Stegosaurus, velociraptors, long neck’s, Oh, my! January 27 to 29 marked the Dayton Convention Center’s exhibition “Jurassic Quest,” featuring over 50 life-sized, animatronic dinosaurs spanning the Cretacious, Jurassic and Triassic periods.
Along with the massive exhibition of dinosaurs, “Jurassic Quest” offered science stations for children interested in the field of (dinostudies? Archaeology? something?). Children could participate in fossil digs, stop by the Dino Theatre for educational films, craft fun Dino-inspired gifts or stop by the Dino Bounce activity area.
The activities didn’t end there. Besides the generous areas for photo ops, face painting stations and the wide array of bouncy obstacle courses, children could ride on animatronic dinosaurs.
If a child was a bit too scared of the life-sized dinos, they could go visit the dino scooters or jurassic jeeps.
Patrons could go on guided tours through the ages by trained guides twice an hour. Guests had to be on the lookout, otherwise they might be visited by a baby animatronic dinosaur.
The attendance for the event was high.
The Dayton Convention Center hosts several other events throughout the year. At the end of the month is the Dayton Auto Show. (Really, they don’t have a lot that might sound even interesting. I’ll try to spice this up later then.)
Barton Kleen
Executive Editor