{"id":87234,"date":"2026-11-07T00:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T05:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=87234"},"modified":"2026-11-07T00:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T05:21:29","slug":"dinosaur-world-is-becoming-a-prehistoric-holiday-wonderland-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/11\/07\/dinosaur-world-is-becoming-a-prehistoric-holiday-wonderland-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaur World is Becoming a Prehistoric Holiday Wonderland This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Christmas at Dinosaur World<\/strong> is transforming the 20-acre outdoor jungle attraction in Plant City, Florida, into a prehistoric holiday wonderland starting in late November 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Key Details & Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • Event Dates:<\/strong> Friday, November 27, 2026<\/strong> through January 3, 2027<\/strong> (closed Christmas Day).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Hours:<\/strong> Standard park hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Extended holiday hours (10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.<\/strong>) take place on select dates:\n
      \n
    • November 27\u201329<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • December 4\u20136, 11\u201313, and 18\u201324<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Admission:<\/strong> The holiday experience is included with standard park admission\u2014no separate ticket is required. Online tickets are priced at $19.95<\/strong>, or $24.95<\/strong> at the gate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      What to Expect<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • Holiday Displays & Lights:<\/strong> Miles of Christmas lights woven throughout the 20-acre trail featuring life-sized dinosaurs dressed in holiday attire. Opening night (Nov. 27) includes a Christmas tree lighting ceremony.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Candy Cane Express:<\/strong> A festive train ride winding through the park.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Elf Workshop:<\/strong> Free hands-on activity station where kids can build their own take-home dinosaur or dragon skeleton, alongside complimentary face painting and glitter tattoos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Christmas Market & Santa Meets:<\/strong> Open from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on extended-hour nights, featuring visits with Santa and local vendor setups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Festive Treats:<\/strong> Specialty food and beverage offerings such as Swedish waffles, dirty sodas, kettle corn, cotton candy, and featured food trucks on-site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Christmas at Dinosaur World is transforming the 20-acre outdoor jungle attraction in Plant City, Florida, into a prehistoric holiday wonderland starting in late November 2026. Key Details & Highlights What… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzExXC9VQjVRUEFBU0FWQzI3S1dCRVVGU1Q1RURTUS53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiRGlub3NhdXIgV29ybGQgaXMgQmVjb21pbmcgYSBQcmVoaXN0b3JpYyBIb2xpZGF5IFdvbmRlcmxhbmQgVGhpcyBXaW50ZXIiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.bZHg2xLBRhXkpx4Z2gdq4cROkeVMaopPF_j4jO6JxzIMQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[4035,17177,19104,16229,17178,14348,3984],"class_list":["post-87234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-lights","tag-dinosaur-world","tag-family-activities","tag-holiday-events","tag-plant-city","tag-winter-wonderland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87236,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87234\/revisions\/87236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}