I reward my tinies good behaviour and this weeks reward was a trip to see the dinosaurs at World of Dinosaurs within, Paradise Wildlife Park.

First impression; it’s been 15 years since my last visit so maybe I’m not remembering correctly but the entrance does not look any different.

As it was a Friday, during time term there was plenty of parking and there wasn’t any cue to get in. All of the widows seemed closed to start with then a young girl appeared. I paid £20 for myself, my daughter was around £17 as she is over 2 (under 2s are free). Then the young girl passed me a folded leaflet and disappeared from the window. No “welcome”, “here’s your map”, “have a nice day” or any pleasantries at all. My daughter even tried to speak to her but I don’t think the girl even cared to realise.

As soon as we entered the park we grabbed a couple of drinks and headed straight to the World of Dinosaurs, entrance. It’s much more impressive than the entrance to the actual park.
1st stop was the dinosaur day care where we saw the skeleton of a baby dinosaur and a interactive baby dinosaur. There was a member of staff in there who held up one of the baby Dinosaurs for my daughter to look at which I thought was kind but again this member of staff didn’t speak either.
We left the day care and walked the dinosaur path. There are lots of different types of dinosaurs along the path, most of them move and have sound effects. There is a jeep in front of a Tyrannosaurus rex which is great for photos. We didn’t see a park photographer so we took our own.

At the end of the trail there is a dinosaur gift shop. As most gift shops are it’s quite expensive. Outside the gift shop there is a palaeontologist area where children can dust the sand about to discover dinosaur bones.

We did find the dinosaur train although it’s not actually located inside the, world of dinosaurs area. You have to pay £2 per passenger for the train ride. It lasts about 3 minutes and although there is dinosaurs on the root it really isn’t anything amazing. The end of the track looks as if you’re pulling into someone’s back garden.

We did look at the animals but we didn’t catch any talks or feeding times although we was there from midday until 5pm. It’s nice these animals are being looked after well but the enclosures could do with expanding when you think about the size their natural habitat would be.
The lionesses are beautiful as is the lion.

There are lots of little climbing frames and bits of play equipment around the park and also a few places to get food from although I’d recommend taking your own picnic.

How it is; If you don’t live too far away it’s worth giving this place a visit but it’s nothing to come out of your way for.
My little girl thought discovering the dinosaurs was roarsome.
If they spent more of their money on maintenance instead of employees that act like endangered species it would be more enjoyable.

Had a fantastic time feeding the wolves, the animals here are gorgeous and are so well looked after, the team are very informative. Great day out!

Good place to take the kids

Brilliant day out for both kids and adults. Plenty to see and plenty for the kids too do. Ample parking. Only thing we mentioned was the lack of toilets being as there is only one set in the whole park. (Unless there's some hidden somewhere). Still, a great day out though.

Love this place

Excellent place. Lots to do. Very much improved since I last went. Animal enclosurses look well kept. Dinosaur trail was brilliant. Lovely splash pool

Good zoo

The Meerkat experience was brilliant

Great place for the whole family. Nice selection of animals. Big cats, farm animals to feed. Reptiles etc.

Food was ok and some small stalls around. Great playing area too.

Train ride was extra £2 each which is rediculous and should be included. It was nothing special hence missing a star.

Great for kids and adults alike

We visited to celebrate out little boys 1st birthday and had a lovely family day out.
Easy to find and theres toilets in the main car park - a great idea after travelling!
The White Lions alone are worth visiting for, by far our favourite enclosure, we went there three times.
Any dinosaur fan young or old will love the dinosaur trail! Its brilliant, we had great fun going round settings the sensors off and taking photos.
We ate in the main diner. Was clean, warm and staff were friendly. Food as expected - ok but a little overpriced. In the warmer months we would take a family picnic as lots of outside benches.
Plenty to do for children who are walking + lots of play areas and activities to last the whole day.

I think for the size of the park and the cost of the entry, we expected a few more animals.

Kids loved it. Soft play and the train were highlights.

I thoroughly enjoyed the day here. My grandson enjoyed the fact that there was so, much to do

Lovely place to bring the family so clean a lovely little day out

Great day out

Fantastic place for everyone. Kids will be amazed.

Fantastic place to spend some quality time with your family and friends.

Dino exhibit is superb, have to admit it's a bit pricey for a family of 5, but good value overall

Average day out, won't be returning I'm afraid.

We had a great time with our three year old twins. They loved the animals and the dinosaurs. We went at 16:00, which is rather late, but there was less people and we could spend more time seeing the animals. We will definitely be back again!

Good day out, has a good level of animal welfare considered with its enclosures. Animal seem to receive adequate welfare but some animal do show abdominal beahavours but only a few. All in all good day out and I was happy with the animal level of care

Love it here! Been coming for about 9/10 years! Annual passes are a must for anyone that lives even remotely close with pre school aged children!!!

Fantastic place to spend time with family

This park have a lot to offer for everyone. Lots of different animals, brend new habitat for lions. And of course big dinosaurs :). Outside and inside playgrounds keep kids busy. Great place for family day out.

Quite expensive to take too many grandkids together but it’s a lovely zoo and the kids love it. Plenty to see and do but go early or you’ll run out of time! Quite reasonable to eat there. In the summer the small kids love the paddling pool.