Jurassic Creatures dinosaur show review – watch the full video tour!

The new Jurassic Creatures show is a great attraction to take the family to – find out more and watch our full tour video!

Jurassic Creatures is now on in Canberra

Jurassic Creatures is now on in Canberra

The latest travelling family show to come to Canberra

We were so excited to be invited to visit Canberra’s fun new attraction Jurassic Creatures – but then the Pandemic hit and Canberra went into Lockdown, cancelling opening night. Several months later as Canberra emerged from Lockdown we heard that Jurassic Creatures was moving on without even opening due to government number limitations, but happily all that changed and Jurassic Creatures is back on and playing now!

Jurassic Creatures Canberra

Jurassic Creatures Canberra

Jurassic Creatures is officially known as an animatronics exhibition – and it’s a fantastic spectacle to see. This great interactive walk-through display will have kids of all ages enchanted by its massive dinosaur models, and the adults staring in wonder!

Watch our video tour of the new Jurassic Creatures Canberra exhibition!

No time to read? Watch our video tour of the Canberra dinosaur exhibition, Jurassic Creatures

The exhibit is made up of two large pavilions connected via an outdoor corridor, all filled with over thirty high-tech animated dinosaur models.

The prehistoric scene is a chaotic and delightful noisy one. You walk through and past lots of roaring and chittering dinosaurs “contained” within metal yards – it’s like you’re visiting a scaled down version of Jurassic Park – or a dinosaur zoo! Jurassic Park movie-style music plays through the speakers in the background.

All kinds of kid-friendly dinosaurs!

The T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor and many other dinosaurs roar convincingly, waving their tails, lowering and raising their necks and opening their mouths as mysterious mists swirl around them. You can even “pet” some of them! The Ice Age is well represented with “Snow” falling down upon a massive Mammoth and even a Sabre Tooth Tiger!

An Ice Age Woolly Mammoth has snow falling around it!

An Ice Age Woolly Mammoth has snow falling around it!

From the smallest to the absolutely huge, every little dinosaur fan’s favourite is represented in this round up of epic prehistoric proportions! It’s learning by fun as each exhibit is labelled with it’s name, interesting facts and history – for example, did you know there was a Qantasaurus dinosaur, named after the airline who funded its excavation?!.

Much more than dinosaur animatronics

Dinosaur arts and crafts galore!

Dinosaur arts and crafts galore!

A “real” dinosaur character roams about to pose for photos, and there’s also some official photo set ups too – have your photo taken in a dinosaur egg or Jurassic Park style Jeep!

The Jurassic Park movie gates theme this jumping castle!

The Jurassic Park movie gates theme this jumping castle!

Scattered arts and craft stations can be found along the walk, and there’s a fun excavation area especially for kids to become a Paleontologist and dig out their own fossil dinosaur model from a powder egg using a mini hammer and chisel.

There are several Jurassic themed jumping castles

There are several Jurassic themed jumping castles

There are several Jurassic World and dinosaur themed jumping castles of different sizes to suit kids of all ages, including toddlers – and there are some fun game stalls to try your luck on, including a dinosaur dig and fair ground clowns.

Food and drinks stalls

All the good carnival snacks are here too!

All the good carnival snacks are here too!

A hot food caravan sells kid-friendly nuggets, hot dogs and chips, and next door to that is a snack bar offering popcorn, fairy floss and slushy bottles – even a dinosaur themed one!

Dinosaur themed showbags and souvenirs

Dinosaur show bags are available at the souvenir shop

Dinosaur show bags are available at the souvenir shop

At the entrance gates a show bag stand sells fun dinosaur themed souvenirs and a dinosaur show bag amongst others.

The fun Canberra families needed after Lockdown!

Jurrasic Creatures is a complete Canberra family outing that offers a lot of fun for everyone – it’s a very welcome attraction after a long and challenging lockdown for Canberra parents, carers and kids. Go have some fun, Canberra!

Jurassic Creatures important info

Jurassic Creatures show in Canberra

Where is Jurassic Creatures?

Jurassic Creatures is located at Majura Park Shopping Centre, Spitfire Avenue, Majura Park Canberra, ACT Australia – next door to the Canberra airport.

There is free parking just across the road near Costco.

How much does Jurassic Creatures tickets cost?

Tickets to Jurassic Creatures cost $28.50 for both children and adults – children under the age of three years are free.
Tickets include all activities excepting food, official photos, carnival games and souvenirs.
VIP Packages are available for $65 a ticket and include food and gifts.
Sessions run for 2 hours and are number-restricted.
The event is run half inside tents and half outside, so it may not run in weather such as torrential rain.

Can prams go inside Jurassic Creatures?

Yes, the event is pram and wheelchair friendly.
Jurassic Creatures dinosaur show is pram and wheelchair friendly

Jurassic Creatures dinosaur show is pram and wheelchair friendly

What dates is Jurrasic Creatures running?

Jurassic Creatures Canberra is running from the 3rd to the 28th of November 2021. (It then moves on to Queensland)

Times of sessions:

Wednesdays to Fridays sessions at 6:30pm each evening
Saturday 10:30am and 2:30pm and 6:30pm sessions
Sundays 10:30am and 2:30pm sessions

To book and find out more – visit the Jurassic Creatures official website here.
The Let’s Go Mum family were invited guests of the Jurassic Creatures animatronic display in Canberra

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Jurassic Creatures dinosaur show, Canberra Australia

Jurassic Creatures dinosaur show, Canberra Australia

 

2 Responses so far.

  1. Gabriela says:

    Was so excited to see this huge display. Took grand kids on Sunday to this dinosaur display.
    Very very disappointed, especially for the cost of paying for 8 tickets.
    Undercover tent had jumping castles, drawing area, photo area ($25 per photo), egg cracking (the only good thing in the whole tent) food stall.
    All animals outside, some were missing bits, stitching coming apart, poor quality.
    Nothing like the ad.
    Big waste of time and money, would love a refund.

    • LetsGoMum says:

      I’m so sorry to hear it wasn’t a fun experience for you. This is often why I take videos of almost everywhere we go and put them in our Letsgomum YouTube channel – so that people can see exactly what they are getting for their money.

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