level when you arrive.

Ready to enter? Of course you are!

  • For a first, required entry, visit the Jurassic Quest website or Facebook page, and leave a comment on this post telling us why you’d like to go!
  • For a second, optional entry, subscribe to my emails. These come out once a day, and they’re a digest of the day’s posts. Note that you’ll need to confirm you want them before you’re officially a subscriber. Leave a comment letting me know you signed up!
  • For a third, optional entry, follow my Pinterest boards, and, again, leave a comment on this post to let me know you’re doing so.

Make sure to leave each entry as a separate comment to improve your odds. You get that, right? If you don’t see your comment right away, don’t panic. It just means I need to approve it.

Now, this contest is going to be QUICK! I’ll be choosing one winner Thursday evening at 8PM (or just as soon as I get home from our reader event! You’re going right?), and I’ll need to hear from you within 12Hours. Sooooooo…….Please, leave an email you check regularly, and check back here for the announcement, as my emails sometimes go to Spam.  With all that out of the way….Good Luck! Ready, set,……enter!

Disclosure: Jurassic Quest provided the tickets for this giveaway, and they are providing tickets for my family to facilitate a review. I was not compensated in any other way. All opinions are my own.

 

 

Comments

  1. I did the 1st one, I’m an email & Facebook subscriber and the third one I follow you on Pinterest. My son would love to go. He lives Dinosaurs!!!

  2. I’d love to take my family so my son can do the dino dig! He seems to already by attempting it in our backyard

  5. Signed up for emails and followed u on pintrest, my 5 and 3 year old would love to go and see the dinosaurs, my three year old thinks he is a dinasaur lol!!! Thanks so much

  6. I would love to take my kids. My daughter loves dinosaurs and so do I! This looks amazing!!!

  10. I have done all three. I want to go because I want my two year old daughter to be exposed to as much culture as possible so she can find everything she likes. Also my husband is a huge dinosaur fanatic and wants to go.

  12. I would love to take my boys. Who are both in love with dinos! I think they would really like to see them up close.

  14. Left a comment on the FB page for the Jurassic Quest – “We would love to go to this. My little girls are quite the tomboys and enjoy learning about new things!”

  17. This could not be at a better time! Next week our homeschool tot school theme is dinosaurs! I would love to take my daughter!

  18. I follow your boards on pintrerest (also love) and my username is thatjgrl

  20. Hi, I would love to go to this show because of my daughter. Her 2 babydolls are granted only a small spot at the foot of her bed; mostly because she “feels bad for them”. Her true “doll” is her 2-foot-high baby T-rex, named “Rexxie”, that she’s slept with for the past 3 years.

  21. my son is dino obsessed and we can’t afford to go! winning tickets would be amazing and fun for our whole family!

  22. i didn’t know you had pinterest. fun! i can’t wait to check it out. i am following u now.

  26. This is an event that both my kids would love. The dig would be awesome. My kids love the Pacific Science Center exhibit but this sounds like it’ll have more activities. Already a Facebook subscriber – visited the website.

  27. Oh, and I also signed up for email and Pin Interest for my T-Rex Totin’ daughter. We’ve been following through FB for a few years already. Tnanks for the chance to win tickets!

  30. Just checked out their FB page!! I would love to see the faces on my kiddos checking out this amazing exhibit.

  34. “Make sure to leave each entry as a separate comment to improve your odds.” Oops. OK, so let’s call the T-Rex Totin’ comment the entry for email and let’s call this one the “Blonde Moment” entry for your Pin Interest board. So that makes 3! Thanks again.

  37. My son is fascinated by dinosaurs. I would love to bring him so he can learn more and get a real idea of how big they were.

  38. Following all Pinterest boards!!! Did all because my kiddo really likes dinosaurs, and the older sibling will be away camping so the youngest would love to have some fun too. And my hubby ( oldest kiddo) loves Dino’s!!!

  39. My twin boys are almost 3 and LOVE dinosaurs! This is the first year they are old enough to really get excited about exhibits and understand what they are seeing. My husband and I would love to show them this wonderful display and let them ‘play’ with the dinosaurs!

  40. I want to take my 3 and 6 year-old boys to this event! They would love the dinosaur inflatables and I saw the pic of the child ‘finding’ the dinosaur skeleton in the sand. Looks like fun.

  42. I would love to take my kids because they are both fascinated with dinosaurs. I believe both of them would enjoy the rides and dino dig, not to mention all the dinosaurs they can see. My son would love to wear his t-shirt that says, “T-Rex hates push ups” or “ask me about my T-Rex.”

  44. I’m so excited to be following you on Pinterest now. Thanks for the giveaway!

  45. Wow, this sounds absolutely amazing. We would love watching the dinosaurs moving and I know the girls will go crazy over the fossil dig. I checked out their site and signed up for your emails – my husband just found your site and it looks perfect for us to find fun things to do with the kids 🙂

  48. My son is starting to learn the dinosaur names and he loves all animals. I think he would be awestruck by this exhibit.

  50. I would love to go because I am going to have a little girl soon and would like to take my son to this show as something special before the big change. He loves dinosaurs as much as I did as a kid and would really enjoy this. Thank you for the opportunity and everything that you do. 🙂

  53. I would love to take my son to this fun event! Without this opportunity we would not otherwise be able to go due to a tight budget!

  57. I would love to bring my son and daughter to this. They love dinosaurs! Thanks for looking into this for us!

  58. Checked out the Facebook page! I’d really like for us to win because we have a four year old boy who’d get a kick out of it and my husband works 7 days a week, he’s never home on the weekends and he has three days off this weekend! We’re so excited to have him home and want to do something special but we don’t really have the money to do much so this would be really cool!

  60. Followed on Pinterest! =D

    I’d really like for us to win because we have a four year old boy who’d get a kick out of it and my husband works 7 days a week, he’s never home on the weekends and he has three days off this weekend! We’re so excited to have him home and want to do something special but we don’t really have the money to do much so this would be really cool!

  61. This exhibit looks like it’s going to be amazing! I would like to surprise my 5 & 2 year old and take them to see this.

  64. I would love to take my two boys here. They love dinosaurs and we can not afford to take them this year but they would just love it!

  69. We want to attend so badly!! Our daughter is 2.5, still sporting pigtails on the side of her head and slteady has a library full of kids dinosaur books!!! She calls them ‘ponies’ but give her a year and she will know all their names hehe. I just want to see the wonder on her face, and hope she goes home realizing they aren’t ‘ponies’ but ‘big ponies’ 😉

  73. We recently moved to WA so this is a new place to us, I am always looking for fun family activities to do, and this looks amazing. My boy Oliver is 4 years old, he is very curious about the world around him and has always wondered about dinosaurs. He’s never had an experience like this, its such a great opportunity to learn while having fun and we would love to win. Thank you for the opportunity 🙂

  74. I would love to take my son and my nephew!! They are obsessed with dinosaurs!

  79. As my reason to go, we’d love to go with five kids that range in age from almost 2 to 9, and this package would make a lovely dent in our admission fees! 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity!

  80. My son is 3 years old and just started showing interest in dinosaurs. I think he would enjoy the exhibits and rides. 🙂

  81. I would truly be the coolest mom if I could take my 3 and 7 year old boys to this! I saw the Facebook page and the website and I would love to go to this… even without them! lol

  84. My son LOVES dinosaurs and would have an absolute blast at the Jurassic Quest!

  95. Did #1 and I follow in Pinterest and get emails!!! My littles (anges 2 and 3) would LOVE to go. They’ve been obsessed w dinosaurs since seeing Walking With Dinosouars!!! Thanks for the opportunity!!!!

  96. Posted on Facebook and I am an email subscriber. Trying to do pinterest but having difficulty. But I would love to take my son to this. He loves dinosaurs and I think he would have a blast at this.

  97. My 6 year old son and my 8 year old daughter LOVE, Love , love Dinosaurs! They always talk about them even when we are driving, “mommy, do you think this is where the triceratops lived?” Even while walking ” mommy, i think this is Fossilized dinosaur poop” . My husband encourages them because he is amazed by Dinosaurs as well. We have seen the advertisements and want to go, I was researching the price today to see if it was possible and came across your blog. Really good thing your doing, thank you for taking time to do this for all of us.

  98. I went to something like this as a child and have such fond memories of it. I’d love to take my two kiddos!

    I subscribed to your emails and followed your Pinterest boards. 🙂

  103. Already subscribe! Would love to watch my kiddos faces when they see the dinosaurs! This would solve my lack of plans for the weekend!

  108. Fingers crossed! I already liked facebook and checked out website. My son is almost 2 but already loves dinos! It is soooo cute when he tries to say dinosaur..sounds like dina-swee
    If we win will will take his close friend and make a day of it and I will send you a photo and a video of him saying dinosaur which u can use on your facebook and review. Winning is the only way we could go…

  109. Fingers still crossed.. I already subscribe to emails. Hoping to take my son and friend to see some dina-swee

  110. Fingers are gonna be stuck crossed! LOL. Following on pinterest love it. Trying to be hopeful but not too excited this would be fun if we can win tickets. I know they travel and it is expensive professional dinosaurs but sure wish tickets were a little more affordable.

  111. I would love to take my son and niece, they love everything dinasours and would like to see “real life” ones 🙂

  120. My son is learning about dinosaurs right now in school and this would be a great experience for him to tell his class mates about. I have done all, the comment, pinterest and subscription =)

  123. My 5 year old LOVES Dinosaurs {and Legos!} so he would absolutely love going to this exhibit. I’d bring my nephew as well since they are “best buddies” 🙂

  126. Checked out the Jurassic Quest website and my 3 year old daughter would LOVE this!!