In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of extinct giant reptiles who would’ve happily eaten him without a second thought.
Little E and I ventured out to the opening day of Discover the Dinosaurs at the recently-reworked Phoenix Village Expo Center (formerly Phoenix Village Mall) and spent an hour examining the giant lizards of yesteryear. Well, okay, I was examining them. They made a lot of noise, they moved, snapping their jaws and flexing their talons, and a lot of dry ice was pumped in. Little E was hiding from the more animated exhibits, and after just a few minutes he really didn’t care too much for the static ones either.
Basically, it’s an unguided tour with animatronic dinosaurs and models that are more like nicely done statues. There are informational placards about each species, and the animatronic exhibits have a lot of pulsating colorful lights (hence some of my photos being a bit blown out), sound effects, and dry ice “fog”. I suppose, if you’re four years old, it’s probably pretty darn scary.
Hey buddy, you got a mint? Some Chiclets? Certs? Anything?
I can haz humanburger! Come here, I’ll show you!
Square-jawed and handsome, with a piercing gaze.
Who is the Steg?
Hey… hey. My eyes are very sensitive to light. Could we uh… make it darker in here?
I regret to inform you at this time that I’m extremely horny.
Little E mesmerized by the Vari-Lite-generated “pterodactyls” swooping across the show floor.
I brought a new pet home from the dinosaur exhibit. I think I’m going to call him Fluffykins McCuddlymuffin, or Eunice for short. We’ll only need to feed him about five head of cattle three times a day. Can I keep him?
After I felt some breathing on top of my head, I looked up and this is the last thing I remember before we left. CHOMP!
We survived the dinosaurs, grabbed some food, and went home!
A good time was had by all… kinda. Little E got a set of colored pencils and dino stencils in the gift shop; I had to keep myself from buying any plastic dinosaurs (because, you know, I need a lot of them around the house). As we left, Little E was in a hurry to get out of the building. “DAD, THERE ARE DINOSAURS! WE’VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!” 😆
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