I remember visiting the Bedrock City theme park in Bridal Falls, British Columbia, almost 30 years ago. (Wow, that’s a long time!) Back then I watched the Flintstones every Saturday morning, and I was always excited to visit their home. Bedrock City rebranded as Dinotown in 1995 but was forced to close its doors in 2010 due to owner Rob Ell’s health concerns. Thankfully he’s recovered, and I’m excited to announce that after several years on hiatus, Dinotown has a new home in Cultus Lake!
Last weekend we grabbed the kids and joined 20 other bloggers and their families for some fun at the newly relaunched Dinotown Funland.
We were hoping for sun and got rain instead, but in the end it really didn’t matter. The kids had a fantastic time at Dinotown anyway!
Dinotown attractions include:
- Live dinosaur shows featuring Dinoland characters Dusty Bones, Dina, Dee Dee, and Dexter
- Inflatable water slide (We didn’t bring our bathing suits, but we will next time!)
- Huge inflatable Ninjasaur dinosaur slide
- Giant maze
- Paddle boats
- Dinosaur mini golf
- Bounce castles
- Kids zipline
- Big wheels track
- Numerous fully furnished playhouses including a doll house, pet hospital, doctor’s office, police station, fire station, grocery store, and more
Look out! It’s the Ninjasaur!
The girls were both mesmerized by the dino show. They loved dancing along with the friendly dino characters and shaking their pom poms in the interactive Dinotown parade.
They loved bouncing around in the extra large bounce castle too!
Close to a dozen furnished playhouses dot the grounds. The girls loved exploring them all and playing in the doll house and pet hospital while it rained outside.
I particularly enjoyed seeing a few pieces of memorabilia from the old Bedrock City. I remember pretending to drive those same Flintstones cars back when I was a kid too!
Both my kids are pretty young, so I really appreciated that there were plenty of things for both of them to do. Even Kay who’s too small for traditional rides had a great time. (She couldn’t get enough of those playhouses!) The girls were too small for the big wheels and paddle boats, but Tee did the ziplines just fine with a boost up. We grabbed ice cream cones from Frosty’s Ice Cream Parlour for the perfect ending to our visit.
Thanks to Mayor Rob Ell and all the staff for a fun day at Dinotown! See you soon!
Location & Hours of Operation
Visit Dinotown at 4121 Columbia Valley Highway, Cultus Lake, BC (next to Frosty’s Ice Cream). Open daily until Monday, Sept 1, 2014 from 10 am – 4 pm. Birthday parties and picnics welcome!
Ticket Prices
- Toddlers under 30″ are FREE
- Kids 30″-54″ $11.95
- Adults $9.95 (get your discount coupon here)
- Seniors $7.95
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Disclosure: I received complimentary admission for the purpose of writing this review. All opinions expressed are completely honest and my own, based on my personal experience. Your experience may differ.
I think my boys would really enjoy the live shows!
My daughter would love the kid’s zip line the most! My dad lives in the Columbia Valley and we noticed Dino Town on the drive there last week – will definitely have to check it out on one of our next visits to see him!
They have birthday parties. Kids would love the live shows
I think my son would most love the live show.
The live shows would be my sons favorite!
I loved Dino Town when I was a kid! My daughter would love the waterslide, looks like so much fun!
Definitely the train…I was a big fan of Dinotown back when it was Flinstones Land when I was a kid 🙂
I learned that you can host a birthday party there!
Oh! The waterslide!!
The giant inflatable fun for sure. (I will never get her off that thing. lol)
Gotta be that huge dino slide
I’m so happy to hear that DinoTown is back on!! I grew up going there every summer. At least once a summer all my cousins families and my family would go spend a day there. Great memories! I was able to take my oldest daughter (well I suppose my youngest went too but she was a newborn) before it closed. I was sad that they wouldn’t get that experience growing up. My kids love dinosaurs so I think seeing the dinosaurs will be their favourite part but I also think they will love the giant inflatable waterslide.
Both my girls loves dinosaurs so the whole park would be a treat but I think those inflatables would be the real highlight 🙂
I think the inflatable waterside looks great!
i think we miss would definitely enjoy the slides!
I think the kids zip line would be my daughter’s favourite thing, while my son would love the bouncy castles.
My daughter would be all over the waterslide idea!
my DD would love the live sho and DS would love the inflatables!
Phew a would love the zip line!
The inflatable slides and the live show my Daughter would love.
I didn’t know that they had a waterslide!
I didn’t know they did birthday party bookings, fun
The inflatable slides are nifty!
My kids would like the inflatable Dino’s. They kinda remind me of those old school dino slides they used to have at Deer Lake Park, long before they built the Shadbolt Centre. We love our dinos!