Over 70 life-sized "dinosaurs" and other prehistoric creatures go on display outside RFK Stadium ...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

More than 70 life-sized “dinosaurs” and other prehistoric creatures go on display outside RFK Stadium for a fun, safe offering for kids. Jurassic Quest will be open through Nov. 15.

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NOV 6, 4:15 PM

I Went To Jurassic Quest, The Dinosaur Drive-Thru At RFK Stadium

Mikaela Lefrak https://twitter.com/mikafrak



We all knew RFK Stadium is old, but not THIS old.

Mikaela Lefrak / DCist/WAMU

The first thing I saw when I logged on this morning was a message from my editor. Could you drop your plans for the day, he asked me, and go to the parking lot of RFK stadium to cover a pop-up dinosaur theme park?

I’d like to tell you I’m too busy for these kinds of assignments. But it’s been a week. Heck, it’s been a year. I needed this.



Hold on to your butts.
Mikaela Lefrak / DCist/WAMU

Jurassic Quest, a drive-thru exhibition of more than 70 life-size animatronic dinosaurs, made its D.C. debut Friday. The prehistoric activity is marketed as completely safe for the COVID era: Guests pull into Lot 5 at RFK Stadium (crumbling, yes, but not quite cretaceous), pull up an audio guide on their phones, then drive around and look at the dinosaurs. Even the gift shop at the end is a drive-thru.

The true-to-life robots are indeed quite large — an 80-foot Spinosaurus here, a 55-foot Megalodon there — though many of them end up looking almost dinky due to the scale of the massive parking lot. It may be best to schedule your visit after dark, when the dinosaurs are lit up and the sandbags supporting them are not.

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[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. That is cool

Wish I could see it in person.