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People don’t stop playing because they age, they age because they stop playing. 😉 Welcome to the Moab Giants Museum! @moabgiants 🦕 If you’ve ever driven to Moab you’ve probably seen this museum on the side of the highway. I’ve always wanted to go… so I finally brought myself on a solo date there! Rest assured me and my tripod had more fun than any child around 😂 What’s even better is I’d absolutely go back. There’s so much to see! Here’s the details: Moab Giants Museum: 🦖 Walk among life sized dinosaur replicas in the place they used to roam. Visit the virtual aquarium. And see dino bones. 🦖 Open 9-5 everyday, but closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. 🦖 $18 for a 2 hour pass. Or $60 for a full day family pass. 🦖 Restaurant on site. It was delicious. One of the best wraps I’ve had. 🌯 🦖 Use code NOVEMBER for 20% off. Not sponsored, but worth sharing lol. Would you visit a dinosaur museum? Would you go on your own? 🙋🏼♀️ . . . . . #jurassicparkvibes #moabutah #utahexplored #wherethedinosaursroamed #solotraveling #solotravelgirls #soloadventures #solodate #ilovedinosaurs #utahactivities
kara_wandering
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Great place! My girlfriend and I have had a bit of a dinosaur museum weekend, visiting the museums in Price (Utah), Fruita (Colorado), and finally our own museum in our home of Moab. This museum was certainly the most unique of the three with the outdoor walk featuring life-size models of dinosaurs found in this area. Something I really liked about the informational displays was each one showed you where tracks/dinosaurs had been found. Each display talked about the dinosaur, had a replica of a track, a detail of the head, and a size comparison of the dinosaur and a person (which was a little redundant when it was right there in front of you). Kids will probably enjoy the walk, it's a half mile loop and has some spots were you can exit the trail and stand next to some of the models to really get up and personal. There is a dig pit located on the trail, some bathrooms, vending machines, and a sitting area with shade tarps and misters when it's hot outside. There is another separate play area for kids at the end of the trail, with jungle gyms and stuff to play on, along with another dig pit. Dino Carts are available for free as wagons to pull small kids around outside. I would say a lot of the informational displays were geared more towards adults than small children, but they were very informative. The indoor museum wasn't very big, but had a lot of interesting things. There is a lot of technology in there, the display signs seemed to be electronic or at least weren't your typical placard screwed into the wall. That made it a little difficult to get photos because of the reflections. There were a few things in the museum small children might find interesting, but there isn't a lot to touch and it's really geared towards adults and older kids. There isn't as many dinosaur bones in there as you would expect, I think it focuses more on dinosaur tracks than anything else but there are few skeletons. The VR orb thing wasn't working so I didn't get to do that. I will say as far as the museum and the models go, this seemed like the most up to date museum of the three we visited so far. There were also a couple of hand sanitizer stations around. The final thing we experienced was the paleo aquarium. Tickets for this are separate from the tickets to the trail and museum. There are show times posted, and you wait outside the theater for the guide to open the doors and let you in. Once inside, you are instructed to get an appropriate pair of 3D glasses (there are 2 bins, one labeled for children and the other for adults). Once the glasses are on, it's time to start the tour. The guide escorts your group around the aquarium, which is video screens you view with your 3D glasses. The guide tells you about the various aquatic "life" inside the aquarium, which ranges from giant fish to mosasaurs to leviathan whales. At one point there's a "lab" and a mermaid is inside a glass cylinder in the lab. There wasn't an explanation for it and even the guide was like "I don't know why there's a mermaid". At the end you go into a separate room for the megalodon, with signs warning you about no flash photography. A pre-recorded voice comes on and tells you about the megalodons in the "tank". At one point, the sharks swim by or bump the observation window and the floor shakes under you (similar to the earthquake similar in Fruita). The voice starts berating guests for using flash photography, which falls flat when no one in the room is using a flash. I don't know if they don't use misters for this part or if they were off because it wasn't 100 degrees outside, but if they aren't using misters they missed an opportunity to add a little something to the show when the observation window "breaks". The paleo aquarium was definitely pretty neat, but you are guided through it so you can't sit and enjoy the videos at your leisure. This is also something I would advise skipping if you have more timid children. As an adult, I wasn't bothered by it at all, but there were one or two children in our viewing group that were pretty scared.
Rikky Foster
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I had a fabulous time at Moab Giants! An interactive and educational museum and park, Moab Giants blew me away. I had no expectations; I only knew it existed because I saw the beautiful structure off the side of the highway as I was driving towards a completely different destination many hours away. But I LOVE dinosaurs, and as it was my birthday trip, of course we had to go! The price was perfectly fair as there's so much to see! The museum itself was very educational. There were interactive exhibits that actually taught me a couple things through games and fun. The 3D theatre experience was very cool. The grounds have beautiful sculptures, a playground, a walkabout, and all of it was just wonderful. The best part, though, was definitely the Paleo Aquarium. I was awwed by the production value and was captivated by the entirety of that experience. Honestly, I was so astounded by it, I was crying tears of joy. I chatted with a few staff members and they all were genuine and friendly and happy to talk about the park and it's amenities. I look forward to future visits! All in all, it was a fabulous day. I think we spent almost 6 hours there and I had a genuinely wonderful time for every second of it. Take the time to stop at Moab Giants if you have any sense of fun or curiosity. You will love it!
Jennifer Hoekstra
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I have mixed emotions about this place. My expectations were high as other travelers online had sparked my kids interest enough that I promised to take them while in the Arches National Park area. Unfortunately, I assumed they'd be open in the middle of the week.... writer's note: They aren't. My bad for assuming. They are not open Wednesdays. Because my children were so disappointed, we changed up our itinerary and visited the next day. I knew the entrance cost was overpriced but I splurged anyway. What I did not know is that the 3D aquarium and the educational theater are both seperate costs on top of the already spendy fee. I did save on money however because the aquarium was broken and no admittance was allowed anyway. Also, no pets are allowed in the museum or other buildings so I saved on an entrance fee while my elderly mother sat in the air conditioned car because they wouldn't allow her service dog. On the flipside, my children did enjoy the activities and shade of the park area. They liked the museum although the VR and some of the interactive features weren't working at the time. Our family enjoyed the walking path and seeing all the prehistoric dinos along the way. The scenery can't be beat and they do provide plenty of shade. My older kids were bored out of their mind as most activities are tailored for those under the teen years, but my 17 year old stayed busy trying to catch lizards. We won't be back but it was an experience worth having for half our family, just make sure you don't have any pets with you when you go.
Justin Hansen
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Overall I would recommend checking it out. The cafe you could skip due to lower quality and sticky notes everywhere, with bathrooms unattended to, but it's at least a place to grab a cold beverage and some air conditioning while you're out in the middle of the desert. We have been to quite a few dinosaur museums but this one was so unique, that's why it's totally worth seeing. The trail through Time was great being able to see all the different dinosaurs very well spread out and displayed, the playgrounds and the dig pits were great for the kiddos to hang out. Two absolute highlights: the couple that was inside of the museum showing an up close and personal bone being dug out with the sweetest most knowledgeable people we've met in Moab and hands down were worth going just to talk to them. The other extremely unique thing that we have never seen before but loved was the 3d aquarium. It's an absolute brilliant take on being able to showcase underwater animals and combining that with a dinosaur museum. One last thing to note is it was fairly expensive. We had four adults and one child under two which made her free, combined with some light snacks in the cafe we spent close to $250 for the five of us while we were there with nothing from the gift shop.
Tyler Gallup
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I was worried about spending so much and my kids thinking it was lame after reading some reviews. For 8 of us it cost $125. But they all enjoyed it! We started in the outside area at 10 am and moab was a perfect backdrop for all of the statues. The kids thought it was cool. Kids are ages 5-17. The 2 youngest enjoyed the sand dinosaur dig area. The oldest ones really loved the 5d theater. The end part in the enclosed room was a bit intense with megladon and shaking room...I worried a bit about my youngest who is afraid of megladon, but no permanent damage Haha. We'll see tonight if she gets nightmares. The 3d movie was boring to me..about 10 minutes, but all of the family thought it was interesting and cool 3d effects. The museum was small but a lot of hands on activities they liked. The oldest ones as well as young. Overall, we paid about $15 per person which is pretty much what a lot of museums charge where we live. It was worth it for us. If I didnt have dino loving kids I wouldn't really care, but there were a couple of people there with no kids too. It was a Friday morning and there were 3 other couples or families besides us and it's a big place so it felt like most of the time we had it to ourselves. We stayed about 2 hours.
Tiffanie Sterzer
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