History
Dinosaur World is the name of 3 outdoor dinosaur museums (Plant City, Florida - Cave City, Kentucky - Glen Rose, Texas). Dinosaur World is the brainchild of Swedish businessman Christer Svensson, who has been in the entertainment business for over 35 years. Svensson and his family moved to the United States in the earily 1990's. Attracted to central Florida, where he and his wife and children had vacationed many times, Svensson purchased a former alligator farm in Plant City, Florida. This would become the new home for his dinosaurs. With a great deal of information, planning and hard work, the Svensson family created the current park to entertain and inform visitors Less than 5 years later, Dinosaur World opened in Cave City, Kentucky in 2003. The Glen Rose Texas location opened in 2008. Motorists in I-4 in Florida, I-65 in Kentucky and entering Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas will see a dinosaurs near the exits inviting them to travel into the ancient past.
Specialties
Go back in time - see over 150 life size dinosaurs at Dinosaur World! Dig for fossils and keep three at the Fossil Dig. Pan for real minerals and gems at the Dino Gem Excavation. Put your paleontology fieldwork knowledge to the test at the Boneyard and uncover a life size stegosaurus skeleton from under the sand. At the Touch-and-Tell guess the dinosaur inside a hole without sight. Visit the Mammoth Gardens and see woolly mammoths as they appeared during their time. Be sure to stop in at the Prehistoric Museum and see a variety of cast and real fossils. Cool off at the Movie Cave and watch an educational movie on dinosaurs. Play on the dinosaur themed playground - and don't forget your picnic lunch to Dine with the Dinos. Open everyday of the year except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.