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This event was highly anticipated by our 6 year old, he was so excited. For the 4 hours we spent there he did a total of 4 things. The lines were so long, we paid $75 to literally do 20 minutes of fun stuff. Either lower the ticket prices or sell less tickets. What a racket, and a colossal disappointment in family entertainment.
Went the first time around and it was great. We didn’t have to wait in line for too long and we were able to do a lot of rides and activities. This time now that it was bigger we had to wait a lot longer and for little kids that’s not easy on the parent or the kids. We had to wait around a half hour and sometime more so we didn't get to ride of many rides as the kids lost interest and didn't want to wait that long. Even for the gift shop you had to wait over a half hour to pay. This time it wasn’t the greatest experience and it’s expensive for not being able to do as much.
The event material and displays were awesome! but the organization and lack of workers made the whole experience extremely disappointing and frustrating!! First of all just getting admitted was a ridiculous joke of hours of lines because there were not enough people scanning tickets and handing out wrist bands. EVERY line for EVERY VIP event for the kids was SOOOO long it was stressful and this is not just because there were so many people but because there were not enough people working to keep it all moving forward efficiently. At the time we bought our tickets we should have had the option to purchase Photo and Face painting at the same time instead of having to stand in a long line AGAIN!! And ONE concession set up for ALL those people??? Ridiculous and frustrating. While I stood in the line with the 2 young grandchildren, my daughter went to her vehicle, drove to Culver's and was back with food by the time we got almost to the front of the line!!! The food choices were VERY limited if you DID make it to order and if you wanted JUST dipping dots you had to stand in the WHOLE line with everyone wanting a burger or whatever!!! It all just took SO much fun out of the whole event and unnecessarily fatigued the little kids and stressed the adults:(. Better organization and sufficient numbers of people would have made it a VERY awesome 5 star event!!!
My son is obsessed with dinosaurs, so we were very excited for this event. We were really disappointed though because the lines were incredibly long and the event was overcrowded. Any line for the rides and activities was an hour (or longer) wait. It is such a cool concept, but they really need to cap the numbers. Overall we would not recommend this event, unless you go during the late hours.
Not many dinosaurs to see and many of them were in subpar condition. The rides were weak. Perhaps best for children 4 and under - any child older than that would likely be bored.
My grand-daughter and I both loved it. Would go again. Lots of activities for every age. Grand daughter enjoyed the rides and the face painting. I enjoyed the exhibits.
I purchased my tickets the day before, we still had to stand in line for an hour (even standing outside for awhile). They had one door going in and out and even for the concession stand getting in line was in the same door. I bought VIP tickets for the kids and it was so busy the kids didn't even get to ride the dinosaurs. It advertised as twice as big and yes maybe but that wasn't the dinosaurs, they had more bouncy houses and a bigger store area that I remembered. The kids were so tired from standing in line for over an hour to go down the bouncy slide and waiting to get into Alerus to begin with. What a waste of money. (and yes I'd like mine back). I will not be returning to that event
Good show, but kid’s VIP tickets are a waste because of long lines.
Worst thing ever! The lines were unbelievably long it was ridiculous. To charge extra for rides that they couldn’t even go on because the lines were too long! These are small children!!! Waiting in line for 3 hours for a 3 minute ride?!?!
So my kids loved the dinosaurs. However there was a long wait to get in and once in, it was a long wait to do the extras. To just walk around and look at the Dino’s was fine. If you wanted to buy toys, ride the Dino’s, do the dig, or caricature it was AT LEAST a 30 minute wait. Sorry not worth with it!! Either this event needs to limit the number of tickets sold or quadruple their extra set ups to allow for a low wait time.
Lots of waiting very crowded. Maybe would be better suited along with more rides/attractions! Kids lost interest quickly.
Although crowded at first, overall the experience was AMAZING. The kids loved the many different interactions
We were happy our almost 4 year old loved the dinosaurs at Jurassic Quest and they really looked cool! The only complaint I have is the price of the tickets (mainly the extra fees). It was $100+ for a 3 yr old and his 2 parents to go look at dinosaurs for a couple hours. Maybe we would’ve been able to do more things if the line wait time wasn’t an average of 10 min per ride/event. I think we would go again, but will buy our tickets at the counter to hopefully avoid some the of the Ticketmaster fees. We were happy we got to take him this year but will do a little more research about he best time and where the cheaper tickets are.
A little too crowded. Need better layout map, so you could find things faster. Great activies. After the wait, got too little time to enjoy.
They had a lot of things for the kids to do if you were willing to stand in line for 3 hours to do one thing. Very poorly organized. The kids where left very disappointed. The dinosaur exhibit was really nice and the kids enjoyed seeing the dinosaurs. It was all the very long lines that we had to stand in to enjoy the rest of the kids events that was very disappointing. The VIP tickets where a waste of money. I would not recommend this event
Our family really enjoyed the whole event the huge downside and why I didn’t give it five stars were the lines we came at the time of event start and were fortunately were able to get in a few rides before the lines got so long we waited for 40 minutes for one activity the lines for the gift shop were terrible I waited 45 minutes to make a purchase. We purchased VIP tickets for the kids and it was well worth it for all the rides and activities they had available. Unfortunately the crowds were too big for us to get close enough to see the baby dinosaurs so that was a disappointment. We would have probably stayed longer if the waits were shorter it’s too bad they don’t sell a set amount of tickets for a certain time frame so more kids can enjoy more rides and activities. The barriers for ride lines were very narrow so we were not able to stand in line with a stroller with our older children.So if your taking kids alone keep that in mind. The exhibits were great and the staff even though the crowd was huge and I am sure were under stress were patient kind and friendly. We will Definitely go again but dread the crowd already.
It was fun but the wait times were rediculous. Everything that we tried to do was a min of 20 min wait. If my child wasnt so patient there would have been no way we could have done anything or had fun due to the lines
We arrived at 10:00 and ended up waiting in line for almost an hour to get in. We bought VIP passes for the kids, but the lines were so long at the rides and bouncy houses that we didn’t use them. Wanted to get the kids face’s painted, but had to go stand in line for 15 minutes to buy tickets, and then had to get on a waiting list for the face painting that was 2 hours long. Went to the toy area and my daughter wanted a stuffed animals. Stood in line for 30 minutes just to pay for it. Would not go back
Great idea for a show.....Felt for what we got to see and do the lines were way to long... Got my grandson the VIP pass. Don't bother. Could have paid regular price and done the same things. To ride the big dinosaurs we stood in line for almost 2 hours. They would let each kid stay on the dinosaur for way to long. Put the kid up there and allow the parent a few seconds to snap and pic and move them along. This would eliminate the long lines. Stood in line for the bounce slide for almost 45 minutes. The girl running this would allow about 3 kids on it at a time. Put 10 kids on there and tell them 2 slides and move on. Overpriced for what you do. Wouldn't attend again at this price and the way it is run.
Jurassic quest could be a fun event, but there were so many people that we were unable to do much. We stood in line for over 30 minutes for my son to jump in a bouncy house for 2 minutes. Face paint was a 2 hour wait... everything we wanted to do had lines so long that we gave up and left. The shows were held on the floor, so if you weren’t right up front you couldn’t see a thing, my 8 year old got frustrated with that and was ready to leave. I didn’t spend a dime in the alerus center because the lines were so long. There are probably better times of the day to go to something like this... but I won’t be trying it again.