Dinosaur Place in CT

Anyone ever been? Thinking of taking the kids at the end of the month. My DS is obsessed with dinosaurs, but I think, at 2, he is a little young for the Museum of Natural History. Is it doable as a day trip, or should we stay overnight? Anything else to do there? I see it is by Mystic but we did that last summer. TIA!

Re: Dinosaur Place in CT

We did that as a side trip when we went to Mystic. It's cute, but I have to be honest, wouldn't go there just for that. Maybe hit the aquarium too. It's a walking trail with the lifesize dinos and at the end is a pretty cool sprinkler park and playground.

If you go over night, definitely hit the aquarium too.

Dinosaur Place in CT

You should check out the Field Station Dinosaurs in NJ. It's a few minutes outside of the city in Secaucus. We went recently and it was GREAT! The shows are awesome, and the employees are very passionate. We had a great time, and I bought our tickets on Living Social for a great discount!

Re: Dinosaur Place in CT

My middle son is our resident dinosaur expert and we took him 2 summers ago (so around age 4). He loved it and keeps asking to go back. We stayed over night at a place with an indoor pool (on our way back - not too close to the dino park - can't remember where) and had some pool time while we were here. It was a long drive. My daughter is 2 and loves dinos she'd love it. We need to go back eventually. I hear it is much better than the one in NJ.