Triceratops Encounter is OPEN!

[ChrisFL]

According to a friend's twitter post with pictures...it appears to be open once again after a LONG hiatus!

 

[damo]

Yippee!!!! That's great news!!!

 

[wjtbm8]

awesome the boys will love it

 

[nhrenee]

That's great! I wonder if it is the same presentation as before. We thought it was a fun little attraction.

 

[bumbershoot]

We came across it randomly (not two days after a TM mentioned that it might be opening in January) today, and it was really neat. We met Gentle Cera (or something like that), but there are two others that you might meet. They are REALLY into the realism of it all, saying that right now they are testing, seeing if people want to have it reopen to see the dinosaurs, now that the dinos are healthy again. It's amazing how close up you are, and how relatively realistic it was.

 

[yaytezIOA]

Here are pics and video from the opening, and yeah it's not like it originally was..but still great.

 

[ducky_love]

WOW!! So going this weekend!! Yay!!

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

I HAVE to see this! Thanks!!

 

[nhrenee]

Here are pics and video from the opening, and yeah it's not like it originally was..but still great.

Does the "scientist" still answer questions from the crowd? (Since it has changed I'd rather not watch the video. I lwant to be surprised, lol.)

 

[muffyn]

According to a friend's twitter post with pictures...it appears to be open once again after a LONG hiatus!

awwwww man we missed it!

I hope they keep it open from now on!

 

[Magpie]

We were just there this morning!

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It's called something like "Triceratops Encounter and Discovery Trail" although there really isn't any "trail" component to it. We got in line, and first a team member came through with a fossilized Triceratops beak and an egg on a trolley. He was totally in character, telling us about the various triceratops that they have today. Then the line moved forward a bit and he moved back and we found ourselves at the front being entertained by another team member, who was asking us trivia and telling us the safety rules. He also prepped various members of the audience with questions to ask the scientist. He was also 100 percent in character.

Finally we were taken down to a shed, and when we walked in we found ourselves looking at a giant triceratops in a paddock. Her allergies were apparently acting up, according to the scientist, and she was sneezing all over people. The scientist was very funny and also very informative, taking questions from the crowd and telling us all about the triceratops, including some bits I recognized from the movie (about the dinosaurs missing some enzyme and all being female), so they can't escape and breed. She took a sample of snot off of a fellow who'd been sprayed.

That was the only encounter we saw, but apparently there's two or three more, and they're all different. If you go through again, all you have to do is alert a team member, and they'll make sure you're directed into a different shed.

We volunteered for one of the surveys afterward and noted that there was an "if you saw a baby triceratops" section, so there may be a baby lurking around somewhere. We're *definitely* going to have to try this again tomorrow. It opens at 10am.

BTW, Islands of Adventure is very crowded today! It's the first busy day we've had all week. Hogsmede is packed.

 

[bumbershoot]

Does the "scientist" still answer questions from the crowd? (Since it has changed I'd rather not watch the video. I lwant to be surprised, lol.)

Ours did.



We also saw the baby triceratops; it was carried in by another scientist, and they even let people touch it.

 

[dr&momto2boys]

Awww, wish we wold have known while we were there last weekend. (If it was open then.) The kids would have loved it.

 

[bumbershoot]

Awww, wish we wold have known while we were there last weekend. (If it was open then.) The kids would have loved it.

No, it opened on the 13th.

 

[ducky_love]

Hey guys - any ideas for operating hours on this one? I have gone two evenings recently and it has been closed both times. I'd really like to see it. Think it closes at dusk?