World of Dinosaurs at Paradise Park. If you are regular readers of Mudpie Fridays then you will know that we love Dinosaurs. So much so that Harry has even learnt to say Dinosaur Rawrrrrr! Which is adorable. So when Paradise Wildlife Park got in contact and invited us to attend the opening of their World of Dinosaurs I of course said yes. Having recently visited Paradise Wildlife Park to be a Mini Zookeeper I knew that it would be a special day out. And we do love a Dinosaur Park in the UK near London.
World of Dinosaurs at Paradise Park
We were greeted in the Discovery Centre with a buffet breakfast and a dinosaur made out of cake which Charlie thought was fantastic. There was also a short introduction by one of the park’s directors to all the work which has gone on to make the new world of dinosaurs a reality. It was fascinating seeing how the attraction came together. Afterwards, we headed outside to watch Emma Bunton, Emma Willis, Tom Fletcher and the local Mayor cut the ribbon. Monkey was so excited and couldn’t wait to get inside.
World of Dinosaurs what to expect
You enter into prehistoric times, through an imposing gateway, on the other side, the path is lined with dinosaur teeth! The route around the dinosaur safari is about half a mile. It took us thirty minutes or so to walk around with young children. We didn’t rush and waited for each of the animatronic dinosaurs to make its sound effects and read the plaque next to it. Charlie’s reading has been coming on leaps and bounds and he really enjoyed trying to read some of the names and the details.
There are around twenty life size dinosaurs in total all designed to scale at this dinosaur park near London. The Tyrannosaurus Rex in particular is huge. We stopped for a photo opportunity in front of the roaring t-rex in the jeep. If I wasn’t laughing then it could have looked as though we were driving at high speed away from him. Especially when he started to roar….
The attention to detail on the dinosaurs themselves is brilliant. The fact that they all move and make noises makes it without doubt the best dinosaur attraction we have ever been to. At the moment the plants are still quite small I can see as they grow up that it will become even better.
At the end there is also a dinosaur that likes to spit at its public! This was especially entertaining to Charlie. The exit is via the gift shop which leads into a little courtyard with picnic benches. You can buy hot drinks, snacks and sandwiches in the gift shop. There is also a dino dig area. A sand pit where you can uncover your dinosaur bones.
Once we had filled up on snacks and caffeine (us that is not the kids) I took Charlie on the dinosaur train – the rex express. The train goes around in a loop and through one side of the dinosaur park in the UK. This means you get even closer to some of the spectacular animatronic dinosaur attractions.
World of Dinosaurs at Paradise Park Video
We had an absolutely wonderful time at the World of Dinosaurs. We loved it so much that once the opening guests had all finished walking around I sneaked back in and took a quick walk-around video.
We had such a great family day out at the new dinosaur attraction for our first visit. Charle is already asking when we can go back so it will not be our last visit. Don’t forget there is also the rest of the park, which we explored all afternoon. You can read all about our experience at the zoo here. We played on the adventure playgrounds. Saw snow leopards, red pandas, and big cats including white lions and amur tigers.
Things you need to know
- Address: Paradise Wildlife Park, White Stubbs Lane, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, EN10 7QA
- Ticket Prices: It’s possible to get 10% off by booking online, 2 and under are free, and children from £13.72 online, adults from £14.20 online during mid-season. The low season is in December only. The high season is from 31st March to 30th September. Online tickets must be brought the day before. The World of Dinosaurs is included in the ticket price, the train is an extra cost at £2 per person.
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30 Responses
All my kids would enjoy visiting this theme park! Love your photos – great review thanks!
All the pictures are fantastic and it looks like you had an awesome day! The Dinosaur train looks awesome! Reasonably priced to get in too!
Paradise Park is a great day out – I am always so impressed with their collection of big cats! This Dinosaur event looks fab, so much on offer, it looks like they’ve done a brilliant job bringing the dinosaurs to life.
We haven’t visited here yet but the dinosaurs look amazing and our littlest grandson loves dinosaurs so we’ll add this to our 2018 plans ☺️
What a fun day out! It looks like Monkey was having great fun and I just love Kippers puddlesuit x
That looks like such a fab place to visit. Love the dinosaurs x
This looks brilliant, my kids would love it.
Wow, those dinousaurs are incredibly (and a little bit scary, takes me back to the first time I watched Jurassic Park as a child) lifelike. I have two dinosaur mad girls that would love this. I might have to look for an excuse to visit the area so we can go here 🙂
That looks brilliant! We’ve not been to Paradise Park in years, but we would definitely go back to check out the new dinosaur area. The train looks fab!
This looks great! My 2 year old loves dinosaurs! I may have to save a date for a day trip! xx
We would love to visit Paradise Park we don’t live too far from it. I’m sure my kids would really enjoy seeing the dinosaurs and also all the other animals. It looks great.
Oh wow this is Harry’s idea of heaven!! He is OBSESSED with dinosaurs, I can only imagine how excited he would be! The attention to detail really is spot on! They are so lifelike!
This looks like so much fun and I’m glad your little one had so much fun x
Lovely day out. My daughter would love a visit there since she watched Jurassic park for the first time recently 🙂
I love the dinosaur train! What an awesome touch. This looks like a fantastic day out for dinosaur fans
This place looks AMAZING!! My four year old would absolutely love this, those dinosaurs look so life like. What a great day this would be for my boy, definitely going to look into it xx
That must have been so amazing for Monkey! And I love your new car! You rock in the jeep! I will have to remember that place for Baba later on
What a fun family day out. I know how much Monkey loves dinos so this was ideal for you guys! It’s cool how it’s set up like a zoo with signs not to touch. And the baby dino in a blanket looks so realistic too!
Oh my girls would love it here it looks fab! I will have to check it out. I love your pictures!
This looks so much fun. What child doesn’t love dinosaurs?
This looks a really great day out for some little boys in my family!
My goodness! I would need to be accompanied by a brave young person to have the courage to visit here. What an amazing place, your photos bring it all to life!
What a fun place! It was neat that you were able to attend opening day. Ha, the spitting dino sounds like a great attraction. #countrykids
This looks like a fabulous day out, my Sebby is dinosaur mad so would adore this
I am getting quite jealous of all the lovely posts I am seeing from Paradise Wildlife Park. It looks like such a wonderful family day out with some amazing looking dinosaurs and so many too. I love the jeep parked in front of the dinosaur, that is just calling out for a photo. With all the animals too it really does look worth a visit.
Thank you for sharing with me on #CountryKids
WOWsers it looks great! What a fabulous place to go… it looks so much fun! I love the shot of the cracked eggs – great idea! #CountryKids x
My daughter really believes that she has met a real baby dinosaur after seeing one of those dinosaur puppets. She thought she’d seen the last tyrannosaurus rex. We had to tell her the truth one day! This looks like an awesome day out with plenty of dino-fun. #CountryKids
This place looks amazing and your photos are brilliant. My dino mad kids would love it, especially the dinosaur train – how super cool to get up close and personal to these magnificent creatures!!!
this looks like a really cool theme park to go to, most of my grandkids would love it, plenty to see and do, it looks like you all had a great time
My daughter and baby Charlie would love this they love dinosaurs