This entry has been written from the view point of someone who has never been to any Disney theme park, not even Disneyland Paris.
It is also my first holiday in the US, and although I have spent two weeks in eastern Canada, I expect that the experience will be very different.
I would also like to point out that this holiday is being spent with my pregnant wife and two children under the age of ten, and so it is very unlikely that we will be experiencing any of the major thrill rides, which to be honest is no loss as far as I am concerned anyway. |
Very quickly we discovered that T-Rex is a sister restaurant to the Rainforest Cafe, which if your not already aware of is a chain of restaurants whose interior is made to look like a rainforest, hence the name, and comes complete with animatronics animals that periodically move and make noises of the animals they portray. The chain is very popular, even having two restaurants in Disney World, one Downtown, one in the Animal Kingdom, and the T-Rex takes the same approach but with dinosaurs, so as you enter the building your come face to face with a life size animatronics tyrannosaurus-rex who periodically roars at the customers as they wait to be seated.
If the Rainforest Cafes are stunning, T-Rex will take your breath away with dinosaurs all round the restaurant and one part made up to look like a glacier, complete with the bones of an unfortunate creature trapped in the ice. As well as the dinosaurs doing what ever dinosaurs do while you eat every 15 minutes there is a reminder of why they are no longer with us, as the place is lit up by a meteor shower that sends the dinosaurs into a state of panic, perhaps they knew what was coming.
The food at the restaurant is everything that you would expect from such an establishment, after all you have to back up the show with good food otherwise your customers would eventually stop coming, however be warned this place is not cheap, enjoy it as a treat.
T-Rex // EAT SHOP EXPLORE DISCOVER
Before leaving T-Rex, we returned to the shop for a number of reasons, the first being the archaeological dig where the children can, free of charge, uncover a dinosaur skeleton in a sandpit, this may not appeal to all but to the right age group time can be wild away as this entertains them. The second reason is another successful chain of stores that has branched out into all things dinosaur, Build-a-Dino.
Build-a-Dino is a sister store to Build-a-Bear, which if your a parent you will know is a very popular location for children's birthday parties. The difference, and you probably have already worked this one out, is that instead of building a teddy bear, the kids build a cuddly dinosaur. The process is the same for both stores.
- Select the dinosaur you want to build.
- Have it stuffed at the stuffing machine (during which phase you can choose to have a heart, and or a growl inserted.)
- De-fluff the Dinosaur.
- Add optional accessories and clothing.
- Register the dinosaur.
- Pay (sorry this is not optional).
Build-A-Dino®: Home Page
By the time we had finished building the dinosaurs we felt it was time to head home, and although our youngest was not ill, she was still finding it hard to coupe with the holiday.
Note
This is an early version of the article and may, and probably will change as the rest of the articles written about this holiday are completed. If there are any mistakes you feel I have made please leave a comment and I will try to resolve them in future revisions. |