this is my coverage of the opening day of Dinos Alive World Tour in Manila last November 27th at the Block 5 of SM Mall of Asia, the ribbon cutting was conducted by the officials of Max Entertainment, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City Mayor Wenceslao “Peewee” B. Trinidad and Alvin Patrimonio. After the ribbon cutting, press/media/bloggers, kids and family entered the park for the first time and witness the main attraction of bringing back dinosaurs alive in this generation, and thanks to robotic technology for making it happen. You can also check out my Dinos Alive tour previous blog coverage from our tour weeks ago to see what's the attraction. And I also have a video here featuring a giant lizard and me acting as a dinosaur hunter. (read more)
As I entered the park, a park attend attendee will guide and hand over a map of the entire venue, there you will find the attraction, the activities and the location of food booths and merchandise stores. The dinosaur's area is dark, but it added dramatic feel with the effects of the lights and sound, and it will fool you that dinosaurs will look real and alive, I got scared for a minute, because I have this semi-phobia of looking and approaching giant creatures (that included elephants) so it took me a lot of minutes to approach a gigantic Tyrannosaurus Rex, which is the best attraction of all. There are a lot of dinosaurs in their own diorama mode, moving, eating other dinosaurs, giving birth and etc. The robotic dinosaurs are in the actual life size scale of the real deal, and thanks to the bones that paleontologist found in some sites, this added more info on how big and large these dinos.
After a long walk through of the semi-cave of dinosaurs, I visited the activity area, there I enjoyed watching the QTV Cinema featuring CGI story of dinosaurs, the cinema is big and they projected the film for everyone, I stayed there inside for 20 minutes, enjoyed the cgi story. The Caltex dinosaur dig is one of the best part for kids, many of them stayed there and left their parents outside the sand hahaha, and some of them enjoyed the dinosaur train ride, and didn't know that even adults can take a ride also with their kids. There are photo op services with cgi dinosaurs and with Santa Clause, there's this Alaska area were kids and adults can play Nintendo Wii, answer trivia games, math games, brain teasers, and mini contest that you can win some premium items from Alaska. The food booths are located outside and I love eating hotdog sandwich, but during the opening they open up a free food and drinks for everyone, like the corn hotdog tasting area, I love the taste! its a sure winner!, free Dunkin Donuts coffee, and mineral water.
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Tickets are available for purchase from Ticket World by calling 891-9999 or online at www.ticketworld.com.ph. There are also Ticketworld booths in selected National Bookstore outlets or at the avenue.
For inquiries and info, visit www.dinosalivetour.com website.
MAX Entertainment is a whole owned subsidiary of Total Sports Asia Ltd, Asia’s leading independent sports marketing and entertainment group. MAX’s range of services include: conceptualization and implementation of entertainment events, access to global marquee properties and brands ranging from top music performers to family entertainment shows. MAX is also the owner and creator of the Dinos Alive! World Tour. MAX works closely with local promoters, agencies and corporation across Asia in optimizing their brand message through customized and relevant entertainment content.
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Dinos Alive World Tour 2008 in Manila ( Press launching event)
