Dinosaurs invade Ashland County Fairgrounds as Jurassic Wonder drive-thru roars to life

Tom E. Puskar, Ashland Times Gazette
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ASHLAND − Cars lined up Saturday to experience the Jurassic Wonder dinosaur drive-thru at the Ashland County Fairgrounds.

Children leaned out of open car windows eager for a glimpse as vehicles entered the fairgrounds at the livestock gate entrance and slowly drove down the midway to see the 10 different dinosaur displays.

Hudson Powlie from Blufton, leans out the car window to get a closer look at a T. rex. at the Jurassic Wonder dinosaur drive thru at the Ashland County Fairgrounds on Saturday.
Hudson Powlie from Blufton, leans out the car window to get a closer look at a T. rex. at the Jurassic Wonder dinosaur drive thru at the Ashland County Fairgrounds on Saturday.

Jurassic Wonder is an animatronic dinosaur show where robotic dinosaurs come alive as if in a movie. They move their heads and tails or flap wings and make sounds demonstrating what the creatures might have sounded like when they roamed the planet.

Hudson Powlie from Blufton, reacts to seeing a Velociraptor on the back of an Iguanodon at the Jurassic Wonder dinosaur drive-thru in Ashland County over the weekend.
Hudson Powlie from Blufton, reacts to seeing a Velociraptor on the back of an Iguanodon at the Jurassic Wonder dinosaur drive-thru in Ashland County over the weekend.

The dinosaur displays included two Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs, as well as Triceratops, Carnotaurus, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor, Iguanodon, Wuerhosaurus and Parasaurolophus.

There was also a free audio tour that was accessible via smartphones, which offered educational information about all of the dinosaurs on display.

Miles and Grayson Wareham of Mansfield lean out of a vehicle to get a closer look at a T. rex. at the Jurassic Wonder dinosaur drive-thru at the Ashland County Fairgrounds Saturday.
Miles and Grayson Wareham of Mansfield lean out of a vehicle to get a closer look at a T. rex. at the Jurassic Wonder dinosaur drive-thru at the Ashland County Fairgrounds Saturday.

Jurassic Wonder continues from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Ashland County Fairgrounds.

Children enjoy a Stegosaurus display during Jurassic Wonder, a robotic dinosaur display, at the Ashland County Fairgrounds.
Children enjoy a Stegosaurus display during Jurassic Wonder, a robotic dinosaur display, at the Ashland County Fairgrounds.

This article originally appeared on Ashland Times Gazette: Jurassic Wonder brings dinosaurs to life at Ashland County Fairgrounds