Jurassic Quest returns to the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center for a special holiday edition. Billed as North America’s largest and most realistic dinosaur experience, families can walk among more than 80 life-size, animatronic dinos. There are also interactive exhibits, fossil digs with T-Rex Teeth and a triceratops horn, dino rides, bounce houses, live dinosaur shows and opportunities for children to pet baby dinosaurs. Jurassic Quest transports families through 165 million years of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Budding paleontologists can become Junior Park Rangers and become experts on dinosaurs.
“Our most universally loved dinosaur is the T-Rex, especially during the walk-around T-Rex show,” says Alyssa Garza, chief marketing officer for Jurassic Quest. “For kids, our baby dinosaurs — like Tyson the T-Rex and Cammie the Camarasaurus — often steal the spotlight and are huge fan favorites for meet-and-greet moments.”
The event will also feature Brick Fest Live’s LEGO experience included in the price of a ticket and with no time limit. Creative stations feature more than a million building bricks including a pit filled with more than 200,000 colorful bricks. Visitors can meet LEGO Masters and participate in brick challenges including one to build the largest floor mosaic to set a Guinness World Record. There will also be brick derby races on 35-foot tracks. Brick Fest also has a glow-in-the-dark building area.
There will be Christmas-themed music and dinosaur backdrops for photos with Santa and other holiday décor throughout the venue. Kiddos can look for hidden Elf on the Shelf characters for a game with prizes. Jurassic Quest Christmas ornaments will be on sale
Organizers are also offering a sensory hour which is an early admission experience designed for families and children with sensory sensitivities or special needs. Guests can enjoy the show one hour before doors open to the public on Saturday morning, with lowered sound and adjusted lighting for a more comfortable and inclusive visit.
Jurassic Quest will be in Redmond for three days from Dec. 19-21. There are three price points for tickets. The standard general admission ticket includes the dino walkthrough experience, fossil digs, T-Rex meet and greet, the bounce houses and photo ops. The middle price point for the Kids Unlimited ticket allows unlimited rides and activities. The highest priced ticket, the Dino Mite Pass, allows kids to skip the line for all rides.
“Families can truly spend the whole day if they want. While we use timed entry windows to help manage flow, guests are welcome to stay and explore for as long as they’d like once inside,” Garza says.
Jurassic Quest
Fri-Sun Dec 19-21
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center
3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond
Jurassicquest.com
$22.85-$67.85
This article appears in the Source December 4, 2025.
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