Dinosaurs in the Park in Tilgate Park, Crawley is an immersive, family-friendly outdoor experience featuring life-size, moving dinosaurs, interactive trails, and educational exhibits. It takes you to a land of p (yes, they really are) moving and roaring dinosaurs.
You can walk among giants like the T. rex, Velociraptor, and Triceratops while enjoying hands-on activities and fossil digging zones.
Mark Dunford went along to find out what it's all about
00:00Hi I'm Mark Dunford from Sussex World and I'm here today at Dinosaurs in the Park at Tillgate
00:13Park in Crawley a family-friendly immersive experience where we're going to come face to
00:17face with 39 life-sized dinosaurs that are roaring moving it's going to be an incredible experience
00:25I'm a massive Jurassic Park fan so I'm here to find out whether the organizers were so
00:29preoccupied whether it could be done I'm finding out whether it should have been done so look at
00:36I'm gonna go and meet big fellas like this for one I've got my Toronto Raptors hat on I'm gonna
00:39be humming the John Williams score in my head as I go around so here is my experience that
00:44Dinosaurs in the Park in Tillgate Park Crawley
00:49mmm
00:55well welcome thank you lovely thank you very much so I've got my stamp I'm in
01:07the park and what's the first thing we come up with and see
01:14oh I can hear lots of noises
01:21so we've seen the Shunnosaurus now let's go and see what's next
01:30wow look at that eating up at the trees so that was the impressive Brachiosaurus
01:40quite big isn't it
01:47impressed so far
01:51big long tail
01:55oh wow
01:57what one's that
01:59Dinosaur
02:01what one's that
02:03can they put this one to show daddy
02:05yeah
02:06mummy he's got a tickle top in here
02:07so where's the trisotops
02:09oh the Ankylosaurus
02:13one of my favourite dinosaurs
02:15don't know why he just looks cool
02:17but there's some cracking jokes going on here as well what do you call the sleeping dinosaur
02:27the Dinosnore of course brilliant
02:31so we all love a flying dinosaur don't we the Pterodactyls the Pterodons and you don't sort of appreciate how big they are I mean if this is a life-size model this is quite impressive
02:45as well as the movement movement of the creatures we've got noises as well so we're coming over oh we've got little baby ones here as well so this is the Kentrosaurus
03:03anastegosaurus
03:05anastegosaurus
03:07oh that must be the sound of it eating
03:09I think they've really utilised the space well here it doesn't feel like they've packed all the dinosaurs into one area but like I say every corner you turn there's a new one but it feels spacious and who's this one?
03:31and who's this one?
03:41Hypakronosaurus
03:43I'm just letting you hear all the sounds they've really sort of made it really atmospheric
03:53you're in the woods in the forest jungle whatever it might be and then you hear all the sounds
04:01come across
04:03oh it's the hyrakosaurus
04:05okay
04:07and then there's another big a big tall one with some babies over here
04:13oh I love this scene in Jurassic Park when these are running in their herd
04:21would you use a portable toilet after what happened to Donald Gennaro in Jurassic Park?
04:27I wouldn't
04:29oh I'm sure his eye just moved then
04:33oh I'm sure his eye just moved then
04:35Hyakonotaurus
04:43this has always been one of my favourite dinosaurs
04:45and it's because of the film Jurassic Park when it attacks old Dennis Nedry as he's trying to get off the island with his thing I'd deal for his face
04:53I don't know I think we've got another attack going on over here
04:59I think we've got another attack going on over here
05:01those are velociraptors they're nasty aren't they?
05:05well this one looks like it's having an actual chew on over here
05:15on the back of this one
05:17so as well as all the dinosaurs that you've seen so far
05:23including that Carnotaurus there
05:25you've also
05:27a little crazy golf course
05:31I mean
05:33you have to question
05:35why there aren't dinosaurs on each hole
05:37but
05:41welcome back
05:43and you managed to find all of my tools
05:45well done
05:47what's this here?
05:49so there's places where people can sit
05:51and find out more about dinosaurs
05:53there's some great fossils over here
05:57the very first specimen
05:59brought to the attention of science
06:01when it's over 200 years ago
06:03there's a videosaurus
06:05look at
06:07under the skin of a dinosaur
06:09okay
06:11let's see what's in here
06:13so there's a video projected onto a dinosaur here
06:25this is called
06:27getting under the skin of a dinosaur
06:35so the dinosaur dentist over there
06:37you've also got the big head
06:39and you've also got a baby dinosaur
06:41lady there
06:43so when the little ones gather around
06:45they show the dinosaur's teeth
06:47and also over there
06:49in the rex show
06:51rexy show sorry
06:53there's a walking dinosaur
06:55and it comes out at different times of the day
06:57so make sure you look into that
06:59and find out if you want to see a big walking
07:01dinosaur
07:03then you'll see
07:05but otherwise we've got
07:07all these fairground attractions
07:09all at the end of the trail
07:11so you have to buy tokens
07:13and then see
07:15but it's like I say
07:17if you're looking for something to do in the half turn
07:19so I've ended up with this big guy
07:21at the end of the dinosaur trail
07:23at Dinosaurs in the Park
07:25in Tealgate Park Crawley
07:27what a fun experience
07:29family friendly
07:31it's for absolutely everyone
07:33anyone who loves Jurassic Park
07:35seeing the velociraptors on the back of dinosaurs
07:37just seeing the movements
07:39and there's a lot of detail in these dinosaurs
07:41the eyelids moving
07:43I'm sure one dinosaur followed me at one point
07:45that might just be me hoping
07:47and dreaming of
07:49a Jurassic Park real life experience
07:51but it finishes
07:53with a load of activities for the kids
07:55a lot of fun, fun fair rides, there's a shop
07:57but there's also
07:59educational videos
08:01there's dinosaur fossil digging
08:03on display
08:05it's just a really good fun experience
08:07with half term coming up
08:09what more could you want?
08:11Tilgate Park is a great place to come anyway
08:13even if this exhibition wasn't here
08:15so you can come here and spend the whole day
08:17in Tilgate Park Crawley
08:19one of Sussex's
08:21best beauty spots I would say
08:23so yeah I hope you enjoyed my review
08:25and let me know your thoughts
08:27if you've come along and experienced dinosaurs in the park
