About

Grab a passport to Pangea and feel the thrill of standing next to giant moving dinosaurs from all over the world!

THE
EXPERIENCE

Get up-close-and-personal with the most fascinating prehistoric creatures from the mighty T. rex of North America to the giant amphibious Spinosaurus from Africa. At Dino Safari you can dig up fossils, learn about cutting-edge research, see many varieties of animatronic dinosaurs, and enjoy exciting activities to immerse the entire family in the age of dinosaurs.

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

Throughout the experience, kids can enjoy exciting activities immersing them in the age of dinosaurs. Discover interactive digital coloring games that bring drawings to life, fill a passport with stamps on a scavenger hunt, and experience a tailor-made virtual reality adventure!

VIRTUAL
REALITY

Add a virtual reality experience to your visit and choose from a selection of adventures from gravity-defying to downright scary. There are options for the whole family!*

*VR is limited to guests ages 2+ for the kids experience and 7+ for the adult experience. Not available in all locations.

What Visitors Are Saying about Dino Safari

Based on real science!

DR. GREGORY M. ERICKSON, a world-renowned paleontologist, is the Senior Scientific Advisor for Dino Safari.
 
One of only 150 full-time professional dinosaur paleontologists in the world, Dr. Erickson received his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley and conducted post-doctoral research at Stanford University and Brown University before joining the faculty at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Dr. Erickson’s research focuses primarily on dinosaur growth, life history, physiology, behavior, and feeding biomechanics. He is curator of the University’s zoological museum, and holds research appointments with the American Museum of Natural History in New York, The Field Museum in Chicago, and university of Alaska’s Museum of the North in Fairbanks. 

Dr. Erickson’s notable discoveries include:

  • Determining the growth rates of dinosaurs showing they were likely warm-blooded.
  • Discovering the age, growth rates and evolution of giantism in T. rex.
  • Revealing that Archaeopteryx (the first bird) was physiologically more like a dinosaur than a modern bird.
  • Pioneering studies on dinosaurian population biology (e.g. survivorship, mortality rates).
  • Recognition of a “lost world” of polar-adapted dinosaurs.
  • Co-naming a half dozen dinosaurs including Guanlong(a fully-feathered tyrannosaur), Anchiornis (a miniature four-winged gliding raptor) and Ugrunaaluk(a polar duck-billed dinosaur).