‘Jurassic World: The Exhibition’ to debut in Mission Valley 🦕

The immersive, touring attraction opens on Fri., Oct. 21, at Westfield Mission Valley.

Jurassic World The Exhibition San Diego

Welcome to Jurassic Park, San Diego.

Photo via Universal Studios + Amblin Entertainment, Inc., via ‘Jurassic World: The Exhibition’

It’s about to get prehistoric in San Diego.

Jurassic World: The Exhibition” — an immersive, touring attraction that brings you face-to-face with life-size, animatronic dinosaurs — begins its run at Westfield Mission Valley Mall on Fri., Oct. 21. The other cities where you can see it are Japan or London.

It’ll be open for 6 months — until it goes extinct on April 16, 2023. Hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, Monday + Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m.-8 p.m Saturday. Tickets are on sale now.

Jurassic Park The Exhibition San Diego

It’s getting prehistoric in Mission Valley.

Photo via Universal Studios + Amblin Entertainment, Inc., via ‘Jurassic World: The Exhibition’

We hear it takes about an hour to explore the space. Expect to be greeted by a Brachiosaurusjust like the one who welcomed Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Alan Grant, and Dr. Ian Malcolm to the original Jurassic Park in the 1993 flick. 🦕

There are also interactive science labs, digging sites where you can uncover fossils, and a glimpse at the food chain’s top dog — the T-Rex. Oh, and you can also pet a baby dinosaur, no biggie.

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